System for translation of source language data into multiple target language data including means to prevent premature termination of processing

Claim 1

A multi-language conversion system for converting an input keyword to output language data in accordance with a language designation, comprising: a multi-language conversion table comprising a plurality of language conversion sub-tables, each of said language conversion sub-tables including a keyword module for storing keyword data in a fixed order, a language data module for storing language data which corresponds to the keyword data and is stored in the same fixed order as the keyword data, and a default data module for storing predetermined default data which does not correspond to the keyword data, and language conversion sub-table selection means for selecting a designated one of said language conversion sub-tables in accordance with the language designation, language conversion means for searching the keyword module in the fixed order to determine whether the input keyword exists at a location in the fixed order of the keyword data, for retrieving from the language data module the language data at a corresponding location of the same fixed order to produce the output language data when the input keyword exists in the keyword data, and for retrieving default data from the default data module to produce the output language data when the input keyword does not exist in the keyword data and Means for updating keyword modules by appending new words at an end of the fixed order of some but not necessarily all of the plurality of language sub-tables and corresponding keyword modules such that when said language conversion means searches a keyword module in the fixed order, the new words are searched for last and when said language conversion means determines that the input keyword does not exist, the input keyword has not been appended as a new word and the default data is retrieved from the default data module to produce the output language data.