Apparatus and method for managing software translation

A computer-implemented method for managing translation in the development of a software application, comprising:

• receiving, using a computer processor, from a developer of said application a token and a corresponding native language message;
• transmitting, using the computer processor, to a translator the native language message;
• receiving, using the computer processor, a translated message corresponding to the token;
• and
• generating, using the computer processor, a record in a token table corresponding to the token, the record comprising the token, the native language message, and the translated message table.

A computer-implemented method for managing translation in the development of a software application, comprising:

• receiving, from a developer of said application, a token and a corresponding native language message;
• calculating whether the native language message is included in a database associated with the application;
• if the native language message is not included in the database,
• generating a task for a translator to translate the native language message;
• receiving the translated native language message;
• and
• generating a record in the database corresponding to the token, the record comprising the token, the native language message, and the translated message.

A computer-implemented method for managing tasks associated with translation for a software application, comprising:

• identifying, with a computer processor, a token included in the software application but not included in a database for storage of tokens accessible by the software application, wherein the identifying comprises comparing the token to the database contents;
• notifying, with the computer processor, a developer of the software application to provide a native language message corresponding to the identified token;
• receiving from the developer, with the computer processor, the native language message corresponding to the identified token;
• applying, with the computer processor, to the received native language message a set of rules stored on a computer-readable medium, to calculate whether the received native language message is not included in the database;
• generating, with the computer processor, a record in the database corresponding to the identified token and to the received native language message that was calculated as not being included in the database;
• identifying, with the computer processor, the existence of a translation tool;
• and
• if the translation tool comprises an application programming interface (API), then:
• transmitting, via the API, to the translation tool the unincluded native language message;
• and
• receiving, via the API, a translated native language message;
• otherwise:
• receiving, with the computer processor, a translated native language message from a human translator;
• and
• updating, with the computer processor, the database record with the translated native language message.

A system for managing the translations of a software application, the translations provided by a human or computer-based translation tool, wherein the translation tool comprises an application programming interface (API) for requesting and transmitting translation tasks, the system comprising:

• a processor;
• a database component, stored in a non-transitory computer-readable medium and executed by the processor, operative to maintain records corresponding to tokens, said records accessible to the software application;
• and
• a management component, stored in the computer-readable medium and executed by the processor, operative to manage translation tasks,
• wherein the processor is programmed to:
• retrieve tokens from the database component;
• identify tokens written into the software application;
• calculate, based on comparison of the retrieved tokens with the identified tokens, at least one token written in the software application and not retrieved from the database component;
• generate a record in the database corresponding to the calculated token;
• notify a developer of the software application to provide a native language message corresponding to the calculated token;
• receive, from the developer, the native language message corresponding to the calculated token;
• transmit, via the API, the native language message to the translation tool for translation;
• receive, via the API, a translated native language message;
• and
• update the database record with the translated native language message.