Automatic technical language extension engine

摘要

Certain embodiments of the present invention are directed to methods and systems for facilitating comprehension of web pages by non-native speakers of the base language in which the web-page content is provided. In these embodiments, selected base-language terms of a web page are automatically linked with translations of the terms, into one or more target languages, that are stored in a computer-readable database. A web-page-reader's browser is enhanced by the system to provide translations of displayed terms from the base language to the reader's native language or another target language selected by web-page reader. In alternative embodiments of the present invention, selective term translation is provided to users of various additional types of information display systems, including electronic-book displays, mobile phones, and other information-display devices.

主权项

1. A term-translation-enhanced information-rendering system comprising:
a computer system, including one or more processors, electronic memory, communications-hardware interfaces, a display device, and an operating system; an information-rendering application program that runs on the computer system to render information descriptions for display to a user on the display device; a term-translation event handler invoked by the information-rendering application program, during rendering and display of term-translation-enhanced information descriptions, to display a translation for a particular, displayed term upon detection of user input requesting translation of the term; and a term-translation-settings management module that provides, to a user of the computer system, a user interface through which the user can select values for various term-translation settings that control term translation for information displayed by the information-rendering application program.