Localization framework for dynamic text

• US 9,244,902 B2
• Filed: 01/11/2012
• Issued: 01/26/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/20/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Zynga Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Zynga Incorporated
• Inventors: Lui, Bigi, Brinton, Danica Milosevic, Matsumura, Eric, Vu, John Huan
• Primary Examiner(s): Yen, Eric
• Application Number:
  US13/348,542
• Publication Number:
  US 20130144596A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,476 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/166 Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/205 Parsing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/284 Lexical analysis, e.g. tokenisation or collocates
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/47 Machine-assisted translation, e.g. using translation memory
• 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

Abstract

An apparatus and method providing a localization framework capable of localizing dynamic text is disclosed herein. The localization framework is configured to automatically identify and prioritize certain text contained within an application code base to be translated. Such text is pre-processed prior to translation to facilitate accurate and complete translation in a target language.

Claims

1. A method for translating text from a first language into a second language, comprising:

in response to a user interaction, automatically identifying, in an application which is executed on a client device, textual information which is in the first language and which includes a token, wherein the user interaction causes the textual information to be presented on the client device;

in accordance with the user interaction, substituting the token with at least one word, and thereby providing updated textual information which is in the first language, wherein the substituting of the token is based on a language structure of the second language;

transmitting, from the client device to a separate server system, the updated textual information, and thereby facilitating translation of the automatically identified textual information;

receiving, from the separate server system, translated textual information which is in the second language, wherein the translated textual information is a translation of the updated textual information;

localizing the automatically identified textual information by using the translated textual information; and

causing the client device to display the localized textual information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the automatically identified textual information comprises a dynamic text string.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the localized textual information comprises the translated textual information, and wherein the translated textual information includes words in the second language.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising substituting the token with a different word, and thereby generating a variation of the textual information.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the automatically identifying comprises automatically prioritizing currently used textual information.

6. A non-transitory computer readable medium including instructions which, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform operations comprising:

based on a user interaction, capturing a text string that is within an application and that is in a first language, wherein the text string includes a token, wherein the application is executed on a client device, and wherein the user interaction causes the text string to be presented on the client device;

in accordance with the user interaction, substituting the token with at least one word, and thereby providing an updated text string which is in the first language, wherein the substituting of the token is based on a language structure of a second language;

transmitting the updated text string to a translation device;

obtaining, from the translation device, a translated text string which is in the second language, wherein the translated text string is a translation of the updated text string;

localizing the captured text string by using the translated text string; and

causing the client device to display the localized text string.

7. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 6, wherein the operations further comprise checking availability of the translated text string, wherein the checking is performed prior to the obtaining of the translated text string.

8. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 6, wherein the substituting comprises substituting the token with only one word.

9. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 6, wherein the operations further comprise substituting the token with a different word, and thereby generating a variation of the text string.

10. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 6, wherein the operations further comprise:

substituting, based on a language structure of a third language, the token, and thereby providing a second updated text string.

11. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 6,

wherein the localizing comprises substituting the captured text string with the translated text string.

12. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 6, wherein the captured text string comprises a dynamic text string.

13. A system comprising:

a storage device; and

a computing device in communication with the storage device, the computing device configured to;

based on a user interaction, capture a text string that is within an application and that is in a first language, wherein the text string includes a token, wherein the application is executed on a client device, and wherein the user interaction causes the text string to be presented on the client device;

in accordance with the user interaction, substitute the token with at least one word, and thereby providing an updated text string which is in the first language, wherein the substituting of the token is based on a language structure of a second language;

transmit the updated text string to a translation device;

obtain, from the translation device, a translated text string which is in the second language, wherein the translated text string is a translation of the updated text string;

localize the captured text string by using the translated text string; and

cause the client device to display the localized text string.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the captured text string comprises a dynamic text string.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein the computing device is further configured to substitute the token with only one word.

16. The system of claim 13, wherein the computing device is further configured to store, in the storage device, the translated text string.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the computing device is further configured to localize the captured text string by using the translated text string stored in the storage device.

18. The system of claim 13, wherein the computing device is further configured to substitute the token with a word in the first language when a translation of the captured text string is unavailable in the storage device.