Method and apparatus for initializing iterative training of translation probabilities
US7409332B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 14, 2004 |
| Grant date | Aug 5, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 30, 2026 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F40/58
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method of estimating translation probabilities includes converting a set of word alignment scores into translation probabilities and modifying the translation probabilities based on a bilingual corpus to produce modified translation probabilities. Under many embodiments, the translation probabilities are modified using an iterative training algorithm.
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