Abstract: To translate Japanese having no morphological distinction between singular and plural forms into English having a morphological distinction between the two, for instance, the dictionary unit includes semantic information indicative of the plural number, and the translation unit syntactically and semantically translates Japanese into English as follows: a Japanese sentence is morphologically analyzed into basic morphemes by an inflection information dictionary; lexical syntactic information of the Japanese basic morphemes are retrieved form a word/phrase dictionary; the Japanese sentence is syntactically analyzed into an intermediate structure by Japanese syntactic analysis grammar to clarify modification relationship between two words; the Japanese intermediate structure is semantically transferred into an English intermediate structure by structure transfer grammar; a concept data of a noun (e.g. "book") which includes FEATURE:NUMBER=PLURAL is formed when the noun is modified by an adjective (e.g.

Abstract: A machine translation processor according to the present invention includes an input section having a keyboard with a partial translation command key, a translation processing section having dictionaries for performing translation of an original sentence, a time measuring section for measuring the actual translation time performed in the translation processing section, a memory for storing both the original and translation sentences, a dividing section for dividing the original sentence into phrases in accordance with a predetermined rule for division, and a control section for controlling the translation of the original sentence such that when the partial translation command key is operated or the actual translation time measured reaches a predetermined maximum translation time, the original is divided into phrases by the dividing section and the phrases are translated by the translation processing section.

Abstract: A machine translation system has an input unit for inputting an original sentence, a dictionary section for storing language information used in translation processing, a translation processor for translation-processing the original sentence with reference to the language information stored in the dictionary section, and an output unit for outputting a translated sentence obtained by the translation processor. The translation processor has an analysis section, a translated sentence generation section, and a punctuation mark generation section. The analysis section analyzes the original sentence. The translated sentence generation section generates the translated sentence in accordance with the analysis result of the analysis section. The punctuation mark generation section generates a punctuation mark substantially independently of a punctuation mark present in the original sentence, and appropriately inserts it in the translated sentence.

Abstract: A cassette-type tape recording and/or reproducing apparatus having a tape guide drum with a rotary head moved in a circular path substantially coinciding with the drum circumference, and a holder spaced from the guide drum and locating a tape cassette in an operative position at which a plane passing through the tape in the cassette is inclined in respect to the plane of rotation of the rotary head; is provided with a tape loading apparatus having a tape guiding element guided for movement in a path extending from a first position for engaging the tape in the operatively positioned cassette, to a second position spaced substantially from the first position and at which the engaged tape is wrapped about the circumference of the guide drum, with at least a portion of the path leading to the second position of the tape guiding element being inclined relative to the plane of rotation of the head so that the tape wrapped on the circumference of the guide drum is arranged substantially helically in respect to the l