Multilingual administration of enterprise data with default target languages

• US 8,249,858 B2
• Filed: 04/24/2008
• Issued: 08/21/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/24/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Bodin, William K., Jaramillo, David, Maynard, Ann Marie G.
• Primary Examiner(s): JACKSON, JAKIEDA R
• Application Number:
  US12/108,751
• Publication Number:
  US 20090271176A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,580 Days
• Field of Search: 704/2, 704/8
• US Class Current: 704/2
• 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: G10L 13/00 Speech synthesis; Text to speech systems

Abstract

Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for multilingual administration of enterprise data. Embodiments include retrieving enterprise data; extracting text from the enterprise data for rendering from digital media file, the extracted text being in a source language; identifying that the source language is not a predetermined default target language for rendering the enterprise data; translating the extracted text in the source language to translated text in the default target language; converting the translated text to synthesized speech in the default target language; and storing the synthesized speech in the default target language in a digital media file.

Claims

1. A method for multilingual administration of enterprise data, the method comprising:

retrieving, by at least one device, enterprise data;

extracting, by the at least one device, text from the enterprise data for rendering from a digital media file, the extracted text being in a source language;

selecting, by the at least one device, a predetermined default target language from among a plurality of target languages based on a data type for the enterprise data;

identifying, by the at least one device, that the source language is not the predetermined default target language for rendering the enterprise data;

translating, by the at least one device, the extracted text in the source language to translated text in the predetermined default target language;

converting, by the at least one device, the translated text to synthesized speech in the predetermined default target language; and

recording, by the at least one device, the synthesized speech in the predetermined default target language in a digital media file.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

storing the media file on a digital audio player; and

playing the media file on the digital audio player thereby rendering the synthesized speech in the predetermined default target language.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising storing the translated text as metadata associated with the media file and displaying the metadata describing the media file thereby rendering the translated text of the enterprise data.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising prompting, in response to identifying that the source language is not the predetermined default target language, a user to confirm translation to the predetermined default target language.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising receiving from the user a selection of the predetermined default target language including receiving through a GUI selection screen a selection of an identification of one of a plurality of available predetermined default target languages.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising displaying in a GUI text box the text in the source language together with the translated text in the predetermined default target language.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the enterprise data comprise the text and metadata, wherein the method of claim 1 comprises:

extracting the metadata from the enterprise data for rendering from a digital media file, the extracted metadata being in the source language; and

translating the extracted metadata in the source language to translated metadata in the predetermined default target language.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the translating comprises:

decoding meaning of the text in the source language, wherein the decoding comprises decoding derived from at least one of grammar, semantics, syntax, and idioms; and

re-encoding the meaning of the text into the predetermined default target language based on the decoding derived from the at least one of grammar, semantics, syntax, and idioms.

9. A system for multilingual administration of enterprise data, the system comprising:

a processor;

an administration module operable on the processor, the administration module configured to retrieve enterprise data;

extract text from the enterprise data for rendering from a digital media file, the extracted text being in a source language;

determine whether the enterprise data is enterprise data of a first data type or enterprise data of a second data type

responsive to determining that the enterprise data is enterprise data of the first data type,

identify that the source language is not a first predetermined default target language for rendering the enterprise data of the first data type;

translate the extracted text in the source language to translated text in the first default target language;

convert the translated text to synthesized speech in the first default target language; and

record the synthesized speech in the first default target language in a digital media file

responsive to determining that the enterprise data is enterprise data of the second data type,

identify that the source language is not a second predetermined default target language for rendering the enterprise data of the second data type;

translate the extracted text in the source language to translated text in the second default target language;

convert the translated text to synthesized speech in the second default target language; and

record the synthesized speech in the second default target language in the digital media file.

10. The system of claim 9 wherein the administration module is configured to store the digital media file on a digital audio player;

and

play the digital media file on the digital audio player thereby rendering the synthesized speech in the target language.

11. The system of claim 9 wherein the administration module is configured to store the translated text as metadata associated with the digital media file and display the metadata describing the digital media file thereby rendering the translated text of the enterprise data.

12. The system of claim 9 wherein the administration module is configured to prompt, in response to a determining that the enterprise data is enterprise data of the first data type and in response to identify that the source language is not the first predetermined default target language, a user to confirm translation to the first predetermined default target language.

13. The system of claim 9 wherein the administration module is configured to receive, responsive to determining that the enterprise data is enterprise data of the first data type, from the user a selection of the first predetermined default target language including receive through a GUI selection screen a selection of an identification of one of a plurality of available predetermined default target languages.

14. The system of claim 9 wherein the administration module is configured to display, responsive to determining that the enterprise data is enterprise data of the first data type, in a GUI text box the text in the source language together with the translated text in the first predetermined target language.

15. The system of claim 9, wherein the enterprise data comprise the text and metadata, wherein the administration module is configured to:

extract the metadata from the enterprise data for rendering from a digital media file, the extracted metadata being in the source language;

responsive to determining that the enterprise data is enterprise data of the first data type, translate the extracted metadata in the source language to translated metadata in the first default target language; and

responsive to determining that the enterprise data is enterprise data of the second data type, translate the extracted metadata in the source language to translated metadata in the second default target language.

16. The system of claim 9, wherein as part of translation of the extracted text to translated text in the first default language the administration module is configured to:

decode meaning of the text in the source language, wherein the decode comprises a decode derived from at least one of grammar, semantics, syntax, and idioms; and

re-encode the meaning of the text into the first default target language based on the decode derived from the at least one of grammar, semantics, syntax, and idioms;

wherein as part of translation of the extracted text to translated text in the second default language the administration module is configured to;

decode meaning of the text in the source language, wherein the decode comprises a decode derived from at least one of grammar, semantics, syntax, and idioms; and

re-encode the meaning of the text into the second default target language based on the decode derived from the at least one of grammar, semantics, syntax, and idioms.

17. A computer program product for multilingual administration of enterprise data, the computer program product comprising:

non-transitory machine-readable medium having computer usable program code embodied therewith, the computer usable program code comprising a computer usable program code configured to;

retrieve enterprise data;

extract text from the enterprise data for rendering from a digital media file, the extracted text being in a source language;

select a predetermined default target language from among a plurality of target languages based on a data type for the enterprise data;

identify that the source language is not the predetermined default target language for rendering the enterprise data;

translate the extracted text in the source language to translated text in the predetermined default target language;

convert the translated text to synthesized speech in the predetermined default target language; and

record the synthesized speech in the predetermined default target language in a digital media file.

18. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the computer usable program code comprises computer usable program code configured to:

store the digital media file on a digital audio player; and

play the digital media file on the digital audio player thereby rendering the synthesized speech in the predetermined default target language.

19. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the computer usable program code comprises computer usable program code configured to store the translated text as metadata associated with the media file and to display the metadata describing the media file thereby rendering the translated text of the enterprise data.

20. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the computer usable program code comprises computer usable program code configured to prompt, in response to identifying that the source language is not the predetermined default target language, a user to confirm translation to the predetermined default target language.

21. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the computer usable program code comprises computer usable program code configured to receive from the user a selection of a predetermined default target language including computer program instructions for receiving through a GUI selection screen a selection of an identification of one of a plurality of available predetermined default target languages.

22. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the computer usable program code comprises computer usable program code configured to display in a GUI text box the text in the source language together with the translated text in the predetermined default target language.