SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING AND STORING TRANSLATION INFORMATION AS PACKAGE METADATA

• US 20110214118A1
• Filed: 02/26/2010
• Published: 09/01/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 02/26/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Red Hat, Inc. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Red Hat, Inc. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Inventors: Antill, James, Vidal, Seth Kelby
• Granted Patent: US 10,534,624 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/174
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/454 Multi-language systems; Localisation; Internationalisation

Abstract

Embodiments relate to systems and methods for generating and storing translation information as package metadata. A physical or virtual client machine can host a set of installed software packages, including operating system, application, and/or other software. A package manager tracks the set of installed packages and language resources available for the installed set. The package manager can host or access a set of package attributes which include language specifications which indicates a language that should be used for search, display, and/or other activities. The language specifications be used to link to remote a remote repository storing various language metadata, including translations of source text. The resulting translated descriptions of source text from applications or other objects can be received and locally stored as translation information on the client machine. Translations can be periodically generated and/or updated.

Claims

1. A method of generating translation data, comprising:

identifying a set of installed software packages on a client;

identifying a set of language specifications for at least one of the software packages in the set of installed software packages;

identifying at least one set of language metadata associated with the set of language specifications; and

generating translation information for the at least one of the software packages using the at least one associated set of language metadata.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the translation information comprises language information used to perform a search on the client.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the translation information comprises language information used to display an operational function of the at least one of the software packages installed on the client.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the set of language specifications comprises at least one of a language identity specification or a geographical region specification.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one set of language metadata is stored in a remote repository.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing the translation information in the client in association with the at least one of the software packages.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising updating the translation information via the at least one associated set of language metadata.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein at least part of the associated set of language metadata is received via a remote translation service.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the translation information is automatically generated based on an initiation of the at least one of the software packages on the client.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving user input to configure the at least one associated set of language metadata.

11. A system for managing language translation activity, comprising:

a data store storing a set of installed software packages on a client; and

a package manager, configured to communicate with the data store and to—

identify a set of language specifications for at least one of the software packages in the set of installed software packages,

identify at least one set of language metadata associated with the set of language specifications, and

generate translation information for the at least one of the software packages using the at least one associated set of language metadata.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the translation information comprises language information used to perform a search on the client.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the translation information comprises language information used to display an operational function of the at least one of the software packages installed on the client.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the set of language specifications comprises at least one of a language identity specification or a geographical region specification.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the at least one set of language metadata is stored in a remote repository.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein the package manager is further configured to store the translation information in the client in association with the at least one of the software packages.

17. The system of claim 11, wherein the package manager is further configured to update the translation information via the at least one associated set of language metadata.

18. The system of claim 11, wherein at least part of the associated set of language metadata is received via a remote translation service.

19. The system of claim 11, wherein the translation information is automatically generated based on an initiation of the at least one of the software packages on the client.

20. The system of claim 11, wherein the package manager is further configured to receive user input to configure the at least one associated set of language metadata.