摘要 |
<p>This invention relates to a method and apparatus for providing automatic language translation in a telecommunications network. Communications from a speaker or generator of text in one language are routed to a service center for automatically converting to another language. The service center stores the language preference(s) of destination terminals served by the center. If the input language of a message is one serviced by the center and one of the preferred languages of the destination terminal is serviced by the center, the center translates the message before delivering it to the destination terminal. Advantageously, this arrangement greatly enhances communications between individuals who have no common language in which both are fluent.</p> |