Techniques for providing visual translation cards including contextually relevant definitions and examples

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10664665-B2
Application number	US-201715852473-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 22, 2017
Priority date	May 18, 2015
Publication date	May 26, 2020
Grant date	May 26, 2020

Abstract

Computer-implemented techniques can include receiving a selected word in a source language, obtaining one or more parts of speech for the selected word, and for each of the one or more parts-of-speech, obtaining candidate translations of the selected word to a different target language, each candidate translation corresponding to a particular semantic meaning of the selected word. The techniques can include for each semantic meaning of the selected word: obtaining an image corresponding to the semantic meaning of the selected word, and compiling translation information including (i) the semantic meaning, (ii) a corresponding part-of-speech, (iii) the image, and (iv) at least one corresponding candidate translation. The techniques can also include outputting the translation information.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
identifying, by a computing device having one or more processors, a word in a source language, the word having a plurality of different parts-of-speech associated therewith;
obtaining, by the computing device, candidate translations of the word to a different target language for each part-of-speech, each candidate translation corresponding to a different semantic meaning of the word;
generating, by the computing device, a translation card for each semantic meaning of the word, each translation card including translation information that includes: (i) the semantic meaning, (ii) a corresponding part-of-speech, (iii) at least one corresponding candidate translation, (iv) an image corresponding to the semantic meaning, and (v) an indicator of a frequency of occurrence of the semantic meaning; and
outputting, from the computing device, the translation cards, which causes another computing device to:
render, on a display, the translation information of a translation card, and a selectable icon configured to, upon its selection, render translation information of another translation card for a sub-meaning of the semantic meaning of the word.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein each translation card further includes a tree diagram comprising one or more related words to the identified word.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein identifying the word comprises receiving a selection input from a user from a document in the source language.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of translation cards rendered on the display of the other computing device correspond to a same part-of-speech.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the other translation card rendered on the display upon selection of the selectable icon corresponds to a second part-of-speech different than the first part-of-speech.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the other translation card rendered on the display upon selection of the selectable icon corresponds to the first part-of-speech.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein each translation card further includes one or more semantic sub-meanings.

8. A computing system, comprising:
one or more processors; and
a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having a plurality of instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
identifying a word in a source language, the word having a plurality of different parts-of-speech associated therewith;
obtaining candidate translations of the word to a different target language for each part-of-speech, each candidate translation corresponding to a different semantic meaning of the word;
generating a translation card for each semantic meaning of the word, each translation card including translation information that includes: (i) the semantic meaning, (ii) a corresponding part-of-speech, (iii) at least one corresponding candidate translation, (iv) an image corresponding to the semantic meaning, and (v) an indicator of a frequency of occurrence of the semantic meaning; and
outputting the translation cards, which causes another computing device to:
render, on a display, the translation information of a translation card, and a selectable icon configured to, upon its selection, render translation information of another translation card for a sub-meaning of the semantic meaning of the word.

9. The computing system of claim 1 , wherein each translation card further includes a tree diagram comprising one or more related words to the identified word.

10. The computing system of claim 8 , wherein identifying the word comprises receiving a selection input from a user from a document in the source language.

11. The computing system of claim 8 , wherein the plurality of translation cards rendered on the display of the other computing device correspond to a same part-of-speech.

12. The computing system of claim 8 , wherein the other translation card rendered on the display upon selection of the selectable icon corresponds to a second part-of-speech different than the first part-of-speech.

13. The computing system of claim 8 , wherein the other translation card rendered on the display upon selection of the selectable icon corresponds to the first part-of-speech.

14. The computing system of claim 8 , wherein each translation card further includes one or more semantic sub-meanings.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having a plurality of instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
identifying a word in a source language, the word having a plurality of different parts-of-speech associated therewith;
obtaining candidate translations of the word to a different target language for each part-of-speech, each candidate translation corresponding to a different semantic meaning of the word;
generating a translation card for each semantic meaning of the word, each translation card including translation information that includes: (i) the semantic meaning, (ii) a corresponding part-of-speech, (iii) at least one corresponding candidate translation, (iv) an image corresponding to the semantic meaning, and (v) an indicator of a frequency of occurrence of the semantic meaning; and
outputting the translation cards, which causes another computing device to:
render, on a display, the translation information of a translation card, and a selectable icon configured to, upon its selection, render translation information of another translation card for a sub-meaning of the semantic meaning of the word.

16. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein each translation card further includes a tree diagram comprising one or more related words to the identified word.

17. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein identifying the word comprises receiving a selection input from a user from a document in the source language.

18. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the plurality of translation cards rendered on the display of the other computing device correspond to a same part-of-speech.

19. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the other translation card rendered on the display upon selection of the selectable icon corresponds to a second part-of-speech different than the first part-of-speech.

20. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the other translation card rendered on the display upon selection of the selectable icon corresponds to the first part-of-speech.

Assignees

• Google Llc

Inventors

• Cuthbert Alexander Jay
• Turovsky Barak

Classifications

• G06F40/58 Primary

  Use of machine translation, e.g. for multi-lingual retrieval, for server-side translation for client devices or for real-time translation · CPC title

• G06F16/50

  of still image data · CPC title

• G06F40/242 Primary

  Dictionaries · CPC title

• G06F40/40

  Processing or translation of natural language (natural language analysis G06F40/20; semantic analysis G06F40/30) · CPC title

• G06F40/30

  Semantic analysis · CPC title