Method and apparatus for identifying translations

Details Method and apparatus for identifying translations Method and apparatus for identifying translations

2003-07-23

2008-03-18

Hudspeth, David (Department: 2626)

Data processing: speech signal processing, linguistics, language

Linguistics

Translation machine

C704S010000, C704S277000

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07346487

ABSTRACT:
A method for identifying a translation transforms a representation of context words in a source language into a transformed representation of context in a target language based on multiple different translations for at least one context word. Candidate representations of context words in a target language are determined for at least two candidate translations. The transformed representation is used to score each candidate representation and the scores are used to select a candidate translation. In another aspect of the invention, a method and apparatus are provided for updating a translation dictionary by receiving votes from multiple clients as to which translation is correct.

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