TEXT TRANSLATION USING CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION RELATED TO TEXT OBJECTS IN TRANSLATED LANGUAGE
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In an example embodiment, input is received from a first user of a computer system. A text object relating to a first item from the input is created, and translated from a first language to a second language. A plurality of text objects, in the second language, having text similar to the translated text object, are located in a database, each text object comprising textual information pertaining to the first item. The plurality of text objects having text similar to the translated text are then ranked based on a comparison of the contextual information about the first item and the contextual information stored in the database for the plurality of text objects having text similar to the translated text object. At least one of the ranked text objects is translated to the first language.
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1. (canceled)
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2. An apparatus comprising:
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a memory storing a database of text objects pertaining to items, the database further including contextual information about the items; a translation module executable by a processor and configured to translate a text object created from input received from a first user about a first item from a first language to a second language; a context ranking module configured to locate, in the database, a plurality of text objects, in the second language, having text similar to the translated text object, and to rank the plurality of text objects having text similar to the translated text object based on a comparison of contextual information about the first item and the contextual information stored in the database for the plurality of text objects having text similar to the translated text object; the translation module further configured to translate at least one of the ranked text objects to the first language; and a display module presenting the translated at least one of the ranked text objects. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method comprising:
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receiving input from a first user of a computer system; creating a text object relating to a first item from the input; translate the text object from a first language to a second language; locating, in a database, a plurality of text objects, in the second language, having text similar to the translated text object, each text object comprising textual information pertaining to the first item; ranking the plurality of text objects having text similar to the translated text based on a comparison of the contextual information about the first item and the contextual information stored in the database for the plurality of text objects having text similar to the translated text object; translating at least one of the ranked text objects to the first language; and causing display of at least one of the ranked text objects to the first user. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium having embodied thereon instructions executable by one or more machines to perform operations comprising:
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receiving input from a first user of a computer system; creating a text object relating to a first item from the input; translate the text object from a first language to a second language; locating, in a database, a plurality of text objects, in the second language, having text similar to the translated text object, each text object comprising textual information pertaining to the first item; ranking the plurality of text objects having text similar to the translated text based on a comparison of the contextual information about the first item and the contextual information stored in the database for the plurality of text objects having text similar to the translated text object; translating at least one of the ranked text objects to the first language; and causing display of at least one of the ranked text objects to the first user. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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