Method of and system for splitting and/or merging content to facilitate content processing

A system for computer assisted identification one or more source units of translation in a block of source content, so as to segment the block of content into the one or more source units of translation, comprising:

• a user interface for allowing a user to select one or more delineating characteristics of the source content in addition to lexical characteristics;
• a content processor for determining instances of the delineating characteristics in the block of source content, and identifying one or more pairs of the instances;
• and,
• for each pair of instances of the delineating characteristics, a segment processor for associating a first instance of the pair with a first boundary of a source unit of translation, and associating a second instance of the pair with a second boundary of the source unit of translation.

A system for computer assisted identification one or more source units of translation in a block of source content, so as to segment the block of text into the one or more source units of translation, comprising:

• means for allowing a user to select one or more delineating characteristics of the source content in addition to lexical characteristics;
• means for determining one or more pairs of instances of the delineating characteristics in the block of source content;
• and,
• for each pair of instances of the delineating characteristics, means for associating a first instance of the pair with a first boundary of a source unit of translation, and associating a second instance of the pair with a second boundary of the source unit of translation.

A method of dynamically selecting one or more segmentation criteria used to identify source units of translation in a block of source content, wherein the segmentation criteria identifies delineation characteristics of the source content for defining boundaries of the source units of translation, comprising:

• providing two or more source segmentation criteria associated with the block of source content;
• selecting one of the source segmentation criteria from the two or more segmentation criteria as an initial source criterion, and using the initial source criterion for defining boundaries of the source units of translation;
• and,
• dynamically selecting, as a function of one or more external factors, subsequent source segmentation criteria from the two or more source segmentation criteria, as the boundaries of the source units of translation are defined.

A system for computer assisted dynamic selection of one or more segmentation criteria used to identify source units of translation in a block of source content, wherein the segmentation criteria identifies delineation characteristics of the source content for defining boundaries of the source units of translation, comprising:

• a user interface for providing two or more source segmentation criteria associated with the block of source content, and for selecting one of the source segmentation criteria from the two or more segmentation criteria as an initial source criterion;
• a content processor for using the initial source criterion for defining boundaries of the source units of translation;
• and,
• a segment processor for dynamically selecting, as a function of one or more external factors, subsequent source segmentation criteria from the two or more source segmentation criteria, as the boundaries of the source units of translation are defined.

A system for computer assisted dynamic selection of one or more segmentation criteria used to identify source units of translation in a block of source content, wherein the segmentation criteria identifies delineation characteristics of the source content for defining boundaries of the source units of translation, comprising:

• means for providing two or more source segmentation criteria associated with the block of source content, and for selecting one of the source segmentation criteria from the two or more segmentation criteria as an initial source criterion;
• means for using the initial source criterion for defining boundaries of the source units of translation;
• and,
• means for dynamically selecting, as a function of one or more external factors, subsequent source segmentation criteria from the two or more source segmentation criteria, as the boundaries of the source units of translation are defined.