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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2016
Facebook, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
William Arthur Hughes, San Francisco, CA (US);
Matthias Gerhard Eck, San Francisco, CA (US);
Kay Rottmann, San Francisco, CA (US);
FACEBOOK, INC., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
Exemplary embodiments provide techniques for evaluating when words or phrases of a translation were generated with a low degree of confidence, and conveying this information when the translation is presented. For example, if a source language word is encountered in source material for translation, but the source language word was only encountered a few times (or not at all) in the training data used to train the translation system, then the resulting translation may be flagged as being of low confidence. Other situations, such as the generation of two equally-likely translations, or translation system model disagreement, may also indicate a questionable translation. When the translation is displayed, questionable words and phrases may be flagged, and possible alternative translations may be presented. If one of the alternatives is selected, this information may be used to update the translation system's models in order to improve translation quality in the future.