METHOD, DEVICE FOR ADAPTING DIGITAL FILES

摘要

The invention concerns a method and a device for adapting digital files which consists in locating character string to be adapted in a source file and in replacing the sources consisting of character strings with substitution data. The invention is characterized in that it consists in locating in a particular way each source presence in the source file while defining targets by: 1 DEG dividing a source file into sections identified by a unique section identifier; 2 DEG selecting a source in a section; 3 DEG selecting a context zone including the selected source; 4 DEG assigning an occurrence rank, in the section, to the selected context zone; 5 DEG assigning an occurrence rank, in the selected context zone, to the selected source, the section identifier, the selected source and its occurrence rank, the selected context zone and its occurrence rank constituting the attributes of each target. The definition of targets thus carried out enables to assign attributes to each source for its location in the source file. The invention is particularly applicable to adaptations in the form of translation from one language to another, in particular for adapting data accessible through Internet and particularly Web pages and applications.