Automation tool for web site content language translation

• US 10,409,918 B2
• Filed: 10/30/2009
• Issued: 09/10/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 02/21/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: MotionPoint Corporation
• Original Assignee: MotionPoint Corporation
• Inventors: Travieso, Enrique, Rubenstein, Adam, Andrade, Arcadio, Birdsey, Collin
• Primary Examiner(s): Albertalli, Brian L
• Application Number:
  US12/609,778
• Publication Number:
  US 20100169764A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,602 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/95 Retrieval from the web
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/143 Markup, e.g. Standard Generalized Markup Language [SGML] or Document Type Definition [DTD]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/205 Parsing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/44 Statistical methods, e.g. probability models
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/58 Use of machine translation, e.g. for multi-lingual retrieval, for server-side translation for client devices or for real-time translation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99942 Manipulating data structure, e.g. compression, compaction, compilation
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99943 Generating database or data structure, e.g. via user interface
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99945 Object-oriented database structure processing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99948 Application of database or data structure, e.g. distributed, multimedia, or image
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99953 Recoverability
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99955 Archiving or backup

Abstract

A system, method and computer readable medium for providing translated web content is disclosed. The method on an information processing system includes retrieving a first content in a first language and parsing the first content into a plurality of translatable components. The method further includes generating a unique identifier for each of the plurality of translatable components of the first content and queuing the plurality of translatable components and corresponding unique identifiers for translation into a second language. The method further includes, for each of the plurality of translatable components, storing a translated component and an associated unique identifier corresponding to the translatable component, thereby storing a plurality of translated components and corresponding unique identifiers.

Claims

1. A method implemented on a computer having at least one processor, storage, and a communication platform for managing language translation, comprising the steps of:

crawling web pages of an origin web site to retrieve content in a first language by following publicly accessible links to additional pages;

identifying at least one translatable component from the content in the first language that is not yet translated into a second language;

automatically scheduling for human translation of the content in the first language that has the at least one translatable component that is not yet translated by storing a universal resource locator (URL) address of the content in a translation list, the scheduling being performed based on a priority associated with the corresponding web page, wherein the priority corresponds to a frequency of accessing the web page;

retrieving content in the first language from the origin web site referenced by the stored URL address via a public network path to obtain newly retrieved content;

extracting one or more translatable components that are not yet translated into the second language from the newly retrieved content in the first language;

receiving human translation in the second language for at least some of the extracted one or more translatable components; and

storing into a database the human translation of the at least some of the one or more extracted translatable components as translated components.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of:

presenting the one or more extracted translatable components for human translation separately from non-translatable components in the newly retrieved content.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the priority corresponds to a time instant when content of the web page is updated.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the priority is determined based on a percentage of the web page that is translated.

5. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having information recorded thereon for managing language translation, wherein the information, when read by a computer, causes the computer to perform the following:

crawling web pages of an origin web site to retrieve content in a first language by following publicly accessible links to additional pages;

identifying at least one translatable component from the content in the first language that is not yet translated into a second language;

automatically scheduling for human translation of the content in the first language that has the at least one translatable component that is not yet translated by storing a universal resource locator (URL) address of the content in a translation list, the scheduling being performed based on a priority associated with the corresponding web page, wherein the priority corresponds to a frequency of accessing the web page;

retrieving content in the first language from the origin web site referenced by the stored URL address via a public network path to obtain newly retrieved content;

extracting one or more translatable components that are not yet translated into the second language from the newly retrieved content in the first language;

receiving human translation in the second language for at least some of the extracted one or more translatable components; and

storing into a database the human translation of the at least some of the one or more extracted translatable components as translated components.

6. The medium of claim 5, further comprising the step of:

presenting the one or more extracted translatable components for human translation separately from non-translatable components in the newly retrieved content.

7. The medium of claim 5, wherein the priority corresponds to a time instant when content of the web page is updated.

8. The medium of claim 5, wherein the priority is determined based on a percentage of the web page that is translated.