US 8,789,015 B2 · Integrated application localization

Abstract

Integrated application localization techniques are described in which support for application localization is provided as an integrated component of a development environment. Localizations for selected languages/locales integrate with application builds in the development environment so that updates are synchronized with project resources for multiple languages. This involves creating and employing localization files corresponding to source content of a project using a designated file format suitable to enable translations. Localization files that are created in the designated format may be exposed in various ways for translation via the system, a developer, a translation service, or other selected translation sources. A single multilingual resource file for an application is then generated to contain resources in multiple languages based on translations made available through the translation sources.

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Dependent claims

A computing device comprising:

a processing system;
one or more modules operable at least in part via hardware of the processing system to implement an integrated development environment (IDE) configured to:
ascertain one or more languages selected by developer for translations of an application under development using the IDE;
and
during a build of the application via the IDE, create updated localization files for each of the selected languages in a designated file format established to facilitate translations used to generate a single multilingual resource file for the application, wherein creation of the updated localization files comprises:
producing a log file in a system format that describes resources for the build of the application;
parsing the log file to identify and extract localizable resources in the build;
converting the extracted localizable resources to generate a source resource file for the build in the designated file format;
and
merging the source resource file with target localization files included in the project for the one or more languages to form localization files that are updated for the build.

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A computing device comprising:

a processing system;
one or more modules operable at least in part via hardware of the processing system to implement an integrated development environment (IDE) configured to:
ascertain one or more languages selected by developer for translations of an application under development using the IDE;
and
during a build of the application via the IDE, create updated localization files for each of the selected languages in a designated file format established to facilitate translations used to generate a single multilingual resource file for the application, wherein creation of the updated localization files comprises:
producing a log file in a system format that describes resources for the build of the application;
parsing the log file to identify and extract localizable resources in the build;
converting the extracted localizable resources to generate a source resource file for the build in the designated file format;
and
merging the source resource file with target localization files included in the project for the one or more languages to form localization files that are updated for the build, wherein the merging comprises, for each target localization file:
comparing resources between the source resource file and the target localization file to find matching resources;
and
updating the resources in the source resource file with matching resources from the target localization file to form an updated version of the target localization file that incorporates modifications to resources for the build from the source resource file and previously translated resources from the target localization file.

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A method comprising:

ascertaining one or more languages selected by developer for translations of an application under development using an IDE;
and
during a build of the application via the IDE, creating updated localization files for each of the selected languages in a designated file format established to facilitate translations used to generate a single multilingual resource file for the application, wherein creation of the updated localization files comprises:
producing a log file in a system format that describes resources for the build of the application;
parsing the log file to identify and extract localizable resources in the build;
converting the extracted localizable resources to generate a source resource file for the build in the designated file format;
and
merging the source resource file with target localization files included in the project for the one or more languages to form localization files that are updated for the build, wherein the merging comprises, for each target localization file:
comparing resources between the source resource file and the target localization file to find matching resources;
and
updating the resources in the source resource file with matching resources from the target localization file to form an updated version of the target localization file that incorporates modifications to resources for the build from the source resource file and previously translated resources from the target localization file.

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One or more computer-readable storage media storing instructions that, when executed by a computing device, implement a localization module configured to perform operations comprising:

ascertaining one or more languages selected by developer for translations of an application under development using an IDE;
and
during a build of the application via the IDE, creating updated localization files for each of the selected languages in a designated file format established to facilitate translations used to generate a single multilingual resource file for the application, wherein creating the updated localization files comprises:
producing a log file in a system format that describes resources for the build of the application;
parsing the log file to identify and extract localizable resources in the build;
converting the extracted localizable resources to generate a source resource file for the build in the designated file format;
and
merging the source resource file with target localization files included in the project for the one or more languages to form localization files that are updated for the build, wherein the merging comprises, for each target localization file:
comparing resources between the source resource file and the target localization file to find matching resources;
and
updating the resources in the source resource file with matching resources from the target localization file to form an updated version of the target localization file that incorporates modifications to resources for the build from the source resource file and previously translated resources from the target localization file.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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