Method, apparatus, electronic dictionary and recording medium for

Abstract

A different code string copying apparatus allows a converted output string to be converted into a code set that is reusable as an original input string. The apparatus includes an input buffer for storing a first string expressed by a first code set used in a first application process, an output buffer for storing a second string expressed by a second code set used in a second application process, a selection component that selects a part of the first string stored in the input buffer in accordance with a user's selecting instruction, a transfer instruction component that accepts the user's transfer instruction for the first string selected by the selection component, a storage component that associates the first string expressed by the first code set with the second string corresponding to the first string and expressed by the second code set and storing them, a retrieval component that retrieves the first string selected by the selection component from the first string expressed by the first code set and stored in the storage component in accordance with the transfer instruction accepted by the transfer instruction component, a character code conversion component that fetches a second string corresponding to the first string retrieved by the retrieval component and expressed by the second code set, and a transfer component that transfers the second string expressed by the second code set fetched by the character code conversion component to the output buffer.