Methods and systems for local, computer-aided translation incorporating translator revisions to remotely-generated translation predictions
A method for local, computer-aided translation using remotely-generated translation predictions includes the step of determining that a translation stored in a remote translation memory is useful in translating a first portion of a local document. A local machine receives the translation of the first portion of the document. The local machine stores, in a local cache, an alternate version of the translation created by a translator. The alternate version of the translation is identified as useful in translating a second portion of the document. The local machine generates a translation of the second portion of the document through reuse of the alternate version of the translation of the first portion of the document, responsive to the received identification of the utility of the alternate version of the translation of the first portion of the document to the second portion of the document.
1. A method for local computer-aided translation using remotely-generated translation predictions, the method comprising the steps of:
a) storing, in a remote translation memory, one or more translations of one or more first portions of a document;
b) performing, by the remote translation server, a search for a second portion of the document, prior to receiving a request to translate the second portion of the document;
c) identifying, by the remote translation server, a set of relevant translations from the one or more translations of first portions of the document as useful in translating the second portion of the document, prior to receiving a request to translate the second portion of the document;
d) enumerating, by the remote translation server, the relevant translations of the one or more first portions of the document identified to be useful in translating the second portion of the document;
e) receiving, by a local machine, the enumeration of relevant translations and the identification of utility of the relevant translations;
f) generating, by the local machine, a translation of the second portion of the document utilizing at least one of the relevant translations of the one or more first portions of the document, responsive to the received identification of the utility of the relevant translations.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein step (b) comprises one of a fuzzy search and an exact search.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein step (d) of enumeration includes a ranking of the relevant translations by relevance.
4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the ranking is based on a type of match made between each of the relevant translations and the second portion of the document.
5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the type of match is one of exact matching, fuzzy matching, and an identification of similarity between new text and text already translated in a remote translation memory.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein step (a) further comprises storing the one or more translations of the one or more first portions of the document in a database or a table which correlate portions of the document with associated translations.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the generation of the translation of the second portion of the document in step (f) comprises a translator approving, rejecting, or modifying the relevant translations in the enumeration.
8. A system for local, computer-aided translation using remotely-generated translation predictions comprising:
a remote translation memory comprising:
a receiver, receiving a request for a translation of a document from a first a local machine;
a remote translation memory, providing access to one or more translations of one or more first portions of a document;
a remote translation engine, performing a search for a second portion of the document, identifying a set of relevant translations from the one or more translations of one or more first portions of the document as useful in translating the second portion of the document, prior to receiving a request to translate the second portion of the document, and enumerating the relevant translations of the one or more first portions of the document identified to be useful in the translation of the second portion of the document; and
a transmitter, transmitting the enumeration of relevant translations and the identification of utility of the relevant translations; and
a local machine comprising:
a receiver, receiving the enumeration of relevant translations of the one or more first portions of the document and the identification of utility of the relevant translations;
a local cache, storing the one or more translations of the first portion of the document;
a user interface, displaying the enumeration of relevant translations to a user;
a translation agent, generating a translation for the second portion of the document using at least one of the enumerated relevant translations of the one or more first portions of the document, responsive to the received identification of the utility of the relevant translations of the one or more first portions of the document to the second portion of the document.
9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the search performed by the remote translation engine is one of a fuzzy search and an exact search.
10. The system of claim 8 , wherein the enumeration includes a ranking of the relevant translations by relevance.
11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the ranking is based on a type of match made between each of the relevant translations and the second portion of the document.
12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the type of match is one of exact matching, fuzzy matching, and an identification of similarity between new text and text already translated in the remote translation memory.
13. The system of claim 8 , wherein the remote translation memory comprises a database or a table, correlating portions of the document and associated translations.
14. The system of claim 8 , wherein the user approves, rejects, or modifies the relevant translations in the enumeration, by the user interface, and the translation agent generates the translation for the second portion of the document based on the user's approvals, rejections, or modifications.