Electronic device for bidirectional translation
AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMasafumi Morimoto, Kunio Yoshida, Tosaku Nakanishi
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Abstract
An electronic translator comprises an input device for entering a first word or words, a first memory circuit for storing the first words, a second memory circuit for storing second words equivalent to the first words, an access circuit for addressing the memory circuits to cause retrieval of the first word or words, or alternately the second word or words, and a control circuit for controlling activation of the access circuit. There may be additionally provided a holding circuit for holding one or more of the first words without translation thereof.
Claims10
An electronic translator wherein a first word or words in a first language may be entered to obtain a second word or words in a second language equivalent to said first word or words, or wherein a second word or words may be entered to obtain a first word or words equivalent to said second word or words, comprising:
- input means for entering one or more first words or one or more second words;
- first memory means for storing a plurality of first words in the first language;
- second memory means for storing a plurality of second words in the second language equivalent to respective first words in said first memory means;
- access means responsive to said input means for addressing one of said first or said second memory means when one or more words are input in the first or second language, respectively, for retrieving the input words;
- said access means further addressing the other of said first and second memory means for retrieving the word or words equivalent to the input words;
- display means responsive to said input means for displaying the input word or words;
- said display means being responsive to said access means for subsequently displaying said retrieved equivalent word or words;
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- display control means for causing said display means to again display said input word or words corresponding to said retrieved equivalent word or words;
- said display control means comprising a first switch means, wherein said display means and said access means are responsive to actuation of said first switch means for displaying said retrieved equivalent word or words subsequent to display of said input words and responsive to further actuation of said first switch means for again displaying said input words.
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