Patent Document ID: 5568383
Application ID: 08344295

Base Claim:
1. A computer implemented method of transmitting a document in a data processing system having a plurality of workstations from an originator to a recipient, comprising: creating said document in a first workstation of said originator in a first language; translating said document from said first language into a second language at said first workstation and generating information loss for said document accessible by said originator; specifying loss criteria restricting a particular one of a plurality of translations by said originator based on said information loss and combining said loss criteria with said document in said first language; and transmitting said document in said first language with said loss criteria to said recipient at a second workstation in said data processing system for translation into said second language selected by said recipient based on said loss criteria when said second language is not the particular one of said plurality of translations restricted by said originator.

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Claim 2:
2. The method of claim 1 wherein said step of translating said document from said first language into a second language at said first workstation includes creating word loss information tables in said first workstation defining attributes of said second language.