WEB TRANSLATION WITH DISPLAY REPLACEMENT

• US 20120005571A1
• Filed: 03/18/2009
• Published: 01/05/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/18/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Tang, Jie, Hornung, Zelidrag, Shah, Avni, Rosart, Daniel, Yao, Baogang, Chin, Jeffrey
• Granted Patent: US 8,683,329 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/234
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/88 Mark-up to mark-up conversion conversion for visualization in web browsing G06F16/9577
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• 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

Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for translation of markup language documents with display replacement. In some implementations, a method includes displaying a markup language document in an original language by rendering an internal representation of the document, sending a data structure containing the texts from the text nodes of the internal representation, as distinct data entities, to a translation service, replacing the texts with translated texts received from the translation service resulting in a translated representation, and displaying a first translation of the document by rendering the translated representation. In some implementations, partial, incremental translation is performed. In some implementations, a method includes receiving a notification that a phrase in a markup language document has been selected, requesting translation of the text of the selected phrase, and then displaying a received translation in a user interface.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

displaying a markup language document in an original language by rendering an internal representation of the document, the representation including nodes, the nodes including one or more text nodes and one or more non-text nodes, the text nodes each including respective original text; and

while displaying the document from the internal representation, sending a data structure containing the texts from the text nodes, as distinct data entities, to a translation service and replacing the texts in the text nodes with corresponding translated texts received from the translation service to generate a first translated internal representation of the markup language document, where the original texts in the text nodes are in the original language and the translated texts are in a different second language;

whereby a first translation of the markup language document is displayed by rendering the first translated internal representation.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein sending a data structure containing the texts of the text nodes comprises extracting the texts from the text nodes and assembling the extracted texts into the data structure, where each of the texts is stored as a distinct data entity in the data structure.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein sending a data structure containing the texts of the text nodes comprises sending a copy of the internal representation.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein sending a data structure containing the texts of the text nodes comprises sending the data structure in multiple segments.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the internal representation of the document is a document object model representation.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a notification that first text in a first text node is being replaced with new text in the original language;

then

sending a data structure containing the new text to the translation service and replacing the text in the first text node with a first translated text in the second language received from the translation service to generate a second translated internal representation of the document;

whereby a second translation of the markup language document is displayed by rendering the second translated internal representation.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the new text is generated by an executable script executing in the markup language display program.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising verifying that each original text is unchanged before replacing the original text with the corresponding translated text.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing the original text corresponding to one or more text nodes;

receiving input requesting display of the document in the original language; and

replacing the texts in the text nodes in the first translated internal representation with the corresponding original texts, resulting in an original language internal representation;

whereby a translation of the markup language document is displayed by rendering the first translated internal representation.

10. A method comprising:

providing a translation service that receives text and generates a translation of the text;

providing a translation module configured to run in a markup language display program, the markup language display program displaying a markup language document in an original language by rendering an internal representation of the document, the representation including nodes, the nodes including one or more text nodes and one or more non-text nodes, the text nodes each including respective original text, the translation module configured to perform the following operations;

while the markup language display program displays the document from the internal representation, sending a data structure containing the texts from the text nodes, as distinct data entities, to a translation service; and

replacing the texts in the text nodes with corresponding translated texts received from the translation service to generate a first translated internal representation of the markup language document, where the original texts in the text nodes are in the original language and the translated texts are in a different second language, and

providing the first translated internal representation to the markup language display program for rendering.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein sending a data structure containing the texts of the text nodes comprises extracting the texts from the text nodes and assembling the extracted texts into the data structure, where each of the texts is stored as a distinct data entity in the data structure.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the translation module is further configured to perform the following operations:

receiving a notification that first text in a first text node is being replaced with new text in the original language;

then

sending a data structure containing the new text to the translation service, and replacing the text in the first text node with a first translated text in the second language received from the translation service to generate a second translated internal representation of the document; and

then

providing the second translated internal representation to the markup language display program for rendering.

13. A method comprising:

receiving a notification that a phrase comprising multiple words in a markup language document displayed in a user interface on a client device has been selected;

requesting a translation of text corresponding to the selected phrase from a translation service on a server; and

receiving a translation from the translation service and then displaying the translation in the user interface.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the translation is displayed in a tooltip.

