Patent Document ID: 8185373
Application ID: 12454039

Base Claim:
1. A method of assessing quality of language translation and interpretation, comprising the steps of: a) receiving on a computing device source material in a first language and a translation of the source material, where the language of the translation is selected from the group of languages consisting of a language that is different from the first language, a language that is the same as the first language but in a different dialect, and the same language as the first language, where a translation into the same language includes translation slang in a first language to proper speech in the first language; b) identifying on the computing device the source material's content and format; c) assigning on the computing device a first rating to the source material's level of difficulty in translating the source material based on the result of step (b); d) determining on the computing device the translation's type; e) assigning on the computing device a second rating to the translation's accuracy as compared to the source material for its type as determined in step (d); f) assigning on the computing device a third rating to the degree to which the translation interprets the source material's intended message; g) assigning on the computing device a fourth rating to the format of the translation; and h) evaluating on the computing device the results of step (c), step (e), step (f), and step (g) to determine an assessment of the translation's language translation and interpretation.

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Claim 18:
18. The method of claim 1 , wherein said step of assigning on the computing device a third rating to the degree to which the translation interprets the source material's intended message is comprised of the step of assigning on the computing device a third rating to the degree to which the translation interprets the source material as a function of the inclusion in the translation of characteristics selected from the group of characteristics consisting of correct identification of subject, scenario, and significance of source material; identification of who, what, where, when, why, how, and to what extent in source material; identification of people in source material by name and position, identification of references in source material to known events, explanation of obscure references in source material, inclusion of all relevant information in source material, exclusion of irrelevant information in source material, identification of information of interest for further analysis, and inclusion of analytic comments.