Joint optimization for machine translation system combination

US9201871B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9201871-B2
Application numberUS-81442210-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateJun 11, 2010
Priority dateJun 11, 2010
Publication dateDec 1, 2015
Grant dateDec 1, 2015

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A joint optimization strategy is employed for combining translation hypotheses from multiple machine-translation systems. Decisions on word alignment, between the hypotheses, ordering, and selection of a combined translation output are made jointly in accordance with a set of features. Additional features that model alignment and ordering behavior are also provided and utilized.

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What is claimed is: 1. A method of machine translation, comprising: employing at least one processor configured to execute computer-executable instructions stored in memory to perform the following act: generating a translation for a sentence by determining word alignment, order, and selection jointly, rather than independently and incrementally, from output of multiple machine translation systems. 2. The method of claim 1 , determining the word alignment…

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What does patent US9201871B2 cover?
A joint optimization strategy is employed for combining translation hypotheses from multiple machine-translation systems. Decisions on word alignment, between the hypotheses, ordering, and selection of a combined translation output are made jointly in accordance with a set of features. Additional features that model alignment and ordering behavior are also provided and utilized.
Who is the assignee on this patent?
He Xiaodong, Toutanova Kristina, Microsoft Technology Licensing Llc
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification G06F40/51. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
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Publication date Tue Dec 01 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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