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  "id": 672121,
  "title": "Month representation",
  "url": "/competitions/deep-past-initiative-machine-translation/discussion/672121",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2026-02-06T09:19:21.318765Z",
  "votes": 1,
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  "content": "<p>1.While exploring the training data, I discovered month representations like <strong>\"Month IX\"</strong> (ID: 2996f6c9-8b2c-433e-95b4-2cc4ea6effea) in the translations. However, the character <strong>'X'</strong> is not included in the \"Translations Characters\" provided in <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/deep-past-initiative-machine-translation/discussion/665209\" target=\"_blank\">this discussion</a>.So do we need to do any additional processing on this character？</p>\n<p>I would be very grateful if you could share your thoughts. I apologize if similar topics have already been discussed elsewhere.✨</p>",
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      "id": "3402553",
      "postDate": "02/06/2026 09:19:21",
      "content": "<p>1.While exploring the training data, I discovered month representations like <strong>\"Month IX\"</strong> (ID: 2996f6c9-8b2c-433e-95b4-2cc4ea6effea) in the translations. However, the character <strong>'X'</strong> is not included in the \"Translations Characters\" provided in <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/deep-past-initiative-machine-translation/discussion/665209\" target=\"_blank\">this discussion</a>.So do we need to do any additional processing on this character？</p>\n<p>I would be very grateful if you could share your thoughts. I apologize if similar topics have already been discussed elsewhere.✨</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "1.While exploring the training data, I discovered month representations like **\"Month IX\"** (ID: 2996f6c9-8b2c-433e-95b4-2cc4ea6effea) in the translations. However, the character **'X'** is not included in the \"Translations Characters\" provided in [this discussion](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/deep-past-initiative-machine-translation/discussion/665209).So do we need to do any additional processing on this character？\n\nI would be very grateful if you could share your thoughts. I apologize if similar topics have already been discussed elsewhere.✨",
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    {
      "id": "3402778",
      "postDate": "02/06/2026 19:46:10",
      "content": "<p><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/deep-past-initiative-machine-translation/discussion/667480#3390784\" target=\"_blank\">This discussion</a> on months should be helpful.</p>\n<p>Specifically, for month X:</p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Month</th>\n<th>Roman</th>\n<th>MN</th>\n<th>forms</th>\n<th>AKA</th>\n</tr>\n</thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>…</td>\n<td>…</td>\n<td>…</td>\n<td>…</td>\n<td>…</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Month</td>\n<td>9</td>\n<td>IX</td>\n<td>Kanwarta</td>\n<td>kán-bar-ta;</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>…</td>\n<td>…</td>\n<td>…</td>\n<td>…</td>\n<td>…</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>",
      "rawMarkdown": "[This discussion](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/deep-past-initiative-machine-translation/discussion/667480#3390784) on months should be helpful.\n\nSpecifically, for month X:\n\n| Month | Roman | MN | forms | AKA |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |\n| Month | 9 | IX | Kanwarta | kán-bar-ta; | Kà-an-ma-ar-ta | Kanmarta |\n| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |",
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      "id": 3402778,
      "author_name": "angantyr",
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      "post_date": "02/06/2026 19:46:10",
      "content": "<p><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/deep-past-initiative-machine-translation/discussion/667480#3390784\" target=\"_blank\">This discussion</a> on months should be helpful.</p>\n<p>Specifically, for month X:</p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Month</th>\n<th>Roman</th>\n<th>MN</th>\n<th>forms</th>\n<th>AKA</th>\n</tr>\n</thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>…</td>\n<td>…</td>\n<td>…</td>\n<td>…</td>\n<td>…</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Month</td>\n<td>9</td>\n<td>IX</td>\n<td>Kanwarta</td>\n<td>kán-bar-ta;</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>…</td>\n<td>…</td>\n<td>…</td>\n<td>…</td>\n<td>…</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>",
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    "3402553": "1.While exploring the training data, I discovered month representations like **\"Month IX\"** (ID: 2996f6c9-8b2c-433e-95b4-2cc4ea6effea) in the translations. However, the character **'X'** is not included in the \"Translations Characters\" provided in [this discussion](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/deep-past-initiative-machine-translation/discussion/665209).So do we need to do any additional processing on this character？\n\nI would be very grateful if you could share your thoughts. I apologize if similar topics have already been discussed elsewhere.✨",
    "3402778": "[This discussion](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/deep-past-initiative-machine-translation/discussion/667480#3390784) on months should be helpful.\n\nSpecifically, for month X:\n\n| Month | Roman | MN | forms | AKA |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |\n| Month | 9 | IX | Kanwarta | kán-bar-ta; | Kà-an-ma-ar-ta | Kanmarta |\n| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |"
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