Prof. Dr. Klemens Waldhör Chief Architect

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1 Prof. Dr. Klemens Waldhör Chief Architect opentms; ; Dr. Klemens Waldhör; 1

2 The Project Overview Open TMS Goals Architecture Implementation Current Status GUIs 2

3 opentms Sponsors 3

4 Overview Free and Open Source Translation Memory System 4

5 Goals Three translation memory systems for one and the same process? Software investments that make translation costs shoot through the roof? Exchange formats that put the brakes on productivity? FOLT (Forum Open Language Tools) is concerned with the entire process of producing multilingual documentation. From the creation of the source text to production in foreign languages, we analyze our processes for weaknesses and a lack of standardisation. Primary objectives: - Sharing experiences of processes using standard industry software - Sharing experiences of the use of Open Source software - Standardisation of interchange formats -Testing new Open Source technologies and improving existing technologies in the translation market - Public support for non-proprietary software and software development - Publication of aims and results Development of the OpenSource Translation Memory system OpenTMS opentms; ; Dr. Klemens Waldhör; 5

6 OpenTMS Requirements Architecture Server / Client Architecture Modular software approach Web based Thin client Language Modelling High level modelling Extendibility Language independent Standards based Data Sources Abstract data source approach Integrated default fuzzy search Integrated translate method Support of all SQL database systems Support of all types of data sources like csv, nosql, TMX, XLIFF files MT support through databases Scalability Single and multi user requirement High performance databases Interfaces Java Eclipse Interface Layer Integration into CMS Workflow support Java Coding Standards Java Documentation Standard Delivered as a set of jar files Development base swt for GUIs OS independent Windows, Linux, Mac Hardware independent 6

7 Architecture The core of opentms 7

8 Example Work Flow Terminology Translation Machine Translation OpenTMS Editor Translation Memory XLIFF Back Converter Segmenter Converter 1. CMS 8

9 Architecture based on Standards XLIFF TMX TBX SRX In general XML 9

10 OpenTMS System Architecture Application Model GUI Model Interface Model User Model Security Model Document Model Data Model Process Model OpenTMS Core Library For details see Waldhör, K. (2008). OPENTMS SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE. 10

11 Modelling Language Linguistic Property N:1 General Linguistic Object inherits Terminology Translation Memory mapping Monolingual Object N:1 Multilingual Object Data Source 11

12 OpenTMS Processes Human Initiated Interactions Data Source OpenTMS Initiated Interactions Interactive Terminology Translation Interactive Translation Memory Converter Segmenter Pre Translation Memory OpenTMS Translation Editor Back Converter 12

13 Data Sources Language related data are represented as data sources Idea Makes the data access interface independent from the data itself Not being restricted to SQL databases only Also flat data or xml files TMX, XLIFF files as a data source Machine translation (MT) as data source Spread sheets E.g. Excel as terminology lists Object Oriented Databases DMS systems Web Sites (http based interfaces) Define a common interface for all access functions Allows adaption to individual data source properties e.g. read only data sources like MT 13

14 Data Sources O P E N T M S S O F T W A R E Access to data sources through standardised interface Open TMS Data Source Layer Maps the OpenTMS access functions to the specific data component Data type specific access functions Various data components like files etc. 14

15 Data Sources Data Source Status Data Source methods defined SQL Are extended depending on needs and requirements Access optimisation Hibernate based Other OpenSource databases OODBS DB4O partially implemented for testing purposes Other data sources TMX files XLIFF files MT Google & Microsoft Translator Core Methods Create Delete Import TMX, XLIFF File Export TMX, XLIFF File Copy between data sources Translate Data Source described thru xml based configuration files XML-RPC Access Servlet Engine Access 15

16 Fuzzy Search Core Function of TM Step 1: Search in KD-TREE Restricts the number of segments to search Finds possible matching (source) segments Step 2: Levenshtein Similarity Compare matches from step 1 computing the real similarity Step 3: Get source and target MOLs / MUL Create translation (alt-trans) 16

17 Translation Core Functions Convert (to and from XLIFF) Currently using Araya converters Complex document format like WinWord etc. thru Open Office Converters Segmentation Currently thru Araya Translate 17

18 User Interfaces Editors and more 18

19 Ubuntu VM Distribution 19

20 Data Source Editor Edit MOL/MOL Properties Language Specific Segments Search Functions Delete & Save Functions 20

21 Beo Logisch! docliff Editor 21

22 Web Xliff Editor 22

23 Integration Araya XLIFF Editor 23

24 Downloads en-tms Ubuntu Version Windows Version msserver.exe Includes data source editor Web GUI and docliff editor Send to As part of the Araya Xliff Editor: 24

25 Contact Heartsome Europe GmbH Friedrichstr. 17 D Roßtal Prof. Dr. Klemens Waldhör T: F: