Translation of an initially-unknown message
US5960382A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 7, 1997 |
| Grant date | Sep 28, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 7, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q10/107
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Translation of an initially-unknown message (101) from one language to another is effected by a translator (102) that uses prototype messages (300-303) that are independent of message variables (% n), whereby a prototype message represents all messages of an individual type that vary from each other in the values of their variables. A multi-tiered multi-node translation tree (104) is constructed from native-language prototype messages (106) that represent all native-language messages that require translation. Strings (e.g., words and numerals) which make up a native-language message (101) are matched in the order in which they appear in the message against the nodes (521-536) of corresponding tiers (501-516) of the tree to reach a node which represents the last string in the message and contains the message identifier (MSG.ID) of the corresponding prototype message. This identifier is used to retrieve the corresponding one of a plurality of foreign-language prototype messages (107). Variables have a first ordering in the identified native-language prototype message and a second ordering in the corresponding foreign-language prototype message. The two orderings are used to determine…
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