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Interactive foreign language translating method and apparatus

  • US 4,730,270 A
  • Filed: 07/19/1985
  • Issued: 03/08/1988
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/31/1984
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An interactive foreign language translating method performed by a machine translation apparatus which includes a central processing unit for performing translation processing, input means coupled to said central processing unit, output means coupled to said central processing unit and said input means, a main memory coupled to said central processing unit, a dictionary file coupled to said central processing unit, and a field classified pattern file coupled to said central processing unit, said method comprising the steps:

  • asking a user, by said central processing unit, a series of questions in a first language read out from said field classified pattern file;

    collecting, by said central processing unit, in said main memory, source sentence information answers by the user from said input means to said questions in the first language;

    parsing, by said central processing unit, the source sentence information collected in said main memory; and

    making, by said central processing unit, a composition in a second language on a basis of results of the parsing by utilizing said dictionary file.

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