Tag: Powell’s Diary
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Is Powell an eligible Moravian? On Distant Reading
Distant Reading is basically a “machine reading”. Using effective algorithms, we can “read” documents in a smart and statistical way. The easiest two methods of distant reading are 1. finding the most frequent words 2. finding the connections between most frequent used words. By doing those research processes, we can “read” documents from different angles.…
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Transcription Process: Difficulities To Learn a “New” Language
↑ Press to play(Mission Impossible Theme) Transcription Process is really important while researching old archives. It can be described as a “strange learning experience”. Original text is quite tricky and difficult for me to understand. Challenges can be summed up to 3 parts : mysterious hand writing, intricate grammar and wrong pronunciation. For example, on this…