GenAI - Multilingual Sentiment Analysis of Social Media Content

SUMMARY

We conducted large-scale sentiment analysis on 1 million English and French social media phrases for a client-supplied dataset. Native language experts classified each statement as Positive, Neutral, or Negative. The five-month project focused on accurately interpreting diverse tone, context, and emotion from real user-generated content.

THE CHALLENGE

  • Tone and sentiment ambiguity in short-form social media text
  • Sarcasm, slang, and idiomatic expressions complicating classification
  • Language-specific nuances, especially in multilingual datasets
  • Maintaining consistent annotation quality at large scale

SOLUTION

  • Onboarded and trained native linguists in both English and French
  • Defined robust sentiment classification guidelines with examples
  • Layered QC processes with inter-annotator agreement metrics
  • Deployed annotation platform with client-aligned taxonomy
  • Generated detailed CSV output with sentiment tags for each phrase

KEY OUTCOMES

  • Delivered 1 million sentiment-annotated phrases with high accuracy
  • Maintained quality using native English and French resources
  • Enabled client to build refined sentiment models for social listening
  • On-time delivery across 5-month execution period