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 **The choice and filtering of "cases"** **The choice and filtering of "cases"**
   * The "cases" in Table 1 are selected according to the //possibility// of different translations (i.e. each case has at least two translations of the source seen in the training data; the translation counts are from the test data, so it is OK that e.g. "Korea" translates as "Korea" all the time)   * The "cases" in Table 1 are selected according to the //possibility// of different translations (i.e. each case has at least two translations of the source seen in the training data; the translation counts are from the test data, so it is OK that e.g. "Korea" translates as "Korea" all the time)
-  * Table 1 is unfiltered -- only some of the "cases" are then considered relevant +  * Table 1 is unfiltered -- only some of the "cases" are then considered relevant: 
-    * Cases that are too similar (less than 1/2 characters differ) are joined together +    * Cases that are //too similar// (less than 1/2 characters differ) are //joined together// 
-      * Beware, this notion of grouping is not well-defined, does not create equivalence classes: ''old hostages'' = ''new hostages'' = ''completely new hostages'' but ''old hostages'' != ''completely new hostages'' (we hope this didn't actually happen)+      * Beware, this notion of grouping is not well-defined, does not create equivalence classes: "old hostages" = "new hostages" = "completely new hostages" but "old hostages" != "completely new hostages" (we hope this didn't actually happen) 
 +    * Cases where //only one translation variant prevails// are //discarded// (this is the case of "Korea")

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