EP0398513A2
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Method and apparatus for translating a sentence including a compound word formed by hyphenation
Assignee: Sharp Corp
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Filing: 1990-04-23
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2010-04-23
Abstract
Abstract A method of translating a sentence including a compound word formed by hyphenation by using a translating apparatus which includes a dictionary look up and morpheme analyzer for looking up each word constituting an input sentence of a source language in a dictionary and providing a morpheme array of the input sentence from information obtained by looking up the dictionary, a syntax analyzer for analyzing a syntactic structure of the morpheme array provided by the dictionary look up and morpheme analyzer with dictionary and grammatical rules, a language converter for converting the syntactic structure analyzed by the syntax analyzer into a corresponding syntactic structure of a target language, and a language generator for generating a translation in accordance with the syntactic structure of the target language received from the language, converter referring to the information obtained by looking up the dictionary.
Inventors
- 👤 Shuzo Kugimiya
- 👤 Yoji Fukumochi
- 👤 Ichiko Nakamura
- 👤 Tokuyuki Hirai
- 👤 Hitoshi Suzuki
Bibliographic Details
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 12:20
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F40/00; G06F40/20; G06F40/268; G06F40/205; G06F40/211; G06F40/30; G06F40/40; G06F40/55
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 17
Claim 1
Independent Claim
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A method of translating a sentence by using a translating apparatus which includes dictionary look up and morpheme analyzing means for looking up each word constituting an input sentence of a source language in a dictionary and providing a morpheme array of the input sentence from information obtained by looking up the dictionary, syntax analyzing means for analyzing a syntactic structure of the morpheme array provided by said dictionary look up and morpheme analyzing means with dictionary and grammatical rules, language converting means for converting the syntactic structure analyzed by said syntax analyzing means into a corresponding syntactic structure of a target language, and language generating means for generating a translation in accordance with said syntactic structure of the target language received from said language converting means referring to the information obtained by looking up the dictionary, said method comprising the steps of: if it is determined that an inputted word of the source language is attached with a hyphen, generating compound word information indicative of said inputted word being a part of a compound word formed by a first and a second words coupled with each other by a hyphen by said dictionary look up and morpheme analyzing means and storing said generated compound word information in a memory while relating said generated compound word information to said inputted word; if it is determined that the word being related to said compound word information is present by referring to said memory, attaching a hyphen after an equivalent in the target language to said first word; and putting an equivalent in the target language to said second word after said equivalent to said first word.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
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A method of translating a sentence by using a translating apparatus which includes dictionary look up and morpheme analyzing means for looking up each word constituting an input sentence of a source language in a dictionary and providing a morpheme array of the input sentence from information obtained by looking up the dictionary, syntax analyzing means for analyzing a syntactic structure of the morpheme array provided by said dictionary look up and morpheme analyzing means with dictionary and grammatical rules, language converting means for converting the syntactic structure analyzed by said syntax analyzing means into a corresponding syntactic structure of a target language, and language generating means for generating a translation in accordance with said syntactic structure of the target language received from said language converting means referring to the information obtained by looking up the dictionary, said method comprising the steps of: if it is determined that an inputted word of the source language is attached with a hyphen, generating compound word information indicative of said inputted word being a part of a compound word formed by a first and a second words coupled with each other by a hyphen by said dictionary look up and morpheme analyzing means and storing said generated compound word information in a memory while relating said generated compound word information to said inputted word; if it is determined that the word being related to said compound word information is present by referring to said memory, attaching a hyphen after an equivalent in the target language to said first word; and putting an equivalent in the target language to said second word after said equivalent to said first word.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
18 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein said source language is English, and said target language is Japanese.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
24 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein said translating apparatus comprises a memory which stores the dictionary, the grammatical rules and tree-structure conversion rules.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
29 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein said dictionary look up and morpheme analyzing means analyzes at least a part of speech, tense, person and number of each word.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
23 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein said translating apparatus comprises a cathode-ray tube for displaying a sentence translated in said target language.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
259 words
