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Method, apparatus, and computer program product for machine translation

  • US 20080077391A1
  • Filed: 06/22/2007
  • Published: 03/27/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/22/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus for machine-translating a first language into a second language, comprising:

  • an example storing unit that stores therein a first-language example in association with a second-language example that is a translation of the first-language example;

    a receiving unit that receives a first-language speech;

    a first recognizing unit that recognizes the first-language speech as a first-language character string, and outputs a first recognition result;

    a second recognizing unit that recognizes the first-language speech as a most probable first-language example from among first-language examples stored in the example storing unit, and outputs a second recognition result;

    a calculating unit that calculates a similarity between the first recognition result and the second recognition result; and

    a retrieving unit that retrieves, when calculated similarity exceeds a predetermined threshold, a second-language example corresponding to the second recognition result from the example storing unit.

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