US5329446A — Translation machine

Claim 1

Independent Claim 187 words

A translation machine capable of translating one or more sentences described in a source language into a target language, said translation machine having a storing unit which stores dictionaries and predetermined rules, said translation machine comprising: means for dividing a sentence described in said source language into morphologic elements so as to analyze a syntax structure of each of said morphologic elements in accordance with said dictionaries and said predetermined rules; and means connected to said dividing means for converting said syntax structure of said source language into a syntax structure of said target language so as to generate a resultant translated sentence in said target language on a basis of said syntax structure of said target language; said dividing means including a determining means for determining whether or not a character located at a proper spot of the character series composing said target language equivalent is a pre-specified one and a presuming means for presuming the inflection of the translated word depending on the predetermined rules based on the determining result output by said determining means and for registering a presumed result in a user dictionary.

Claim 2

Dependent Claim 187 words

A translation machine capable of translating one or more sentences described in a source language into a target language, said translation machine having a storing unit which stores dictionaries and predetermined rules, said translation machine comprising: means for dividing a sentence described in said source language into morphologic elements so as to analyze a syntax structure of each of said morphologic elements in accordance with said dictionaries and said predetermined rules; and means connected to said dividing means for converting said syntax structure of said source language into a syntax structure of said target language so as to generate a resultant translated sentence in said target language on a basis of said syntax structure of said target language; said dividing means including a determining means for determining whether or not a character located at a proper spot of the character series composing said target language equivalent is a pre-specified one and a presuming means for presuming the inflection of the translated word depending on the predetermined rules based on the determining result output by said determining means and for registering a presumed result in a user dictionary.

Claim 3

Dependent Claim 49 words

A translation machine according to claim 1, wherein each of said morphologic elements has an information which includes a title, a part of speech an inflection and a translated sentence equivalent to each of said morphologic elements, and a part of speech and an inflection of said translated sentence.

Claim 4

Dependent Claim 19 words

A translation machine according to claim 1, wherein said source language is English and said target language is Japanese.

Claim 5

Dependent Claim 204 words

A translation machine capable of translating one or more sentences described in a source language into a target language, said translation machine having a translation module linked with a storing unit which stores dictionaries, a user dictionary, grammatical rules and tree structure converting rules, said translation machine comprising: means for dividing a sentence described in said source language into morphologic elements so as to obtain information of each of said morphologic elements in accordance with said dictionaries and said user dictionary; means connected to said dividing means for analyzing a syntax structure of each of said morphologic elements obtained by said dividing means in accordance with said dictionaries and said grammatical rules; means connected to said analyzing means for converting said syntax structure obtained by said analyzing means into a syntax structure of said target language; and means connected to said converting means for generating a translated sentence in said target language on a basis of said syntax structure of said target language obtained by said converting means, said dividing means including a means for determining whether or not a predetermined symbol is assigned to said translated sentence corresponding to a title comprising one or more of said morphologic elements in said user dictionary.

Claim 6

Dependent Claim 204 words

A translation machine capable of translating one or more sentences described in a source language into a target language, said translation machine having a translation module linked with a storing unit which stores dictionaries, a user dictionary, grammatical rules and tree structure converting rules, said translation machine comprising: means for dividing a sentence described in said source language into morphologic elements so as to obtain information of each of said morphologic elements in accordance with said dictionaries and said user dictionary; means connected to said dividing means for analyzing a syntax structure of each of said morphologic elements obtained by said dividing means in accordance with said dictionaries and said grammatical rules; means connected to said analyzing means for converting said syntax structure obtained by said analyzing means into a syntax structure of said target language; and means connected to said converting means for generating a translated sentence in said target language on a basis of said syntax structure of said target language obtained by said converting means, said dividing means including a means for determining whether or not a predetermined symbol is assigned to said translated sentence corresponding to a title comprising one or more of said morphologic elements in said user dictionary.

Claim 7

Dependent Claim 49 words

A translation machine according to claim 4, wherein said dividing means further includes a means for outputting said title of each of said morphologic elements as said translated sentence in a case that said predetermined symbol is assigned as said translated sentence equivalent to each of said morphological elements.

Claim 8

Dependent Claim 35 words

A translation machine according to claim 5, wherein said output means serves to output a title of said English word or phase converted into said English word or phrase on a basis of JIS code.

Claim 9

Dependent Claim 53 words

A translation machine according to claim 4, wherein said information of said each of morphologic elements obtained in said dividing means includes a title, a part of speech, an inflection and a translated sentence equivalent to each of said morphologic elements, and a part of speech and an inflection of said translated sentence.

Claim 10

Dependent Claim 19 words

A translation machine according to claim 7, wherein said source language is English and said target language is Japanese.

Claim 11

Dependent Claim 32 words

A translation machine according to claim 8, wherein said user dictionary serves to register said Japanese equivalent to English word or phrase on a basis of ASCII code having said predetermined symbol.

Claim 12

Dependent Claim 50 words

A translation machine according to claim 1, wherein said determining means determines whether the last character or the second character from the last of a said character series is a pre-specified character when said target language equivalent is a verb for registration as a new word in the user dictionary.

Annuity Stage	Window Opens	Payment Deadline	Surcharge Period Until	Estimated Fee	Status
3.5 Years (Year 4)	1997-07-11	1998-01-10	1998-07-12	$2000.00	Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8)	2001-07-11	2002-01-10	2002-07-12	$3760.00	Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12)	2005-07-11	2006-01-10	2006-07-12	$7700.00	Window Closed / Lapsed

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