Generation of localized software applications

• US 20030126559A1
• Filed: 11/26/2002
• Published: 07/03/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 11/27/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle America, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Sun Microsystems Incorporated (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Fuhrmann, Nils
• Granted Patent: US 7,447,624 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/513
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/40 Processing or translation of natural language natural language analysis G06F40/20; semantic analysis G06F40/30
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/454 Multi-language systems; Localisation; Internationalisation

Abstract

Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture provide a single multi-language source code file and effects single-language executable files from the multi-language source code file. A program extracts text elements in the first language from the source code. The extracted text elements include context information that identifies a location of the text element in the first language in the source code. Translations of the extracted text elements in a second language are obtained. The translations of the text elements in the second language are merged into the source code at merge locations based on the context information. Versions of the source code in the first language and the second language are then generated.

Claims

1. A method in a data processing system having a program and a source code including a text element in a first language, the method comprising the steps performed by the program of:

extracting the text element in the first language from the source code, the extracted text element including context information that identifies a location of the text element in the first language in the source code;

obtaining a translation of the extracted text element in a second language;

merging the translation of the text element in the second language into the source code at a merge location based on the context information; and

generating a version of the source code in the first language and a version of the source code in the second language.

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

accessing an initial source code that is a single-language source code; and

creating the source code from the initial source code, the source code being a multi-language source code.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the initial source code is a JAVA property file.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the source code is implemented in extensible markup language.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the text element in the first language is extracted to a first file.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of obtaining the translation of the extracted text element in the second language comprises the steps of:

sending the text element in the first language to a translation program; and

receiving the translation of the text element in the second language from the translation program.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the context information identifies a name of the source code.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the text element in the first language includes an identifier of the first language.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the text element in the first language includes a text string in the first language.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the text element in the first language includes formatting information.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the text element in the first language includes layout information.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the text element in the first language includes a language dependent code section of the source code.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of merging the translation of the text element in the second language into the source code comprises the step of:

inserting the translation of the text element in the second language into the source code.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of generating the version of the source code in the first language and the version of the source code in the second language comprises the steps of:

generating a temporary version of the source code in the first language that includes the text element in the first language; and

generating a temporary version of the source code in the second language that includes the translation of the text element in the second language.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the source code is implemented using JAVA technology.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the context information includes JAVA property keys.

17. A method in a data processing system having a program and a JAVA property file including a text element in English, the method comprising the steps performed by the program of:

creating an extensible markup language file;

extracting the text element in English from the JAVA source code, the extracted text element including a context information that identifies a location of the text element in the English in the JAVA property file;

writing the text element in English into the extensible markup language file;

sending the text element in English to a translation program;

receiving a translation of the text element in a different language from the translation program;

merging the translation of the text element in the different language into the extensible markup language file at a merge location based on the context information; and

generating a temporary JAVA property file in English that includes the text element in English and generating a temporary JAVA property file in the different language that includes the translation of the text element in the different language to effect an executable version of the extensible markup language file in English and an executable version of the extensible markup language file in the different language.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the temporary JAVA property file in English does not include the text element in the different language.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein the temporary JAVA property file in the different language does not include the text element in English.

20. A computer-readable medium containing instructions that cause a program, in a data processing system having a source code, to perform a method comprising the steps of:

extracting the text element in the first language from the source code, the extracted text element including context information that identifies a location of the text element in the first language in the source code;

obtaining a translation of the extracted text element in a second language;

merging the translation of the text element in the second language into the source code at a merge location based on the context information; and

generating a version of the source code in the first language and a version of the source code in the second language.

21. The computer-readable medium of claim 20, further comprising the steps of:

accessing an initial source code that is a single-language source code; and

creating the source code from the initial source code, the source code being a multi-language source code.

22. The computer-readable medium of claim 21, wherein the initial source code is a JAVA property file.

23. The computer-readable medium of claim 20, wherein the source code is implemented in extensible markup language.

24. The computer-readable medium of claim 20, wherein the text element in the first language is extracted to a first file.

25. The computer-readable medium of claim 20, wherein the step of obtaining the translation of the extracted text element in the second language comprises the steps of:

sending the text element in the first language to a translation program; and

receiving the translation of the text element in the second language from the translation program.

26. The computer-readable medium of claim 20, wherein the context information identifies a name of the source code.

27. The computer-readable medium of claim 20, wherein the text element in the first language includes an identifier of the first language.

28. The computer-readable medium of claim 20, wherein the text element in the first language includes a text string in the first language.

29. The computer-readable medium of claim 20, wherein the text element in the first language includes formatting information.

30. The computer-readable medium of claim 20, wherein the text element in the first language includes layout information.

31. The computer-readable medium of claim 20, wherein the text element in the first language includes a language dependent code section of the source code.

32. The computer-readable medium of claim 20, wherein the step of merging the translation of the text element in the second language into the source code comprises the step of:

inserting the translation of the text element in the second language into the source code.

33. The computer-readable medium of claim 20, wherein the step of generating the version of the source code in the first language and the version of the source code in the second language comprises the steps of:

generating a temporary version of the source code in the first language that includes the text element in the first language; and

generating a temporary version of the source code in the second language that includes the translation of the text element in the second language.

34. The computer-readable medium of claim 20, wherein the source code is implemented using JAVA technology.

35. The computer-readable medium of claim 20, wherein the context information includes JAVA property keys.

36. A computer-readable medium containing instructions that cause a program, in a data processing system having a JAVA property file including a text element in English, to perform a method comprising the steps of:

creating an extensible markup language file;

extracting the text element in English from the JAVA source code, the extracted text element including a context information that identifies a location of the text element in the English in the JAVA property file;

writing the text element in English into the extensible markup language file;

sending the text element in English to a translation program;

receiving a translation of the text element in a different language from the translation program;

merging the translation of the text element in the different language into the extensible markup language file at a merge location based on the context information; and

generating a temporary JAVA property file in English that includes the text element in English and generating a temporary JAVA property file in the different language that includes the translation of the text element in the different language to effect an executable version of the extensible markup language file in English and an executable version of the extensible markup language file in the different language.

37. The computer-readable medium of claim 36, wherein the temporary JAVA property file in English does not include the text element in the different language.

38. The computer -readable medium of claim 36, wherein the temporary JAVA property file in the different language does not include the text element in English.

39. A data processing system comprising:

a memory comprising a program that extracts a text element in a first language from a source code, the extracted text element including context information that identifies a location of the text element in the first language in the source code, obtains a translation of the extracted text element in a second language, merges the translation of the text element in the second language into the source code at a merge location based on the context information, and generates a version of the source code in the first language and a version of the source code in the second language; and

a processing unit that runs the program.

40. A data processing system comprising:

means for extracting a text element in a first language from a source code, the extracted text element including context information that identifies a location of the text element in the first language in the source code;

means for obtaining a translation of the extracted text element in a second language;

means for merging the translation of the text element in the second language into the source code at a merge location based on the context information; and

means for generating a version of the source code in the first language and a version of the source code in the second language.

41. A computer-readable memory device encoded with a program having a data structure, the program run by a processor in a data processing system, the data structure comprising:

a source code having a text element in a first language, the text element including context information that identifies a location of the text element in the first language in the source code, wherein the program extracts the text element in the first language from the source code, obtains a translation of the text element in a second language, merges the translation of the text element in the second language into the source code at a merge location based on the context information, and generates a version of the source code in the first language and a version of the source code in the second language.