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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2009
Ichiko Sata, Osaka, JP;
Masato Iida, Osaka, JP;
Ichiko Sata, Osaka, JP;
Masato Iida, Osaka, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A translation apparatus capable of producing an optimal translation of an input sentence is provided. A template in a first language and a template in a second language include a fixed portion consisting of a prescribed word/phrase and a variable portion replaceable by any of a predetermined plurality of words/phrases at corresponding positions, and the translation apparatus includes: a determining unit for determining, for a plurality of templates in the first language, whether or not a word/phrase included in the input sentence in the first language matches any of the prescribed word/phrase and the predetermined plurality of words/phrases; a selecting unit for selecting at least one of the plurality of templates based on the result of determination; and a replacing unit for replacing, if a template including a variable portion replaceable by the matched word/phrase is selected, the variable portion corresponding to the variable portion replaceable by the matched word/phrase of the template in the second language corresponding to the selected template, by a word/phrase in the second language corresponding to the matched word/phrase.