Transparent Translator

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Transparent Translator

• Maryam Kamvar
• JP Fall 00

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Objective

• Idea stemmed from frustrations with doing
  research for French class
• Create a layer of software that aids in the
  comprehension of the French Language
• Essentially, pop-up translation of text
  hi-lighted by the user

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Game Plan

• Create a standalone version of software
• Modify and upgrade to incorporate the internet
• Language of ChoiceVisual Basic/ Visual Basic
  Script

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The Stand-Alone Version
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The Macro

• Hi-lighted text is grabbed upon click
• Word is appended to a URL
• Online Cgi Dictionary is called
• Source code of the page is returned
• Source code string is parsed
• Definition is shown

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The Troublesome Transition
Browser
Translator
Word Doc
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What worked

• Not the original, or most intuitive plan

2 reasons for the dummy frame.
GO button calls cgi perl program
Powered by Javascript timer and automatic reload
Source code of user-entered URL plus hidden VB
Script Code
Button triggers action instead of Mouse up event
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The Cgi/Perl Program

• Gets the URL entered by the user
• Opens a connection with the homepage and grabs
  source code.
• Appends VB script code to the HTML
• New Page written to main frame

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The Future for my JP

• Use a more sophisticated translator for phrases
  and paragraphs
• This entails trick interface into submitting a
  form
• Give user choice of language translation, both
  from and to.