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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 27, 1998
Jeffrey Scott McCarley, Bedford Hills, NY (US);
Salim Roukos, Scarsdale, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A system and method for translating a series of source words in a first language to a series of target words in a second language is provided. The system includes an input device for inputting the series of source words. A fertility hypothesis generator operatively coupled to the input device generates at least one fertility hypotheses for a fertility of a source word, based on the source word and a context of the source word. A sense hypothesis generator operatively coupled to the input device generates sense hypotheses for a translation of the source word, based on the source word and the context of the source word. A fertility model operatively coupled to the fertility hypothesis generator determines a probability of the fertility of the source word, based on the source word and the context of the source word. A sense model operatively coupled to the sense hypothesis generator determines a probability of a target word being a correct translation of the source word, based on the source word and the context of the source word. A decoder operatively coupled to the fertility and sense models for generating a list of target words for the translation of the source word, based on the probability calculated by the fertility model and the probability calculated by the sense model.