README.md

---
annotations_creators:
  - found
language_creators:
  - expert-generated
license: cc-by-sa-4.0
pretty_name: OLDI-Seed
task_categories:
  - text-generation
  - translation
language:
  - ace
  - ary
  - arz
  - bam
  - ban
  - ben
  - bho
  - bjn
  - bug
  - crh
  - dik
  - dzo
  - eng
  - fra
  - fur
  - fuv
  - gug
  - hne
  - ita
  - kas
  - knc
  - lij
  - lim
  - lmo
  - ltg
  - mag
  - mni
  - mri
  - nqo
  - nus
  - pbt
  - prs
  - scn
  - shn
  - spa
  - srd
  - szl
  - taq
  - vec
  - zgh
configs:
  - config_name: default
    data_files:
      - split: train
        path: seed/*.jsonl
  - config_name: ace_Arab
    data_files:
      - split: train
        path: seed/ace_Arab.jsonl
  - config_name: ace_Latn
    data_files:
      - split: train
        path: seed/ace_Latn.jsonl
  - config_name: ary_Arab
    data_files:
      - split: train
        path: seed/ary_Arab.jsonl
  - config_name: arz_Arab
    data_files:
      - split: train
        path: seed/arz_Arab.jsonl
  - config_name: bam_Latn
    data_files:
      - split: train
        path: seed/bam_Latn.jsonl
  - config_name: ban_Latn
    data_files:
      - split: train
        path: seed/ban_Latn.jsonl
  - config_name: ben_Beng
    data_files:
      - split: train
        path: seed/ben_Beng.jsonl
  - config_name: bho_Deva
    data_files:
      - split: train
        path: seed/bho_Deva.jsonl
  - config_name: bjn_Arab
    data_files:
      - split: train
        path: seed/bjn_Arab.jsonl
  - config_name: bjn_Latn
    data_files:
      - split: train
        path: seed/bjn_Latn.jsonl
  - config_name: bug_Latn
    data_files:
      - split: train
        path: seed/bug_Latn.jsonl
  - config_name: crh_Latn
    data_files:
      - split: train
        path: seed/crh_Latn.jsonl
  - config_name: dik_Latn
    data_files:
      - split: train
        path: seed/dik_Latn.jsonl
  - config_name: dzo_Tibt
    data_files:
      - split: train
        path: seed/dzo_Tibt.jsonl
  - config_name: eng_Latn
    data_files:
      - split: train
        path: seed/eng_Latn.jsonl
  - config_name: fra_Latn
    data_files:
      - split: train
        path: seed/fra_Latn.jsonl
  - config_name: fur_Latn
    data_files:
      - split: train
        path: seed/fur_Latn.jsonl
  - config_name: fuv_Latn
    data_files:
      - split: train
        path: seed/fuv_Latn.jsonl
  - config_name: gug_Latn
    data_files:
      - split: train
        path: seed/gug_Latn.jsonl
  - config_name: hne_Deva
    data_files:
      - split: train
        path: seed/hne_Deva.jsonl
  - config_name: ita_Latn
    data_files:
      - split: train
        path: seed/ita_Latn.jsonl
  - config_name: kas_Arab
    data_files:
      - split: train
        path: seed/kas_Arab.jsonl
  - config_name: kas_Deva
    data_files:
      - split: train
        path: seed/kas_Deva.jsonl
  - config_name: knc_Arab
    data_files:
      - split: train
        path: seed/knc_Arab.jsonl
  - config_name: knc_Latn
    data_files:
      - split: train
        path: seed/knc_Latn.jsonl
  - config_name: lij_Latn
    data_files:
      - split: train
        path: seed/lij_Latn.jsonl
  - config_name: lim_Latn
    data_files:
      - split: train
        path: seed/lim_Latn.jsonl
  - config_name: lmo_Latn
    data_files:
      - split: train
        path: seed/lmo_Latn.jsonl
  - config_name: ltg_Latn
    data_files:
      - split: train
        path: seed/ltg_Latn.jsonl
  - config_name: mag_Deva
    data_files:
      - split: train
        path: seed/mag_Deva.jsonl
  - config_name: mni_Beng
    data_files:
      - split: train
        path: seed/mni_Beng.jsonl
  - config_name: mri_Latn
    data_files:
      - split: train
        path: seed/mri_Latn.jsonl
  - config_name: nqo_Nkoo
    data_files:
      - split: train
        path: seed/nqo_Nkoo.jsonl
  - config_name: nus_Latn
    data_files:
      - split: train
        path: seed/nus_Latn.jsonl
  - config_name: pbt_Arab
    data_files:
      - split: train
        path: seed/pbt_Arab.jsonl
  - config_name: prs_Arab
    data_files:
      - split: train
        path: seed/prs_Arab.jsonl
  - config_name: scn_Latn
    data_files:
      - split: train
        path: seed/scn_Latn.jsonl
  - config_name: shn_Mymr
    data_files:
      - split: train
        path: seed/shn_Mymr.jsonl
  - config_name: spa_Latn
    data_files:
      - split: train
        path: seed/spa_Latn.jsonl
  - config_name: srd_Latn
    data_files:
      - split: train
        path: seed/srd_Latn.jsonl
  - config_name: szl_Latn
    data_files:
      - split: train
        path: seed/szl_Latn.jsonl
  - config_name: taq_Latn
    data_files:
      - split: train
        path: seed/taq_Latn.jsonl
  - config_name: taq_Tfng
    data_files:
      - split: train
        path: seed/taq_Tfng.jsonl
  - config_name: vec_Latn
    data_files:
      - split: train
        path: seed/vec_Latn.jsonl
  - config_name: zgh_Tfng
    data_files:
      - split: train
        path: seed/zgh_Tfng.jsonl
---

