Language model trained using predicted queries from statistical machine translation

A computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions for training a query language model, comprising:

• accessing a statistical machine translation (SMT) model trained using pairs that each include a sentence obtained from a content source and a query previously used to access content associated with the sentence;
• receiving content from a content source;
• applying the SMT model to the content to determine predicted queries;
• and
• training a query language model using the predicted queries.

A system or extracting natural language examples for training a query language model, comprising:

• a processor and memory;
• an operating environment executing using the processor;
• and
• a translation manager that is configured to perform actions comprising:
• accessing a statistical machine translation (SMT) model trained using pairs that each include a sentence obtained from a content source and a query previously used to access content associated with the sentence;
• receiving content from a content source;
• applying the SMT model to the content to determine predicted queries;
• training a query language model using the predicted queries;
• and
• interpolating the query language model with a background model.