Method and apparatus for enhanced translation in an application simulation development environment

A system for translating an application simulation into a plurality of languages, comprising:

• means for creating a first simulation having a sequence of frames, in a first language;
• means for adding elements in said first language to said sequence of frames;
• means for creating a second simulation having a sequence of frames in a second language;
• means for exporting said elements including frame sequence number, position of each of said elements, and settings to a document;
• means for translating said elements in said document into said second language;
• and
• means for automatically placing the translated elements on said frames of said second simulation, using said sequence numbers, said position, and said settings.

A program storage device readable by machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform method steps for translating an application simulation into a plurality of languages, said method steps comprising:

• creating a first simulation having a sequence of frames, in a first language;
• adding elements in said first language to said sequence of frames;
• creating a second simulation having a sequence of frames in a second language;
• exporting said elements including frame sequence number, position of each of said elements, and settings to a document;
• translating said elements in said document into said second language;
• and
• automatically placing the translated elements on said frames of said second simulation, using said sequence numbers, said position, and said settings.

A method of deploying a computer program product for translating an application simulation into a plurality of languages, wherein, when executed, the computer program performs the steps of:

• creating a first simulation having a sequence of frames, in a first language;
• adding elements in said first language to said sequence of frames;
• creating a second simulation having a sequence of frames in a second language;
• exporting said elements including frame sequence number, position of each of said elements, and settings to a document;
• translating said elements in said document into said second language;
• and
• automatically placing the translated elements on said frames of said second simulation, using said sequence numbers, said position, and said settings.