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Note on French spelling
Due to a 1990 orthographic reform, there are currently two conventions for written French numbers:
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Reformed All composite words are joined by a hyphen: e.g.
1122 -> mille-cent-vingt-deux
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Traditional Hyphenation only occurs (with exception) for numbers from 17 to 99 (inclusive): e.g.
1122 -> mille cent vingt-deux
As available training data for upstream ASR will vary in use of convention, NeMo's French ITN accomodates either style for normalization e.g.
python inverse_normalize.py "mille-cent-vingt-deux" --language="fr" --> 1122
python inverse_normalize.py "mille cent vingt-deux" --language="fr" --> 1122
As a result, there exists some ambiguity in the case of currency conversions, namely minor denominations of the dollar e.g.
300 -> "trois-cents" # Reformed spelling
300 -> "trois cents" # Traditional spelling
3 ¢ -> "trois cents" # Valid for both
Cardinals take priority in such cases.
python inverse_normalize.py "trois cents" --language="fr" -> 300