Translating system for processing text with markup signs

Patent 5587902 Issued on December 24, 1996. Estimated Expiration Date:

December 24, 2013. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventor

Kugimiya, Shuzo

Assignee

Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha

Application

No. 067143 filed on 05/26/1993

US Classes:

704/2, Translation machine704/4, Based on phrase, clause, or idiom704/9, Natural language715/513, Structured document (e.g., HTML, SGML, ODA, CDA)715/536Multilingual

Examiners

Primary: Hayes, Gail O.
Assistant: Ives, Felicia

Foreign Patent References

63-108461 JP 05/12/1988
1-78372 JP 03/12/1989
3-9472 JP 01/12/1991
4-259057 JP. 09/12/1992
5-006396 JP 01/12/1993
7-182344 JP 07/12/1995
2197510 GB 05/12/1988

International Class

G06F 015/38

Foreign Application Priority Data

1992-05-26 JP

Abstract

A method and translating machine for translating a source language with markup signs into a target language maintaining the markup signs. The system includes a separation module for separating an original text into markup signs and a text body exclusive of the markup signs, a memory for storing each markup sign in association with a corresponding word or phrase, a module for producing a parsing tree in a target language corresponding to the original text body, and a translated sentence producing module for producing target language text by attaching markup signs to translated words corresponding to the original text based on the parsing tree in the target language.

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