Translating apparatus having different modes for translating and outputting document data

• US 7,734,458 B1
• Filed: 06/13/2000
• Issued: 06/08/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/17/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Minolta Corporation Limited (Konica Minolta Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Minolta Corporation Limited (Konica Minolta Inc.)
• Inventors: Sezukuri, Yoshihiko, Eguchi, Tatsuya
• Primary Examiner(s): Han; Qi
• Application Number:
  US09/593,060
• Time in Patent Office: 3,647 Days
• Field of Search: 704/2, 704 4- 7, 704/9, 704/3, 704/8, 382/312, 382/100
• US Class Current: 704/2
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/58 Use of machine translation, e.g. for multi-lingual retrieval, for server-side translation for client devices or for real-time translation

Abstract

A translating apparatus includes a translator for translating document data into another language, an output unit for outputting the translated document data translated by the translator, a mode setting unit for setting in a first mode or a second mode, and a controller. In a case where the first mode is set, the controller controls the translator so as to translate the document data into a plurality of languages, and controls the output unit so as to output the translated document data by each language group. In a case where the second mode is set, the controller controls the translator so as to translate the document data into a plurality of languages, and controls the output unit so as to output the translated document data by group including each translated language document date.

Claims

1. A translating apparatus of an image forming system, comprising:

a translating unit of the image forming system for translating document data into another language;

an output unit for outputting the translated document data translated by said translating unit in printed form;

a mode setting unit for setting the translating apparatus in a first mode or a second mode; and

a controller of the image forming system;

wherein, in a case where the first mode is set, said controller controls said translating unit so as to translate the document data into a plurality of languages different from one another and different from an original language of the document data, and controls said output unit so as to output the translated document data by language groups of printed documents, the language of each language group of printed documents consisting of one of the plurality of languages, and

wherein, in a case where the second mode is set, said controller controls said translating unit so as to translate the document data into a plurality of languages different from one another and different from the original language of the document data, and controls said output unit so as to output the document data by groups, each group of the document data comprising a printed document in the original language and printed documents of the translated document data translated in each of the plurality of languages with each of the printed documents being distinct from one another.

2. The translating apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein said output unit further includes a sorter to sort the printed documents in to the respective groups.

3. The translating apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein said output unit further includes a display for displaying the translated document data.

4. The translating apparatus as recited in claim 1, further comprising an operation unit for specifying an original language and a plurality of languages to be translated.

5. A translating apparatus of an image forming system, comprising:

a translating unit of the image forming system for translating document data of a document into another language;

an output unit for outputting the translated document data translated by said translating unit;

a mode setting unit for setting the translating apparatus in a prescribed mode; and

a controller of the image forming system;

wherein, in a case where the prescribed mode is set and the document data of the document includes a plurality of different languages, said controller controls said translating unit so as to translate the document data into at least one language, and controls said output unit so as to output the translated document data and the original language by groups, each group of the translated document data and the original language comprising a printed document in one of the original languages and printed documents of the translated document data translated in each of the plurality of languages with each of the printed documents being distinct from one another.

6. The translating apparatus as recited in claim 5, wherein said output unit includes a printing device for printing the translated document data on a sheet.

7. The translating apparatus as recited in claim 5, wherein said output unit includes a display for displaying the translated document data.

8. The translating apparatus as recited in claim 5, further comprising an operation unit for specifying a plurality of original languages and at least one language to be translated.

9. The translating apparatus as recited in claim 8, wherein, in a case where a plurality of languages to be translated are specified by said operation unit, said controller controls said translating unit so as to translate each original language into the plurality of languages to be translated, and controls said output unit so as to output the plurality of translated languages by groups, the translated language of each group being different from one another.

10. A translating apparatus of an image forming system, comprising:

a translating unit of the image forming system for translating document data into another language;

an output unit for outputting the translated document data translated by said translating unit in printed form;

an operation unit for setting a number to be output; and

a controller of the image forming system;

wherein, said controller controls said translating unit so as to translate the document data in an original language into a first language and a second language, each being different from the original language, and controls said output unit so as to output the document data translated into the first and second languages as a common group of printed documents, said controller further controls said output unit to repeatedly output the common group of printed documents by the number set by said operation unit.

11. The translating apparatus as recited in claim 10, wherein said output unit further includes a display for displaying the translated document data.

12. A translating apparatus of an image forming system, comprising:

translating unit of the image forming system for translating input document data into another language;

an output unit for outputting the translated document data translated by said translating unit; and

a controller of the image forming system;

wherein, when said input document data includes a first document data written in a first language and a second document data written in a second language, said controller controls said translating unit so as to translate said input document data written in the first language into the second language and translate said input document data written in the second language into the first language, and controls said output unit so as to output the translated input document data and the first and second language data by groups, the first group of the translated document data and the first document data comprising a printed document in the first language and a printed document of the translated document data translated into the first language from the second language and a second group of the translated document data and the second document data comprising a printed document in the second language and a printed document of the translated document data translated into the second language from the first language.

13. The translating apparatus as recited in claim 12, further comprising an operation unit for specifying a translated language, wherein, in a case where a third language and a fourth language are specified as a language to be translated, said controller controls said translating unit so as to translate each of the first document data and the second document data into the third language and the fourth language, and control said output unit so as to output the first and second document data translated into the third language as a group and the first and second document data translated into the fourth language as a group.