readme: ---
  license: mit
  tags:
  - cuneiform
  - akkadian
  - sumerian
  ---
  
  # Sumerian and Akkadian Cuneiform Language Translator
  
  This is a translation network that understands Sumerian and Akkadian languages written in cuneiform.
  
  It was trained on cuneiform transcribed in the CDLI ATF format. For example:
  
  ```text
  translate Akkadian to English: 1(disz){d}szul3-ma-nu-_sag man gal?_-u2 _man_ dan-nu _man kisz_
  ```
  
  The network was trained to translate from the ancient languages:
  
  * Akkadian
  * Sumerian
  
  written in transcribed cuneiform to English.
  
  The network requires a prompt telling it the direction of translation. For example:
  
  * `translate Akkadian to English: `
  * `translate English to Sumerian: `
  
  
  ## Limitations
  
  It was *not* trained to translate between the ancient languages but it is capable of it
  (`translate Sumerian to Akkadian: `). Buyer beware.
  
  Its vocabulary does not include ā, ḫ, ī, ř, š, ṣ, or ū so those letters are replaced with the unadorned letter (or "sh" in the case of š and ṣ).
  