Query Processing at Snapchat: How we Handle Query Completion, Suggestion and Localization

TL;DR

This paper discusses Snapchat's query processing system, focusing on how it manages query completion, suggestions, and localization to enhance user experience across diverse languages and cultures.

Contribution

It introduces novel methods for efficient query handling and localization in large-scale social media applications like Snapchat.

Findings

Improved query suggestion accuracy across multiple languages

Enhanced localization techniques for diverse cultural contexts

Reduced latency in query processing

Abstract

From the Publisher:Software is a commodity being sold across diverse language and cultural groups, whether in the commercial marketplace, or as customized applications. Developers must structure their applications so that they can be readily and cheaply localized for sale in this range of markets. Obvious differences such as scripts and languages must be understood as well as a range of more subtle cultural conventions. Further topics covered include: the overall architecture for internationalized products and an outline of an internationalization API; the use of computational linguistics methods; quality assurance, testing and documentation. Appendices contain summaries of the facilities available for localization on major platforms, characteristics of European languages, commercial tools and further reading. The book is aimed at small and medium sized software producers, and the IT departments of multinational corporations.