Optimizing parameters for machine translation
US8401836B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 20, 2012 |
| Grant date | Mar 19, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 20, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F40/42
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for language translation are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes accessing a translation hypergraph that represents a plurality of candidate translations, the translation hypergraph including a plurality of paths including nodes connected by edges; calculating first posterior probabilities for each edge in the translation hypergraph; calculating second posterior probabilities for each n-gram represented in the translation hypergraph based on the first posterior probabilities; and performing decoding on the translation hypergraph using the second posterior probabilities to convert a sample text from a first language to a second language.
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