Text input device, the translation device comprising it, a text input method and a computer program

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device that is easy in handling and is capable of translation with high reliability.SOLUTION: A translation device having a touch panel display includes an icon display unit for displaying icons 118. An icon is selected so that an icon sequence is input and displayed in an icon sequence field 120. When a user presses a source generation button 126, a source sentence in a complete form is predicted by a word sequence corresponding to the icon sequence. When the source sentence is a satisfied one, the source sentence is translated into a target sentence by selecting a translation button 124 so as to be displayed in a translation sentence field 130.