Thanks, Sevilay, Hèctor and  Ngadou Yopa for reviewing my project proposal.
I have taken all the suggestions here into consideration and made some
changes to my proposal. Below is the link to the recent changes I made.

link to the proposal:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iK_9VTqb5ZHH1bEjl5UAqBP77ijaNKm6p4HIT2JO5qk/edit?usp=sharing

Okonkwo

On Mon, Apr 12, 2021 at 9:47 AM Ngadou Yopa <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hello Okonkwo,
>
> I agree with @[email protected] <[email protected]>. You should
> probably consider rescoping your project to produce a monodix of good
> quality.
> One week is definitely not enough to work on transfer rules.
>
> Best,
> Ngadou Yopa
>
> On Sat, 10 Apr 2021 at 14:52, Hèctor Alòs i Font <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Okonkwo,
>>
>> My remark is slightly different to Sevilay's. Igbo seems to be a language
>> with quite a complex morphology. Wouldn't it make sense to work just on the
>> morphological analyser (
>> https://wiki.apertium.org/wiki/Ideas_for_Google_Summer_of_Code/Morphological_analyser
>> ) ? Currently, apertium-ibo lexc file has some 200 words and no
>> morphotactics. So the analyser should be done from scratch (maybe previous
>> work in Apertium on another Niger-Congo language can help a bit).
>> Otherwise, as Sevilay points, you'll have not enough time to work on
>> transfer rules. And transfer between two very distant languages, like Igbo
>> and English, is a major challenge. At least one whole GSoC should be
>> devoted to it.
>>
>> Hèctor
>>
>> Missatge de Sevilay Bayatlı <[email protected]> del dia ds., 10
>> d’abr. 2021 a les 11:14:
>>
>>>
>>> Hi Okonkwo,
>>>
>>> How many words you will be able to add into the monodix (and how many in
>>> the bidix?), and what is your WER goal?
>>>
>>> Do you think 1 week is enough to work on transfer rules?
>>>
>>> Another thing, as I understand from your proposal your main focus on a
>>> bilingual dictionary, the monodix needs more focus otherwise you can't good
>>> result or you have to work simultaneously.
>>>
>>>
>>> Sevilay
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Apr 9, 2021 at 12:42 PM Okonkwo Ifeanyichukwu <
>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> My name is Okonkwo Ifeanyichukwu a final year student at the University
>>>> of Buea. I am interested in participating in GSoC 2021, on the project -
>>>> "Create a usable version of these language pair: English--Igbo".
>>>>
>>>> I am planning to build English(eng)-Ibo(ibo) MT pair. I have added some
>>>> ibo words to ibo pair and pull request open. I have done some coding
>>>> challenge but it still needs improvement. I will upload the translated
>>>> story to Github with my work on the GitHub repository mentioned in the
>>>> proposal draft. It would be of great help if I could get some feedback
>>>> before I make the final submission.
>>>>
>>>>  Link to my proposal draft:
>>>> Proposal Draft
>>>> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iK_9VTqb5ZHH1bEjl5UAqBP77ijaNKm6p4HIT2JO5qk/edit?usp=sharing>
>>>>
>>>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iK_9VTqb5ZHH1bEjl5UAqBP77ijaNKm6p4HIT2JO5qk/edit?usp=sharing
>>>>
>>>> Sincerely,
>>>> Okonkwo
>>>> IRC: Ifeanyi
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