John, Christopher,  (01)
So it would appear that I guessed correctly. I wonder what 
someone who is not in our line of business would make of being 
told they are staying in the Hyatt. Free advertising indeed.  (02)
Thanks both,  (03)
Mike  (04)
On 21/02/2011 16:43, John F. Sowa wrote:
> On 2/21/2011 9:49 AM, Mike Bennett wrote:
>> I could not help wondering if [Google] had used some statistical
>> method on that line, since there was nothing in the name of my
>> hotel which resembled Hyatt.
> Google has huge volumes of data, which can be very conveniently
> used with statistical methods.
>
> But there are some cases where the frequency-based statistics
> will give popular companies some "free advertising". Their
> algorithms occasionally drag in some proper names that have
> a high statistical association with the phrases that are
> being translated.
>
> That is an example where multiple algorithms, some statistical
> and some semantic, can complement and check one another.
>
> John
>
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