Instructions for ACL-2010 Proceedings

Jing-Shin Chang National Chi Nan University Puli, Nantou, Taiwan, ROC. jshin@csie.ncnu.edu.tw

Philipp Koehn University of Edinburgh Edinburgh, United Kingdom pkoehn@inf.ed.ac.uk

Abstract

and Phili!! Koehn 5pkoehn@inf.ed.ac.uk6 as soon as !ossible.

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This do ument ontains the instru tions for !re!aring a amera"ready manus ri!t for the !ro eedings of #C$"%&'&.The do ument itself onforms to its own s!e ifi ations, and is therefore an e(am!le of what your manus ri!t should loo) li)e. These instru tions should be used for both !a!ers submitted for review and for final versions of a e!ted !a!ers. #uthors are as)ed to onform to all the dire tions re!orted in this do ument.

$eneral Instructions

Credits
This do ument has been ada!ted from the instru tions for #C$"*+CN$P"%&&, !ro eedings, by +ing"-hin Chang and Regina .ar/ilay. *nstru tions for those !ro eedings were in turn based on the formats of earlier #C$ and E#C$ Conferen e !ro eedings. Those versions were written by several !ersons, in luding +ohn Chen, 0enry -. Thom!son and 1onald 2al)er.

7anus ri!ts must be in two" olumn format. E( e!tions to the two" olumn format in lude the title, authors8 names and om!lete addresses, whi h must be entered at the to! of the first !age, and any full"width figures or tables 5see the guidelines in -ubse tion 9.:6. T%pe singlespaced" -tart all !ages dire tly under the to! margin. -ee the guidelines later regarding formatting the first !age. The manus ri!t should be !rinted single"sided and its length should not e( eed the ma(imum !age limit des ribed in -e tion :. 1"1 &lectronicall%-a'ailable resources #C$"%&'& !rovides this des ri!tion in $#TE;%e 5a l%&'&.te(6 and P14 format 5a l%&'&.!df6, along with the $#TE;%e style file used to format it 5a l%&'&.sty6 and an #C$ bibliogra!hy style 5a l.bst6. These files are all available at
http://nlp.csie.ncnu.edu.tw/~shin/ac l2010/publication/doc/stylefiles/. #

Introduction

The following instru tions are dire ted to authors of !a!ers submitted to ACL-2010 or a e!ted for !ubli ation in its !ro eedings. #ll authors are re3uired to adhere to these s!e ifi ations. #uthors are re3uired to !rovide a Portable 1o ument 4ormat 5P146 and Post- ri!t version of their !a!ers. The proceedings ill be printed on A! paper" #uthors from ountries in whi h a ess to word"!ro essing systems is limited should onta t the !ubli ation hairs +ing"-hin Chang 5jshin@csie.ncnu.edu.tw6

7i rosoft 2ord tem!late file 5a l%&'&.dot6 is also available at the same UR$. 2e strongly re ommend the use of these style files, whi h have been a!!ro!riately tailored for the #C$" %&'& !ro eedings. *f you have an o!tion, we re ommend that you use the $#TE;%e version. *f you will be using the 7i rosoft 2ord tem!late, we suggest that you anonymi/e your sour e file so that the !df !rodu ed does not retain your identity. This an be done by removing any !ersonal information from your sour e do ument !ro!erties.

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(or)at of &lectronic *anuscript

4or the !rodu tion of the ele troni manus ri!t you must use #dobe<s Portable 1o ument 4or" mat 5P146. This format an be generated from !osts ri!t files. On $inu(=Uni( systems, you an use ps2pdf for this !ur!ose. *n 7i rosoft 2indows, you an use #dobe<s 1istiller or >-view 54ile?Convert?!dfwrite6@ if you have cygwin in"stalled, you an use dvipdf or ps2pdf. Note that some word !ro essing !rograms generate P14 whi h may not in lude all the ne essary fonts 5es!. tree diagrams, symbols6. 2hen you !rint or reate the P14 file, there is usually an o!tion in your !rinter setu! to in lude none, all or Aust non"standard fonts. Please ma)e sure that you sele t the o!tion of in luding #$$ the fonts. Be-fore sending it, test your PDF by printing it from a computer different from the one where it was created. 7oreover, some word !ro essor may generate very large !osts ri!t=P14 files, where ea h !age is rendered as an image. -u h images may re!rodu e !oorly. *n this ase, try alternative ways to obtain the !osts ri!t and=or P14. One way on some systems is to install a driver for a !osts ri!t !rinter, send your do ument to the !rinter s!e ifying BOut!ut to a fileC, then onvert the file to P14. *t is of utmost im!ortan e to s!e ify the A! for)at 5%' m %,.D m6 when formatting the !a!er. 2hen wor)ing with dvips, for instan e, one should s!e ify -t a4. Print"outs of the P14 file on #E !a!er should be identi al to the hard o!y version. *f you annot meet the above re3uirements about the !rodu tion of your ele troni submission, !lease onta t the !ubli ation hairs above as soon as !ossible. 1"# La%out 4ormat manus ri!ts two olumns to a !age, in the manner these instru tions are formatted. The e(a t dimensions for a !age on #E !a!er areF $eft and right marginsF %.: m To! marginF %.: m .ottom marginF %.: m Column widthF D.D m Column heightF %E.D m >a! between olumnsF &.G m

