Reusable controls for automatically translating text between languages

• US 8,380,490 B1
• Filed: 09/28/1999
• Issued: 02/19/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: King, Dennis D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Hudspeth, David R
• Assistant Examiner(s): SPOONER, LAMONT M
• Application Number:
  US09/407,141
• Time in Patent Office: 4,893 Days
• Field of Search: 704 2- 8, 715/264, 707/536
• US Class Current: 704/8
• 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

Methods, systems and computer program products provide reusable controls for automatically translating text with a reusable control by identify a plurality of variables comprising at least a source and a target language, identifying when translation should be invoked for text in the control and encapsulating said steps of initializing and identifying in order to make a reusable data object. Control objects for controlling text are also provide which include a text property for storing data corresponding to the text to be controlled by the control object, a translation language property which indicates a language to which the text to be controlled is to be translated and a translation method which performs translation of data in the text property.

Claims

1. A method of automatically translating text from a source language to a target language with a reusable control, comprising the steps of:

initializing, by a processor, parameters to identify a plurality of variables comprising at least the source and the target language;

identifying when translation should be invoked for text in a field of the control;

encapsulating said steps of initializing and identifying in order to make a reusable data object; and

wherein said text is inputted into the field.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said step of initializing further comprises initializing a subject area.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein said step of initializing further comprises initializing domains.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein said step of initializing further comprises initializing transactional needs.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein said step of initializing further comprises initializing input and output locations.

6. A method of automatically translating text from a source language to a target language with a reusable control, comprising the steps of:

initializing, by a processor, parameters to identify a plurality of variables comprising at least the source and the target language;

identifying when translation should be invoked for text in a field of the control;

encapsulating said steps of initializing and identifying in order to make a reusable data object; and

wherein said text is outputted from the field.

7. A reusable automatic text translation control for translating text from a source language to a target language, comprising:

means for initializing parameters to identify a plurality of variables comprising

at least the source and the target language;

means for identifying when translation should be invoked for text in a field of the control;

means for encapsulating said steps of initializing and identifying in order to make a reusable data object; and

wherein said text is inputted into the field.

8. The reusable automatic text translation control of claim 7, wherein said means for initializing further comprises means for initializing a subject area.

9. The reusable automatic text translation control of claim 8, wherein said means for initializing further comprises means for initializing domains.

10. The reusable automatic text translation control of claim 9, wherein said means for initializing further comprises means for initializing transactional needs.

11. The reusable automatic text translation control of claim 10, wherein said means for initializing further comprises means for initializing input and output locations.

12. A reusable automatic text translation control for translating text from a source language to a target language, comprising:

means for initializing parameters to identify a plurality of variables comprising at least the source and the target language;

means for identifying when translation should be invoked for text in a field of the control;

means for encapsulating said steps of initializing and identifying in order to make a reusable data object; and

wherein said text is outputted from the field.

13. A computer programming product recorded on computer readable storage device for automatically translating text from a source language to a target language with a reusable control, comprising:

computer readable means for initializing parameters to identify a plurality of variables comprising at least the source and the target language;

computer readable means for identifying when translation should be invoked for text in a field of the control;

computer readable means for encapsulating said steps of initializing and identifying in order to make a reusable data object; and

wherein said text is inputted from the field.

14. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein said computer readable means for initializing further comprises computer readable means for initializing a subject area.

15. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein said computer readable means for initializing further comprises computer readable means for initializing domains.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein said Computer readable means for initializing further comprises computer readable means for initializing transactional needs.

17. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein said computer readable means for initializing further comprises computer readable means for initializing input and output locations.

18. A computer program product recorded on computer readable storage device for automatically translating text from a source language to a target language with a reusable control, comprising:

computer readable means for initializing parameters to identify a plurality of variables comprising at least the source and the target language;

computer readable means for identifying when translation should be invoked for text in a field of the control;

computer readable means for encapsulating said steps of initializing and identifying in order to make a reusable data object; and

wherein said text is outputted from the field.