A text editing apparatus and method

Abstract

Provided is a computer apparatus for managing information representing text translated from a first language to a second language, comprising: information storage means for storing a first set of information representing text translated from a first language to a second language; user input means for receiving user instructions for selection and / or editing of text represented in said first set of information; text data control means for editing said first set on the basis of received user instructions; and display data generating means operable to generate display data, said display data being operable to define first and second display areas on a display medium, said first display area containing first text information corresponding to said first set of information under the control of said text data control means, and said second display area containing second text information corresponding to a second set of information, said second set of information either comprising said text prior to translation from said first language or corresponding to said first set prior to editing thereof by said text data control means; wherein said display data generating means being further operable to include distinguishing information in said display data, said distinguishing information being operable to cause a part of said first text information and a corresponding part of said second text information to be visually distinguished from the remaining respective parts of said first and second texts.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to text editing apparatus and methods, and in particular to apparatus and methods for post-editing text following a translation process from one language into another, or for editing any machine-generated text Apparatus and methods for performing post-editing. Background technique [0002] The increasing demand for translation services outpaces the growth rate of world trade, which in turn outpaces the growth rate of the world economy. Today, more than half of all Internet traffic is in a language other than English, and there is evidence that the more general dominance of English in business is slowing. Recruitment in the translation profession, while increasing, remains in short supply. At the same time, new technologies in natural language processing bring the prospect of getting computers more involved when doing translations. [0003] In natural language translation, software has traditionally been used in two main...

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However, the system only matches, for example, complete sentences identified as blocks of text separated by periods, and does not provide any translations on a word-by-word or phrase-by-phrase level

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