An automatic interpreting system, having at least an inputting unit for inputting utterances, an interpreting unit for recognizing the input utterance and interpreting the input utterance into a specified language, and an outputting unit for outputting interpretation results, includes a conversation history managing part for determining the level of interpretation reliability by calculating a value of validity based on the interpretation result, inputting the level of interpretation understanding as the receiving-side speaker's subjective evaluation of how well he or she can grasp the meaning of the interpretation result, and recording and holding these data as interpretation history information, and a conversation status determination processing unit for, if the interpretation of an utterance is not understandable to the receiving party, determining the conversation status by way of finding an applicable category among the pre-determined categories based on the levels of interpretation reliability and interpretation understanding for the previous utterance that are stored in said interpretation history managing unit, and a recommended action presenting part for presenting to the speaker, as recommended actions, pre-determined actions for the conversation status.
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