# OLDI Seed Machine Translation Datacard

OLDI Seed is a machine translation dataset designed to be used to kick-start machine translation models for language directions which currently lack large-scale datasets.


## Dataset Details

### Dataset Description

OLDI Seed is a parallel corpus which consists of 6,193 sentences sampled from English Wikipedia and translated into 44 languages. It can be used to kick-start machine translation models for language directions which currently lack large-scale datasets. 

The data, which is licensed under [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/), is currently being managed by OLDI, the [Open Language Data Initiative](https://oldi.org).

- **Curated by:** [The Open Language Data Initiative](https://oldi.org/)
- **Language(s) (NLP):** Around 40, see documentation for full list.
- **License:** [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

### Citation

OLDI Seed is an updated version of the open source seed dataset described in the paper [Small Data, Big Impact: Leveraging Minimal Data for Effective Machine Translation](https://aclanthology.org/2023.acl-long.154).

Other authors have since contributed to the dataset. If you use OLDI Seed in your work, please cite the relevant papers listed in [bibliography.bib](bibliography.bib).

## Uses

OLDI Seed is intended to be used to kick-start machine translation models for language directions which currently lack large-scale datasets.

## Dataset Structure

Each instance in the dataset is structured as in the following example:

```json
{
  "id": 17,
  "iso_639_3": "gug",
  "iso_15924": "Latn",
  "glottocode": "para1311",
  "text": "Osẽ emperatriz viuda Maria Feodorovna-ramo peteĩ musical de Broadway mbykymi héravaa Anya 1965 arýpe.",
  "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lillian_Gish",
  "last_updated": "1.0"
}
```

### Data Fields
- `id`: ID number for each line of data. Lines with the same ID in the same split are translations of each other.
- `iso_639_3`: The ISO 639-3 code indicating the language variety.
- `iso_15924`: The ISO 15924 code indicating the script.
- `glottocode`: The [Glottocode](https://glottolog.org/glottolog/language) corresponding to the language variety.
- `text`: A line of text in the indicated language.
- `url`: The URL for the English article from which the sentence was extracted.
- `last_updated`: The version number of the dataset in which the entry was last updated.

## Dataset Creation

See the paper [Small Data, Big Impact: Leveraging Minimal Data for Effective Machine Translation](https://aclanthology.org/2023.acl-long.154) and the [NLLB paper](https://arxiv.org/pdf/2207.04672#page=18.71) for more details.

### Additional Datacards

The datasets for some language varieties have individual datacards describing their creation. These can be found in the [dataset_cards](https://huggingface.co/datasets/openlanguagedata/oldi_seed/tree/main/dataset_cards) directory.

## Dataset Card Contact

For more information about the OLDI Seed dataset, please see [oldi.org](https://oldi.org/)

## Contributing

Fixes and new language contributions are most welcome.

By contributing to this project you agree to the [Developer Certificate of
Origin (DCO)](DCO). This document was created by the Linux Kernel community and is a
simple statement that you, as a contributor, have the legal right to make the
contribution.

In order to show your agreement with the DCO you should include at the end of commit message,
the following line: `Signed-off-by: John Doe <john.doe@example.com>`, using your real name.

This can be done easily using the `-s` flag on the `git commit`.

Please see the [Contribution guidelines](https://oldi.org/guidelines) for further information.

### How to add a pull request

1. Go to https://huggingface.co/datasets/openlanguagedata/oldi_seed/discussions, press "New pull request".
2. In the popup window, enter a branch name and press "Create branch".
3. On your computer, do `git clone https://huggingface.co/datasets/openlanguagedata/oldi_seed`.
4. Checkout to your newly created branch (e.g. `cd oldi_seed && git fetch origin refs/pr/4:pr/4 && git checkout pr/4`).
5. Check that you are logged in to the HF CLI tool (`hf auth whoami`). If not, please log into it (`hf auth login` and enter your token).
6. Modify a file (for adding new languages, see the instructions below) and add the changes to git (e.g. `git add seed/rus_Cyrl.jsonl`).
7. Commit with an -s flag (e.g. `git commit -s -m "fix a few typos in the Russian dev set"`).
8. Push (e.g. `git push origin pr/4:refs/pr/4`) — important to make sure to push to the same "refs" branch!
9. Go to the pull request page and see if it reflects your changes.
10. When your pull request is ready, press the "Publish" button in its web interface.

