CHANGE DETECTION IN A STRING REPOSITORY FOR TRANSLATED CONTENT

• US 20180052827A1
• Filed: 08/17/2016
• Published: 02/22/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/17/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Netflix, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Netflix, Inc.
• Inventors: MATHADA, Shashidhara, MORENO, Jose, BIHANI, Ballav, PHERWANI, Pragya, SAMPATH, Bharath, SUNDARAM, Vidyalakshmi Vilathur, BISLA, Kunal, BHATTACHARYYA, Prosenjit
• Granted Patent: US 10,162,819 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/194 Calculation of difference between files
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/42 Data-driven translation
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/454 Multi-language systems; Localisation; Internationalisation

Abstract

A technique for translating text strings includes receiving a source language text string from an application, determining that a translated text string that includes a translation in a target language of the source language text string is not available for use by the application, transmitting the source language text string to a translation service for translation, receiving the translated text string from the translation service, and causing the translated text string to be available for use by the application.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for translating text strings, the method comprising:

receiving via a first namespace a source language text string from an application;

determining that a translated text string that includes a translation in a target language of the source language text string is not available for use by the application;

transmitting the source language text string to a translation service for translation;

receiving the translated text string from the translation service;

merging the translated text string into a second namespace; and

causing the translated text string to be available for use by the application via the second namespace.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein causing the translated text string to be available for use by the application comprises copying the translated text string to a cache that is accessible by the application.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein determining that the translated text string is not available for use by the application comprises receiving the source language text string as part of a request to translate the source language text string into the target language.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein determining that the translated text string is not available for use by the application comprises detecting that the source language text string has been changed.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein detecting that the source language text string has been changed comprises comparing a previous tracking value associated with the source language text string to a current tracking value associated with the source language text string.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the previous tracking value comprises a hash value that is computed based on the source language text string at a time prior to determining that the text string is not available for use by the application, and wherein the current tracking value comprises a hash value that is computed based on a current value of the source language text string.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein

the source language text string comprises a first value associated with a particular key, and the translated text string comprises a second value associated with the particular key;

the previous tracking value comprises a first hash value that is computed based on a bundle of multiple keys that includes the particular key; and

the current tracking value comprises a second hash value that is computed based on the bundle of multiple keys.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the first hash value is computed at a time prior to determining that the translated text string is not available for use by the application and the second hash value is computed at a later time than the first hash value is computed.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the translation service comprises one or more of a manual translation service, a partially automated translation service;

or a fully automated translation service.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein determining that the translated text string is not available for use by the application comprises receiving the source language text string without the translated text string.

21. The method of claim 1, wherein the first namespace includes text strings for the application, and the second namespace includes text strings for each of a plurality of applications, wherein the application is included in the plurality of applications.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform the steps of:

receiving via a first namespace a source language text string from an application;

determining that a translated text string that includes a translation in a target language of the source language text string is not available for use by the application;

transmitting the source language text string to a translation service for translation;

receiving the translated text string from the translation service;

merging the translated text string into a second namespace; and

causing the translated text string to be available for use by the application via the second namespace.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the source language text string comprises a first value associated with a particular key and the translated text string comprises a second value associated with the particular key.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein an additional translated text string includes a translation of the source language text string in a different language than the source language and the target language, and comprises a third value associated with the particular key, the method further comprising:

determining that the additional translated text string is not available for use by the application;

receiving the additional translated text string from the translation service; and

causing the additional translated text string to be available for use by the application.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein making the additional translated text string available for use by the application comprises making the translated text string and the additional translated string available for use by the application after receiving both the translated text string from the translation service and the additional translated text string from the translation service.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the source language text string is included in a bundle that is referenced by the particular key, an additional source language text string includes textual content in the source language and is included in the bundle, and transmitting the source language text string to the translation service for translation comprises transmitting the source language text string and the additional source language text string to the translation service for translation.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein causing the translated text string to be available for use by the application comprises copying the translated text string to a cache that is accessible by the application.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein determining that the translated text string is not available for use by the application comprises receiving the source language text string as part of a request to translate the source language text string into the target language.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein determining that the translated text string is not available for use by the application comprises detecting that the source language text string has been changed.

19. A system, comprising:

a memory storing a change detection application; and

a processor that is coupled to the memory and, when executing the change detection application, is configured to;

receive via a first namespace a source language text string from an application;

determine that a translated text string that includes a translation in a target language of the source language text string is not available for use by the application;

transmit the source language text string to a translation service for translation;

receive the translated text string from the translation service;

merge the translated text string into a second namespace; and

cause the translated text string to be available for use by the application via the second namespace.

20. The system of claim 19, further comprising a cache that is accessible by the application, wherein causing the translated text string to be available for use by the application comprises copying the translated text string to the cache.