Pre-processed, multilingual communication on the World-Wide Web

LOPPIS allows multilingual communication of classified ads. The system builds on restricting communication by using a formal language. Messages are pre-structured and the language translations are pre-mapped, based on a set of pre-specifed topics with corresponding enumerated vocabularies. We have developed a technique which allows communication between speakers of different native languages. This technique is called Besehdinkte Kommunikation (BK; German for restricted communication). BK pre-specifies topics and strictly enumerates vocabulary that can be used in a communication situation. The technique pre-processes communication because all messages that users of a BK-system can formulate are already pre-structured by the system.