15. A system, comprising:

one or more computers operable to perform operations comprising;

displaying a markup language document in an original language by rendering an internal representation of the document, the representation including nodes, the nodes including one or more text nodes and one or more non-text nodes, the text nodes each including respective original text; and

while displaying the document from the internal representation, sending a data structure containing the texts from the text nodes, as distinct data entities, to a translation service and replacing the texts in the text nodes with corresponding translated texts received from the translation service to generate a first translated internal representation of the markup language document, where the original texts in the text nodes are in the original language and the translated texts are in a different second language;

whereby a first translation of the markup language document is displayed by rendering the first translated internal representation.

16. The system of claim 15 further comprising a server device providing the translation service.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the system comprises a client device running a markup language display program operable to perform the displaying a markup language document operation, and an add-in running in the markup language display program operable to perform the sending the data structure and replacing the texts in the text nodes operations.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the add-in is a gadget.

19. The system of claim 17, wherein the add-in is a toolbar.

20. The system of claim 15, wherein the system comprises a client device running a web browser operable to perform the displaying a markup language document, sending the data structure, and replacing the texts in the text nodes operations.

21. The system of claim 15, wherein sending a data structure containing the texts of the text nodes comprises extracting the texts from the text nodes and assembling the extracted texts into the data structure, where each of the texts is stored as a distinct data entity in the data structure.

22. The system of claim 15, wherein sending a data structure containing the texts of the text nodes comprises sending a copy of the internal representation.

23. The system of claim 15, wherein sending a data structure containing the texts of the text nodes comprises sending the data structure in multiple segments.

24. The system of claim 15, further operable to perform operations comprising:

receiving a notification that first text in a first text node is being replaced with new text in the original language;

then

sending a data structure containing the new text to the translation service and replacing the text in the first text node with a first translated text in the second language received from the translation service to generate a second translated internal representation of the document;

whereby a second translation of the markup language document is displayed by rendering the second translated internal representation.

25. The system of claim 15, further operable to perform operations comprising:

storing the original text corresponding to one or more text nodes;

receiving input requesting display of the document in the original language;

replacing the texts in the text nodes in the first translated internal representation with the corresponding original texts, resulting in an original language internal representation;

whereby a translation of the markup language document is displayed by rendering the first translated internal representation.

26. A system comprising:

one or more computers operable to perform operations comprising;

providing a translation service that receives text and generates a translation of the text;

providing a translation module configured to run in a markup language display program, the markup language display program displaying a markup language document in an original language by rendering an internal representation of the document, the representation including nodes, the nodes including one or more text nodes and one or more non-text nodes, the text nodes each including respective original text, the translation module configured to perform the following operations;

while the markup language display program displays the document from the internal representation, sending a data structure containing the texts from the text nodes, as distinct data entities, to a translation service;

replacing the texts in the text nodes with corresponding translated texts received from the translation service to generate a first translated internal representation of the markup language document, where the original texts in the text nodes are in the original language and the translated texts are in a different second language; and

providing the first translated internal representation to the markup language display program for rendering.

27. The system of claim 26, wherein the system comprises a server running a translation service.

28. The system of claim 26, wherein the translation module is associated with an add-in running in the markup language display program.

29. The system of claim 28 wherein the add-in is a gadget.

30. The system of claim 28, wherein the add-in is a toolbar.

31. The system of claim 26, wherein the translation module and the markup language display program are a web browser.

32. A system comprising:

one or more computers operable to perform operations comprising;

receiving a notification that a phrase in a markup language document displayed in a user interface on a client device has been selected;

requesting a translation of text corresponding to the selected phrase from a translation service on a server; and

receiving a translation from the translation service and then displaying the translation in the user interface.

33. The system of claim 32, wherein the system comprises a client device running an add-in operable to perform the receiving a notification, requesting a translation of text, and receiving a translation from the translation service operations.

34. The system of claim 33 wherein the add-in is a gadget.

35. The system of claim 33, wherein the add-in is a toolbar.

36. The system of claim 32, wherein the system comprises a client device running a web browser operable to perform the receiving a notification, requesting a translation of text, and receiving a translation from the translation service operations.