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Ioana-Alina Tagirta • Kellen Evan
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998
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Summary

Elastic App Search introduces multi-language support, allowing users to optimize their search engines for 13 languages, such as English, Spanish, German, and Chinese, enhancing search precision by using language-specific analyzers. The system simplifies the search process by abstracting complex configurations through an API-based solution, ensuring that text analysis and tokenization are adapted to each language's nuances. This approach prevents confusion in languages like Chinese, where characters represent concepts rather than individual words, by recognizing terms as bigrams rather than separate tokens. The integration of language-optimized analyzers occurs both during indexing and querying, providing a seamless experience without additional configuration. Elastic App Search offers an intuitive dashboard and APIs, enabling users to create language-specific search engines effortlessly, thereby improving search accuracy and user experience across different languages. With the introduction of these advanced language capabilities, Elastic App Search aims to deliver high-quality search experiences, supported by a 14-day trial for new users to explore its features.