Language-understanding systems employing machine translation components
View Patent ↗Embodiments of the present invention relate to a method and system for augmenting a training database of an automated language-understanding system. In one embodiment, a training example in a first language may be received from the training database. The first language-training example may be translated to a second language output. The second language output may be translated to a first variant of the first language-training example. An action pair including the first variant of the first language-training example and an action command associated with the first language-training example may be stored in an augmented training database.
1. A method for augmenting an initial training database of an automated language-understanding system, comprising:
receiving a training example in a first language from the initial training database;
translating the first language training example to a second language output;
translating the second language output to a first variant of the first language training example;
storing an action pair including the first variant of the first language-training example and an action-command associated with the first language-training example in an augmented training database;
translating the first variant of the first language-training example to a third language output;
translating the third language output to a second variant of the first language training example; and
outputting the second variant of the first language-training example to an output manager.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
storing an action pair including the second variant of the first language-training example and the action command associated with the first language-training example in the augmented training database.
3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
translating the third language output to a fourth language output;
translating the fourth language output to a third variant of the first language training example; and
outputting the third variant of the first language-training example to an output manager.
4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:
storing an action pair including the third variant of the first language-training example and an action command associated with the first language-training example in the augmented training database.
5. A system for augmenting an initial training database of an automated language-understanding system, comprising:
a first language-translation unit configured to translate a first language-training example to a second language output;
a second language-translation unit configured to translate the second language output to a first variant of the first language training example;
a database configured to store an action pair including the first variant of the first language-training example and an action-command associated with the first language-training example;
a third language-translation unit configured to translate the first variant of the first language-training example to a third language output; and
a fourth language-translation unit configured to translate the third language output to a second variant of the first language-training example.
6. The system of claim 5 , further comprising:
an output manager configured to output the second variant of the first language-training example.
7. The system of claim 5 , wherein the database is configured to store the second variant of the first language-training example and the action-command associated with the first language-training example.
8. The system of claim 5 , further comprising:
a fifth language-translation unit configured to translate the third language output to a fourth language output; and
a sixth language-translation unit configured to translate the fourth language output to a third variant of the first language-training example.
9. The system of claim 8 , further comprising:
an output manager configured to output the third variant of the first language-training example.
10. The system of claim 8 , wherein the database is configured to store the third variant of the first language-training example and the action-command associated with the first language-training example.
11. A machine-readable medium having stored thereon a plurality of executable instructions, the plurality of instructions comprising instructions to:
receive a training example in a first language from an initial training database;
translate the first language training example to a second language output;
translate the second language output to a first variant of the first language-training example;
store an action pair including the first variant of the first language-training example and an action-command associated with the first language-training example in an augmented training database;
translate the first variant of the first language-training example to a third language output;
translate the third language output to a second variant of the first language-training example; and
output the second variant of the first language-training example to an output manager.
12. The machine-readable medium of claim 11 having stored thereon additional executable instructions, the additional instructions comprising instructions to:
store an action pair including the second variant of the first language-training example and the action command associated with the first language-training example in the augmented training database.
13. The machine-readable medium of claim 11 having stored thereon additional executable instructions, the additional instructions comprising instructions to:
translate the third language output to a fourth language output;
translate the fourth language output to a third variant of the first language-training example; and
output the third variant of the first language-training example to an output manager.
14. The machine-readable medium of claim 13 having stored thereon additional executable instructions, the additional instructions comprising instructions to:
store an action pair including the third variant of the first language-training example and an action command associated with the first language-training example in the augmented training database.