SERVER-SIDE INTERNATIONALIZATION AND LOCALIZATION OF WEB APPLICATIONS USING A SCRIPTING LANGUAGE

• US 20130091425A1
• Filed: 10/10/2011
• Published: 04/11/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/10/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Red Hat, Inc. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Red Hat, Inc. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Inventors: Hughes, Shannon Ray, Rist, Jason E.
• Granted Patent: US 9,465,799 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/259
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/972 Access to data in other repository systems, e.g. legacy data or dynamic Web page generation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/242 Dictionaries
• 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

A server computing system receives a request for a web page from a client that specifies a preferred language. The server computing system searches mapping data stored in a local data store using a web page identifier in the request to locate one or more terms for the requested web page to be translated. The server computing system searches translations for web pages in the local data store for a sub-set of the translations that correspond to the one or more terms for the requested web page in the specified language. The computer system generates a client-executable script to provide the sub-set of translations that correspond to the one or more terms to the client and transmits the requested web page and the client-executable script having the sub-set of translations for the requested web page to the client. The client-executable script, when executed on the client, renders the web page in the specified language.

Claims

1. A method, implemented by a server computing system programmed to perform the following, comprising:

receiving, by the server computing system, a request for a web page from a client, the request specifying a preferred language;

searching, by the server computing system, mapping data stored in a local data store using a web page identifier in the request to locate one or more terms for the requested web page to be translated;

searching, by the server computing system, a plurality of translations for a plurality of web pages in the local data store for a sub-set of the plurality of translations that correspond to the one or more terms for the requested web page in the specified language;

generating, by the server computing system, a client-executable script to provide the sub-set of translations that correspond to the one or more terms to the client; and

transmitting, by the server computing system, the requested web page and the client-executable script comprising the sub-set of translations for the requested web page to the client, wherein the client-executable script, when executed on the client, renders the web page in the specified language.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein transmitting the requested web page and the client-executable script comprises:

transmitting the client-executable script in an external file that is separate from the web page; and

embedding a reference to the external file in a section of code of the web page, wherein loading the web page by the client calls the client-executable script in the external file to execute the client-executable script to render the web page in the specified language.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein transmitting the requested web page and the client-executable script comprises:

modifying source code of the requested web page to add the client-executable script to the source code of the requested web page to create a modified web page; and

transmitting the modified web page comprising the client-executable script to the client, wherein loading the modified web page by the client executes the client-executable script to render the web page in the specified language.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

searching, by the server computing system, for indicators in source code for a plurality of web pages indicating terms in the plurality of web pages to be translated;

generating a dictionary comprising the terms to be translated for the plurality of web pages;

translating the dictionary in a plurality of languages to generate the plurality of translations for the plurality of web pages; and

storing the plurality of translations in the plurality of languages for the plurality of web pages in the local data store.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein searching for the sub-set of the plurality of translations comprises:

searching for translation values that correspond to the one or more terms based on a locale identifier in the request, the translation values being translations of terms for the requested web page in a language as specified by the locale identifier.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the web identifier is a uniform resource locator.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the mapping data comprises web page identifiers and keys to the one or more terms to be translated that correspond to the web page identifiers.

8. A system comprising:

a memory to store a plurality of translations of terms for a plurality of web pages; and

a processing device coupled to the memory to

receive a request for a web page from a client, the request specifying a preferred language;

search mapping data stored in a local data store using a web page identifier in the request to locate one or more terms for the requested web page to be translated;

search a plurality of translations for a plurality of web pages in the local data store for a sub-set of the plurality of translations that correspond to the one or more terms for the requested web page in the specified language;

generate a client-executable script to provide the sub-set of translations that correspond to the one or more terms to the client; and

transmit the requested web page and the client-executable script comprising the sub-set of translations for the requested web page to the client, wherein the client-executable script, when executed on the client, renders the web page in the specified language.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the processing device is to transmit the requested web page and the client-executable script by:

transmitting the client-executable script in an external file that is separate from the web page; and

embedding a reference to the external file in a section of code of the web page, wherein loading the web page by the client calls the client-executable script in the external file to execute the client-executable script to render the web page in the specified language.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the processing device is to transmit the requested web page and the client-executable script by:

modifying source code of the requested web page to add the client-executable script to the source code of the requested web page to create a modified web page; and

transmitting the modified web page comprising the client-executable script to the client, wherein loading the modified web page by the client executes the client-executable script to render the web page in the specified language.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the processing device is further to:

search for indicators in source code for a plurality of web pages indicating terms in the plurality of web pages to be translated;

generate a dictionary comprising the terms to be translated for the plurality of web pages;

translate the dictionary in a plurality of languages to generate the plurality of translations for the plurality of web pages; and

store the plurality of translations in the plurality of languages for the plurality of web pages in the local data store.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the processing device is to search for the sub-set of the plurality of translations by:

search for translation values that correspond to the one or more terms based on a locale identifier in the request, the translation values being translations of terms for the requested web page in a language as specified by the locale identifier.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the web identifier is a uniform resource locator.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein the mapping data comprises web page identifiers and keys to the one or more terms to be translated that correspond to the web page identifiers.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed by a computer system, cause the computer system to perform a set of operations comprising:

receiving, by the computer system, a request for a web page from a client, the request specifying a preferred language;

searching mapping data stored in a local data store using a web page identifier in the request to locate one or more terms for the requested web page to be translated;

searching a plurality of translations for a plurality of web pages in the local data store for a sub-set of the plurality of translations that correspond to the one or more terms for the requested web page in the specified language;

generating a client-executable script to provide the sub-set of translations that correspond to the one or more terms to the client; and

transmitting the requested web page and the client-executable script comprising the sub-set of translations for the requested web page to the client, wherein the client-executable script, when executed on the client, renders the web page in the specified language.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein transmitting the requested web page and the client-executable script comprises:

transmitting the client-executable script in an external file that is separate from the web page; and

embedding a reference to the external file in a section of code of the web page, wherein loading the web page by the client calls the client-executable script in the external file to execute the client-executable script to render the web page in the specified language.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein transmitting the requested web page and the client-executable script comprises:

modifying source code of the requested web page to add the client-executable script to the source code of the requested web page to create a modified web page; and

transmitting the modified web page comprising the client-executable script to the client, wherein loading the modified web page by the client executes the client-executable script to render the web page in the specified language.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, further comprising:

searching, by the server computing system, for indicators in source code for a plurality of web pages indicating terms in the plurality of web pages to be translated;

generating a dictionary comprising the terms to be translated for the plurality of web pages;

translating the dictionary in a plurality of languages to generate the plurality of translations for the plurality of web pages; and

storing the plurality of translations in the plurality of languages for the plurality of web pages in the local data store.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein searching for the sub-set of the plurality of translations comprises:

searching for translation values that correspond to the one or more terms based on a locale identifier in the request, the translation values being translations of terms for the requested web page in a language as specified by the locale identifier.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the mapping data comprises web page identifiers and keys to the one or more terms to be translated that correspond to the web page identifiers.