{"id":67346,"date":"2023-10-10T02:24:49","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T02:24:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clearglobal.org\/?p=67346"},"modified":"2023-10-17T13:54:38","modified_gmt":"2023-10-17T13:54:38","slug":"mt-rwanda-pushing-forward-language-tech-in-kinyarwanda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clearglobal.org\/mt-rwanda-pushing-forward-language-tech-in-kinyarwanda\/","title":{"rendered":"MT Rwanda &#8211; Pushing Forward Language Tech in Kinyarwanda"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"67346\" class=\"elementor elementor-67346\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-15c5464 elementor-section-content-middle v-cg-hero v-cg-hero-1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"15c5464\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a605c1a v-cg-hero-1-col-text\" data-id=\"a605c1a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7a06a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b7a06a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">MT Rwanda &#8211; Pushing Forward Language Tech in Kinyarwanda<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-319ad24 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"319ad24\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How translators can help protect children\u2019s rights, build trust and inclusion<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4f9af02 elementor-section-content-middle v-cg-wysiwyg-image v-cg-wysiwyg-image-3 v-cg-wysiwyg-image-3-text-left elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4f9af02\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fae3a5e v-cg-wysiwyg-image-3-col-image\" data-id=\"fae3a5e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9fb77e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9fb77e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/clearglobal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/MT-Rwanda-768x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-67356\" alt=\"Students around a workstation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clearglobal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/MT-Rwanda-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/clearglobal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/MT-Rwanda-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/clearglobal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/MT-Rwanda-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/clearglobal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/MT-Rwanda-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/clearglobal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/MT-Rwanda.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6c65101 v-cg-wysiwyg-image-3-text-right-col-text\" data-id=\"6c65101\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8af890f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8af890f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I\u2019ve always been inspired by traveling, and my favorite part of it is savoring the local dishes. Last week, I had the chance to do just that in Kigali, Rwanda, while I was attending the closing session of our project, \u201cMT Rwanda.\u201d I\u2019m excited because the results of this project will undoubtedly make it easier for me to ask local taxi drivers to take me to the best restaurants in town the next time I visit this impressive country.<\/p><p>In this blogpost, I will share some exciting details and learnings on community data collection, multilingual model fine-tuning, and the close collaboration of two dynamic teams:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/clearglobal.org\/\">CLEAR Global<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/digitalumuganda.com\/\">Digital Umuganda<\/a>, pushing forward language technology for Kinyarwanda.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-221a953 elementor-section-content-middle v-cg-wysiwyg v-cg-wysiwyg-default elementor-reverse-tablet elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"221a953\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ec6262b\" data-id=\"ec6262b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe53be6 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fe53be6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>MT Rwanda\u2019s Mission<\/h2><p>Our mission in \u201cMT Rwanda\u201d was nothing short of groundbreaking: to boost open-source machine translation (MT) for impact in Kinyarwanda. This Rwandan language is spoken by millions and is central to the culture and identity of the nation. The project\u2019s primary focus areas for impact were education and tourism, with a clear aim to bridge linguistic gaps and empower local communities.<\/p><p>In this endeavor, I had the privilege of mentoring the Rwandan AI company, Digital Umuganda, on data collection and MT model development. They had already been diligently pioneering open-source Kinyarwanda language technology for quite some time now. Thanks to their community efforts, Kinyarwanda has gained quite a few open-source datasets. The most notable of these is definitely their\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/commonvoice.mozilla.org\/\">Common Voice<\/a>\u00a0campaign, which placed Kinyarwanda in the top 5 in terms of the number of speech hours collected.