INCORPORATION OF USER-PROVIDED NATURAL LANGUAGE TRANSLATIONS IN A SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEM

摘要

A social networking system determines whether a particular user is qualified to provide translations of text from a first language to a second language. The determination may include evaluation of the language competencies of the user, and also of the trustworthiness of the user as a translator, as determined based on prior translations submitted by the user. The social networking system also selects translations of a text item for a user to whom that text is to be shown. When evaluating a candidate translation for presentation to the user, the evaluation may assess factors such as the determined qualification as a translator of the user who provided the candidate translation; a quality score of the candidate translation itself; and/or the similarity of the user viewing the content and the user providing the candidate translation.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
storing a text item submitted on a social networking system by a publishing user of a plurality of users of the social networking system, the text item being in a first language; obtaining, from a plurality of translating users of the plurality of users of the social networking system, a plurality of translations of the text item into one or more second languages; identifying, from among the plurality of translations, a translation from the plurality of translations for display to a viewing user, the identification comprising evaluating one or more similarities between the viewing user and the translating users from whom the plurality of translations were obtained; and providing the identified translation for display to the viewing user.