16. The article of claim 12 , wherein generating the potential translations of the named entity comprises selectively using a bilingual resource based on a category of the named entity.
16. The article of claim 12 , wherein generating the potential translations of the named entity comprises selectively using a bilingual resource based on a category of the named entity. 17. The article of claim 16 , wherein selectively using the bilingual resource comprises: if the category comprises an organization or location name, translating one or more words in the named entity using a bilingual dictionary, transliterating the one or more words in the named entity using the pronunciation-based and spelling-based transliteration model, combining the translated one or more words with the transliterated one or more words into a regular expression defining available permutations of the translated one or more words and the transliterated one or more words, and matching the regular expression against a monolingual resource in the target language.