1. A term-translation-enhanced information-rendering system comprising: a computer system, including one or more processors, electronic memory, communications-hardware interfaces, a display device, and an operating system; an information-rendering application program that runs on the computer system to render information descriptions for display to a user on the display device; a term-translation event handler invoked by the information-rendering application program, during rendering and display of term-translation-enhanced information descriptions, to display a translation for a particular, displayed term upon detection of user input requesting translation of the term; and a term-translation-settings management module that provides, to a user of the computer system, a user interface through which the user can select values for various term-translation settings that control term translation for information displayed by the information-rendering application program.
1. A term-translation-enhanced information-rendering system comprising: a computer system, including one or more processors, electronic memory, communications-hardware interfaces, a display device, and an operating system; an information-rendering application program that runs on the computer system to render information descriptions for display to a user on the display device; a term-translation event handler invoked by the information-rendering application program, during rendering and display of term-translation-enhanced information descriptions, to display a translation for a particular, displayed term upon detection of user input requesting translation of the term; and a term-translation-settings management module that provides, to a user of the computer system, a user interface through which the user can select values for various term-translation settings that control term translation for information displayed by the information-rendering application program. 8. The term-translation-enhanced information-rendering system of claim 1 wherein a displayed term translation includes one or more target-language terms and wherein each target-language term is be associated with 0, 1, or more definitions in the target language.