Christine K Kamprath

US Patent:

55351204, Jul 9, 1996

Filed:

Jun 7, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/487450

Inventors:

Leighton K. Chong - New York NY
Christine K. Kamprath - Austin TX

Assignee:

Trans-Link International Corp. - Honolulu HI

International Classification:

G06F 1728

US Classification:

36441903

Abstract:

A machine translation and telecommunications system includes a machine translation engine for translation of input text from a source language to a target language, a dictionary database including a core dictionary and a plurality of sublanguage (domain) dictionaries usable for translation from a source to a target language, a receiving interface for receiving text input from any of a plurality of users, each text input being accompanied by control information including user ID data indicative of one or more sublanguages preferred by a particular user, an output interface, and a dictionary control module coupled to the receiving interface responsive to the user ID data indicative of a sublanguage preference of a particular user for selecting a corresponding sublanguage dictionary of the dictionary database to be used by the machine translation engine along with the core dictionary for performing translation of the particular user's text input. User dictionaries can be maintained and selected to enhance translation accuracy in the same manner. The dictionary database encompassing core, sublanguage (domain), and user dictionaries is cumulated for greater capability over time through the use of dictionary maintenance utilities for updating the dictionaries.

US Patent:

54973198, Mar 5, 1996

Filed:

Sep 26, 1994

Appl. No.:

8/312440

Inventors:

Leighton K. Chong - New York NY
Christine K. Kamprath - Austin TX

Assignee:

Trans-link International Corp. - Honolulu HI

International Classification:

G06F 1728

US Classification:

36441902

Abstract:

A machine translation and telecommunications system automatically translates input text in a source language to output text in a target language using a dictionary database (22) containing core language dictionaries for general words, a plurality of sublanguage dictionaries for specialized words of different domains or user groups, and a plurality of user dictionaries for individualized words used by different users. The system includes a receiving interface (11) for receiving input from a sender, in the form of electronic text, facsimile (graphics) input, or page image data, and an output module (30) for sending translated output text to any designated recipient(s). The input text is accompanied by a cover page or header (50) identifying the sender, one or more recipients, their addresses, the source/target languages of the text, any sublanguage(s) applicable to the input text, and any formatting requirements for the output text. The system uses the cover page or header data to select the core language, sublanguage, and/or user dictionaries to be used for translation processing, to format the translated output text, and to send the output to the recipient(s) at the designated address(es). The dictionary database (22) can cumulate and evolve over time by adding new words as scratch entries to the user dictionaries and, through the use of dictionary maintenance utilities, by updating and/or moving the scratch entries to higher-level subdomain, domain, or even core dictionaries as their usage gains currency.