Patent ID: 6937974

Claim:
A machine translation method to be used in a machine translation system, said method comprising: storing of words and strings with more words with respective correct translations forming a dictionary of words and sentences and sentence portions; receiving a text to be translated on a first screen field; storing a translated text into a second screen field; progressively searching the text to be translated, comparing the text to be translated to the dictionary; and obtaining a progressive translation of said text to be translated; wherein obtaining a progressive translation further comprises: performing automatic translation as the translation text, selecting a sentence fragment of the translation text wherein the automatic translation is not correct, and sending an input indicating re-translation of the translation text; presenting a window appears having a selected sentence fragment from the translation text in a first line, and an automatic translation of said selected sentence fragment in a second line; correcting the automatic translation of said selected sentence fragment in a said second line; inputting a qualification code as an instruction in a third line of said window, said instruction being a syntactical function code to associate said selected sentence fragment with the corrected automatic translation in said second line; recording the corrected automatic translation and the instruction; storing the first, second, and third lines of said window in said dictionary, said selected sentence fragment in said first line having a first word and a following portion, the corrected automatic translation being in said second line, said instruction of said third line being a syntactical function code associated with personalization of a chosen sector or work domain in said dictionary; re-translating automatic translation such that the corrected automatic translation is obtained for said selected sentence fragment in said second screen field.