Pa!ers should not be submitted on any other !a!er si/e. 1"! (onts 4or reasons of uniformity, #dobe<s Ti)es +o)an font should be used. *n $#TE;%e, this is a om!lished by !utting usepacka!e"ti#es$ usepacka!e"late%sy#$ in the !reamble. *f Times Roman is unavailable, use Co)puter *odern +o)an 5$#TE;e<s default6. Note that the latter is about '&H less dense than #dobe<s Times Roman font. T%pe of Te,t !a!er title author names author affiliation the word B#bstra tC se tion titles do ument te(t a!tions abstra t te(t bibliogra!hy footnotes (ont Si-e ': !t '% !t '% !t '% !t '% !t '' !t '' !t '& !t '& !t , !t St%le bold bold bold bold

Table 'F 4ont guide

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The (irst Page

Center the title, author<s name5s6 and affiliation5s6 a ross both olumns. 1o not use footnotes for affiliations. 1o not in lude the !a!er *1 number assigned during the submission !ro ess. Use the two" olumn format only when you begin the abstra t. Title/ Pla e the title entered at the to! of the first !age, in a ':"!oint bold font. 54or a om!lete guide to font si/es and styles, see Table '.6 $ong titles should be ty!ed on two lines without a blan) line intervening. #!!ro(imately, !ut the title at %.: m from the to! of the !age, followed by a blan) line, then the author<s names5s6, and the affiliation on the following line. 1o not use only initials for given names 5middle initials are allowed6. 1o not format surnames in all a!itals 5e.g., use B- hlangenC not B-C0$#N>ENC6. 1o not format title and se tion headings in all a!itals as well e( e!t for !ro!er names 5su h as I.$EU86 that are onventionally in all a!itals. The affiliation should ontain the author<s om!lete address, and

if !ossible an ele troni mail address. $eave about % m between the affiliation and the body of the first !age. The title, author names and addresses should be om!letely identi al to those entered to the ele troni al !a!er submission website in order to maintain the onsisten y of author information among all !ubli ations of the onferen e. #bstract/ Ty!e the abstra t at the beginning of the first olumn. The width of the abstra t te(t should be smaller than the width of the olumns for the te(t in the body of the !a!er by about &.G m on ea h side. Center the word Abstract in a '% !oint bold font above the body of the abstra t. The abstra t should be a on ise summary of the general thesis and on lusions of the !a!er. *t should be no longer than %&& words. Te,t/ .egin ty!ing the main body of the te(t immediately after the abstra t, observing the two" olumn format as shown in the !resent do ument. Indent when starting a new !aragra!h. Use '' !oints for te(t and subse tion headings, '% !oints for se tion headings and ': !oints for the title. 1"0 Sections 1eadings/ Ty!e and label se tion and subse tion headings in the style shown on the !resent do ument. Use numbered se tions 5#rabi numerals6 in order to fa ilitate ross referen es. Number subse tions with the se tion number and the subse tion number se!arated by a dot, in #rabi numerals. 1o not number subsubse tions. Citations/ Citations within the te(t a!!ear in !arentheses as 5>usfield, ',,D6 or, if the author<s name a!!ears in the te(t itself, as >usfield 5',,D6. #!!end lower ase letters to the year in ases of ambiguities. Treat double authors by using both authors8 last names 5e.g., 5#ho and Ullman, ',D%6, but use et al. when more than two authors are involved. 5Colla!se multi!le itations as in 5>usfield, ',,D@ #ho and Ullman, ',D%6. #lso refrain from using full itations as senten e onstituents. 2e suggest that instead of B5>usfield, ',,D6 showed that ...C you use B>usfield 5',,D6 showed that ...C *f you are using the !rovided $#TE;%e and .ibTE; style files, you an use the ommand newcite to get Bauthor 5year6C itations.

