Systems, methods and media for translating informational content

• US 9,471,563 B2
• Filed: 07/07/2014
• Issued: 10/18/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SDL PLC (RWS Holdings Plc)
• Original Assignee: SDL PLC (RWS Holdings Plc)
• Inventors: Trese, Andrew
• Primary Examiner(s): Desir, Pierre-Louis
• Assistant Examiner(s): THOMAS-HOMESCU, ANNE L
• Application Number:
  US14/325,198
• Publication Number:
  US 20150154180A1
• Time in Patent Office: 834 Days
• Field of Search: 704/2, 704/8, 704/9, 705/1.1, 705/348, 705/5, 707/749, 707/731, 707/769, 707/608, 709/200, 709/224, 715/234, 715/255
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/40 Processing or translation of natural language natural language analysis G06F40/20; semantic analysis G06F40/30
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/47 Machine-assisted translation, e.g. using translation memory

Abstract

Systems, methods, and media for translating informational content via a publishing server are provided herein. Methods may include receiving a request for informational content from a visitor device, the request including a language preference, responsive to the request, locating informational content stored in a database based upon analytical data corresponding to the visitor device, translating at least a portion of the informational content utilizing the language preference of the request if a language of the informational content does not correspond to the language preference of the request, and storing the translated at least a portion of the informational content in the database associated with the publishing server.

Claims

1. A method for translating informational content via a publishing server, comprising:

receiving a request for informational content from a computing system, the request including a language preference;

selecting a type of translation by;

comparing the language preference of the request to translation guidelines to determine the type of translation that is to be utilized in the step of translating, the translation guidelines for determining the type of translation comprising;

if the language preference of the request is the same as the language preference of a first threshold amount of additional requests for a same type of informational content as the request, the informational content is translated by one or more human translators,

if the priority of the request is the same as the language preference of a second threshold amount of additional requests for a same type of informational content as the request, the informational content is translated by one or more human translators and one or more machine translators, and

if the language preference of the request is the same as the language preference of a third threshold amount of additional requests for a same type of informational content as the request, the informational content is translated by one or more machine translators; and

selecting the type of translation that is to be utilized in the step of translating based upon the comparison;

responsive to the request, locating informational content stored in a database based upon analytical data corresponding to the computing system;

translating, using the selected type of translation, at least a portion of the informational content utilizing the language preference of the request if a language of the informational content does not correspond to the language preference of the request; and

storing the translated at least a portion of the informational content in the database associated with the publishing server.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein translating includes a first translation of the at least a portion of the informational content via one or more machine translators before a second translation via one or more human translators.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising providing the translated at least a portion of the informational content to one or more content authors before providing the translated at least a portion of the informational content to one or more computing systems.

4. The method according to claim 3, further comprising:

receiving from the one or more content authors a trust score that corresponds to the accuracy of the translated at least a portion of the informational content; and

providing the translated at least a portion of the informational content to one or more computing systems if the trust score of the translated at least a portion of the informational content is above a threshold amount.

5. The method according to claim 4, further comprising retranslating the translated at least a portion of the informational content having a trust score below the threshold amount.

6. The method according to claim 1, further comprising receiving one or more modifications to the translated at least a portion of the informational content from one or more content authors and updating the translation of the at least a portion of the informational content with the one or more modifications.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the located informational content includes an extensible markup language format and a first language, and the translated at least a portion of the informational content includes the same extensible markup language format as the located informational content but in a second language that corresponds to the language preference of the request.

8. The method according to claim 1, further comprising selecting the type of translation by determining a criticality of the located informational content.

9. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

providing the translated at least a portion of the informational content to one or more computing systems;

receiving feedback from one or more client devices in a first language corresponding to the translated at least a portion of the informational content;

translating the feedback from the first language to a language utilized by one or more content authors if the language utilized by the one or more content authors is different than the first language;

receiving modifications to the translated at least a portion of the informational content from the one or more client devices in the language utilized by the one or more content authors;

incorporating the modifications into the translated at least a portion of the informational content;

translating the modifications to the first language; and

incorporating the modifications into the translated at least a portion of the informational content in the first language.

10. The method according to claim 1, further comprising receiving authorization to translate from at least one content manager before the step of translating at least a portion of the informational content.

