Apparatus for assisting in the transposition of foreign language text
First Claim
1. Apparatus for generating a text of information in a language form comprised of first and second sets of characters, wherein each character or group of characters of said first set bears a predetermined phonetic or semantic relationship to a character or group of characters of said second set, said apparatus comprising:
- memory means for storing in a binary digital format each of the first and second sets of characters comprising said language form;
first selection means for selecting individual ones of said first set of characters for inclusion in the text of information being generated;
display means including a first display area for displaying the text of information being generated and a second display aread for displaying predetermined ones of said second set of characters;
processing means coupled to said first selection means, to said memory means, and to said display means and including means responsive to the selection of each character of said first set by said first selection means for automatically accessing said selected character of said first set in binary digital format from said memory means, means for controlling said display means to display said accessed character of said first set in said first display area as part of said text of information, means responsive to the selection of each character or group of characters of said first set that bears said predetermined phonetic or semantic relationship to a character or group of characters of said second set for automatically accessing said character or group of characters of said second set in binary digital format from said memory means, and means for controlling said display means to display said accessed character or group of characters of said second set in said second display area;
second selection means for selecting a desired character or group of characters of said second set displayed in said second display area for substitution in said text of information in place of said selected character or group of characters of said first set that bears said predetermined phonetic or semantic relationship toward said selected character or group of characters of said second set; and
said processing means is coupled to said second selection means and further includes means responsive to the selected character or group of characters of said second set for automatically substituting said selected character or group of characters of said second set for the selected character or group of characters of said first set by controlling said display means to display said selected character or group of characters of said second set in place of said selected character or group of characters of said first set in said text of information displayed in said first display area.
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Abstract
A device is provided for printing a verbal composition in a text form transposed by an operator from the language form in which the source material is presented. Language character forms from different written language formats are encoded and maintained in electronic storage. An operator of the device selects a particular language character from a desired language character font in a single or multiple step selection process to appear at sequential locations of the text during composition of the text. The material to be transposed may be originally presented orally or visually, and is translated or transposed into a different language, or, in the case of some languages, particularly oriental languages, the text may be composed of different language character forms of the same spoken language. For language character forms that utilize a great multiplicity of characters, as opposed to language forms utilizing a relatively few alphabetic or pneumonic characters, a second order selection is made. In this utilization a character or character combination from the simpler language is first selected. All characters of the more complex language form corresponding to the simple character selected are then displayed. The operator then selects from the among the complex characters for inclusion in the text.
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21 Claims
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1. Apparatus for generating a text of information in a language form comprised of first and second sets of characters, wherein each character or group of characters of said first set bears a predetermined phonetic or semantic relationship to a character or group of characters of said second set, said apparatus comprising:
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memory means for storing in a binary digital format each of the first and second sets of characters comprising said language form; first selection means for selecting individual ones of said first set of characters for inclusion in the text of information being generated;
display means including a first display area for displaying the text of information being generated and a second display aread for displaying predetermined ones of said second set of characters;processing means coupled to said first selection means, to said memory means, and to said display means and including means responsive to the selection of each character of said first set by said first selection means for automatically accessing said selected character of said first set in binary digital format from said memory means, means for controlling said display means to display said accessed character of said first set in said first display area as part of said text of information, means responsive to the selection of each character or group of characters of said first set that bears said predetermined phonetic or semantic relationship to a character or group of characters of said second set for automatically accessing said character or group of characters of said second set in binary digital format from said memory means, and means for controlling said display means to display said accessed character or group of characters of said second set in said second display area; second selection means for selecting a desired character or group of characters of said second set displayed in said second display area for substitution in said text of information in place of said selected character or group of characters of said first set that bears said predetermined phonetic or semantic relationship toward said selected character or group of characters of said second set; and said processing means is coupled to said second selection means and further includes means responsive to the selected character or group of characters of said second set for automatically substituting said selected character or group of characters of said second set for the selected character or group of characters of said first set by controlling said display means to display said selected character or group of characters of said second set in place of said selected character or group of characters of said first set in said text of information displayed in said first display area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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