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Chomsky: A Content Language Translation Agent

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Multi-Agent Systems and Applications IV (CEEMAS 2005)

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science ((LNAI,volume 3690))

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This paper describes Chomsky, a content language translation agent. This agent provides a service, which first translates the content expression from its original language into an abstract logic language (ALL). Then, the resulting ALL expression is translated to the desired target language. ALL has been designed as a superset of most known content languages to avoid loosing expressiveness during translation. For more than three supported languages, using an intermediate language approach involves fewer translators than a pair wise approach. Currently, Chomsky supports FIPA-SL, KIF, and Prolog Content Language. In one mode of operation, Chomsky returns the result of the translation request to the client agent. In the other mode, Chomsky receives a message from the intended sender whose content is expressed in language L1, it translates the content to the content language used by the intended receiver (L2), and it sends the message with the L2 content to the intended receiver.

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  1. “We, the Body and the Mind” Research Group, ADETTI – ISCTE, Avenida das Forças Armadas, Edifício ISCTE, 1600-082, Lisboa, Portugal

    António Lopes & Luís Botelho

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  1. António Lopes
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  1. Department of Cybernetics, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic

    Michael Pěchouček

  2. Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Freyung 6/6, A-1010, Vienna, Austria

    Paolo Petta

  3. Computer and Automation Research Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Kende u. 13-17., 1111, Budapest, Hungary

    László Zsolt Varga

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Lopes, A., Botelho, L. (2005). Chomsky: A Content Language Translation Agent. In: Pěchouček, M., Petta, P., Varga, L.Z. (eds) Multi-Agent Systems and Applications IV. CEEMAS 2005. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 3690. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11559221_54

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