Patent ID: 8055495
Filing Date: 2011-11-08
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A speech translation apparatus comprising: an associated-information storage unit configured to store a name of associated information relating to speech and a display position of the associated information, in association with each other; an example storage unit configured to store a semantic class representing a semantic attribute of a word, an example in a source language including the word, and an example in a target language acquired by translating the example in the source language, in association with each other; a dictionary storage unit configured to store the name of the associated information and the semantic class of the name of the associated information, in association with each other; a display unit configured to acquire the display position of the associated information from the associated-information storage unit and to display the associated information at the acquired display position; a speech receiving unit configured to receive speech spoken in the source language; a recognizing unit configured to recognize the received speech to generate a source language character-string in the source language; a selection receiving unit configured to receive a selection of the associated information displayed at the acquired display position; an acquiring unit configured to acquire the name of the associated information corresponding to the display position of the associated information the selection of which is received, from the associated-information storage unit, and to acquire the semantic class corresponding to the acquired name of the associated information from the dictionary storage unit; and a translation unit configured to translate the source language character-string into the target language by