A translation machine for translating into a target language a sentence including a plurality of words and/or phrases, a word and/or phrase group of a plurality of other words and/or phrases, a parallel-disposition start symbol just before said word and/or phrase group, and a parallel-disposition end symbol, said start symbol including a part-of-speech specifying symbol, said machine comprising:
- a first storing means for storing said sentence in a first buffer;
- a second storing means for storing sequentially in a second buffer a first information unit including said words and/or phrases and said other words and/or phrases, and the corresponding word locations thereof;
- a third storing means for storing in a third buffer a second information unit including said part-of-speech specifying symbol, a word location just after said start symbol, and the number of said other words and/or phrases between said start symbol and said end symbol;
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- an adding means for adding said second information stored in said third buffer to said first information stored in said second buffer.