Multilingual Search in European E-commerce: A Journey with Apache Lucene

Explore the complexities of building a multilingual search engine supporting over twenty European languages in this conference talk from Haystack EU 2023. Dive into the challenges specific to each language and the strategic decisions made to optimize functionality using Elasticsearch, OpenSearch, and Solr. Learn how Apache Lucene's powerful Analyzers, Tokenizers, and Token Filters, along with its extensibility through plugins and integrations, were leveraged to create a comprehensive E-commerce search engine for Europe's diverse linguistic landscape. Gain insights into the technical journey, obstacles encountered, and lessons learned in catering to multilingual user bases. Presented by Lucian Precup, CTO of all.site and experienced developer of indexing, searching, and data analysis solutions.

Haystack EU 2023 - Lucian Precup: Multilingual Search in European E-com:A Journey with Apache Lucene