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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2003
Shi Xia Liu, Beijing, CN;
LI Ping Yang, Beijing, CN;
Shi Xia Liu, Beijing, CN;
Li Ping Yang, Beijing, CN;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
This invention relates to a computer system and methods, apparatus and systems for building concept knowledge from a machine-readable dictionary. The machine-readable dictionary includes a plurality of words in a first language and a plurality of corresponding translated words in a second language, and a plurality of words in the second language and a plurality of corresponding translated words in the first language. The method comprises steps of providing a seed word in the first language; forward-translating said seed words to obtain a plurality of translated words corresponding to said seed word by looking up said machine-readable dictionary; and backward-translating said translated words to obtain a plurality of translated words in the first language corresponding to each of said plurality of translated words obtained by said step of forward-translating respectively, as words of the concept knowledge, by looking up said machine-readable dictionary.