Patent ID: 8910110
Filing Date: 2014-12-09
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for estimating the cost of translating a body of text associated with a software application prior to development of the software application, the software application being configured to perform one or more tasks, the method comprising: determining one or more content types associated with the body of text by classifying one or more documents related to the software application; assigning to each content type an average word count per a content unit; defining a hierarchical activity model for the software application and, based at least on the activity model, assigning activity levels for each content type; assigning a number of tasks associated with the software application to each activity level of each content type, wherein each task has an associated number of content units and the number of tasks assigned to each content type is based at least in part upon a predetermined frequency of tasks required for each content type; generating an estimated word count for each content type based on the number of tasks assigned to each content type and the average word count per unit for each content type; summing the estimated word count for each content type to generate an estimated word count for the body of text; and calculating an estimated translation cost based on the estimated word count.