News distribution

1. A financial news distribution system comprising:

a first terminal computer comprising means for displaying a selected one of a plurality of data entry screens associated with news items of different types, each said data entry screen comprising;

a plurality of data entry fields for entry of respective data items of a newly-entered news item; and

respective data item label text fields each containing text describing the corresponding data entry field in a source language;

means for inputting data specifying a type and a subject of the newly-entered news item;

a server computer remote to said first terminal computer, said server computer being configured to perform actions comprising:

reading a store containing a database of previously-stored news item accessible by type and subject;

locating a previously-stored news item of the same type and on the same subject as the newly-entered news item;

deriving target language data item labels for the newly-entered news item based on the corresponding previously-stored news item including translating the source language text of said data item label text field into corresponding text in said at least one target language; and

transmitting the target language newly-entered news item labels to the first terminal computer without transmitting a remainder of the newly-entered news item in the target language;

said display means displaying each of said previously-stored data items on said data entry screen together with the corresponding newly-entered data item, said display means being configured to calculate a change between a newly-entered data item and the corresponding previously-stored data item, and to display said change together with said newly-entered data item;

selection means for selecting at least one of a plurality of target languages; and means for transmitting, to at least one remote second terminal computer, the target language newly-entered news item labels and the newly-entered news item data items.

2. A system according to claim 1 , wherein translating the source language text of said data item label text field comprises storing a database containing, for each data item label text field, a plurality of fields storing corresponding text strings in each of a corresponding plurality of alternative languages.

3. A system according to claim 1 , in which the means for displaying is arranged to select said source language from a plurality of languages.

4. A system according to claim 1 , in which the remote server computer is arranged to execute a hypertext server program, and the first terminal computer is arranged to execute a hypertext browser program to access the remote server computer.

5. A terminal computer for executing a program arranged to:

receive a newly-entered news item;

generate a display in a source language;

download previously-stored news data corresponding to the newly-entered news item from a remote computer;

derive labels for the newly-entered news item based on the corresponding previously-stored news data;

display at least one of said corresponding news data and the labels derived therefrom;

input news data for the newly-entered news item;

input a choice of target language;

download translated labels for the news data in said target language from the remote computer without downloading a remainder of the newly-entered news item in said target language;

calculate a change between a data item of the news data for the newly-entered news data and the corresponding downloaded data item for the previously-stored news item; and

display the labels in said source language and said target language and said input news data in said source language for review.

6. A computer-implemented method performed by a server computer, the method comprising:

receiving a newly-entered news item having data items;

receiving input data specifying a type and a subject of the newly-entered news item;

reading a store containing a database of previously-stored news items, accessible by type and subject;

locating a previously-stored news item of the same type and on the same subject as the data items of the newly-entered news item;

transmitting the previously-stored data items thereof to a first terminal computer;

deriving data item label text fields for the data items of the newly-entered news item based on the data item label text fields for the previously-stored data items;

receiving a selection of at least one of a plurality of target languages;

translating source language text of said data item label text fields into corresponding text in said at least one target language;

transmitting the target language newly-entered news data item labels to the first terminal computer without transmitting a remainder of the newly-entered news item in the target language;

calculating a change between a newly-entered data item and the corresponding previously-stored data item, and to display said change together with said newly-entered data item; and

transmitting said data items of the newly-entered news item and associated text in said at least one target language to at least one remote second terminal computer.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the step of translating comprises storing a database containing, for each data item label text field, a plurality of fields storing corresponding text strings in each of a corresponding plurality of alternative languages.

8. The method of claim 6 , wherein the step of displaying comprises selecting said source language from a plurality of languages.

9. A computer according to claim 5 , wherein the program is further arranged to:

receive a user's log in information identifying the user; and

based on the log in information, retrieve a source code language for the language in which the user will input the newly-entered news item.