0 s ▁is ▁the ▁inf ancy ▁stage ▁for ▁T M ▁systems ▁in ▁which ▁sch ol ars ▁carried ▁on ▁a ▁pre lim inary ▁round ▁of ▁expl or atory ▁discuss ions . ▁The ▁original ▁idea ▁for ▁T M ▁systems ▁is ▁often ▁attributed ▁to ▁Martin ▁Kay ' s ▁" Pro per ▁Place " ▁paper ▁, ▁but ▁the ▁details ▁of ▁it ▁are ▁not ▁fully ▁given . ▁In ▁this ▁paper , ▁it ▁has ▁shown ▁the ▁basic ▁concept ▁of ▁the ▁storing ▁system : ▁" The ▁transl ator ▁might ▁start ▁by ▁issu ing ▁a ▁command ▁causing ▁the ▁system ▁to ▁display ▁anything ▁in ▁the ▁store ▁that ▁might ▁be ▁relevant ▁to ▁.... ▁Before ▁going ▁on , ▁he ▁can ▁examine ▁past ▁and ▁future ▁fragments ▁of ▁text ▁that ▁contain ▁similar ▁material ". ▁This ▁observation ▁from ▁Kay ▁was ▁actually ▁influenced ▁by ▁the ▁suggestion ▁of ▁Peter ▁Ar thern ▁that ▁transl ators ▁can ▁use ▁similar , ▁already ▁translated ▁documents ▁online . ▁In ▁his ▁ 1 9 7 8 ▁article ▁ ▁he ▁gave ▁fully ▁demonstr ation ▁of ▁what ▁we ▁call ▁T M ▁systems ▁today : ▁Any ▁new ▁text ▁would ▁be ▁typed ▁into ▁a ▁word ▁processing ▁station , ▁and ▁as ▁it ▁was ▁being ▁typed , ▁the ▁system ▁would ▁check ▁this ▁text ▁against ▁the ▁earlier ▁texts ▁stored ▁in ▁its ▁memory , ▁together ▁with ▁its ▁translation ▁into ▁all ▁the ▁other ▁official ▁languages ▁[ of ▁the ▁European ▁Community ]. ▁... ▁One ▁advantage ▁over ▁machine ▁translation ▁proper ▁would ▁be ▁that ▁all ▁the ▁pass ages ▁so ▁retrieved ▁would ▁be ▁gram matically ▁correct . ▁In ▁effect , ▁we ▁should ▁be ▁operating ▁an ▁electronic ▁' cut