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## Dataset Source:
 - Original Source: The English sentences were sourced from oubic domain sources such as https://www.gutenberg.org/ .
 - Translation Tool: Google Translate was used for translating the sentences from English to Yoruba.

## Dataset Format:
 - english: The original English sentence.
 - yoruba: The Yoruba translation of the sentence.
 - source: the source of the English sentences.
   

**Example**:
|en	|yo	|source|
|-----|----------------------------|--------------------------|
|The subconscious offensiveness of their attitude has constituted old Jolyon's 'home' the psychological moment of the family history, made it the prelude of their drama.|	Iwa ibinu èrońgbà ti iṣesi wọn ti jẹ “ile” atijọ ti Jolyon ni akoko imọ-jinlẹ ti itan-akọọlẹ ẹbi, jẹ ki o jẹ iṣaaju ti eré wọn.|	https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2559.txt.utf-8|
|The Forsytes were resentful of something, not individually, but as a family; this resentment expressed itself in an added perfection of raiment, an exuberance of family cordiality, an exaggeration of family importance, and--the sniff.|	Awọn Forsytes binu si nkan kan, kii ṣe olukuluku, ṣugbọn gẹgẹbi idile; ibinu yii ṣe afihan ararẹ ni pipe ti aṣọ ti a fi kun, igbadun ti ifarabalẹ idile, iṣaju ti pataki idile, ati --ifun.|	https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2559.txt.utf-8 |
|Danger--so indispensable in bringing out the fundamental quality of any society, group, or individual--was what the Forsytes scented; the premonition of danger put a burnish on their armour.|	Ewu - nitorinaa ko ṣe pataki lati mu didara ipilẹ ti awujọ, ẹgbẹ, tabi ẹni kọọkan jade - jẹ ohun ti awọn Forsytes rùn; premonition ti ewu fi kan iná lori wọn ihamọra.|	https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2559.txt.utf-8|

## Dataset Size:
 - Number of Entries: 520,000

## Usage:
This dataset can be used for:
 - Training machine translation models for Yoruba.
 - Analyzing translation quality and limitations in automated tools.
 - Supporting linguistic research and NLP projects for low-resource languages.

## Limitations and Considerations:
 - **Quality of Translations**: As translations were generated using Google Translate, some sentences may not reflect perfect accuracy. Manual validation is recommended for critical applications.
 - **Cultural and Contextual Nuances**: Machine translations might miss idiomatic expressions or cultural nuances present in the source language.
 - **Biases**: Any biases inherent in Google Translate's model may propagate into this dataset.

## Licensing:
Source Material License: Public Domain

## Tags:

  - machine-translation

  - speech-to-text

  - yoruba-language

  - african-languages

## Task_categories:

  - text-classification

  - machine-translation

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