Patent ID: 9519639
Filing Date: 2016-12-13
CPC Classification: G06F,G06Q

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: determining whether a source language of an item of user-generated content is indicated by language competency information for a viewing user; responsive to a determination that the source language is indicated by the language competency information, providing a translation input element on a display, wherein the translation input element enables the viewing user to provide a user-generated translation of the item of user-generated content; adding the user-generated translation by the viewing user to a list of user-generated translations for the item of user-generated content received from a plurality of users associated with a social networking system, each user-generated translation having a number of votes indicating a reliability for the user-generated translation; selecting a user-generated translation for the item of user-generated content from the list, the selection comprising: providing the selected user-generated translation for display to another viewing user.