TEXT EDITING APPARATUS AND METHOD
First Claim
1. A text editing apparatus for the editing of text translated from at least a first language to a second language, the apparatus comprising:
- a user input for receiving user instructions to select and/or edit text; and
a controller adapted to control a display to show user-editable translated text, wherein said controller comprises a pattern detector for automatic identification of phrases and/or phrase boundaries within said text, and a phrase processor for automatically selecting an individual phrase and restructuring or modification of said phrase in either its syntactic or its lexical properties or both or automatic moving of said phrase to a different part of the text in response to a predetermined user instruction or stored modification procedure.
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Abstract
A computer apparatus for managing information representing text translated from a first language to a second language, the apparatus comprising: an information store for storing a first set of information representing text translated from a first language to a second language; a user input or interface for receiving user instructions for selection and/or editing of text represented in said first set of information; text data controller for editing said first set on the basis of received user instructions; and a display data generator operable to generate display data, said display data being operable to define first and second display areas on a display medium, said first display area containing first text information corresponding to said first set of information under the control of said text data controller, and said second display area containing second text information corresponding to a second set of information, said second set of information either comprising said text prior to translation from said first language or corresponding to said first set prior to editing thereof by said text data controller; wherein said display data generator being further operable to include distinguishing information in said display data, said distinguishing information being operable to cause a part of said first text information and a corresponding part of said second text information to be visually distinguished from the remaining respective parts of said first and second texts.
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16 Claims
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1. A text editing apparatus for the editing of text translated from at least a first language to a second language, the apparatus comprising:
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a user input for receiving user instructions to select and/or edit text; and a controller adapted to control a display to show user-editable translated text, wherein said controller comprises a pattern detector for automatic identification of phrases and/or phrase boundaries within said text, and a phrase processor for automatically selecting an individual phrase and restructuring or modification of said phrase in either its syntactic or its lexical properties or both or automatic moving of said phrase to a different part of the text in response to a predetermined user instruction or stored modification procedure. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 5, 8, 9, 13, 14)
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4. A text editing apparatus for the editing of text translated from at least a first language to a second language, the apparatus comprising:
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a user input for receiving user instructions to select and/or edit text; and a controller adapted to control a display to show user-editable translated text, wherein said controller comprises a processor for identification of phrases and/or phrase boundaries and for implementing automatic phrase ordering rules particular to a specified language, wherein the phrase ordering rules comprise context-specific rules, each said context-specific rule being deployed according to one or more marker words or marker expression criteria.
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6. A text editing apparatus for the editing of text translated from at least a first language to a second language, the apparatus comprising:
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a user input for receiving user instructions to select and/or edit text; and a controller adapted to control a display to show user-editable translated text, wherein said controller comprises a pattern detector for automatic identification of phrases and/or phrase boundaries within said pre-translated and translated text to define a first phrase in the pre-translated text and a corresponding phrase in the translated text, and for identification of words occurring in the first phrase of the pre-translated text which correspond to words not occurring in the second phrase but occurring in a further phrase of the translated text. - View Dependent Claims (7)
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10. A text editing apparatus for the editing of text translated from at least a first language to a second language, the apparatus comprising:
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a user input for receiving user instructions to select and/or edit text; and a controller adapted to control a display to show user-editable translated text, comprising a processor for automatically generating, in the translated text, grammatical structures that are characteristic of the second language but not of the first language using a language model.
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11. A text editing apparatus for the editing of text translated from at least a first language to a second language, the apparatus comprising:
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a user input for receiving user instructions to select and/or edit text; and a controller adapted to control a display to show user-editable translated text, comprising a processor for automatically removing, from the translated text, grammatical structures that are characteristic of the first language but not of the second language using a language model.
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12. Computer apparatus for managing information representing text translated from a first language to a second language, the apparatus comprising:
- an information store for storing a first set of information representing text translated from a first language to a second language;
an input for receiving user instructions for selection and/or editing of text represented in said first set of information;
a text data controller for editing said first set on the basis of received user instructions; and
a display data generator operable to generate display data, said display data being operable to define first and second display areas on a display medium, said first display area containing first text information corresponding to said first set of information under the control of said text data controller, and said second display area containing second text information corresponding to a second set of information, said second set of information either comprising said text prior to translation from said first language or corresponding to said first set prior to editing thereof by said text data controller;
wherein said display data generator being further operable to include distinguishing information in said display data, said distinguishing information being operable to cause a part of said first text information and a corresponding part of said second text information to be visually distinguished from the remaining respective parts of said first and second texts, wherein said display data generator operable to display the other of said pre-translated text and pre-user-edited translated text in a third display area, and to highlight a part of said text in the third display area corresponding to the selected part of the text in the first display area.
- an information store for storing a first set of information representing text translated from a first language to a second language;
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15. A text editing apparatus for the editing of text translated from at least a first language to a second language, the apparatus comprising:
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user input means for receiving user instructions to select and/or edit text; and control means adapted to control a display to show user-editable translated text, wherein said control means comprises pattern detection means for automatic identification of phrases and/or phrase boundaries within said text, and processing means for automatically selecting an individual phrase and restructuring or modification of said phrase in either its syntactic or its lexical properties or both or automatic moving of said phrase to a different part of the text in response to a predetermined user instruction or stored modification procedure.
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16. A method for the editing of text translated from at least a first language to a second language, the method comprising:
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receiving user instructions to select and/or edit text; and controlling a display to show user-editable translated text, and performing pattern detection to automatically identify phrases and/or phrase boundaries within said text, and to automatically select an individual phrase and restructure or modify said phrase in either its syntactic or its lexical properties or both or to automatically move said phrase to a different part of the text in response to a predetermined user instruction or stored modification procedure.
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