Hypertext document processing apparatus with display means displaying input data and additional display means displaying translated data

• US 6,061,701 A
• Filed: 03/21/1997
• Issued: 05/09/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 03/22/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Nishiura, Kazuo, Shinozaki, Naoko, Hirai, Tokuyuki
• Primary Examiner(s): Trammell, James P.
• Assistant Examiner(s): YOUNG, JOHN L
• Application Number:
  US08/821,796
• Time in Patent Office: 1,145 Days
• Field of Search: 704/4, 704/5, 704/2, 704/7, 704/6, 704/3, 704/9, 707/536, 707/5, 707/115
• US Class Current: 715/236
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/221 Parsing markup language streams streaming G06F40/149
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/47 Machine-assisted translation, e.g. using translation memory
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/55 Rule-based translation

Abstract

The data processor according to the present invention includes a memory for storing data including at least a first document and a second document having a link to the first document, a first display for displaying the data stored in the memory, a translator for translating the data displayed on the first display, a second display for displaying translation by the translator, an indicator for indicating a specific portion of the first document displayed on the first display or a specific portion of the translation thereof displayed on the second display and display controller for controlling so that the second document linked to the specific portion indicated by the indicator is displayed on the first display.

Claims

1. A data processor comprising:

a memory for storing data including at least a first document, a hypertext and a second document having a link to the first document;

a first display for displaying the data stored in the memory, wherein said hypertext is displayed on a window of said first display;

a translator for translating the data displayed on the first display;

a second display for displaying a translation of the data displayed on the first display by the translator, wherein a translation of said hypertext is displayed on a window of said second display;

an indicator for indicating a specific portion of the first document displayed on the first display or a specific portion of the translation displayed on the second display; and

a display control for having control so that the second document, which is linked to the specific portion indicated by the indicator, is displayed on the first display.

2. A data processor according to claim 1 further comprising a plurality of pairs of sais first and second displays.

3. A data processor according to claim 2, wherein the plural pairs windows displayed on a single screen which are capable of displaying data individually for each pair.

4. A data processor according to claim 2 further comprising a correspondence table for corresponding one of the plural first displays to one of the plural second displays.

5. A data processor according to claim 4, wherein when the second document linked to the specific portion indicated by the indication means is displayed, the display control determines on which display the specific portion is displayed, by referring to the correspondence table;

wherein when the specific portion is displayed on one of the plural first displays, the display control displays the second document on one of the plural first displays; and

wherein when the specific portion is displayed on one of the plural second displays, the display control determines which one of the plural first displays corresponds to said one of the plural second displays by referring to the correspondence table, and displays the second document on said one of the plural first displays.

6. A method of translating data, comprising:

storing data including a first document, a hypertext and a second document linked to the first document;

displaying the stored data on a first display, wherein said hypertext is displayed on a window of said first display;

translating the data on the first display;

displaying the translated data on a second display distinct from said first display and adjacent to said first display, wherein a translation of said hypertext is displayed on a window of said second display;

indicating a specific portion of the first document on the first display, or a specific portion of the translated data on the second display; and

controlling the first and second displays so that the second document, which is linked to the specific portion indicated, is displayed only on the first display, thereby providing a side-by-side comparison between an original and translated text to facilitate tracing and reference between the texts.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein said first display is only one of a plurality of pairs of first displays, and wherein said second display is only one of a plurality of pairs of second displays.

8. The method according to claim 7, further comprising displaying data individually for each plural pair on adjacent windows within a single display screen.

9. The method according to claim 7, further comprising corresponding a plural pair of said first displays to a plural pair of said second displays with a correspondence table.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the step of indicating further includes:

determining which display the specific portion is displayed on;

displaying the second document on one of the plurality of first displays where the specific portion is determined to be on one of the plurality of first displays, and

displaying the second document on one of the plurality of first displays where the specific portion is initially displayed. on one of the plurality of second displays, by referring to the correspondence table to determine which one of the plurality of first displays corresponds to second display that is displaying the specific portion.