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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2013
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuo Sumita, Yokohama, JP;
Hirokazu Suzuki, Machida, JP;
Kentaro Furihata, Kawasaki, JP;
Satoshi Kamatani, Yokohama, JP;
Tetsuro Chino, Kawasaki, JP;
Hisayoshi Nagae, Yokohama, JP;
Michiaki Ariga, Kawasaki, JP;
Takashi Masuko, Tokyo, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a speech translation apparatus includes a speech recognition unit, a translation unit, a search unit and a selection unit. The speech recognition unit successively performs speech recognition to obtain a first language word string. The translation unit translates the first language word string into a second language word string. The search unit search for at least one similar example and acquires the similar example and a translation example. The selection unit selects, in accordance with a user instruction, at least one of the first language word string associated with the similar example and the second language word string associated with the translation example, as a selected word string.