1. A computer-implemented system comprising: a communications module to receive an input, the input specifying a rule expressed in a custom syntax, the custom syntax provided by a rules authoring system; and a translator to translate the rule expressed in the custom syntax into a translated rule, using at least one processor, the translated rule being in a form of a source code suitable for being compiled into an executable module, the translator comprising: a parser to parse the rule expressed in the custom syntax, a validator to utilize one or more validation rules to validate parameters associated with the rule, a validation rule from the one or more validation rules authored using the custom syntax, and a resource generator to extract resources associated with the rule and to process the resources into a format suitable for a runtime environment, the resources comprising one or more keywords; a compiler configured to compile the translated rule into a compiled rule; and a deployment module to publish the compiled rule to the runtime environment.
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the runtime environment comprises a rules engine associated with a business application.