GIZA++
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		Supplement to the GIZA++ Readme

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Compiling GIZA++ with GNU 2.96
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To compile GIZA++:

   1. The GNU compiler 2.96 is needed.

   2. Two changes need to be made to the Makefile:
      A. set the path where GIZA++ will be installed. For example:
	     INSTALLDIR = /home/bthomson/GIZA++

      B. set the location of the gnu compiler. For example:	 
	      CC = g++
   
   3. Type 'make' to make the executable program
 

Compiling mkcls with GNU compiler 2.96
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To compile mkcls:
   
   1. Three changes need to be made to the Makefile:
      A. set the path where mkcls will be installed. For example:
	     INSTALLDIR = /home/bthomson/mkcls

      B. set the shell that you are using. For example:
	     SHELL = bash

      C. set the location of the gnu compiler. For example:
	     CC = g++

   2. Type 'make' to make the executable program.

Compiling plain2snt.cc with GNU compiler 2.96
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To compile plain2snt.cc:
   
   ./g++ -o plain2snt.out plain2snt.cc


Training
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1. Compile a bilingual corpus which is sentence aligned. For example:
	  cat *.e > english
	  cat *.f > french

2. Run plain2snt.out which is located in the GIZA++ package. The first
   argument is the source language and the second argument is the target 
   language.
   
	./plain2snt.out french english

   Three output files will be created:
   1. english.vcb
   2. french.vcb
   3. frenchenglish.snt

3. Run mkcls to create word classes. mkcls is a separate package. This
   is optional.

      ./_mkcls -penglish -Venglish.vcb.classes
      ./_mkcls -pfrench -Vfrench.vcb.classes

   Four output files will be created:
   1. english.vcb.classes
   2. english.vcb.classes.cats
   3. french.vcb.classes
   4. french.vcb.classes.cats


4.  The library paths may need to be set:
    
        LD_LIBRARY_PATH /opt/sfw/lib

5. Run GIZA++

       ./GIZA++ -T french.vcb -S english.vcb -C frenchenglish.snt
   

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