Localization Mechanism for Multi-Format Text Extraction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional localization methods are error-prone and time-consuming, requiring manual translation guides and custom programming for various file formats, leading to structural damage and inefficiencies in extracting and merging localizable content, and fail to leverage localization efforts across languages and products.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus that automate the extraction and translation of localizable text content from multiple file formats into a canonical format, generating translation kits that can be translated by human translators while preserving the original file structure, and automatically merging translations back into the files, using shade files to isolate localizable content and a database to match translations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If manual translation guides are used to guide translators, then translation accuracy is improved, but the complexity of the localization process increases and time is consumed
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts localizable content from source files into a separate, standardized format (translation kit) that isolates translatable text from non-translatable elements. This extraction creates a clean separation between content that needs translation and file structure that must be preserved, eliminating the need for complex translation guides while maintaining accuracy.
Solution Approach 2:
The translation kit serves as an intermediary format between the source files and the final localized files. It standardizes the localizable content into a universal format that translators can work with without needing to understand the original file structures, reducing complexity while ensuring accurate translation.
2Extent of automation
If conventional programs parse files to extract localizable content, then automation is improved, but the ability to handle all file formats is limited and custom programming is required
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal translation kit format that can accommodate localizable content from any file format. Instead of writing custom parsers for each format, the system uses a single standardized output format (translation kit) that consolidates all extracted content, making the system adaptable to new file formats without requiring custom programming.
3Measurement precision
If translators manually translate localizable files, then translation quality is improved, but structural integrity of files is compromised and errors occur
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the file into two distinct parts: localizable content (text strings to be translated) and non-localizable content (file structure, tags, code). By separating these elements and translating only the localizable content while preserving the original structure, the system maintains both translation quality and file integrity.
4Quantity of substance
If localization is done for each language separately, then translation completeness is improved, but time consumption increases and effort cannot be leveraged
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts and standardizes localizable content into translation kits before translation begins. This preliminary organization of content into a universal format allows translation efforts to be efficiently organized and leveraged across multiple languages, reducing redundant work and time consumption while maintaining completeness.
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AI summary
Method and apparatus for synthesizing multiple localizable file formats into a canonical format. Embodiments may provide a file format-independent localization mechanism that automates the extraction of localizable text content from localizable files of different file formats and generates translation kits formatted according to a canonical format. The generated translation kits may include localizable text content from the localizable files for which translations were not found in a translation database. The generated translation kits may be handed off to translators for translation of the localizable text content in the translation kits. The translated text content in the translation kits may then be imported into the translation database and merged by the localization mechanism into localized versions of the localizable files while preserving the original file structure of the files.