Dynamic translation of idioms

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9916307-B1
Application number	US-201615373655-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Dec 9, 2016
Priority date	Dec 9, 2016
Publication date	Mar 13, 2018
Grant date	Mar 13, 2018

Abstract

Dynamic translation of idioms is performed with respect to electronic communications. An electronic communication is observed and movement of indicia proximal to a phrase in the electronic communication is detected. In response to the detection, an idiom search application is activated which identifies an idiom within the phrase and searches a corpus for a translation of the idiom and one or more associated characteristics. In response to detection of the translation in the corpus, profile metadata related to the observed communication is collected and compared to the one or more characteristics. The idiom and the collected profile metadata are stored in a corpus that supports a search of the idiom. In response to absence of the translation in the corpus, the idiom is dynamically translated. The translated idiom is presented proximal to the evaluated expression.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system comprising:
a processing unit operatively coupled to memory;
an artificial intelligence platform, in communication with the processing unit, the platform comprising an analyzer in communication with the processing unit to dynamically evaluate an expression, the platform including:
an analyzer to:
observe an electronic communication;
upon detection of movement of indicia proximal to a phrase in the communication, activate an idiom search application;

the activated application to:
identify an idiom within the phrase;
search a corpus for a translation of the idiom and one or more associated characteristics;
in response to detection of the translation, collect profile metadata related to the observed communication, compare the one or more characteristics with the collected profile metadata, and store the identified idiom with the collected profile metadata; and
in response to absence of the translation, dynamically translate the idiom, and present the translated idiom proximal to the evaluated expression.

2. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a primary window to receive and populate the expression.

3. The system of claim 2 , further comprising the activated application to create a secondary window proximal to the primary window and the application to populate the secondary window with the dynamically translated idiom.

4. The system of claim 3 , further comprising the activated application to close the secondary window upon detection of movement of the indicia away from the phrase.

5. The system of claim 3 , further comprising the activated application to dynamically create an entry in the corpus for the translated idiom, the entry including the evaluated expression.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the indicia is an element selected from the group consisting of: a cursor and a pointer.

7. The system of claim 1 , further comprising the analyzer to:
parse the first and isolate two or more component phrases;
compare a structure of the isolated component phrases to a structure of stored idioms in the corpus;
detect a match between at least one of the isolated component phrases and a stored idiom in the corpus; and
identify the translation utilizing the detected match.

8. A computer program product for dynamically evaluating an electronic communication, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program code embodied therewith, the program code executable by a processor to:
observe an electronic communication;
upon detection of movement of indicia proximal to a phrase in the communication, activate an idiom search application, the application including program code to;
identify an idiom within the phrase;
search a corpus for a translation of the idiom and one or more associated characteristics;
in response to detection of the translation, collect profile metadata related to the observed communication, compare the one or more characteristics with the collected profile metadata, and store the identified idiom with the collected profile metadata; and
in response to absence of the translation, dynamically translate the idiom, and present the translated idiom proximal to the evaluated expression.

9. The computer program product of claim 8 , further comprising program code to receive and populate the expression in a primary window.

10. The computer program product of claim 9 , further comprising program code to create a secondary window proximal to the primary window and to populate the secondary window with the dynamically translated idiom.

11. The computer program product of claim 10 , further comprising program code to close the secondary window upon detection of movement of the indicia away from the phrase.

12. The computer program product of claim 10 , further comprising program code to dynamically create an entry in the corpus for the translated idiom, the entry including the evaluated expression.

13. The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein the indicia is an element selected from the group consisting of: a cursor and a pointer.

14. A method for dynamically evaluating an electronic communication comprising:
observing an electronic communication;
upon detecting of movement of indicia proximal to a phrase in the communication, activating an idiom search application;
the activated application:
identifying an idiom within the phrase;
searching a corpus for a translation of the idiom and one or more associated characteristics;

in response to detection of the translation, collecting profile metadata related to the observed communication, comparing the one or more characteristics with the collected profile metadata, and storing the identified idiom and the collected profile metadata in the corpus; and
in response to absence of the translation, dynamically translating the idiom, and presenting the translated idiom proximal to the evaluated expression.

15. The method of claim 14 , further comprising receiving and populated the expression in a primary window.

16. The method of claim 15 , further comprising the activated application creating a secondary window proximal to the primary window and populating the secondary window with the dynamically translated idiom.

17. The method of claim 16 , further comprising the activated application closing the secondary window upon detection of movement of the indicia away from the phrase.

18. The method of claim 16 , further comprising the activated application dynamically creating an entry in the corpus for the translated idiom, the entry including the evaluated expression.

19. The method of claim 14 , wherein the indicia is an element selected from the group consisting of: a cursor and a pointer.

20. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:
parsing the phrase and isolating two or more component phrases;
comparing a structure of the isolated component phrases to a structure of stored idioms in the corpus;
detecting a match between at least one of the isolated component phrases and a stored idiom in the corpus; and
identifying the translation utilizing the detected match.

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Kochura Nadiya
• Wojtas Alphonse J

Classifications

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