System and method of identifying a translation resource

A computer-readable storage medium having computer instructions stored therein, which when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform a method, the method comprising:

• registering a plurality of translation services with a moderator;
• creating a corresponding profile for each of the plurality of translation services in a database of the moderator, each profile having at least one key characterizing the translation service, wherein creating the corresponding profile for each of the plurality of translation services includes
• downloading a key identifying software program from the moderator to the translation service, the key identifying software program operable to count a number of occurrences of a key characterizing a previously translated document, and to provide the number of occurrences of a key characterizing the previously translated document to the moderator via an internet connection, and
• storing the number of occurrences of the key characterizing the translated document in the profile of the translation service;
• receiving at the moderator a translation request from a user;
• and
• matching at least one of the profiles with the translation request using the at least one key.

A data processing system, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory coupled to the processor for storing instructions, which when executed from the memory, cause the processor to perform a method, the method including registering a plurality of translation services with a moderator,
• creating a corresponding profile for each of the plurality of translation services in a database of the moderator, each profile having at least one key characterizing the translation service, wherein creating the corresponding profile for each of the plurality of translation services includes
• downloading a key identifying software program from the moderator to the translation service, the key identifying software program operable to count a number of occurrences of a key characterizing a previously translated document, and to provide the number of occurrences of a key characterizing the previously translated document to the moderator via an internet connection, and
• storing the number of occurrences of the key characterizing the translated document in the profile of the translation service,
• receiving at the moderator a translation request from a user, and
• matching at least one of the profiles with the translation request using the at least one key.