17. A multi-lingual information retrieval system comprising: a vote store configured to store for each target language term vote counts for respective source language translation options corresponding to the target language term; and a translation engine configured to translate a target language document to a translated document in the source language, wherein said translation engine translates a selected term in the target language document by retrieving from said vote store a source language translation option corresponding to the selected term, said retrieved translation option having a highest vote count amongst source language translation options corresponding to the selected target language term, and wherein when a first translation option of a selected term is replaced by a second translation option of the selected term as the option with the most votes, each translated document wherein said first translation option is used as a primary translation result for the selected term is dynamically changed to reflect the second translation option as the translation of the selected term.
17. A multi-lingual information retrieval system comprising: a vote store configured to store for each target language term vote counts for respective source language translation options corresponding to the target language term; and a translation engine configured to translate a target language document to a translated document in the source language, wherein said translation engine translates a selected term in the target language document by retrieving from said vote store a source language translation option corresponding to the selected term, said retrieved translation option having a highest vote count amongst source language translation options corresponding to the selected target language term, and wherein when a first translation option of a selected term is replaced by a second translation option of the selected term as the option with the most votes, each translated document wherein said first translation option is used as a primary translation result for the selected term is dynamically changed to reflect the second translation option as the translation of the selected term. 24. The system of claim 17 , wherein the vote store is maintained in a dynamic translation database, and users interact with the translation database to update information in the translation database in real time.