11. A system for translating informational content via a publishing server, comprising:

a memory for storing executable instructions for translating informational content; and

a processor configured to execute the executable instructions stored in the memory to;

receive a request for informational content from a computing system, the request including a language preference;

select a type of translation by;

comparing the language preference of the request to translation guidelines to determine the type of translation that is to be utilized in the step of translating, the translation guidelines for determining the type of translation comprising;

if the language preference of the request is the same as the language preference of a first threshold amount of additional requests for a same type of informational content as the request, the informational content is translated by one or more human translators,

if the priority of the request is the same as the language preference of a second threshold amount of additional requests for a same type of informational content as the request, the informational content is translated by one or more human translators and one or more machine translators, and

if the language preference of the request is the same as the language preference of a third threshold amount of additional requests for a same type of informational content as the request, the informational content is translated by one or more machine translators; and

selecting the type of translation that is to be utilized in the step of translating based upon the comparison;

responsive to the request, locate informational content stored in a database based upon analytical data corresponding to the computing system;

translate, using the selected type of translation, at least a portion of the informational content utilizing the language preference of the request if the language of the informational content does not correspond to the language preference of the request; and

store the translated at least a portion of the informational content in the database associated with the publishing server.

12. The system according to claim 11, wherein translating includes a first translation of the at least a portion of the informational content via one or more machine translators before a second translation via one or more human translators.

13. The system according to claim 11, wherein the processor is further adapted to execute the instructions to provide the translated at least a portion of the informational content to one or more content authors before providing the translated at least a portion of the informational content to one or more computing systems.

14. The system according to claim 13, wherein the processor is further adapted to execute the instructions to:

receive from the one or more content authors a trust score that corresponds to the accuracy of the translated at least a portion of the informational content; and

provide the translated at least a portion of the informational content to one or more computing systems content if the trust score of the translated at least a portion of the informational content is above a threshold amount.

15. The system according to claim 14, wherein the processor is further adapted to execute the instructions to retranslate the translated at least a portion of the informational content having a trust score below the threshold amount.

16. The system according to claim 11, wherein the processor is further adapted to execute the instructions to receive one or more corrections to the translated at least a portion of the informational content from one or more content authors and update the translated at least a portion of the informational content with the one or more corrections.

17. The system according to claim 11, wherein the located informational content includes an extensible markup language format and a first language, and the translated at least a portion of the informational content includes the same extensible markup language format as the located informational content but in a second language that corresponds to the language preference of the request.

18. The system according to claim 11, wherein the processor is further adapted to execute the instructions to select the type of translation by determining a criticality of the informational content.

19. The system according to claim 11, wherein the processor is further adapted to execute the instructions to:

provide the translated at least a portion of the informational content to one or more computing systems;

receive feedback from the one or more computing systems in a first language corresponding to the translated at least a portion of the informational content;

translate the feedback from the first language to a language utilized by one or more content authors if the language utilized by the one or more content authors is different than the first language;

receive modifications to the translated at least a portion of the informational content from one or more client devices in the language utilized by the one or more content authors;

incorporate the modifications into the translated at least a portion of the informational content;

translate the modifications to the first language; and

incorporate the modifications into the translated at least a portion of the informational content in the first language.

20. The system according to claim 11, wherein the processor is further adapted to execute the instructions to receive authorization from at least one content manager before the step of translating at least a portion of the informational content.

21. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having a computer program embodied thereon, the computer program executable by a processor in a computing system to perform a method for generating analytical data, the method comprising:

receiving a request for informational content from a computing system, the request including a language preference;

selecting a type of translation by;

comparing the language preference of the request to a translation guidelines to determine the type of translation that is to be utilized in the step of translating, the translation guidelines for determining the type of translation comprising;

if the language preference of the request is the same as the language preference of a first threshold amount of additional requests for a same type of informational content as the request, the informational content is translated by one or more human translators,

if the priority of the request is the same as the language preference of a second threshold amount of additional requests for a same type of informational content as the request, the informational content is translated by one or more human translators and one or more machine translators, and

if the language preference of the request is the same as the language preference of a third threshold amount of additional requests for a same type of informational content as the request, the informational content is translated by one or more machine translators; and

selecting the type of translation that is to be utilized in the step of translating based upon the comparison;

responsive to the request, locating informational content stored in a database based upon analytical data corresponding to the computing system;

translating, using the selected type of translation, at least a portion of the informational content utilizing the language preference of the request if a language of the informational content does not correspond to the language preference of the request; and

storing the translated at least a portion of the informational content in the database associated with a publishing server.