A method of translating a sentence by using a translating apparatus which includes dictionary look up and morpheme analyzing means for looking up each word constituting an input sentence of a source language in a dictionary and providing a morpheme array of the input sentence from information obtained by looking up the dictionary, syntax analyzing means for analyzing a syntactic structure of the morpheme array provided by said dictionary look up and morpheme analyzing means with dictionary and grammatical rules, language converting means for converting the syntactic structure analyzed by said syntax analyzing means into a corresponding syntactic structure of a target language, and language generating means for generating a translation in accordance with said syntactic structure of the target language received from said language converting means referring to the information obtained by looking up the dictionary, said method comprising the steps of: if it is determined that an inputted word of the source language is a compound word formed by a first and a second words coupled with each other by a hyphen, looking up said first and second words individually in the dictionary; if it is determined that the first word is a noun and the second word is a present or past participle, generating an equivalent in the target language to a sentence formed by a primitive of said present or past participle and said noun located after said participle by said dictionary look up and morpheme analyzing means; and outputting said generated equivalent as a translation of said compound word by said language generating means.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
259 words
A method of translating a sentence by using a translating apparatus which includes dictionary look up and morpheme analyzing means for looking up each word constituting an input sentence of a source language in a dictionary and providing a morpheme array of the input sentence from information obtained by looking up the dictionary, syntax analyzing means for analyzing a syntactic structure of the morpheme array provided by said dictionary look up and morpheme analyzing means with dictionary and grammatical rules, language converting means for converting the syntactic structure analyzed by said syntax analyzing means into a corresponding syntactic structure of a target language, and language generating means for generating a translation in accordance with said syntactic structure of the target language received from said language converting means referring to the information obtained by looking up the dictionary, said method comprising the steps of: if it is determined that an inputted word of the source language is a compound word formed by a first and a second words coupled with each other by a hyphen, looking up said first and second words individually in the dictionary; if it is determined that the first word is a noun and the second word is a present or past participle, generating an equivalent in the target language to a sentence formed by a primitive of said present or past participle and said noun located after said participle by said dictionary look up and morpheme analyzing means; and outputting said generated equivalent as a translation of said compound word by said language generating means.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
18 words
A method according to claim 6, wherein said source language is English, and said target language is Japanese.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
24 words
A method according to claim 6, wherein said translating apparatus comprises a memory which stores the dictionary, the grammatical rules and tree-structure conversion rules.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
29 words
A method according to claim 6, wherein said dictionary look up and morpheme analyzing means analyzes at least a part of speech, tense, person and number of each word.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
23 words
A method according to claim 6, wherein said translation apparatus comprises a cathode-ray tube for displaying a sentence translated in said target language.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
86 words
A translation apparatus operable to receive a source sentence, analyze the sentence using a dictionary look-up means and syntax analysis rules, and use the analysis to provide a translation of the sentence, characterised in that the apparatus is arranged to recognise the presence of a hyphenated compound word forming part of the sentence, and to provide, as the translation of that part of the sentence, the equivalents in the target language of the individual words forming said compound word, said equivalents being separated by a hyphen.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
86 words
A translation apparatus operable to receive a source sentence, analyze the sentence using a dictionary look-up means and syntax analysis rules, and use the analysis to provide a translation of the sentence, characterised in that the apparatus is arranged to recognise the presence of a hyphenated compound word forming part of the sentence, and to provide, as the translation of that part of the sentence, the equivalents in the target language of the individual words forming said compound word, said equivalents being separated by a hyphen.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
113 words
A translation apparatus operable to receive a source sentence, analyze the sentence using a dictionary look-up means and syntax analysis rules, and use the analysis to provide a translation of the sentence, characterised in that the apparatus is arranged to recognise the presence of a hyphenated compound word and in response thereto to determine whether the part of the compound word following the hyphen represents a participle, the apparatus being further operable in response to such determination to provide, as a translation of said compound word, a translation of a sentence formed by taking the primitive of the participle and adding after said primitive the part of the compound word preceding the hyphen.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
113 words
A translation apparatus operable to receive a source sentence, analyze the sentence using a dictionary look-up means and syntax analysis rules, and use the analysis to provide a translation of the sentence, characterised in that the apparatus is arranged to recognise the presence of a hyphenated compound word and in response thereto to determine whether the part of the compound word following the hyphen represents a participle, the apparatus being further operable in response to such determination to provide, as a translation of said compound word, a translation of a sentence formed by taking the primitive of the participle and adding after said primitive the part of the compound word preceding the hyphen.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
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Apparatus as claimed in claim 12, wherein the apparatus is operable in response to determining that the part of the compound word following the hyphen is not a participle to translate the compound word by providing the equivalents in the target language of the individual words forming the compound word, said equivalents being separated by a hyphen.
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