User corrections in translation
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Abstract
Techniques that enable correction of inaccurate or inappropriate words and phrases users can find in a translated program, without requiring undue efforts by those users to contact the programmers with that information. A program user can communicate back to the programmer, with the effect that the user is able to inform the programmer of any inaccurate or inappropriate words or phrases that user has found in a translated program. The technique for communication does not require the user to know where, or even who, the programmer is. Users can edit the words displayed by the program, replacing mistranslated words or phrases with replacements that are more accurate or more appropriate. Users'"'"' edits that are agreed to by multiple users can each have a “vote” count associated therewith, so the programmer can determine the vox populi for that translation.
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21 Claims
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1. (canceled)
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2. A system, including
a mobile device, including a processor and memory maintaining instructions, the instructions being interpretable by the processor to present display elements having a first human-language meaning to a user of the mobile device; -
a development device, including a development environment suitable to create an app by a designer or programmer, the app including at least some of the instructions, and suitable to distribute the app to the mobile device, the app including at least some of the instructions interpretable by the processor to present the display elements in a form having a second human-language meaning to the user; the mobile device including a communication link responsive to one or more signals delivering the app to the mobile device, the communication link being responsive to the user and suitable to present messages regarding the second human-language meaning from the user to the designer or programmer, the messages including a relation between the second human-language meaning and the first human-language meaning; the app including communication link being responsive to the user to send information to the developer or programmer. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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