METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LANGUAGE TRANSLATION

• US 20150057993A1
• Filed: 08/26/2013
• Published: 02/26/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/26/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Linguasol
• Original Assignee: Version Next Technologies Pvt., Ltd.
• Inventors: Phadke, Rajeevlochan
• Granted Patent: US 9,218,341 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/3
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/126 Character encoding
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/151 Transformation
• 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

The disclosed embodiments illustrate methods and systems for translating a first language text entered into a computer application to a second language text. The method comprises intercepting the first language text during a display time by a processor. Subsequently, the first language text is translated to the second language text by the processor by performing a language dictionary look-up and/or a phonetic transliteration on the first language text. Thereafter, the second language text is displayed on a display device and the first language text is stored in ANSI format in a memory.

Claims

1. A method for translating a first language text entered into a computer application to a second language text, the method comprising:

intercepting, by a processor, the first language text during a display time;

translating, by the processor, the first language text to the second language text by performing at least one of a language dictionary look-up and a phonetic transliteration on the first language text; and

displaying, on a display device, the second language text, wherein the first language text is stored in ANSI format in a memory.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising intercepting the stored first language text upon retrieval by the computer application from a memory.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first language text is entered into the computer application through a case sensitive text entry.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein a case normalized version of the first language text is stored in ANSI format in the memory.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the second language text obtained from the phonetic transliteration of the first language text varies on the basis of the case in which the first language text is entered.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the first language and the second language have at least one phonetic mismatch.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the phonetic transliteration is performed on the first language text if the second language text is not obtained by the language dictionary look-up.

8. A language translation system for translating a first language text entered into a computer application to a second language text, the system comprising:

a memory comprising one or more program instruction modules, wherein the one or more program instruction modules comprise;

an interceptor module configured for intercepting the first language text during a display time,

a translator module configured for translating the first language text to the second language text by performing at least one of a language dictionary look-up and a phonetic transliteration on the first language text, and

a display interface module configured for displaying the second language text on a display device; and

a processor operable to execute the one or more program instruction modules.

9. The language translation system of claim 8, wherein the computer application is ANSI-based.

10. The language translation system of claim 8, wherein the interceptor module is further configured for initiating storage of the first language text in ANSI format in a memory.

11. The language translation system of claim 8, wherein the interceptor module is further configured for intercepting the stored first language text upon retrieval by the computer application from a memory.

12. The language translation system of claim 8, wherein the one or more program instruction modules further comprise a language grammar module configured for maintaining a grammar rule set for the phonetic transliteration on the first language text to obtain the second language text.

13. The language translation system of claim 8, wherein the one or more program instruction modules further comprise a language dictionary module configured for maintaining a look-up table, the look-up table comprising a first set of words and phrases in the first language and a second set of words and phrases in the second language, and wherein the second set of words and phrases correspond to a translation of the first set of words and phrases from the first language to the second language.

14. A computer program product for use with a computing device, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium having a computer readable program code embodied therein for language translation, wherein the computer readable program code is executable by one or more processors in at least one computing device for:

intercepting a first language text during a display time, wherein the first language text was entered into a computer application;

translating the first language text to a second language text by performing at least one of a language dictionary look-up and a phonetic transliteration on the first language text; and

displaying the second language text on a display device, wherein the first language text is stored in ANSI format in a memory.

15. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the computer readable program code is further executable by the one or more processors for intercepting the stored first language text upon retrieval by the computer application from the memory.

16. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the first language text was entered into the computer application through a case sensitive text entry.

17. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein a case normalized version of the first language text is stored in ANSI format in the memory.

18. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the second language text obtained from the phonetic transliteration of the first language text varies on the basis of the case in which the first language text is entered.

19. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the first language and the second language have at least one phonetic mismatch.

20. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the phonetic transliteration is performed on the first language text if the second language text is not obtained by the language dictionary look-up.