Document translation system
US7877251B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 7, 2007 |
| Grant date | Jan 25, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 4, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F40/40
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A document translation system is described. In various embodiments, the document translation system improves translations of text or speech (“documents”) that are performed by computing devices (“machine translations”). Upon translating a document into a target language, the system can provide a user interface containing both the original document and a translated document. The translated document can include portions that are translated automatically by a machine translation service, and other portions that have been amended or modified by users. Upon providing the translated document, the system may receive input from a user describing portions of the translated document that should be modified. These modifications may then be stored in corpora that the document translation system can employ during future requests to translate the document. When multiple modifications are stored, the system may select one of the stored modifications during translation, such as based on the document type, reputation of the user who provided the modification, and so forth. The stored corpora can then be employed to improve future machine translations.
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