Auto Localization

• US 20140123039A1
• Filed: 07/24/2013
• Published: 05/01/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/26/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Ozer, Ali T., Hess, Jonathan J., Ammon, Peter C., Forster, Kristin M., Ferry, Ken
• Application Number:
  US13/950,229
• Publication Number:
  US 20140123039A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/762
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/454 Multi-language systems; Localisation; Internationalisation

Abstract

Exemplary methods, apparatuses, and systems receive a preferred language and a base file that includes localizable and non-localizable user interface objects, the text string associated with the localizable user interface objects, and the respective ID codes of the user interface objects. Substitute the text string of localizable user interface objects in the base file with the text string in a localization text file referenced by the ID code. Generate a user interface window with the user interface objects including the text from the localization text file.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving, by the computer, a preferred language and a single base file, wherein the single base file comprises one or more user interface objects, wherein the one or more user interface objects includes a localizable user interface object, wherein the localizable user interface object is a user interface object that includes a text string to be replaced based upon the preferred language, wherein the single base file contains information for rendering a physical layout of the one or more user interface objects in a user interface window for a plurality of languages;

determining, by the computer, that a user interface object in the single base file is the localizable user interface object;

determining, by the computer, an identification (ID) code in the single base file, that corresponds to the localizable user interface object, in response to determining that the user interface object is the localizable user interface object;

accessing, by the computer, a localization text file according to the preferred language;

determining, by the computer, a text string in the localization text file that corresponds to the ID code;

substituting, by the computer, the text string for the localizable user interface object in the single base file with the text string from the localization text file; and

generating, by the computer, the user interface window with the localizable user interface object according to the single base file, including the text from the localization text file.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the preferred language is provided by a user input.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining of whether the user interface object in the single base file is a localizable user interface object includes a determination that the user interface object includes a particular subclass.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the single base file further comprises a non-localizable user interface object, wherein the non-localizable user interface is a user interface object that does not include text to be translated.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving, by the computer, a user command not to substitute the text string for a particular localizable user interface object.

6. A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving, by the computer, user input to move, resize, or add one or more user interface objects to a user interface window, wherein the one or more user interface objects includes a localizable user interface object, wherein a localizable user interface object is a user interface object that includes text to be translated;

receiving, by the computer, a set of at least one or more display languages, such that the user interface window and the localizable user interface objects can be displayed in one of the at least or more languages;

generating, by the computer, a single base file that stores the user interface window and the localizable user interface objects, wherein the base file associates the localizable user interface object with a unique identification (ID) code, and a text string;

determining, by the computer, that a user interface object in the base file is the localizable user interface object;

determining, by the computer, the ID code in the base file that corresponds to the localizable user interface object, in response to determining that the user interface object is the localizable user interface object; and

generating, by the computer, a localization text file for a language selected from the set of at least one or more display languages, wherein the localization text file contains the ID code corresponding to the localizable user interface object, and a translated text string to be displayed with the localizable user interface object in the user interface window, such that the user interface window and the localizable user interface objects are displayed according to the base file, and the text of the localizable user interface objects are displayed according to the text from a localization text file selected based on a selected display language.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the base file stores a non-localizable user interface object, wherein a non-localizable interface object is a user interface object that does not include text to be translated.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the text string generated in the localization text file is the text string in the base file corresponding to the ID code of the localizable user interface object that is translated, by the computer, to the language selected from the set of at least one or more display languages.

9. A non-transitory machine-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed, cause a processing device to perform a method comprising:

receiving, by the processing device, a preferred language and a single base file, wherein the single base file comprises one or more user interface objects, wherein the one or more user interface objects includes a localizable user interface object, wherein the localizable user interface object is a user interface object that includes a text string to be replaced based upon the preferred language, wherein the single base file contains information for rendering a physical layout of the one or more user interface objects in a user interface window for a plurality of languages;

determining, by the processing device, that a user interface object in the single base file is the localizable user interface object;

determining, by the processing device, an identification (ID) code in the single base file, that corresponds to the localizable user interface object, in response to determining that the user interface object is the localizable user interface object;

accessing, by the processing device, a localization text file according to the preferred language;

determining, by the processing device, a text string in the localization text file that corresponds to the ID code;

substituting, by the processing device, the text string for the localizable user interface object in the single base file with the text string from the localization text file; and

generating, by the processing device, the user interface window with the localizable user interface object according to the single base file, including the text from the localization text file.

10. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the preferred language is provided by a user input.

11. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the determining of whether the user interface object in the single base file is a localizable user interface includes a determination that the user interface object includes a particular subclass.

12. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the single base file further comprises a non-localizable user interface object, wherein the non-localizable user interface object is a user interface object that does not include text to be translated.

13. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the processing device to perform a method further comprising:

receiving, by the processing device, a user command not to substitute the text string for a particular localizable user interface object.

14. An apparatus comprising:

a processing device, wherein the processing device executes instructions that cause the processing device to

receive preferred language and a single base file, wherein the single base file comprises one or more user interface objects, wherein the one or more user interface objects includes a localizable user interface object, wherein the localizable user interface object is a user interface object that includes a text string to be replaced based upon the preferred language, wherein the single base file contains information for rendering a physical layout of the one or more user interface objects in a user interface window for a plurality of languages;

determine that a user interface object in the single base file is the localizable user interface object;

determine an identification (ID) code in the single base file, that corresponds to the localizable user interface object, in response to determining that the user interface object is the localizable user interface object;

access a localization text file according to the preferred language;

determine a text string in the localization text file that corresponds to the ID code;

substitute the text string for the localizable user interface object in the single base file with the text string from the localization text file; and

generate the user interface window with the localizable user interface object according to the single base file, including the text from the localization text file.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the preferred language is provided by a user input.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the determining of whether the user interface object in the single base file is a localizable user interface object includes a determining that the user interface object includes a particular subclass.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the base file further comprises a non-localizable user interface object, wherein the non-localizable user interface is a user interface object that does not include text to be translated.

18. The apparatus of claim 17, further comprising receiving, by the processing device, a user command not to substitute the text string for a particular localizable user interface object.

19. A non-transitory machine-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed, cause a processing device to perform a method comprising:

receiving, by the processing device, user input to move, resize, or add one or more user interface objects to a user interface window, wherein the one or more user interface objects includes a localizable user interface object, wherein a localizable user interface object is a user interface object that includes text to be translated;

receiving, by the processing device, a set of at least one or more display languages, such that the user interface window and the localizable user interface objects can be displayed in one of the at least or more languages;

generating, by the processing device, a single base file that stores the user interface window and the localizable user interface objects, wherein the base file associates the localizable user interface object with a unique identification (ID) code, and a text string;

determining, by the processing device, that a user interface object in the base file is the localizable user interface object;

determining, by the processing device, the ID code that in the base file that corresponds to the localizable user interface object, in response to determining that the user interface object is the localizable user interface object; and

generating, by the processing device, a localization text file for a language selected from the set of at least one or more display languages, wherein the localization text file contains the ID code corresponding to the localizable user interface object, and a translated text string to be displayed with the localizable user interface object in the user interface window, such that the user interface window and the localizable user interface objects are displayed according to the base file, and the text of the localizable user interface objects are displayed according to the text from a localization text file selected based on a selected display language

20. An apparatus comprising:

a processing device, wherein the processing device executes instructions that cause the processing device to

receive user input to move, resize, or add one or more user interface objects to a user interface window, wherein the one or more user interface objects includes a localizable user interface object, wherein a localizable user interface object is a user interface object that includes text to be translated;

receive a set of at least one or more display languages, such that the user interface window and the localizable user interface objects can be displayed in one of the at least or more languages;

generate a single base file that stores the user interface window and the localizable user interface objects, wherein the base file associates the localizable user interface object with a unique identification (ID) code, and a text string;

determine that a user interface object in the base file is the localizable user interface object;

determine the ID code in the base file that corresponds to the localizable user interface object, in response to determining that the user interface object is the localizable user interface object; and

generate a localization text file for a language selected from the set of at least one or more display languages, wherein the localization text file contains the ID code corresponding to the localizable user interface object, and a translated text string to be displayed with the localizable user interface object in the user interface window, such that the user interface window and the localizable user interface objects are displayed according to the base file, and the text of the localizable user interface objects are displayed according to the text from a localization text file selected based on a selected display language.