Title:
コミュニケーション支援装置、コミュニケーション支援方法およびコミュニケーション支援プログラム
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP4064413
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
A communication supporting apparatus includes an input accepting unit that accepts a source language sentence to be translated input by a user; a paraphrase knowledge storing unit that stores paraphrase knowledge in which a source language interpretation which is an interpretation of the semantic content of the source language sentence is associated with a paraphrase interpretation having the same semantic content as the source language interpretation and a different expression form; a source language analyzing unit that analyzes the semantic content of the input source language sentence and outputs the source language interpretation; a paraphrasing unit that obtains the paraphrase interpretation associated with the output source language interpretation from the paraphrase knowledge storing unit, and paraphrases the input source language sentence in a source language paraphrase sentence based on the obtained paraphrase interpretation; and a translation unit that translates the output source language interpretation into a first target language sentence and translates the obtained paraphrase interpretation into a second target language sentence.
Inventors:
Satoshi Kamaya
Tetsuro Chino
Tetsuro Chino
Application Number:
JP2005187375A
Publication Date:
March 19, 2008
Filing Date:
June 27, 2005
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Toshiba Corporation
International Classes:
G06F17/28; G06F17/27
Domestic Patent References:
| JP9179864A | ||||
| JP2003022266A | ||||
| JP2003323426A |
Foreign References:
| WO2000013102A1 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Hiroaki Sakai