Client-side localization of network pages

• US 8,843,360 B1
• Filed: 03/04/2011
• Issued: 09/23/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/04/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Inventors: Johnston, Simon K., Keiger, James K., Eng, Margaux, Shavit, Gideon
• Primary Examiner(s): Desir, Pierre-Louis
• Assistant Examiner(s): THOMAS-HOMESCU, ANNE L
• Application Number:
  US13/040,492
• Time in Patent Office: 1,299 Days
• Field of Search: 704 1- 10, 704/277, 715/205, 715/215, 715/236, 715/265
• US Class Current: 704/8
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/51 Translation evaluation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/454 Multi-language systems; Localisation; Internationalisation

Abstract

Disclosed are various embodiments for client-side internationalization of network pages. A network page and code that localizes the network page are obtained from a server. The code that localizes the network page is executed in a client and determines a locale associated with the client. One or more internationalized elements are identified in the network page. The internationalized elements are replaced with corresponding localized translations. The network page is rendered for display in the client after the network page has been localized.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium embodying at least one program executable in a first computing device, wherein the at least one program causes the first computing device to at least:

postpone rendering of a network page in the first computing device and render a placeholder in place of the network page;

determine a locale associated with the first computing device;

identify a plurality of internationalized elements in the network page, wherein each of the plurality of internationalized elements is identified according to a corresponding attribute that indicates internationalization;

send a request for a grouping of translations to a second computing device, the request specifying the locale determined by the first computing device;

obtain the grouping of translations from the second computing device, the grouping of translations including at least one localized translation in a language of the locale and customized for the locale, at least one generic translation in the language of the locale but not customized for the locale, and at least one default translation not in the language of the locale;

replace each of the plurality of internationalized elements in the network page with a corresponding localized translation in the grouping of translations based at least in part on the locale and a value associated with the corresponding attribute that indicates internationalization; and

render the network page for display after the network page has been localized.

2. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the at least one program is configured to be cached in the first computing device for localizing a plurality of network pages.

3. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the at least one program further causes the first computing device to at least:

obtain an update to one of the localized translations from a user; and

send data describing the update to the second computing device.

4. A computer-implemented method comprising:

obtaining, in a first computing device, a network page and code that localizes the network page from a second computing device;

executing, in the first computing device, the code that localizes the network page, wherein, when executed, the code is configured to cause the first computing device to at least;

determine a locale associated with the first computing device;

identify at least one internationalized element in the network page, the at least one internationalized element comprising an image; and

replace the at least one internationalized element in the network page with a corresponding localized translation of the image, wherein the replacing further comprises;

providing, in the first computing device, a first translation of the at least one internationalized element customized for a region associated with the locale and for a language associated with the locale as the corresponding localized translation when the first translation is available;

providing, in the first computing device, a second translation of the at least one internationalized element customized for the language associated with the locale and not customized for the region associated with the locale as the corresponding localized translation when the first translation is unavailable and the second translation is available; and

providing, in the first computing device, a third translation of the at least one internationalized element not customized for the language associated with the locale and not customized for the region associated with the locale as the corresponding localized translation when the first translation is unavailable and the second translation is unavailable; and

rendering, in the first computing device, the network page for display after the network page has been localized.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 4, wherein the network page corresponds to a portion of another network page.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 4, further comprising rendering, in the first computing device, a placeholder message for display before the network page has been localized.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 4, wherein the at least one internationalized element includes an element selected from the group consisting of a hypertext markup language (HTML) element, an extensible hypertext markup language (XHTML) element, a scalable vector graphics (SVG) element, an extensible markup language (XML) element, and a mathematical markup language (MathML) element.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 4, wherein the replacing further comprises replacing, in the first computing device, a value associated with a node in a document object model (DOM) element corresponding to the at least one internationalized element with the corresponding localized translation.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 4, wherein the code that localizes the network page comprises JavaScript.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 4, wherein the at least one internationalized element includes an attribute that indicates internationalization.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 10, wherein a value of the attribute that indicates internationalization is a key value that identifies the corresponding localized translation.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 4, wherein the at least one internationalized element includes an attribute for indicating a source for the corresponding localized translation.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 12, wherein the attribute for indicating the source has a key value that identifies a grouping of translations that includes the corresponding localized translation.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 13, wherein the code that localizes the network page is further configured to cause the first computing device to obtain the grouping of translations from the second computing device based at least in part on the key value and the locale.

15. The computer-implemented method of claim 13, further comprising obtaining, in the first computing device, a plurality of groupings of translations from the second computing device, the groupings of translations including the grouping of translations.

16. The computer-implemented method of claim 13, further comprising:

storing, in the first computing device, the grouping of translations in a cache; and

executing, in the first computing device, the code that localizes the network page to localize a portion of the network page that has been updated, wherein the code that localizes the network page is configured to load the grouping of translations from the cache.

17. The computer-implemented method of claim 4, further comprising:

obtaining, in the first computing device, a corrected version of the corresponding localized translation from a user; and

sending, in the first computing device, the corrected version of the corresponding localized translation to the second computing device.

18. The computer-implemented method of claim 4, further comprising:

storing, in the first computing device, the code that localizes the network page in a cache; and

loading, in the first computing device, the code that localizes the network page from the cache to localize another network page.

19. A system comprising:

a first computing device configured to at least;

obtain a request for a network page from a second computing device; and

send the network page to the second computing device in response to the request, wherein the network page includes code that localizes the network page that is executable in the second computing device, the code that localizes the network page, when executed, causing the second computing device to at least;

determine a locale associated with the second computing device;

obtain at least one grouping of translations from the first computing device based at least in part on the locale, wherein the at least one grouping of translations including at least one localized translation in a language of the locale and customized for the locale, at least one generic translation in the language of the locale but not customized for the locale, and at least one default translation not in the language of the locale;

identify a plurality of internationalized elements in the network page, individual ones of the plurality of internationalized elements including an attribute that indicates a respective source for a corresponding localized translation;

replace the individual ones of the plurality of internationalized elements in the network page with the corresponding localized translation obtained from the first computing device at the respective source; and

wherein the second computing device is configured to render the network page for display after the network page has been localized.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the code that localizes the network page, when executed, further causes the second computing device to render a placeholder for display while the network page is being localized.

21. The system of claim 19, wherein the network page includes code for generating a user interface to obtain an update to the corresponding localized translation.

22. The system of claim 19, wherein the first computing device is further configured to at least:

obtain an update to the corresponding localized translation from the second computing device;

determine whether the second computing device has permission to update the corresponding localized translation; and

update a stored version of the corresponding localized translation according to the update when the second computing device has permission.

23. The system of claim 19, wherein the corresponding localized translation is an image.