#s reviewing will be double"blind, the submitted version of the !a!ers should not in lude the authors8 names and affiliations. 4urthermore, self"referen es that reveal the author8s identity, e.g., B2e !reviously showed 5>usfield, ',,D6 ...C should be avoided. *nstead, use itations su h as B>usfield 5',,D6 !reviously showed ... C Please do not use anonymous itations and do not in lude a )nowledgements when submitting your !a!ers. Pa!ers that do not onform to these re3uirements may be reAe ted without review. +eferences/ >ather the full set of referen es together under the heading +eferences@ !la e the se tion before any #!!endi es, unless they ontain referen es. #rrange the referen es al!habeti ally by first author, rather than by order of o urren e in the te(t. Provide as om!lete a itation as !ossible, using a onsistent format, su h as the one for Computational inguistics or the one in the Publication !anual of the "merican Psychological "ssociation 5#meri an Psy hologi al #sso iation, ',J96. Use of full names for authors rather than initials is !referred. # list of abbreviations for ommon om!uter s ien e Aournals an be found in the #C7 Computing #eviews 5#sso iation for Com!uting 7a hinery, ',J96. The $#TE;%e and .ibTE; style files !rovided roughly fit the #meri an Psy hologi al #sso iation format, allowing regular itations, short itations and multi!le itations as des ribed above. Appendices/ #!!endi es, if any, dire tly follow the te(t and the referen es 5but see above6. $etter them in se3uen e and !rovide an informative titleF Appendi, A" Title of Appendi,. Ac2no ledge)ent se tions should go as a last se tion immediately before the referen es. 1o not number the a )nowledgement se tion.

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(ootnotes

(ootnotes/ Put footnotes at the bottom of the !age and use , !oints te(t. They may be numbered or referred to by asteris)s or other symbols.' 4ootnotes should be se!arated from the main te(t by a line.% 1"4 $raphics Illustrations/ Pla e figures, tables, and !hoto" gra!hs in the !a!er near where they are first dis ussed, rather than at the end, if !ossible. 2ide illustrations may run a ross both olumns. Color illustrations are dis ouraged, unless you have verified that they will be understandable when !rinted in bla ) in). Captions/ Provide a a!tion for every illustration@ number ea h one se3uentially in the formF B4igure '. Ca!tion of the 4igure.C BTable '. Ca!tion of the Table.C Ty!e the a!tions of the figures and tables below the body, using '' !oint te(t.

not in lude this se tion when submitting your !a!er for review.

+eferences
#lfred. K. #ho and +effrey 1. Ullman. ',D%. $he

$heory of Parsing, $ranslation and Compiling, volume '. Prenti e"0all, Englewood
Cliffs, N+. #meri an Psy hologi al #sso iation. ',J9.

Publications !anual. #meri an Psy hologi al

#sso iation, 2ashington, 1C. #sso iation for Com!uting 7a hinery. ',J9.

Computing #eviews, %E5''6F:&9":'%.

#sho) K. Chandra, 1e(ter C. Ko/en, and $arry +.-to )meyer. ',J'. #lternation. %ournal of the "ssociation for Computing !achinery, %J5'6F''E"'99. 1an >usfield. ',,D. "lgorithms on &trings, $rees and &e'uences. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.

Translation of non-&nglish Ter)s

*t is also advised to su!!lement non"English hara ters and terms with a!!ro!riate transliterations and=or translations sin e not all readers understand all su h hara ters and terms. *nline transliteration or translation an be re!resented in the order ofF original"form transliteration Itranslation8. 4or e(am!le, tai"wan"da"(ue ITaiwan University8 is the full name for its abbreviation tai"da.

Length of Sub)ission

$ong !a!ers may onsist of u! to J !ages of ontent 5e( luding referen es6, and short !a!ers may onsist of u! to E !ages of ontent 5e( luding referen es6. .oth long and short !a!ers may in lude any additional number of !ages onsisting solely of referen es. 5#!!endi es ount against the eight or four !ages, not the additional referen es !ages6. #ll illustrations, referen es, and a!!endi es must be a ommodated within these !age limits, observing the formatting instru tions given in the !resent do ument. Pa!ers that do not onform to the s!e ified length and formatting re3uirements are subAe t to be reAe ted without review. Ac2no ledg)ents 1o not number the a )nowledgment se tion. 1o
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This is how a footnote should a!!ear. Note the line se!arating the footnotes from the te(t.