Language translation system
CA 1294056 C · Owner: British Telecommunications Public Limited Company · Inventors: Steer, Martin George; Stentiford, Frederick Warwick Michael
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A language translation system for translating phrases from a first language into a second language comprises a store holding a collection of phrases in the second language. Phrases input in the first language are each characterised on the basis of one or more keywords and the corresponding phrase in the second language is output. Such a phrasebook approach enables what is effectively rapid and accurate translation even from, speech. Since the phrases in the second language are prepared in advance and held in store, there need be no problems of poor translation or ungrammatical construction. The output may be in text or, using speech, synthesis, in voiced form. With appropriate choice of …
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- Granted January 7, 1992. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended January 7, 2009.
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