Automatic natural language translation of embedded text regions in images during information transfer

A method for automatic natural language translation of embedded text regions in images during information transfer, the method comprising:

• a computer receiving in a clipboard buffer a
• copy of one or more user-selected image elements from within a source computer file responsive to user operation of a cut-and-paste command;
• the computer receiving a user-supplied isolation rule defining one or more types of image elements to be isolated;
• the computer examining the one or more image elements in the clipboard buffer against the isolation rule;
• the computer, responsive to the one or more image elements meeting the isolation rule, transferring the one or more image elements from the clipboard buffer to an isolation store, and disabling pasting of the one or more image elements into a destination computer file;
• the computer automatically recognizing text within the one or more image elements in the isolation store;
• the computer identifying a source language by determining a natural language in which the recognized text is expressed;
• the computer comparing a user preference by determining if the natural language of the recognized text matches a user-specified destination natural language;
• the computer performing automatic natural language translation of the recognized text into the user-specified destination natural language;
• the computer rendering text image data for the translated text;
• the computer overlaying the text within the one or more image elements stored in the isolation store with the rendered image data;
• and the computer pasting of the one or more image elements from the isolation store to one or more user-designated destination points within the destination computer file.

A computer program product for automatic natural language translation of embedded text regions in images during information transfer comprising:

• one or more computer-readable, tangible storage devices;
• program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to receive by a clipboard buffer portion of a computing platform configured a copy of one or more user-selected image elements from within a source computer file responsive to user operation of a cut-and-paste command;
• program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to receive a user-supplied isolation rule defining one or more types of image elements to be isolated;
• program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to examine the one or more image elements said in the clipboard buffer against the isolation rule;
• program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to, responsive to one or more image elements meeting the isolation rule, transferring the one or more isolation elements from the clipboard buffer to an isolation store, and to disable pasting of the image element into a destination computer file;
• program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to automatically recognize text within the one or more image elements in the isolation store;
• program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to identify a source language by determining a natural language in which the recognized text is expressed;
• program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to compare a user preference by determining if the natural language of the recognized text matches a user-specified destination natural language;
• program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to perform automatic natural language translation of the recognized text into the user-specified destination natural language;
• program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to render image data for the translated text;
• program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to overlay text within the one or more image elements stored in the isolation store with the rendered image data;
• and program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to paste the one or more image elements from the image store to one or more user-designated destination points within the destination computer file.