Patent Document ID: 4730270
Application ID: 06756708

Base Claim:
1. An interactive foreign language translating method performed by a machine translation apparatus which includes a central processing unit for performing translation processing, input means coupled to said central processing unit, output means coupled to said central processing unit and said input means, a main memory coupled to said central processing unit, a dictionary file coupled to said central processing unit, and a field classified pattern file coupled to said central processing unit, said method comprising the steps: asking a user, by said central processing unit, a series of questions in a first language read out from said field classified pattern file; collecting, by said central processing unit, in said main memory, source sentence information answers by the user from said input means to said questions in the first language; parsing, by said central processing unit, the source sentence information collected in said main memory; and making, by said central processing unit, a composition in a second language on a basis of results of the parsing by utilizing said dictionary file.

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Claim 2:
2. An interactive foregin language translating method according to claim 1 wherein said questions and the answers thereto are performed in an interactive manner.