Multi-Language Document Processing

Overview

A specialized skill for processing documents in multiple languages, with particular focus on low-resource languages, accented character systems, and cross-linguistic content analysis. Designed to handle the unique challenges of processing minority languages alongside major languages.

Capabilities

• Low-Resource Language Support: Optimized for languages with limited digital resources
• Accent Character Handling: Proper processing of diacritical marks and special characters
• Cross-Linguistic Analysis: Identify and separate content in different languages
• Cultural Context Preservation: Maintain cultural and linguistic nuances
• Mixed-Language Processing: Handle documents with multiple languages
• Character Encoding Management: Robust handling of various text encodings

Core Components

1. Language Detection and Separation

Identify and categorize content by language within mixed-language documents.

Detection Methods:

• Character pattern analysis: Accented characters, script systems
• Word frequency analysis: Common words in each language
• Grammatical pattern recognition: Language-specific structures
• Dictionary-based lookup: Known vocabulary matching

Implementation:

class MultiLanguageDetector:
    def __init__(self):
        self.language_patterns = {
            'chuukese': re.compile(r'[áéíóúàèìòùāēīōūâêîôû]'),
            'english': re.compile(r'^[a-zA-Z\s\-\']+$'),
            'spanish': re.compile(r'[ñáéíóúüÁÉÍÓÚÜ]'),
            'french': re.compile(r'[àâäéèêëïîôöùûüÿç]')
        }
    
    def detect_language(self, text):
        """Detect primary language of text segment"""
        scores = {}
        for lang, pattern in self.language_patterns.items():
            matches = len(pattern.findall(text))
            scores[lang] = matches / max(len(text.split()), 1)
        
        return max(scores, key=scores.get)

2. Processing Strategies

Segmented Processing

def process_multilingual_document(document):
    # Detect language segments
    segments = detect_language_segments(document.text)
    
    processed_segments = []
    for segment in segments:
        if segment.language == 'chuukese':
            processed = process_chuukese_segment(segment)
        elif segment.language == 'english':
            processed = process_english_segment(segment)
        else:
            processed = process_general_segment(segment)
        
        processed_segments.append(processed)
    
    return combine_processed_segments(processed_segments)

Unicode Normalization

import unicodedata

def normalize_text(text, form='NFC'):
    normalized = unicodedata.normalize(form, text)
    return normalize_chuukese_accents(normalized)

def normalize_chuukese_accents(text):
    # Convert common accent variations to standard form
    accent_mappings = {
        'á': 'á',  # Ensure consistent acute accent
        'ā': 'ā',  # Ensure consistent macron
    }
    
    for variant, standard in accent_mappings.items():
        text = text.replace(variant, standard)
    
    return text

Best Practices

1. Encoding consistency: Always use UTF-8 for internal processing
2. Normalization: Apply Unicode normalization early in the pipeline
3. Validation: Multiple validation methods for language detection
4. Context preservation: Maintain cultural context in processing
5. Fallback strategies: Graceful degradation for unrecognized content

Dependencies

• unicodedata: Unicode text normalization
• chardet: Character encoding detection
• langdetect: Language identification support
• regex: Enhanced regular expression support for Unicode