# Leveraging Translation For Optimal Recall: Tailoring LLM Personalization With User Profiles

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.13500 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2402.13500/

## Key facts

- Cited by 1 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- Builds on 3 of its 25 references that are in the map.
- First posted on arXiv 21 Feb 2024.

## Builds on (most cited first, 3 of 3)

- [LaMP: When Large Language Models Meet Personalization](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2304.11406/) (2023)
- [Semantic Sensitive TF-IDF to Determine Word Relevance in Documents](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2001.09896/) (2020)
- [UsingWord Embeddings for Query Translation for Hindi to English Cross Language Information Retrieval](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1608.01561/) (2016)

## Built on by (most cited first, 1 of 1)

- [Adaptive Self-Supervised Learning Strategies for Dynamic On-Device LLM Personalization](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2409.16973/) (2024)

## Abstract (arXiv)

This paper explores a novel technique for improving recall in cross-language information retrieval (CLIR) systems using iterative query refinement grounded in the user's lexical-semantic space. The proposed methodology combines multi-level translation, semantic embedding-based expansion, and user profile-centered augmentation to address the challenge of matching variance between user queries and relevant documents. Through an initial BM25 retrieval, translation into intermediate languages, embedding lookup of similar terms, and iterative re-ranking, the technique aims to expand the scope of potentially relevant results personalized to the individual user. Comparative experiments on news and Twitter datasets demonstrate superior performance over baseline BM25 ranking for the proposed approach across ROUGE metrics. The translation methodology also showed maintained semantic accuracy through the multi-step process. This personalized CLIR framework paves the path for improved context-aware retrieval attentive to the nuances of user language.