Simultaneous and real time translation and language switching across a set of features

A method comprising:

• receiving content;
• identifying boundaries of words and sentences of at least a portion of the content, wherein the identifying the boundaries of words and sentences of the at least the portion of the content comprises:
• performing syntaxic analysis of the at least the portion of the content to at least identify spaces and periods;
• categorizing words identified by the spaces and periods into categories comprising word and number;
• performing language detection to determine a character set for the words;
• and
• performing language-specific semantic analysis of the words;
• receiving a selection of a language for translating a selected unit of text from a displayed portion of the content;
• translating the selected unit of text to the selected language, wherein the selected unit of text is a word or a sentence;
• retrieving from a picture dictionary, a pictogram associated with a tag applied to the word forming the selected unit of text or at least one word from the sentence forming the selected unit of text;
• generating pronunciation files for both an original language of the selected unit of text and the selected language;
• and
• displaying, in context with the displayed portion of the content, the selected unit of text in the original language and the selected language, the pictogram, and icons for requesting to play the pronunciation files via a call-out window.

A computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon that when executed by a processor, direct the processor to at least:

• receive content comprising at least one original language;
• identify boundaries of words and sentences of at least a portion of the content by at least:
• performing syntaxic analysis of the at least the portion of the content to at least identify spaces and periods;
• categorizing words identified by the spaces and periods into categories comprising word and number;
• performing language detection to determine a character set for the words;
• and
• performing language-specific semantic analysis of the words;
• receive a selection of a language for translating a selected unit of text from a displayed portion of the content;
• receive a selection of a learning feature;
• apply the learning feature to the displayed portion of the content at least with respect to the selected unit of text in the original language;
• translate the selected unit of text to the selected language;
• apply the learning feature to the selected unit of text in the selected language;
• and
• wherein when the selected unit of text is a word:
• retrieve from a picture dictionary, a pictogram associated with a tag applied to the word;
• generate pronunciation files for both an original language of the word and the selected language;
• and
• display, in context with the displayed portion of the content, the word in the original language and the selected language, the pictogram, and icons for requesting to play the pronunciation files via a call-out window.