Method and system to analyze, transfer and generate language expressions using compiled instructions to manipulate linguistic structures
US6778949B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 18, 1999 |
| Grant date | Aug 17, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 18, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F40/30
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A natural language translation system contains language-neutral modules for syntactic analysis, transfer, and morphological and syntactical generation of feature structures for an input expression in a source and a target language. The language-neutral modules are driven by language-specific grammars to translate between the specified languages so that no knowledge about the languages need be incorporated into the modules themselves. The modules interface with the grammar rules in the form of compiled grammar programming language statements that perform the required manipulation of the feature structures. Because the modules are language-neutral, the system is readily adaptable to new languages simply by providing a grammar for the new language. Multiple copies of each module, each interfacing with a different natural language grammar, enables simultaneous translation of multiple languages in the same system.
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