Techniques for performing language detection and translation for multi-language content feeds

A computer-implemented method, comprising:

• receiving, at a server associated with a social network, the server having one or more processors, a first request for a parsable content feed from a computing device associated with a user, the parsable content feed comprising at least one of (i) user-generated text posts on the social network and (ii) user-generated text comments to posts on the social network;
• transmitting, from the server to the computing device, the parsable content feed in response to the request;
• receiving, at the server from the computing device, a second request to translate a text portion in the parsable content feed to one of a set of preferred languages for the user, the text portion being in a source language;
• detecting, at the server, the source language of the text portion to obtain a detected source language;
• comparing, at the server, the detected source language to the set of preferred languages for the user;
• when the detected source language does not match any of the set of preferred languages, obtaining, by the server, a machine translation of the text portion from the detected source language to one of the set of preferred languages;
• and
• outputting, from the server to the computing device, the machine translation of the text portion.

A computing device having one or more processors configured to perform operations comprising:

• obtaining a parsable content feed from at least one server associated with a social network, the parsable content feed comprising at least one of (i) user-generated text posts on the social network and (ii) user-generated text comments to posts on the social network;
• obtaining a set of preferred languages for a user operating the computing device;
• identifying a text portion in the parsable content feed;
• obtaining a detected language for the text portion;
• comparing the detected language to the set of preferred languages;
• when the detected language does not match any of the set of preferred languages, obtaining a machine translation of the text portion from the detected language to one of the set of preferred languages;
• and
• outputting the machine translation of the text portion.

A server associated with a social network and having one or more processors configured to perform operations comprising:

• receiving a first request for a parsable content feed from a computing device associated with a user, the parsable content feed comprising at least one of (i) user-generated text posts on the social network and (ii) user-generated text comments to posts on the social network;
• transmitting the parsable content feed to the computing device in response to the request;
• receiving a second request from the computing device to translate a text portion in the parsable content feed to one of a set of preferred languages for the user, the text portion being in a source language;
• detecting the source language of the text portion to obtain a detected source language;
• comparing the detected source language to the set of preferred languages for the user;
• when the detected source language does not match any of the set of preferred languages, obtaining a machine translation of the text portion from the detected source language to one of the set of preferred languages;
• and
• outputting the machine translation of the text portion to the computing device.