--- language: - en - ig pretty_name: "My English to Igbo Dataset" license: mit tags: - machine-translation - igbo - english - nlp --- # English-Igbo Parallel Corpus ## Description This dataset is a comprehensive collection of parallel sentences in English and Igbo. It has been compiled from multiple sources to create a rich resource for machine translation, language research, and natural language processing tasks. The dataset is particularly valuable for those focusing on Igbo, a language spoken primarily in Nigeria, which is underrepresented in the field of computational linguistics. ## Composition The dataset comprises the following components: 1. **iamwille/igbo-translation Dataset:** Originally sourced from [Hugging Face](https://huggingface.co/datasets/iamwille/igbo-translation), this subset includes professionally translated sentences covering various topics. 2. **Igbo-English Machine Translation Dataset:** This subset, also sourced from Hugging Face, provides additional translated sentences with a focus on common phrases and expressions. 3. **Custom Text File Translations:** A set of English-Igbo sentence pairs extracted from a custom text file, offering a diverse range of everyday language usage. 4. **JW300 Text Data:** Sourced from the JW300 corpus, this part includes religious and educational text, contributing to the diversity of the dataset. ## Dataset Structure ### Data Splits The dataset is divided into two splits: - **Training Set:** Contains a majority of the sentences, intended for training machine translation models or other NLP tasks. - **Test Set:** A smaller set of sentences for evaluating model performance. ### Data Fields Each entry in the dataset consists of two fields: - `English`: The sentence or phrase in English. - `Igbo`: The corresponding translation in Igbo. ### Data Format The dataset is available in CSV format, with each row representing a parallel sentence pair. ## Usage This dataset can be used for various tasks in NLP, including but not limited to: - Machine Translation - Cross-lingual Transfer Learning - Linguistic Research ## Source and Acknowledgments This dataset has been compiled from various sources. We acknowledge the contributions of: - Hugging Face for hosting the initial datasets. - The creators of the JW300 corpus. - Individual contributors of the custom text translations. ## Licensing This dataset is released under [specify the license, e.g., MIT License]. Please ensure to adhere to the licensing terms of the original sources when using this dataset. ## Contact For any queries or contributions, please contact Chinemerem Ibe-Ekeocha at ccibeekeoc42@gmail.com.