Translation operation

Claim 1

IN AN APPARATUS FOR TRANSLATING A DATA CHARACTER, (A) A DATA STORAGE DEVICE CONTAINING A PLURALITY OF ADDRESSABLE LOCATIONS WHEREIN EACH LOCATION CONTAINS MEANS FOR STORING A DATA CHARACTER AS A COMBINATION OF BIT MANIFESTATIONS AND BEING RESPONSIVE TO THE SELECTION OF SAID ADDRESS FOR TRANSFERRING THEREFROM ANY DATE CHARACTER THEREIN, (B) AN ADDRESS REGISTER FOR MANIFESTING ADDRESS DATA OF THE ADDRESSABLE LOCATIONS WITHIN SAID STORAGE DEVICE, (C) A PLURALITY OF DIGIT POSITIONS WITHIN SAID ADDRESS REGISTER WHEREIN EACH DIGIT POSITION CONTAINS MEANS FOR STORING ADDRESS DATA IN A FIRST CODED NOTATION, (D) MEANS FOR CONNECTING SAID ADDRESS REGISTER TO SAID STORAGE DEVICE TO SELECT AN ADDRESS LOCATION WITHIN SAID STORAGE DEVICE, (E) MEANS FOR TRANSFERRING A DATE CHARACTER MANIFESTED IN A SECOND CODED NOTATION TO SAID ADDRESS REGISTER TO SET SAID ADDRESS REGISTER WHEREIN SAID ADDRESS REGISTER WILL CONTAIN DATE MANIFESTED IN A SECOND CODED NOTATION STORED AS SOME ARBITRAY CHARACTER AS MANIFESTED IN A FIRST NOTATION, (F) FURTHER MEANS FOR TRANSFERRING TO A HIGH ORDER POSITION OF SAID ADDRESS REGISTER OTHER THAN THE POSITIONS CONTROL DATA CHARACTER, EXPLICITY RELATED TO SAID FURTHER CONTROL DATA CHARACTER INDICATIVE IN SAID FIRST CODED NOTATION OF THE SECOND CODED NOTATION, (G) WHEREIN IN A DATA CHARACTER, EXPLICITLY RELATED TO SAID DATA CHARACTER (E) TO BE TRANSLATED, IN A THIRD CODED NOTATION STORED AT SAID ADRESS INDICATED BY SAID ARBITRARY CHARACTER (E) WILL BE TRANSFERRED FROM SAID STORAGE DEVICE AS A TRANSLATION OF SAID CHARACTER IN A SECOND NOTATION.