Translation Web Services For Localizing Resources

• US 20070180143A1
• Filed: 01/30/2006
• Published: 08/02/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 01/30/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Greeff, Esaias
• Application Number:
  US11/275,804
• Publication Number:
  US 20070180143A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/246
• 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 69/08 Protocols for interworking; Protocol conversion

Abstract

Translation web services for localizing resources include a server receiving language-independent messages containing localizable resource elements. A client receives the messages from the server, and requests a localized version of the resource element in a specified human-understandable language. A translation web service receives the request, and provides a localized version of the localizable resource element in the specified language.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

at least one server adapted to receive at least one language-independent message containing at least one localizable resource element;

at least one client adapted to receive the message from the server, and to request a localized version of the resource element in a human-understandable language specified in the request; and

at least one translation web service adapted to receive the request, and to provide a response to the request including the localized version of the resource element.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the client includes a translation request component adapted to request the localized version of the resource element.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the server is adapted to provide the translation web service.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the translation web service is adapted to receive requests for localized versions of resource elements from a plurality of clients.

5. The system of claim 1, further comprising at least a second client, and wherein the client is associated with a user having a preference for a first human language, and wherein the second client is associated with a second user having a preference for a second human language.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the client includes a formatting component adapted to format the response to the request.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the translation web service is adapted to format the response to the request.

8. A method executable at least in part by a computer-based system, the method comprising:

receiving a language-independent message containing at least one localizable resource element; and

requesting a localized version of the localizable resource element in a human-understandable language.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising receiving the localized version of the localizable resource element.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein requesting a localized version of the localizable resource element includes requesting a formatted localized version.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein requesting a localized version of the localizable resource element includes requesting an unformatted localized version.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising formatting the unformatted localized version of the resource element.

13. The method of claim 8, further comprising requesting a list of human languages in which versions of the localizable resource element may be provided.

14. A schema implementing, at least in part, the method of claim 8.

15. A method executable at least in part by a computer-based system, the method comprising:

receiving a request for a localized version of a localizable resource, wherein the request specifies a human-understandable language; and

providing the localized version in the human-understandable language in response to the request.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising providing at least one resource element representing the localizable resource to at least one client.

17. The method of claim 15, further comprising providing data representing at least one supported human-understandable language supported to at least one client.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein providing the localized version includes providing a formatted localized version of the localizable resource.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein providing the localized version includes providing an unformatted localized version of the localizable resource.

20. A schema implementing, at least in part, the method of claim 17.