Patent ID: 6360196
Filing Date: 2002-03-19
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method for retrieving information from a plurality of documents in a target language using a query in a source language, including the steps of:converting the query into the target language using a multilingual resource, forming a query in the target language from the converted query and additional information on the target language, the additional information on the target language including information indicating a likelihood or probability of a converted query term in the target language being a correctly converted term, applying the query in the target language to an information management system which identifies a plurality of documents in the target language based on the query, using the additional information on the target language to re-rank the plurality of documents identified by the information management system according to a degree of relevance, and converting at least part or all of at least one of the plurality of documents in the target language identified by the information management system into the source language using the multilingual resource.