Search Query Translation for Multi-Language Content Retrieval
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current search engines are limited in their ability to retrieve and present relevant content to users when the content is written in languages other than the user's native language, leading to a restricted volume of searchable information and potentially irrelevant search results.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that translate search queries into multiple languages, compare them with content across various languages, and identify relevant content, regardless of the language it is written in, allowing for the presentation of translated results to the user.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If search engines limit content to the user's native language, then search results are more accurate and relevant, but the volume of searchable content is restricted
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a translator as an intermediary component that bridges the gap between multi-language content and single-language queries. The translator converts search queries into multiple languages, enabling the search engine to access and retrieve content in various languages while maintaining relevance for the original query language.
Solution Approach 2:
The search engine is enhanced to perform multiple functions: it can process queries in the user's native language while simultaneously translating and searching for content in multiple other languages. This multi-functional capability allows the system to expand the volume of searchable content without sacrificing the ease of operation for the user.
2Quantity of substance
If search engines translate queries into multiple languages, then the volume of searchable content increases, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The translator serves as a separate intermediary module that handles the complexity of multi-language translation. By isolating the translation function in a dedicated component, the overall system complexity is managed more effectively, as the translator can be optimized independently and integrated with the search engine's existing architecture.
3Loss of information
If search engines retrieve content in languages other than the user's, then more relevant information can be found, but translation time and processing resources increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary translation of search queries into multiple languages before executing the search. This preliminary action enables the search engine to retrieve relevant content from multiple languages simultaneously, reducing the overall time required compared to translating each result individually after retrieval.
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AI summary
A computer-implemented method can include translating a search query from a first language to a second language, comparing the translated query with content in the second language, and identifying content in the second language relevant to the translated query based on the comparing. Also, a computer-implemented method can include translating content in a second language at one or more network locations into a first language, comparing the translated content with a search query written in the first language, and identifying, from the translated content, content relevant to the query based on the comparing.