US 2001/0012992 A1 · Apparatus, method and recording medium for translating documents

Abstract

A translation server system is to be provided, which enables, where information is to be sent from a recipient, the recipient and the provider to transmit and receive the information in their respective native languages, troublesome work on the part of the recipient to be minimized, and the communication cost to be saved by restraining unnecessary communication. In a translation server system for translating a hyperlink document prepared in the source language and supplying the result of translation to a terminal apparatus 20 having accessed the hyperlink document, a translation unit 14, when input target language translating instruction information F2 is supplied from the terminal apparatus 20, translates the input target language into the input source language.

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Dependent claims

An apparatus for translating documents, comprising:

a data acquisition unit for acquiring from a server apparatus a document prepared in a first language;
an information separating unit for separating the document acquired by said data acquisition unit into a translation-needing portion and a non-translation-needing portion;
a translation unit for translating the translation-needing portion obtained by said information separating unit into a second language;
an information conversion unit for converting the non-translation-needing portion obtained by said information separating unit, where the portion contains information indicating that any word or phrase is to be delivered to said server apparatus, into a version of the portion appended with translating instruction information for recognizing the need to translate the word or phrase entered in said second language into said first language;
and
an information synthesizing unit for synthesizing the result of translation by said translation unit and that of conversion by said information conversion unit and supplying the result of synthesis to a terminal apparatus.

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Apparatus, method and recording medium for translating documents

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