3. The method of claim 1 , wherein ranking the list of alternative translation possibilities is based on the likelihood of each translation alternative being selected by the first user.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein ranking the list of alternative translation possibilities is based on the likelihood of each translation alternative being selected by the first user. 4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the likelihood of each translation alternative being selected by the first user is determined from historical trends, crowdsourcing, and previous usage associated with the source text.