METHOD FOR TRANSLATING COMPUTER GENERATED LOG FILES

• US 20100332216A1
• Filed: 06/30/2009
• Published: 12/30/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Williams, Hugh P.
• Granted Patent: US 8,874,426 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/4
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/55 Rule-based translation

Abstract

A method of translating a computer generated log output message from a first language to a second language, including receiving a log output containing a plurality of messages in a first language and matching words and phrases in the log output messages to pre-established codes in a matched message index. Ambiguous matches are resolved by removing codes matched to ones of the words and phrases that have overlap with words and phrases matched to different codes. The codes in the matched message index are translated into a second language different than the first language to a corresponding second log output message in the second language and then the second log output message is output in the second language.

Claims

6. A computer-implemented method of translating a computer generated log output message file from a first language to a second language, said method comprising:

receiving a log output containing a plurality of messages in a first language;

processing, using a computing device, said plurality of messages into a canonical form by including at least one message variable field in at least one of said plurality of messages, wherein said message variable field further includes data about a position of said variable field position in said message;

matching, using a computing device, words and phrases in said log output messages to pre-established codes in a matched message index

resolving ambiguous matches, using a computing device, by removing codes matched to ones of said words and phrases that have overlap with words and phrases matched to different codes;

translating, using a computing device, said codes in said matched message index into a second language different than said first language to a corresponding second log output message in said second language; and

outputting said second log output message in said second language.

1. A computer-implemented method of translating a computer generated log output message file from a first language to a second language, said method comprising:

receiving a log output containing a plurality of messages in a first language;

matching, using a computing device, words and phrases in said log output messages to pre-established codes in a matched message index

resolving ambiguous matches, using a computing device, by removing codes matched to ones of said words and phrases that have overlap with words and phrases matched to different codes;

translating, using a computing device, said codes in said matched message index into a second language different than said first language to a corresponding second log output message in said second language; and

outputting said second log output message in said second language.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

indexing, using a computing device, each of said plurality of messages with a message identifier and a language descriptor.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

processing, using a computing device, said plurality of messages into a canonical form by including at least one message variable field in at least one of said plurality of messages,

wherein said message variable field further includes data about a position of said variable field position in said message.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

extracting, using a computing device, variable data from said computer generated log output file in said first language.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

substituting said extracted variable data, using a computing device, into said translated content of said one of said corresponding message in said second language.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

generating, using a computing device, said pre-established codes in said matched message index that identify a correspondence of at least one of the plurality of messages in said first language and a plurality of messages in a second language corresponding in meaning to said plurality of messages of said first language.

8. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

identifying, using a computing device, unknown characters of said computer generated log output message file having no correspondence to said at least one of said plurality of messages of said first language.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

removing, using a computing device, said unknown characters of said computer generated log output message file.

10. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

identifying, using a computing device, unique characters of said computer generated log output message file having said correspondence to only one of said plurality of messages of said first language; and

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

substituting, using a computing device, content of one of a corresponding message in said second language for said unique characters

12. An apparatus that translates a computer generated log output message file from a first language to a second language, said apparatus comprising:

an input device that receives a log output containing a plurality of messages in a first language;

a processor that;

matches words and phrases in said log output containing a plurality of messages to pre-established codes in a matched message index

resolves ambiguous matches by removing codes matched to ones of said words and phrases that have overlap with words and phrases matched to different codes; and

translates said codes in said matched message index into a second language different than said first language to a corresponding second log output message in said second language; and

an output device that outputs said second log output message in said second language.

13. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein said processor further processes said plurality of messages into a canonical form by including at least one message variable field in at least one of said plurality of messages,

wherein said message variable field further includes data about a position of said variable field position in said message.

14. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the processor further extracts variable data from said computer generated log output file in said first language

15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the processor further substitutes said extracted variable data into said translated content of said one of said corresponding message in said second language

17. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the processor further generates said pre-established codes in said matched message index that identify a correspondence of at least one of the plurality of messages in said first language and a plurality of messages in a second language corresponding in meaning to said plurality of messages of said first language.

18. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the processor further identifies unknown characters of said computer generated log output message file having no correspondence to said at least one of said plurality of messages of said first language.

19. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein said processor removes said unknown characters of said computer generated log output message file.

12-1. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the processor further indexes each of said plurality of messages with a message identifier and a language descriptor.

16. An apparatus that translates a computer generated log output message file from a first language to a second language, said apparatus comprising:

an input device that receives a log output containing a plurality of messages in a first language;

a processor that;

processes said plurality of messages into a canonical form by including at least one message variable field in at least one of said plurality of messages, wherein said message variable field further includes data about a position of said variable field position in said message;

matches words and phrases in said log output containing a plurality of messages to pre-established codes in a matched message index;

resolves ambiguous matches by removing codes matched to ones of said words and phrases that have overlap with words and phrases matched to different codes; and

translates said codes in said matched message index into a second language different than said first language to a corresponding second log output message in said second language; and

an output device that outputs said second log output message in said second language.

20. A programmable storage medium for storing a program of machine-readable instructions executable by a digital processing apparatus to perform operations supporting a method of translating a computer generated log output message file from a first language to a second language, said operations comprising:

receiving a log output message in a first language;

matching, using a computing device, words and phrases in said log output message to pre-established codes in a matched message index

resolving ambiguous matches, using a computing device, by removing codes matched to ones of said words and phrases that have overlap with words and phrases matched to different codes;

translating, using a computing device, said codes in said matched message index into a second language different than said first language to a corresponding second log output message in said second language; and

outputting said second log output message in said second langauge.