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Machine translation system having idiom processing function

  • US 5,644,774 A
  • Filed: 04/25/1995
  • Issued: 07/01/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/27/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A machine translation system having an idiom processing function, comprising:

  • an input means for inputting a word sequence of a first language;

    a dictionary means for storing therein idioms of the first language including at least two fixed portions and a variable portion interposed therebetween as headers and translated expressions in a second language corresponding to the respective headers;

    a registration means for newly or additionally registering a header of the first language and translated expressions in the second language corresponding to the header into said dictionary means;

    a dictionary lookup means for retrieving a header corresponding to an idiom included in the word sequence of the first language input by said input means from the headers stored in said dictionary means by comparing the word sequence of the first language with each of the headers; and

    an idiom processing means for normalizing an arrangement of fixed portions in a word sequence of the first language which is identified with one of the headers by said dictionary lookup means.

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