Localization systems and methods
AssigneeSling Media Pvt Ltd
InventorsVenkatesan Thiyagarajan, Madhusudhanan Dharumaraj
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Abstract
Network-based localization is provided by submitting, on a server, a plurality of untranslated files requiring translation to a target language, and a localization tool client configured to communicate with the first server via a network. The untranslated files are downloaded from the server, and a user (translator) is allowed to translate the first file to create a translated file such that the file type is transparent to the user. The translated file is the uploaded from the localization tool client to the first server.
Claims20
A method of network-based localization comprising:
- receiving, at a localization tool client, a plurality of untranslated files requiring translation to a target language from a first server;
- receiving, from the first server, a first file from the plurality of untranslated files;
- allowing a user to translate the first file to create a translated file, wherein the first file has a file type, and wherein the file type is transparent to the user;
- and
- transmitting, from the localization tool client to the first server, the translated file.
A localization apparatus comprising:
- a localization tool client configured to communicate with a first server via the network, the localization tool configured to download, from the first server, a first file having a file type from a plurality of untranslated files, and to allow a user to translate the first file to create a translated file such that the file type is transparent to the user, and to upload the translated file to the first server.
A method of interlingual translation comprising:
- receiving, over a network, untranslated files from a plurality of untranslated files on a server coupled to a network, wherein the untranslated files have one of a plurality of file types, and a target language;
- opening, using a media translator, the untranslated files such that the file types are not apparent to a user of the media translator;
- allowing the user to edit the untranslated files to produce corresponding translated files;
- and
- transmitting, over the network, the translated files to the server.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.