System and method for automatic language translation for applications

• US 8,862,456 B2
• Filed: 03/23/2012
• Issued: 10/14/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/23/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Arlington Technologies, LLC (Dominion Harbor Enterprises, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Avaya Incorporated
• Inventors: Krack, Michael, Pugalia, Jai, Wong, Jeffrey, Wong, Wayne
• Primary Examiner(s): MCFADDEN, SUSAN IRIS
• Application Number:
  US13/428,135
• Publication Number:
  US 20130253901A1
• Time in Patent Office: 935 Days
• Field of Search: 704/2
• US Class Current: 704/2
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/40 Processing or translation of natural language natural language analysis G06F40/20; semantic analysis G06F40/30
• 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

System and method to translate displayed text of a computer application, the method including: intercepting a command to display text in a first language, the command comprising the text to display in the first language; extracting text to translate from the command; querying a translation mechanism by use of the extracted text; receiving translated text in a second language from the translation mechanism; and displaying the translated text in the second language.

Claims

1. A method to translate displayed user-interface text of a computer application, comprising:

intercepting, by a processor coupled to a memory and a screen, a command to display user-interface text on the screen in a first language, the command comprising the user-interface text to display in the first language;

extracting user-interface text to translate from the command;

querying a translation mechanism by use of the extracted user-interface text;

receiving translated user-interface text in a second language from the translation mechanism; and

displaying the translated user-interface text in the second language.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the translation mechanism is adapted to the computer application.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein searching for the user-interface text to translate comprises searching for a multi-word textual phrase in the translation mechanism.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the steps of:

receiving translated user-interface text in a second language from the translation mechanism; and

displaying the translated user-interface text in the second language, comprise the steps of;

receiving returned translated user-interface text in a second language from the translation mechanism;

selecting a portion of the returned translated user-interface text, by use of a hint, to produce displayable translated user-interface text; and

displaying the displayable translated user-interface text in the second language.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

adjusting a tense and a plural form of the user-interface text in the second language to be equal to a tense and a plural form of the user-interface text in the first language.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

removing invariant words from the user-interface text to translate; and

reinserting the invariant words into the translated user-interface text in the second language.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

adjusting a display of the translated user-interface text in the second language.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein returning translated user-interface text in a second language from the translation mechanism comprises:

if the user-interface text to translate is present in the translation mechanism, returning the translated user-interface text; and

if the user-interface text to translate is not present in the translation mechanism, returning the user-interface text to translate.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein a value derived from the user-interface text to translate is used to search in the translation mechanism.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the translation mechanism comprises a second supported foreign language.

11. A system to translate displayed user-interface text of a computer application, comprising:

an interception module configured to intercept a command to display user-interface text in a first language, the command comprising the user-interface text to display in the first language;

an extraction module configured to extract user-interface text to translate from the command;

an interface to a translation mechanism, wherein the interface is configured to transmit extracted user-interface text to the translation mechanism, and to receive translated user-interface text from the translation mechanism; and

an output module configured to display the translated user-interface text in the second language.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the translation mechanism is adapted to the computer application.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the translation mechanism is configured to translate a multi-word textual phrase.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the translation mechanism is configured to translate by use of a hash value.

15. The system of claim 11, further comprising:

an adjustment module configured to adjust a tense and a plural form of the user-interface text in the second language to be equal to a tense and a plural form of the user-interface text in the first language.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein:

the extraction module is further configured to remove invariant words from the user-interface text to translate; and

the output module is further configured to reinsert the invariant words into the translated user-interface text in the second language.

17. The system of claim 11, wherein the output module is further configured to adjust a display of the translated user-interface text in the second language.

18. The system of claim 11, wherein the translation mechanism is configured to use a value derived from the user-interface text to translate.

19. The system of claim 11, wherein the translation mechanism is configured to support a third language.