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US 8,942,971 B1Granted
Automated project localization into multiple languages by using machine translation
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorsJun Yin, Piotr Powalowski, Peter Yung Sen Chen
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Abstract
Applications can be localized by localization experts to allow them to be used by a broader customer base. The localization can be done given resource files containing localization resources. A localization resource may contain a programming component and non-programming component. The non-programming component can be sent to a machine localizer. The machine localizer may provide a plurality of localizations corresponding to a plurality of languages based on the non-programming component of the localization resource. A plurality of localized applications can be complied based on the localized non-programming components and the original programming component.
Claims17
A method comprising:
- receiving, at a computing system having one or more processors, a message file corresponding to an application, the message file comprising a first element that includes a text string to be translated and corresponding metadata that describes how the text string is to be shown in a user interface of the application;
- determining a plurality of languages into which at least part of the message file is to be translated;
- sending the text string to be translated to a machine-translation system;
- sending language identifiers corresponding to the plurality of languages to the machine-translation system;
- receiving from the machine-translation system a plurality of translations of the text string, the plurality of translations corresponding to the plurality of languages;
- comparing, by the computing system, at least one translation of the text string received from the machine-translation system to a prior localization of the same text string;
- determining, by the computing system, that the prior localization is different than the translation received from the machine-translation system;
- updating the at least one translation of the text string based on the determining that the prior localization is different than the translation received from the machine-translation system;
- generating a plurality of second elements, each of which includes a translation of the text string and the metadata corresponding to the first element;
- generating a plurality of localized message files based on the plurality of second elements;
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- sending the localized message files to the developer for use in generating a plurality of localized versions of the application.
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A method comprising:
- receiving, at a computing system having one or more processors, a resource file corresponding to an application, the resource file comprising a first localization resource having a programming component and a non-programming component;
- sending the non-programming component to a machine localizer;
- receiving a plurality of localized non-programming components;
- comparing, by the computing system, at least one of the plurality of localized non-programming components to a prior localized non-programming component;
- determining, by the computing system, that the at least one prior localized non-programming component is different than the prior localized non-programming component;
- updating the at least one of the plurality of localized non-programming components based on the determining that the at least one prior localized non-programming component is different than the prior localized non-programming component;
- generating a plurality of second localization resources based on the localized non-programming components and the programming component;
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- generating a plurality of localized resource files based on the second localization resources.
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A system comprising:
- a database storing a resource file corresponding to an application, the resource file comprising a first localization resource having a programming component and a non-programming component;
- a processor in connection with said database, the processor configured to:
- send the non-programming component to a machine localizer;
- receive a plurality of localized non-programming components;
- compare at least one of the plurality of localized non-programming components to a prior localized non-programming component;
- determine that the at least one prior localized non-programming component is different than the prior localized non-programming component;
- update the at least one of the plurality of localized non-programming components based on the determining that the at least one prior localized non-programming component is different than the prior localized non-programming component;
- generate a plurality of second localization resources based on the localized non-programming components and the programming component;
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- generate a plurality of localized resource files based on the second localization resources.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.