Backend REST-API for an Ancient Greek Translator.
The "Alpha" version works. You can make requests and use both precise and rough mode. Currently it is still limited to ascii words.
Transform incoming requests to the internal ascii representation. That includes greek inputs.
Maybe some small changes on the internal representation are necessary (e.g. ch -> c).
Make sure all greek letters are mentioned in the simplification dict. There are still plenty of capital letters that are uncovered.
Some frontend would be nice >.<.
The website operone.de has a section with an ancient greek dictionary.
dbgen.py scrapes all the entries and writes them into a sqlite database.
The node server then accesses the database and provides a REST-API.
A rough scheme of how this works:
Currently there is one table in the database:
operonedict
There exist indices for the rough- and preciseword columns.
Every entry has the following fields:
| field | description |
|---|---|
| roughword | The greek word transformed with the rough-dictionary |
| preciseword | The greek word transformed with the precise dictionary |
| greek | The primary lookup word. |
| alternategreek | All alternate words joined by commata |
| translation | The translation. This is still entirely unformatted |