If you find this difficult, please contact us by email `info@oldi.org` or in our [Discord group](https://discord.gg/jJmrw3E77u)!

### Testing your changes

After contributing new translations or modifying existing ones, you can check that the data format is OK.
Assuming that you have the Python packages `pytest` and `dataset` installed, you can type
```
pytest
```
in your console (in the `oldi_seed` directory), and the tests will run.
If any of them fails, please inspect the translations, following the hints in the test output.

## Changelog

See [CHANGELOG.md](CHANGELOG.md) for information about the latest changes.

## Language coverage
| Code  | Script | Glottocode |               Name                |                           Notes                            |
|-------|--------|------------|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|
| `ace` | `Arab` | `achi1257` |       Acehnese (Jawi script)      |                                                            |
| `ace` | `Latn` | `achi1257` |      Acehnese (Latin script)      |                                                            |
| `ary` | `Arab` | `moro1292` |          Moroccan Arabic          |                                                            |
| `arz` | `Arab` | `egyp1253` |          Egyptian Arabic          |                                                            |
| `bam` | `Latn` | `bamb1269` |              Bambara              |                                                            |
| `ban` | `Latn` | `bali1278` |              Balinese             |                                                            |
| `ben` | `Beng` | `beng1280` |              Bengali              |                                                            |
| `bho` | `Deva` | `bhoj1244` |              Bhojpuri             |                                                            |
| `bjn` | `Arab` | `banj1239` |        Banjar (Jawi script)       |                                                            |
| `bjn` | `Latn` | `banj1239` |       Banjar (Latin script)       |                                                            |
| `bug` | `Latn` | `bugi1244` |              Buginese             |                                                            |
| `crh` | `Latn` | `crim1257` |           Crimean Tatar           |                                                            |
| `dik` | `Latn` | `sout2832` |         Southwestern Dinka        |                                                            |
| `dzo` | `Tibt` | `dzon1239` |              Dzongkha             |                                                            |
| `eng` | `Latn` | `stan1293` |              English              |                                                            |
| `fra` | `Latn` | `stan1290` |               French              |                                                            |
| `fur` | `Latn` | `east2271` |              Friulian             |                                                            |
| `fuv` | `Latn` | `nige1253` |         Nigerian Fulfulde         |                                                            |
| `gug` | `Latn` | `para1311` |         Paraguayan Guaraní        |                                                            |
| `hne` | `Deva` | `chha1249` |           Chhattisgarhi           |                                                            |
| `ita` | `Latn` | `ital1282` |              Italian              |                                                            |
| `kas` | `Arab` | `kash1277` |      Kashmiri (Arabic script)     |                                                            |
| `kas` | `Deva` | `kash1277` |    Kashmiri (Devanagari script)   |                                                            |
| `kir` | `Cyrl` | `kirg1245` |              Kyrgyz               |                                                            |
| `knc` | `Arab` | `cent2050` |   Central Kanuri (Arabic script)  |                                                            |
| `knc` | `Latn` | `cent2050` |   Central Kanuri (Latin script)   |                                                            |
| `lij` | `Latn` | `geno1240` |         Ligurian (Genoese)        |                                                            |
| `lim` | `Latn` | `limb1263` |             Limburgish            |                                                            |
| `lmo` | `Latn` | `lomb1257` |              Lombard              | [[1]](https://github.com/openlanguagedata/flores/issues/5) |
| `ltg` | `Latn` | `east2282` |             Latgalian             |                                                            |
| `mag` | `Deva` | `maga1260` |               Magahi              |                                                            |
| `mni` | `Beng` | `mani1292` | Meitei (Manipuri, Bengali script) |                                                            |
| `mri` | `Latn` | `maor1246` |               Maori               |                                                            |
| `nqo` | `Nkoo` | `nkoa1234` |                Nko                |                                                            |
| `nus` | `Latn` | `nuer1246` |                Nuer               |                                                            |
| `pbt` | `Arab` | `sout2649` |          Southern Pashto          |                                                            |
| `prs` | `Arab` | `dari1249` |                Dari               |                                                            |
| `scn` | `Latn` | `sici1248` |              Sicilian             |                                                            |
| `shn` | `Mymr` | `shan1277` |                Shan               |                                                            |
| `spa` | `Latn` | `amer1254` |      Spanish (Latin American)     |                                                            |
| `srd` | `Latn` | `sard1257` |             Sardinian             | [[1]](https://github.com/openlanguagedata/flores/issues/6) |
| `szl` | `Latn` | `sile1253` |              Silesian             |                                                            |
| `taq` | `Latn` | `tama1365` |      Tamasheq (Latin script)      |                                                            |
| `taq` | `Tfng` | `tama1365` |     Tamasheq (Tifinagh script)    |                                                            |
| `vec` | `Latn` | `vene1259` |              Venetian             |                                                            |
| `zgh` | `Tfng` | `stan1324` |    Standard Moroccan Tamazight    |                                                            |