NEWS DISTRIBUTION

摘要

Financial news distribution apparatus comprising: a first terminal (10) comprising means (14, 17) for displaying a selected one of a plurality of data entry screens (1000) associated with news items of different types, each said data entry screen comprising: a plurality of data entry fields (1004) for entry of respective data items of a new said news item, and respective data item label text fields (1002) each containing text describing the corresponding data entry field in a source language, selection means (12) for selecting at least one of a plurality of target languages; translation means (50) for translating the source language text of said data item label text fields (1002) into corresponding text in said at least one target language; means (12) for inputting data specifying a type of news item and a subject of a new news item; a computer (30) remote to said first terminal (10), said computer (40) being arranged to read a store (40) containing a database of previous news items, accessible by type and subject, and to locate a preceding news item of the same type and on the same subject, and to transmit the stored data items thereof to the first terminal (10); said display means (14, 17) displaying each of said stored data items on said data entry screen together with the corresponding newly entered data item; and means (20, 70) for transmitting said data items and associated text in said at least one target language to at least one remote second terminal (60).