Patent ID: 8494834

Claim:
A method for local, computer-aided translation using remotely-generated translation predictions, the method comprising the steps of: (a) determining that a translation stored in a remote translation memory is useful in translating a first portion of a local document; (b) receiving, by a local machine, the stored translation; (c) determining, by the local machine, prior to receiving a communication from the remote translation memory indicating that the remote translation memory stores an updated version of the stored translation, and prior to receiving a request from a translator for the translation of the first portion of the local document, that the remote translation memory stores an updated version of the stored translation; (d) identifying, by the local machine, that the updated version of the stored translation is useful in translating a second portion of the local document, wherein the identification occurs before a translation of the second portion of the local document is generated; and (e) using the updated version of the stored translation to generate, by the local machine, a translation of the second portion of the local document, the generation of the translation being in response to the identification of the utility of the updated version of the stored translation in translating the second portion of the local document.