Method for controlling the translation of information on a display screen from a source language to a target language

• US 5,797,011 A
• Filed: 06/07/1995
• Issued: 08/18/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 10/23/1990
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Emrick, Rian Lee, Kroll, Oren, Johnston, David Winser
• Primary Examiner(s): Voeltz, Emanuel Todd
• Assistant Examiner(s): Chavis, John Q.
• Application Number:
  US08/478,169
• Time in Patent Office: 1,168 Days
• Field of Search: 395/705, 395/758
• US Class Current: 717/137
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/47 Machine-assisted translation, e.g. using translation memory
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/454 Multi-language systems; Localisation; Internationalisation

Abstract

A method for controlling the translation of panel displays and associated panel tags on a display screen from a source language to a target language comprising the steps of: opening a source language panel file and a target language panel file containing text and panel tags; translating said source language panel file and writing the output to said target language panel file; displaying in a plurality of windows on said display screen a source language panel tag file, a target language panel tag file, an image of the source panel and an image of the target panel; and modifying said target language panel tag file if viewing the image of the target panel indicates the target language panel file requires modification.

Claims

1. A method for controlling the translation of panel displays and associated panel tags on a display screen from a source language to a target language comprising the steps of:

opening a source language panel file having panel tags containing textual information;

opening a target language panel file;

translating said textual information of said source language panel file;

writing the output of said translated textual information of said source language panel file to said target language panel file;

displaying in a plurality of windows on said display screen said source language panel tag file, said target language panel tag file, a source language panel image and a target language panel image; and

modifying said target language panel tag file if comparison of the source panel image with the target panel image indicates that the target language panel file requires modification.

2. A method for controlling the translation of panel displays and associated display tags on a display screen from a source language as described in claim 1 to a target language further comprising the steps of:

simultaneously displaying in a plurality of windows on said display screen a source language panel tag file, a target language panel tag file, a source language panel image and a target language panel image.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising the steps of:

opening a source language subfile nested in said source language panel tag file;

said source language subfile having panel tags containing textual information;

resolving said source language subfile;

displaying said source language panel image with said source language subfile resolved;

opening a target language subfile nested in said target language panel tag file;

said target language subfile having panel tags containing textual information;

resolving said target language subfile; and

displaying said target language panel image with said target language subfile resolved.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising the steps of:

displaying a list of source language part files referred to within said source language panel tag file.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising the steps of:

displaying a list of target language part files referred to within said target language panel tag file.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising the steps of:

opening a source language Help part file referred to within said source language panel tag file;

said source language Help part file having panel tags containing textual information;

opening a target language Help part file; and

displaying a source language Help part image.

7. The method of claim 6 further comprising the steps of:

translating said textual information of said source language Help part file;

writing the output of said translated textual information of said source language Help part file to said target language Help part file; and

displaying a target language Help part image.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising the steps of:

opening a source language Varclass part file referred to within said source language panel tag file;

said source language Varclass part file having panel tags containing textual information;

opening a target language Varclass part file; and

displaying a source language Varclass part image.

9. The method of claim 8 further comprising the steps of:

translating said textual information of said source language part file;

writing the output of said translated textual information of said source language Varclass part file to said target language part file; and

displaying a target language part image.

10. The method of claim 1 further comprising the steps of:

opening a source language Message part file referred to within said source language panel tag file;

said source language Message part file having panel tags containing textual information;

opening a target language Message part file; and

displaying a source language Message part image.

11. The method of claim 10 further comprising the steps of:

translating said textual information of said source language Message part file;

writing the output of said translated textual information of said source language Message part file to said target language Message part file; and

displaying a target Message part image.

12. A method for controlling the translation of panel displays and associated panel tags on a display screen from a source language to a target language comprising the steps of:

opening a source language panel file having panel tags containing textual information;

opening a target language panel file;

translating said textual information of said source language panel file;

writing the output of said translated textual information of said source language panel file to said target language panel file;

displaying in a plurality of windows on said display screen a target language panel tag file and a target language panel image; and

modifying said target language panel tag file if viewing said target language panel image indicates that the target language panel file requires modification.

13. The method of claim 12 further comprising the steps of:

opening a target language imbed file nested in said target language panel tag file;

said target language imbed file having panel tags containing textual information;

resolving said target language imbed; and

displaying said target language panel image with said target language imbed file resolved.

14. The method of claim 12 further comprising the steps of:

displaying a list of target language part files referred to within said target language panel tag file.

15. The method of claim 12 further comprising the steps of:

opening a source language Help part file referred to within said source language panel tag file;

said source language Help part file having panel tags containing textual information;

opening a target language Help part file; and

displaying a source language Help part image.

16. The method of claim 15 further comprising the steps of:

translating said textual information of said source language Help part file;

writing the output of said textual information of said source language Help part file to said target language Help part file; and

displaying a target language Help part image.

17. The method of claim 12 further comprising the steps of:

opening a source language Varclass part file referred to within said source language panel tag file;

said source language Varclass part file having panel tags containing textual information;

opening a target language Varclass part file; and

displaying a source language Varclass part image.

18. The method of claim 17 further comprising the steps of:

translating said textual information of said source language Varclass part file;

writing the output of said translated textual information of said source language Varclass part file to said target language Varclass part file; and

displaying a target language Varclass part image.

19. The method of claim 12 further comprising the steps of:

opening a source language Message part file referred to within said source language panel tag file;

said source language Message part file having panel tags containing textual information;

opening a target language Message part file; and

displaying a source Message part image.

20. The method of claim 19 further comprising the steps of:

translating said textual information of said source language Message part file;

writing the output of said translated textual information of said source language Message part file to said target language Message part file; and

displaying a target Message part image.