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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 1994
Filed:
Apr. 26, 1993
Tokuyuki Hirai, Nara, JP;
Shuzo Kugimiya, Nara, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An automatic translating apparatus stores in a memory in machine readable format a plurality of translation combinations. Each translation combination includes (1) a predetermined part of speech such as an auxiliary verb of a source language like English, (2) a usage condition of that word, and (3) a translation word in a target language such as Japanese. A machine readable dictionary includes a plurality of entries. Each dictionary entry includes a source language word and a corresponding general translation word. A translation word is selectively retrieving from the translation combination memory or the general translation word stored in the dictionary based on the text of the source language and the usage condition of that word in the text. If a source text word corresponds to the predetermined part of speech, the source text word and its usage condition (e.g., the type of sentence in which the word is used) is matched to the translation combinations stored in memory. If there is a match, the corresponding translation word is retrieved from the memory. If there is no match, a general translation word is retrieved from the dictionary.