Technology Domain¶
The software of language work — translation, lexicography, phonology, literacy, recording, publishing, typesetting, and AI.
18 competencies · 9 with training material
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Is able to train others in the effective use of current translation tools.
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Is able to consult others in building and using lexicons.
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Is able to consult others in the effective use of grammar tools. This includes interlinear and parsing tools.
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Is able to use the tools for doing phonetic analysis and is able to consult others in their use.
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Is able to use the tools for doing phonological analysis and is able to consult others in their use.
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Is able to use the tools that assist literacy and education workers in their work and is able to consult others in their use. This includes primer development and easy reader development.
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Is able to use the tools that assist language workers to record their work, whether audio, video, or both, and is able to consult others on their use.
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Can teach tools to document both living and endangered languages. Can identify quality audio and video recordings, teach best practices, and edit or clean up these files.
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Is able to use the tools that assist language workers to publish their work electronically and on paper and is able to consult others on their use.
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Can promote archiving and proper use and licensing of intellectual property.
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Can disambiguate and import language data into current lexical software.
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Can use and teach a scripting language to do data conversion and cleanup.
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Can develop or improve a software solution to a complex problem.
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Is able to assist users with typesetting final complex documents.
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Can develop and train others to develop custom keyboard and data-entry tools.
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Demonstrates the ability to inform and assist communities in the digitization of their language.
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Computational and Corpus Linguistics
Is able to use and teach computational tools for corpus and data analysis.
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) Tools
Is able to apply general and specialized AI tools effectively, critically, and responsibly in language technology work, and can guide others in their use.