Relay device, server device, terminal device, and translation server system utilizing these devices

A terminal device connected to a network via a first relay device relaying relay data with translating the same data and a second relay device relaying the relay data without translating the same data, said terminal device comprising:

• an information acquisition module acquiring information from the network;
• a translation specification recognizing unit recognizing whether the translation of the information is specified or not;
• and
• a routing unit switching over said relay devices when accessing the network,
• wherein when recognizing that the translation is specified, the information translated by accessing the network from said first relay device, is obtained, and
• when recognizing no specification of the translation, the information that is not translated by accessing the network from said second relay device, is obtained.

A relay device relaying data between an internal network in which a principal language describing text information is prescribed, and an external network in which a category of the language describing the text information is not limited, said relay device comprising:

• a description language judging unit judging the description language of the text information contained in the data to be relayed;
• and
• a translation unit translating the text information,
• wherein when the data from the external network are relayed to the internal network, the description language of the text information contained in the same data is translated into the principal language of the internal network.

A relay device relaying data between an internal network in which a principal language for describing text information is prescribed, and an external network in which a category of the language for describing the text information is not limited, said relay device comprising:

• a description language judging unit judging the description language of the text information contained in the data to be relayed;
• and
• a control unit performing communications with a translation server executing a translating process,
• wherein when the data from the external network are relayed to the internal network, said control unit instructs said translation server to translate the text information and said translation server translates the description language of the text information contained in the data to be relayed into the principal language of the internal network.

A server device executing transmitting/receiving services between a service receiving terminal in which a principal language for describing text information is prescribed, and an external communication device in which the language for describing the text information is not limited, said server device comprising:

• a description language judging unit judging the description language of the text information contained in data to be received;
• and
• a translation unit translating the text information,
• wherein when receiving the data from said external communication device, the description language of the text information is translated into the principal language of said service receiving terminal.

A server device executing transmitting/receiving services between a service receiving terminal in which a principal language for describing text information is prescribed, and an external communication device in which the language for describing the text information is not limited, said server device comprising:

• a description language judging unit judging the description language of the text information contained in data to be received;
• and
• a control unit performing communications with a translation server translating the text information,
• wherein when receiving the data from said external communication device, said control unit instructs said translation server to translate the text information, and said translation server translates the description language of the text information contained in the data to be received into the principal language of said service receiving terminal.

A translation system comprising:

• a terminal device connected to a network;
• and
• a server device connected to the network,
• said terminal device including:
• a document edit module editing document data having text information and display control information for the text information;
• and
• a transmitting/receiving unit transmitting and receiving the text information to and from said server device,
• said server device including:
• a transmitting/receiving unit transmitting and receiving the text information to and from said terminal device;
• and
• a translation unit translating the text information received into a language specified,
• wherein a part or the whole of the document data in the process of being edited is translated into the language specified.

A terminal device connected via a network to a server device translating text information into a language specified, comprising:

• a document editing unit editing document data having text information and display control information for the text information;
• and
• a transmitting/receiving unit transmitting and receiving the text information to and from said server device,
• wherein said server device is made to translate a part or the whole of the document data in the process of being edited into the language specified.

A storage medium readable by a machine, tangible embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform method steps for functioning as relay device, the method steps comprising:

• relaying request data from a terminal device to a server device and response data from said server device to said terminal device in response to the request data;
• and
• translating text information contained in the response data,
• wherein the text information contained in the response data received from said server device is translated by said translation unit, and
• a result of this translation is transmitted as response data to said terminal device.

A storage medium readable by a machine, tangible embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform method steps for functioning as relay device, the method steps comprising:

• relaying request data from a terminal device to a server device and response data from said server device to said terminal device in response to the request data;
• and
• performing communications with a translation server for executing a translating process,
• wherein text information contained in the response data received from said server device is translated by said translation server, and
• a result of this translation is transmitted as response data to said terminal device.

A storage medium readable by a machine, tangible embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform method steps comprising:

• acquiring information from a network;
• recognizing whether the translation of the information is specified or not;
• acquiring, when recognizing that the translation is specified, the information translated by accessing the network via a first relay device for translating the data and relaying the same data;
• and
• acquiring, when recognizing no specification of the translation, the information by accessing the network via a second relay device for transferring the data.

A storage medium readable by a machine, tangible embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform method steps for translating text information into a language specified, the method steps comprising:

• editing document data having text information and display control information for the text information;
• and
• transmitting and receiving the text information to and from said server device,
• wherein a part or the whole of the document data in the process of being edited is translated into the language specified.

A relaying method comprising:

• relaying request data from a terminal device to a server device and response data from said server device to said terminal device in response to the request data;
• and
• translating text information contained in the response data,
• wherein the text information contained in the response data received from said server device is translated by said translation unit, and
• a result of this translation is transmitted as response data to said terminal device.

A relaying method comprising:

• relaying request data from a terminal device to a server device and response data from said server device to said terminal device in response to the request data;
• and
• performing communications with a translation server for executing a translating process,
• wherein text information contained in the response data received from said server device is translated by said translation server, and
• a result of this translation is transmitted as response data to said terminal device.

A communication method comprising:

• acquiring information from a network;
• recognizing whether the translation of the information is specified or not;
• acquiring, when recognizing that the translation is specified, the information translated by accessing the network via a first relay device for translating the data and relaying the same data;
• and
• acquiring, when recognizing no specification of the translation, the information by accessing the network via a second relay device for transferring the data.

A method for translating text information into a language specified, comprising:

• editing document data having text information and display control information for the text information;
• and
• transmitting and receiving the text information to and from said server device,
• wherein a part or the whole of the document data in the process of being edited is translated into the language specified.