Communication support apparatus and computer program product for supporting communication by performing translation between languages

A communication support method, comprising:

• accepting a source language sentence input by a user;
• analyzing a semantic content of a source language sentence to be translated;
• outputting a source language interpretation as an interpretation of the semantic content of the source language sentence;
• searching for a supplemental example sentence associated with the source language interpretation, from a supplemental example storing unit that stores the source language interpretation and the supplemental example sentence which is an example of a sentence for supporting the semantic content in association with each other;
• and
• translating the source language sentence and the supplemental example sentence into a target language.

A computer program product having a computer readable medium including programmed instructions for performing a communication support processing, wherein the instructions, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform:

• accepting a source language sentence input by a user;
• analyzing a semantic content of a source language sentence to be translated;
• outputting a source language interpretation as an interpretation of the semantic content of the source language sentence;
• searching for a supplemental example sentence associated with the source language interpretation, from a supplemental example storing unit that stores the source language interpretation and the supplemental example sentence which is an example of a sentence for supporting the semantic content in association with each other;
• and
• translating the source language sentence and the supplemental example sentence into a target language.