<\/p><p>This time, the task was to push towards improving machine translation for this language. Kinyarwanda is one of the languages supported in Google Translate. It\u2019s also supported in the multilingual\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ai.meta.com\/research\/no-language-left-behind\/\">No Language Left Behind (NLLB)<\/a>\u00a0model released by Meta. However, all these models lack the quality to ensure reliability in real-world solutions, as many low-resource languages do. We needed to ensure they perform up to expectations in two real-life use-cases.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3eed474 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3eed474\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>The Power of Community-Driven Data<\/h2><p>One of the most exciting aspects of this project was the data collection campaign. To train the MT models effectively, we needed a substantial amount of high-quality parallel data. What made this campaign stand out was the community-driven approach adopted. With the enthusiastic participation of volunteers,\u00a0 we managed to collect<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0over 60,000 sentence translations in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/huggingface.co\/datasets\/mbazaNLP\/NMT_Education_parallel_data_en_kin\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">education<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/huggingface.co\/datasets\/mbazaNLP\/NMT_Tourism_parallel_data_en_kin\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tourism<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> domains.<\/span><\/p><p>The source sentences to translate were crawled automatically from sites related to <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tourism and local culture<\/span> (e.g. wikitravel, booking.com, tripadvisor), both in English and Kinyarwanda, and also web content we collected on finance, business, and economy-related articles on Wikipedia, Atingi, and Coursera. The source data can be accessed from <a href=\"https:\/\/huggingface.co\/datasets\/DigitalUmuganda\/monolingual_machine_translation_data\">this repository on Hugging Face<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/Digital-Umuganda\/machine_translation_data_scraping\">scrapers on GitHub<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-356623c elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"356623c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Open source = Collective ownership<\/h2><p>In this project, we underscored the importance of open-source language technology. We started with Meta\u2019s No Language Left Behind (NLLB) model as our base, trained with over 10 million web-crawled Kinyarwanda sentence translations as well as supporting 200 languages. Our approach involved a two-stage training process. In the first stage, we utilized diverse data from general, education, and tourism domains to enhance the model\u2019s overall performance. Then, in the second stage, we specialized the model for education and tourism separately. All training was conducted bidirectionally, and you can find the fine-tuning training and testing scripts in this\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/Digital-Umuganda\/twb_nllb_project_tourism_education\">Github repository<\/a>\u00a0for a closer look.<\/p><p>The project\u2019s commitment to open-source principles means that all the data and models we created are openly accessible to anyone interested in Kinyarwanda language technology. This also ensures reproducibility and collaboration from external collaborators to carry the flag forward. You can find these valuable resources on HuggingFace, complete with demos that showcase their capabilities: Education\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/huggingface.co\/mbazaNLP\/Nllb_finetuned_education_en_kin\">model<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/huggingface.co\/spaces\/mbazaNLP\/Finetuned-NLLB-EDUCATION-EN-KIN\">demo<\/a>, Tourism\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/huggingface.co\/mbazaNLP\/Nllb_finetuned_tourism_en_kin\">model<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/huggingface.co\/spaces\/mbazaNLP\/Finetuned-NLLB-TOURISM-EN-KIN\">demo<\/a>.<\/p><h2>What Lies Ahead<\/h2><p>As we wrap up this transformative project, our sights are set on the future. We\u2019re eager to publish a technical paper soon, sharing our insights, challenges, and triumphs with the wider research community. Collaborating with Digital Umuganda has been a rewarding experience, and I\u2019m quite enthusiastic about collaborating with them further on.<\/p><p>My impression from our end-of-project session in Kigali is that the road ahead for Kinyarwanda is filled with promise. Together, we have identified many interesting ideas and also challenges to bring the initiative forward. I\u2019m looking forward to witnessing and being part of further advancements in open-source Kinyarwanda language technology and its potential in creating an impact for Rwanda. And of course, making more opportunities to visit and explore further the delicious Rwandan cuisine.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06cac2a elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"06cac2a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u2013 Alp Oktem, Computational Linguist, CLEAR Global.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our mission in \u201cMT Rwanda\u201d was nothing short of groundbreaking: to boost open-source machine translation (MT) for impact in Kinyarwanda. 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