| 摘要 |
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.
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