US 2018/0024848 A1Published application

Translatable Texts Identification in In-Context Localization Utilizing Pseudo-Language and an External Server

AssigneeCrowdin, Inc.

InventorSerhiy Dmytryshyn

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Abstract

Software-as-a-service system and methods for assisting translators by utilizing in-context localization with a localization editor that permits the translator to easily view how their translations appear on the application interface in real-time without having to navigate between different screens (e.g. between the translation input interface, and the screen that displays how it will appear to the viewer). Pseudo-language that comprises extra language with special identifiers is added to a localizable application in place of the original text. The pseudo-language is identified in the runtime, after which it is mapped and replaced with the original text or their translations. An external server is used to generate the pseudo-language based on source texts, and to do the matching by communicating with the application being translated while it is being run with the activated pseudo-language. The translated software comprises a web-based application, content websites and non-web related software, e.g. mobile applications, desktop software.

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Dependent claims

A network-based computing system for in-context localization allowing a translator to view current translations in an application in real-time, comprising:

a. a translation server comprising a processor and a memory device operably connected to one another, and a plurality of computer-executable instructions stored on said memory device and executed by said processor, comprising:
i. a computer-executable instructions to convert a plurality of source texts with pseudo-language texts;
ii. a database storing records comprising, the source texts, internal identifiers, pseudo-language variants of the source texts, and a translation of the source texts;
b. an application server comprising a processor and a memory device operably connected to one another, and a plurality of computer-executable instructions stored on said memory device and executed by said processor;
c. an end-user electronic computing device that can be used by a developer of the application, and to set up the integration between the translation server and the application server, and/or to perform the synchronization of the source strings and their translations manually;
d. a translator electronic computing device comprising a processor and a memory operably connected to one another, and a plurality of computer-executable instructions stored on said memory device and executed by said processor, comprising a computer-executable instructions for:
i. replacing in response to the translator running the application, the pseudo-language identifiers with the text in the first language and making the text user-selectable;
ii. launching a translation editor in response to the translator selecting the text, the editor comprising a view of the original string, the ability to receive manual input for correcting the translation, and to allow the translator to preview and save the translation to the translation server;
iii. displaying the corrected translation in the interface of the application;
iv. saving the corrected translation to the translation server;
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e. a wired or wireless network connection between the application server, the translation server, the one or more end-user and translator electronic computing devices.

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A data processing method of an in-context localization for allowing a translator to view a current translation in an application in real-time, without re-execution of the application computer code that led a string being shown in a graphical user interface, comprising,

a. storing a source strings within a memory of an external translation server;
b. replacing by the external translation server source strings that were translated from a first language to a second language for pseudo-language texts, wherein the pseudo-language texts comprise a sequence of characters that allows a computer to map the pseudo-language texts with the source strings on the translation server, and allows the application to display pseudo-language texts as regular source texts, making changes to the displayed strings during the running of an application;
c. executing an application mode on a translator electronic computing device that makes the pseudo-language texts readable and allows the translator to select a text for translation;
d. executing a translation editor that is displayed in response to selecting the string by a translator, wherein the translation editor communicates with an external server to get the original strings;
e. storing the translated versions of the strings within a memory of the external translation server;
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f. integrating the translated versions of the strings into the application.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/715,134Filed 25 Sep 2017
Priority: 2 Dec 2013
Published: 25 Jan 2018
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification3 codes

G06F 9/454
Execution arrangements for user interfaces: multi-language systems; Localisation; Internationalisation
G06F 40/47
Data-driven translation: machine-assisted translation, e.g. using translation memory
G06F
Computing and data processing

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Application61/910,959Us provisional application · filed 2 Dec 2013
Application14/557,432Continuation · filed 1 Dec 2014
Application15/650,966Continuation in part · filed 16 Jul 2017
Application15/715,134Continuation in part
Application15/650,966Continuation
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