1. A dialogue supporting apparatus which supports a dialogue carried out in different languages, said dialogue supporting apparatus comprising: an input accepting unit operable to accept an utterance of a user as an input; a translation processing unit operable to translate the accepted utterance into a predetermined language, and to output translated utterance information which is acquired through the translation; an output notification unit operable to notify the outputted translated utterance information to a user; and an output time determination unit operable to: hold a characteristics table showing plural items of characteristic information and plural items of adjustment information in association with each other; analyze whether or not the characteristic information is included in the utterance of the user by referring to the characteristics table; and determine an output time for translation of an utterance which is to be accepted subsequently, each of the plural items of characteristic information being information representing a preset characteristic of an utterance, and each of the plural items of adjustment information being information for adjusting an output time for translation of an utterance which is a response to an utterance including the characteristic information, according to a characteristic of the utterance including the characteristic information.
1. A dialogue supporting apparatus which supports a dialogue carried out in different languages, said dialogue supporting apparatus comprising: an input accepting unit operable to accept an utterance of a user as an input; a translation processing unit operable to translate the accepted utterance into a predetermined language, and to output translated utterance information which is acquired through the translation; an output notification unit operable to notify the outputted translated utterance information to a user; and an output time determination unit operable to: hold a characteristics table showing plural items of characteristic information and plural items of adjustment information in association with each other; analyze whether or not the characteristic information is included in the utterance of the user by referring to the characteristics table; and determine an output time for translation of an utterance which is to be accepted subsequently, each of the plural items of characteristic information being information representing a preset characteristic of an utterance, and each of the plural items of adjustment information being information for adjusting an output time for translation of an utterance which is a response to an utterance including the characteristic information, according to a characteristic of the utterance including the characteristic information. 2. The dialogue supporting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said input accepting unit includes: a first input accepting unit operable to accept, as an input, an utterance of a first user which is in a first language; and a second input accepting unit operable to accept, as an input, an utterance of a second user which is in a second language, said translation processing unit includes: a first translation processing unit operable to translate the utterance of the first user into the second language, and to output first translated utterance information which is acquired through the translation; and a second translation processing unit operable to translate the utterance of the second user into the first language, and to output second translated utterance information which is acquired through the translation, said output notification unit includes: a first output notification unit operable to notify the outputted first translated utterance information to the second user; and a second output notification unit operable to notify the outputted second translated utterance information to the first user, said output time determination unit is operable to analyze whether or not the characteristic information is included in the utterance of the first user or the utterance of the second user, and to determine an output time indicating an upper limit of a translation time for the translation, by said first translation Processing unit or said second translation processing unit, of an utterance to be accepted subsequent to the utterance of the first user or the utterance of the second user, and said first translation processing unit or said second translation processing unit is operable to output the first translated utterance information or the second translated utterance information which is a translation result acquired by the output time.