Method of and apparatus for processing an input text, method of and apparatus for performing an approximate translation and storage medium

摘要

A method of processing an input text comprising a plurality of words is provided. The method comprising the steps of deriving from the input text a plurality of sets such that each set comprises at least one of the words of the input text, all of the words of each set are present in the input text, and the words of each if any set containing more than one word constitute a collocation; assigning to each set a unique relative rank; comparing each set in order of decreasing relative rank with the input text; and selecting each set, all of whose words are present in the input text and none of whose words is present in a previously selected set of higher relative rank.