Claims
- 1. A translation apparatus for translating an inputted sentence of an original language into a sentence of a target language and for outputting the translated sentence as an outputted sentence, comprising:
- indicating means for indicating a selected word contained in the inputted sentence;
- dictionary means for storing words corresponding to words of the original language and the targe language;
- output means, operatively connected to said dictionary means and said indicating means, for outputting translated equivalent words of the target language from said dictionary means corresponding to said selected word;
- input means, operatively connected to said output means, for inputting a desired translated equivalent word correspondign to said selected word, said desired translated equivalent word not being part of the output of said output means;
- replacing means, operatively connected to said output means and said input means, for replacing the translated equivalent of said selected word contained in the translated sentence with a translated equivalent word selected from the outputted translated words of said dictionary means or with said new translated equivalent word inputted by said input means; and
- means, operatively connected to said replacing means, for preferentially using said translated equivalent word used by said replacing means during future translation processes.
- 2. A method for translating a sentence of an original language into a sentence of a target language, comprising the steps of:
- (a) inputting a sentence to be translated;
- (b) translating the inputted sentence of said step (a);
- (c) displaying a selected word from the inputted sentence of said step (a);
- (d) displaying translated equivaeltns of the selected word of said step (c);
- (e) selecting either one of the translated equivalent of said step (d) or a new equivalent inputted by an user to replace the selected word of said stpe (c), thereby properly translating the selected word;
- (f) determining if the selected equivaeltnf os tep (e) is to be a preferred equivalent for future translations; and
- (g) repeating said steps (c) through (f) until all selected words have a selected equivalent.
- 3. A translation apparatus for translating an inputted sentence of an original language into a sentence of a target language and for outputting the translated sentence as an outputted sentence, comprising:
- indicating means for indicating a selected word contained in the inputted sentence;
- dictionary means for storing words corresponding to words of the original language and the target language;
- output means, operatively connected to said dictionary means and said indicating means, for outputting translated equivalent words of the target language from said dictionary means corresponding to said selected word;
- input means, operatively connected to said output means, for inputting a desired translated equivalent word corresponding to said selected word, said desired translated equivalent word not being part of the output of said output means;
- replacing means, operatively connected to said output means and said input means, for replacing the translated equivalent of said selected word contained in the translated sentence with a translated equivalent word selected from the outputted translated words of said dictionary means or with said new translated equivalent word inputted by said input means; and
- means, operatively connected to said replacing means, for using said translated equivalent word used by said replacing means during future translation processes.
- 4. A method for translating a sentence of an original language into a sentence of a target language, comprising the steps of:
- (a) inputting a sentence to be translated;
- (b) translating the inputted sentence of said step (a);
- (c) displaying a selected work from the inputted sentence of said step (a);
- (d) displaying translated equivalents of the selected word of said step (c);
- (e) selecting either one of the translated equivalent of said step (d) or a new equivalent inputted by an user to replace the selected word of said step (c), thereby properly translating the selected word;
- (f) determining if the selected equivalent of step (e) is to be an equivalent for future translations; and
- (g) repeating said steps (c) through (f) until all selected words have a selected equivalent.
Priority Claims (2)
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Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/126,265 filed on Nov. 27, 1987, now abandoned.
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Non-Patent Literature Citations (3)
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IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin, vol. 23, No. 8, Jan. 1981, pp. 3897-3898. |
IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin, vol. 24, No. 10, Mar. 1982, pp. 5003 and 5005. |
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