Embedded String Translation Platform Using Configuration Boundaries

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Solution Overview

Problem

The increasing complexity and size of computer executable instructions pose a significant burden for code developers and users in translating embedded human language content, necessitating automated systems for efficient translation management.

Innovation Solution

A computer-implemented method that identifies embedded human language strings within programming source code using configuration files, communicates them for language translation, receives and inserts the translated strings, and includes error checking and a translation lock-out function to maintain translation integrity.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If automated translation systems are implemented, then translation efficiency and consistency improve, but system complexity and integration requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetranslation efficiencyVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments the source code into distinct translatable portions using configuration files that define boundaries and identifiers. This allows the translation system to process only specific human language strings rather than entire codebases, improving efficiency while maintaining manageable system complexity through modular processing.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Configuration files serve as intermediaries between the source code and translation system. These files contain identifiers and boundary definitions that mediate the extraction process, enabling automated translation without requiring direct complex integration between the code editor and translation services.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Measurement precision

If configuration files specify boundaries of human language strings, then translation precision improves, but setup complexity and configuration requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetranslation precisionVSAvoidconfiguration complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

Configuration files are prepared in advance with predefined identifiers and boundary specifications for human language strings. This preliminary action establishes clear translation targets before the actual translation process, ensuring precision while reducing runtime complexity through pre-processing.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system uses configurable parameters in the configuration files to define string boundaries, identifiers, and translation settings. By making these parameters adjustable and explicit, the system achieves precise translation control while allowing users to adapt the configuration complexity to their specific needs.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Reliability

If translation lock-out functions are implemented, then translation integrity is maintained, but flexibility for manual editing is reduced

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetranslation integrityVSAvoidediting flexibility
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The translation lock-out mechanism is implemented dynamically, activating only during automated translation processes and allowing manual editing at other times. This dynamic approach maintains translation integrity when needed while preserving editing flexibility during development and review phases.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system provides feedback mechanisms that monitor translation status and lock-out states, allowing users to understand when translations are protected and when manual editing is permitted. This feedback loop maintains integrity while enabling appropriate manual intervention.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS11514253B2Translation platform for executable instructions
Publication Date: 2022.11.29 SHOPIFY INC
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AI summary

A computer-implemented method and system may include identifying an embedded human language string within a programming code based on a configuration file that specifies boundaries of the human language string within the programming code, communicating the identified embedded human language string for language translation from a first human language of the embedded human language string to a second human language to create a translated human language string, receiving the translated human language string, and inserting the translated human language string in the programming code to create a translated programming source code.