Modifying language of a user interface on a computing device

• US 9,239,832 B2
• Filed: 08/03/2012
• Issued: 01/19/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/03/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Red Hat, Inc. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Red Hat, Inc. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Inventors: Patel, Ankitkumar
• Primary Examiner(s): Saint Cyr, Leonard
• Application Number:
  US13/565,965
• Publication Number:
  US 20140039872A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,264 Days
• Field of Search: 704 2- 10
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 mechanism for modifying a language of a user interface in a computing device. A method includes receiving, by a computing device, a request to modify a first language of a user interface of the computing device to a second language. The user interface comprises text displayed in the first language. The method also includes converting, by the computing device, the first language of the user interface to the second language during runtime of the computing device without losing a session of a user of the computing device.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

displaying, by a processing device, a first label associated with an element in a first language among a plurality of languages on a user interface of a computing device, wherein the first label is part of an application of the computing device;

in response to a selection of the first label by a user, displaying, by the processing device, a list of the plurality of languages on the user interface of the computing device;

resetting, by the processing device, a value of a language environment variable in view of a second language among the plurality of languages selected by the user, wherein the language environment variable is set as the value specific to the user and is indicative of a location of a plurality of translations to the application of the computing device;

converting, by the processing device, the first label associated with the element in the first language on the user interface to a second label associated with the element in the selected second language among the plurality of languages on the user interface during a runtime of the computing device; and

displaying, by the processing device, the second label associated with the element in the second language on the user interface during the runtime of the computing device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first label associated with the element in the first language of the user interface is converted into the second label associated with the element in the second language without losing a session of a user of the computing device.

3. The method of claim 2 further comprises refreshing the session of the user of the processing device with the reset value.

4. The method of claim 3 further comprises retrieving a translation among the plurality of translations in view of the reset value.

5. The method of claim 4 further comprises replacing, during the runtime the computing device, the first label associated with the element in the first language with the second label associated with the element in the second language in view of the retrieved translation.

6. The method of claim 4 wherein the refreshing of the session with the reset value and the retrieving of the translation occurs at a first time.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein a search for translation among the plurality of translations is enabled upon the resetting of the value of the language environment variable to a second language.

8. A system, comprising:

a memory;

a processing device, operatively coupled to the memory, the processing device to;

display a first label associated with an element in a first language among a plurality of languages on a user interface of a computing device, wherein the first label is part of an application of the computing device;

in response to a selection of the first label by a user, display a list of the plurality of languages on the user interface of the computing device;

reset a value of a language environment variable in view of a second language among the plurality of languages selected by the user, wherein the language environment variable is set as the value specific to the user and is indicative of a location of a plurality of translations to the application of the computing device;

convert the first label associated with the element in the first language on the user interface to a second label associated with the element in the selected second language among the plurality of languages on the user interface during a runtime of the computing device; and

display the second label associated with the element in the second language on the user interface during the runtime of the computing device.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the first label associated with the element in the first language of the user interface is converted into the second label associated with the element in the second language without losing a session of a user of the computing device.

10. The system of claim 9, the processing device to refresh the session of the user of the computing device with the reset value.

11. The system of claim 10, the processing device to retrieve a translation among the plurality of translations in view of the reset value.

12. The system of claim 11, the processing device to replace, during the runtime of the computing device, the first label associated with the element in the first language with the second label associated with the element in the second language in view of the retrieved translation.

13. The system of claim 11 wherein the session is refreshed with the reset value and the translation is retrieved at a first time.

14. The system of claim 8 wherein a search for translation among the plurality of translations is enabled upon the reset of the value of the language environment variable to a second language.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium embodying instructions that, when executed by a processing device, cause the processing device to:

display, by the processing device, a first label associated with an element in a first language among a plurality of languages on a user interface of a computing device, wherein the first label is part of an application of the computing device;

in response to a selection of the first label by a user, display, by the processing device, a list of the plurality of languages on the user interface of the computing device;

reset, by the processing device, a value of a language environment variable in view of a second language among the plurality of languages selected by the user, wherein the language environment variable is set as the value specific to the user and is indicative of a location of a plurality of translations to the application of the computing device;

convert, by the processing device, the first label associated with the element in the first language on the user interface to a second label associated with the element in the selected second language among the plurality of languages on the user interface during a runtime of the computing device; and

display, by the processing device, the second label associated with the element in the second language on the user interface during the runtime of the computing device.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, the processing device to refresh a session of the user of the processing device with the reset value.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, the processing device to retrieve a translation among the plurality of translations in view of the reset value.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, the processing device to replace, during the runtime of the computing device, the first label associated with the element in the first language with the second label associated with the element in the second language in view of the retrieved translation.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17 wherein the session of the user of the processing device is refreshed with the reset value and the translation is retrieved at a first time.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 wherein a search for translation among the plurality of translations is enabled upon the reset of the value of language environment variable to a second language.