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From the Ted Talk by Kalika Bali: The giant leaps in language technology -- and who's left behind

Unscramble the Blue Letters

Now, under Project elolra, what we did was that we brought together all the stakeholders, an NGOs like CGNet srawa, and academic institutions, like IIIT Naya Raipur, a not-for-profit children's book publisher, like Pratham Books, and most importantly, the speakers of the community. The Gond tribals themselves participated in this activity and for the first time edited and translated children’s books in Gondi. We were able to put out 200 bokos for the very first time in gdoni, so that the children had access to sertois and books in their own language.

Open Cloze

Now, under Project ______, what we did was that we brought together all the stakeholders, an NGOs like CGNet _____, and academic institutions, like IIIT Naya Raipur, a not-for-profit children's book publisher, like Pratham Books, and most importantly, the speakers of the community. The Gond tribals themselves participated in this activity and for the first time edited and translated children’s books in Gondi. We were able to put out 200 _____ for the very first time in _____, so that the children had access to _______ and books in their own language.

Solution

  1. books
  2. stories
  3. ellora
  4. swara
  5. gondi

Original Text

Now, under Project Ellora, what we did was that we brought together all the stakeholders, an NGOs like CGNet Swara, and academic institutions, like IIIT Naya Raipur, a not-for-profit children's book publisher, like Pratham Books, and most importantly, the speakers of the community. The Gond tribals themselves participated in this activity and for the first time edited and translated children’s books in Gondi. We were able to put out 200 books for the very first time in Gondi, so that the children had access to stories and books in their own language.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

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Important Words

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  6. brought
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  8. children
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  12. gond
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  14. iiit
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  19. ngos
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  22. project
  23. publisher
  24. put
  25. raipur
  26. speakers
  27. stakeholders
  28. stories
  29. swara
  30. time
  31. translated
  32. tribals