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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 1989
Filed:
Jul. 25, 1988
Hisahiro Adachi, Chigasaki, JP;
Kimihito Takeda, Odawara, JP;
Akira Kumano, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroyasu Nogami, Yokohama, JP;
Seiji Miike, Yokohama, JP;
Shinya Amano, Yokohama, JP;
Tsutomu Kawada, Yokohama, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A machine translation processor according to the present invention includes an input section having a keyboard with a partial translation command key, a translation processing section having dictionaries for performing translation of an original sentence, a time measuring section for measuring the actual translation time performed in the translation processing section, a memory for storing both the original and translation sentences, a dividing section for dividing the original sentence into phrases in accordance with a predetermined rule for division, and a control section for controlling the translation of the original sentence such that when the partial translation command key is operated or the actual translation time measured reaches a predetermined maximum translation time, the original is divided into phrases by the dividing section and the phrases are translated by the translation processing section. Overall translation time is reduced by dividing the difficult original sentence into phrases that may easily translated.