Computer Program Product and Computer System for Language-Enhanced Programming Tools

A computer program product for translating statements from a source natural language to a target natural language, the computer program product including a computer readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon for execution by a computer, wherein the instructions, when executed by the computer, cause the computer to implement a method comprising the steps of:

• a) identifying, by a computer system, textual constructs of source code of a computer program, the textual constructs including words in a source natural language, wherein the words are to be translated to a target natural language and the textual constructs include statements, expressions, comments, variable declarations and function names, the textual constructs being denoted in respective ways corresponding to respective coding style conventions, and wherein the coding style conventions include:
• a first convention wherein a function or variable name is denoted in the source code in a way wherein words of the name are joined by a predetermined separator or preceded by a predetermined character, and a second convention denoting a comment in a way wherein words of the comment are delimited by a pair of predetermined delimiters;
• wherein the method further includes the computer system:
• b) identifying lexical tokens from the identified textual constructs;
• c) translating the identified textual constructs, including the lexical tokens, from the source natural language to the target natural language;
• d) reconstructing the translated textual constructs, including the lexical tokens, as translated source code textual constructs;
• wherein the method further includes, for debug information generated by a compiler responsive to the compiler compiling executable code from the source code, the steps of:
• e) identifying, by the computer system, textual constructs of the debug information corresponding to ones of the textual constructs of the source code identified in a);
• and
• f) translating the identified textual constructs of the debug information, including the lexical tokens, from the source natural language to the target natural language;
• and
• g) displaying the source code and debug information translated textual constructs in the target natural language.

A computer system comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a storage device connected to the processor, wherein the storage device has stored thereon a program for translating statements from a source natural language to a target natural language, the program for controlling the processor, and wherein the processor is operative to execute instructions of the program to implement a method comprising the steps of:
• a) identifying, by a computer system, textual constructs of source code of a computer program, the textual constructs including words in a source natural language, wherein the words are to be translated to a target natural language and the textual constructs include statements, expressions, comments, variable declarations and function names, the textual constructs being denoted in respective ways corresponding to respective coding style conventions, and wherein the coding style conventions include:
• a first convention wherein a function or variable name is denoted in the source code in a way wherein words of the name are joined by a predetermined separator or preceded by a predetermined character, and
• a second convention denoting a comment in a way wherein words of the comment are delimited by a pair of predetermined delimiters;
• wherein the method further includes the computer system:
• b) identifying lexical tokens from the identified textual constructs;
• c) translating the identified textual constructs, including the lexical tokens, from the source natural language to the target natural language;
• d) reconstructing the translated textual constructs, including the lexical tokens, as translated source code textual constructs;
• wherein the method implemented by the computer executing the instructions of the computer program product further includes, for debug information generated by a compiler responsive to the compiler compiling executable code from the source code, the steps of:
• e) identifying, by the computer system, textual constructs of the debug information corresponding to ones of the textual constructs of the source code identified in a);
• and
• f) translating the identified textual constructs of the debug information, including the lexical tokens, from the source natural language to the target natural language;
• and
• g) displaying the source code and debug information translated textual constructs in the target natural language.