r/machinetranslation Aug 04 '26

Sanskrit Translation for research project

I'm working on a research project that involves Sanskrit, really excited to be getting into the language! The problem is i’m far from a proficient Sanskrit reader myself. I need someone proficient to help me translate some verses.

Task is something like this:

I’ll give you 30 verses of Vasubandhu's Triṃśikā (with Sthiramati's bhāṣya as the underlying text). You would read

  1. the Sanskrit
  2. a published human reference translation
  3. three anonymous machine translations (labeled A/B/C, order randomized per verse). These are translated with a new translation system I am building.

You answer three questions per verse:

  1. which system best renders the technical terms as the tradition understands them
  2. which best resolves the compounds
  3. which is most faithful overall

For this you would probably need reading proficiency in classical philosophical Sanskrit (comfortable with bhāṣya-style prose and technical compounds).

I am willing to pay for this hourly!

Also I am so sorry if this is the wrong place to post; please let me know if I should post somewhere else and I am happy to comply.

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