DESIGNING A WEBSITE TO BE DISPLAYED IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES

• US 20140081618A1
• Filed: 09/09/2013
• Published: 03/20/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/17/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Inventors: Kim, Hyejin
• Application Number:
  US14/021,893
• Publication Number:
  US 20140081618A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/2
• 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 method for building websites including at least one language translation is provided. The method incorporates a language translation into an individual website having a default display language, wherein the step of incorporating comprises saving the language translation as part of the individual website, and wherein the language translation is available for viewing at the individual website; and adds a language switching feature to the individual website, the language switching feature enabling an end-user to change the default display language of the individual website to the language translation.

Claims

1. A method for building websites including at least one language translation, the method comprising:

incorporating a language translation into an individual website having a default display language, wherein the step of incorporating comprises saving the language translation as part of the individual website, and wherein the language translation is available for viewing at the individual website; and

adding a language switching feature to the individual website, the language switching feature enabling an end-user to change the default display language of the individual website to the language translation.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the language switching feature comprises a drop-down menu of a plurality of user-selectable language options for the individual website;

and

wherein the plurality of user-selectable language options comprises one or more languages that have been incorporated into the individual website.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

receiving end-user input selecting one of the plurality of user-selectable language options, via the drop-down menu; and

changing the default display language of the website according to the end-user input.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

exporting a language file for translation, the language file comprising language data from the website;

importing a translation file, the translation file comprising language data that has been translated to a second language; and

incorporating the second language as a user-selectable language option on the website.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

omitting a user-selected portion of the language data from the website, wherein the user-selected portion for omission is indicated in the language file.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

exporting an extensible markup language (XML) language file for translation, the XML language file comprising language data from the website;

importing an XML translation file, the XML translation file comprising language data that has been translated to a second language; and

incorporating the second language as a user-selectable language option on the website.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising selecting at least one part of the website to be omitted from translation.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

calculating a percentage of the website that has been translated; and

displaying the calculated percentage graphically.

9. A graphical user interface for building a single website with language translation capabilities, the interface comprising:

a graphical display, configured to show website text in a default language;

language translation control elements, configured to incorporate a translation of the default language into the single website, wherein the step of incorporating comprises saving the translation of the default language as part of the single website, and wherein the translation of the default language is available for viewing at the single website; and

a language selection menu, configured to select one of a plurality of language options for viewing the single website, wherein the plurality of language options comprises the default language and the translation of the default language.

10. The graphical user interface of claim 9, further comprising a translation opt-out selection element, configured to select parts of the website to remain displayed in a default language when selects a translation in a language other than the default language.

11. The graphical user interface of claim 9, further comprising a translation status bar that indicates a percentage of parts of a website that have been translated.

12. The graphical user interface of claim 9, wherein the language selection menu is a drag-and-drop element configured to be moved from the interface onto the website.

13. The graphical user interface of claim 9, wherein the language control elements further comprise:

an export control element, configured to export a language file for translation, the language file comprising default language data from the website; and

an import control element, configured to import a translation file, the translation file comprising default language data that has been translated to a second language.

14. The graphical user interface of claim 9, further comprising:

manual entry control elements, configured to receive user-entered changes to the website.

15. A non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium containing instructions thereon for incorporating language translation features into a website, wherein, when the instructions are executed by a processor, the instructions cause the processor to:

provide a set of language translation features for an individual website;

receive input comprising selected features from the set of language translation features; and

maintain the selected features at the individual website.

16. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the selected features comprise a set of display language options for the individual website.

17. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein, when the instructions are executed by the processor, the instructions further cause the processor to:

receive input regarding a user-selected display language for the website; and

display content of the website in the user-selected display language.

18. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein, when the instructions are executed by the processor, the instructions further cause the processor to:

export a language file for translation, the language file comprising language data from the website;

import a translation file, the translation file comprising language data that has been translated to a second language; and

incorporate the second language as a user-selectable option on the website.

19. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein, when the instructions are executed by the processor, the instructions further cause the processor to:

omit a user-selected portion of the language data from the website, wherein the user-selected portion for omission is indicated in the language file.

20. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein, when the instructions are executed by the processor, the instructions further cause the processor to:

provide a visual display of translation progress for the website, wherein the visual display shows a ratio of website material that has been translated.