System for multilingual communication of computer-specified aural or visual control messages in an operator-designated language

A control system for communicating messages from a computer controlled system to an operator in an operator selected language which messages are indicative of the operation of said computer controlled system comprising;

• data receiving means coupled to said computer controlled system for receiving message codes from said computer controlled system indicative of the particular message to be communicated to an operator to apprise the operator of a particular state of operation of the computer controlled system;
• selector means responsive to operator commands for generating a language code indicative of an operator selected language in which messages indicative of computer controlled system operation are to be communicated to said operator;
• language changer means coupled to said selector means for storing a plurality of message address tables, each containing a plurality of message codes and addresses for cross referencing a particular message code to a corresponding address identifying the storage location of a corresponding message written in a particular language and said language changer means extracting a one of said message address tables in accordance with said selector means language code for cross referencing message codes to the storage addresses of those messages written in the operator designated language;
• message writer means coupled to said data receiving means and to said language changer means for storing a plurality of message storage tables, each containing a set of messages written in a particular language which are each stored at a unique address and for extracting from a particular one of said message storage tables the message stored at the address determined from said extracted one of said message address tables in accordance with the message code received from said computer controlled system;
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• communication means for communicating said extracted message to said operator.