<s>
Weidner	B-General_Concept
Communications	I-General_Concept
Inc	I-General_Concept
.	I-General_Concept
was	O
founded	O
by	O
Stephen	O
Weidner	O
in	O
1977	O
and	O
marketed	O
the	O
Weidner	O
Multi-Lingual	O
Word	B-General_Concept
Processing	I-General_Concept
System	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thomas	O
Bauman	O
and	O
Leland	O
Wright	O
of	O
the	O
American	O
Translators	O
Association	O
who	O
had	O
arrived	O
on	O
September	O
11	O
,	O
1978	O
,	O
in	O
Provo	O
,	O
Utah	O
to	O
view	O
a	O
demonstration	O
of	O
the	O
Weidner	O
Multi-Lingual	O
Word	B-General_Concept
Processing	I-General_Concept
System	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
attending	O
the	O
demonstration	O
Thomas	O
Bauman	O
said	O
,	O
“	O
I	O
’ve	O
never	O
been	O
so	O
converted	O
to	O
anything	O
so	O
fast	O
in	O
my	O
life.	O
”	O
He	O
subsequently	O
extended	O
an	O
invitation	O
for	O
Wydner	O
to	O
attend	O
the	O
annual	O
meeting	O
of	O
the	O
American	O
Translators	O
Association	O
that	O
following	O
October	O
where	O
the	O
Weidner	O
Machine	B-Application
Translation	I-Application
System	I-Application
hailed	O
a	O
hoped-for	O
breakthrough	O
in	O
machine	B-Application
translation	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Weidner	O
"	O
Multi-Lingual	O
Word	B-General_Concept
Processing	I-General_Concept
System	O
"	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
research	O
and	O
work	O
of	O
Bruce	O
Wydner	O
,	O
as	O
demonstrated	O
in	O
his	O
copyrighted	O
text	O
books	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
technology	O
is	O
the	O
basis	O
of	O
the	O
Weidner	O
Multi-Lingual	O
Word	B-General_Concept
Processing	I-General_Concept
System	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
programmed	O
for	O
processing	O
human	O
languages	O
on	O
the	O
low-cost	O
computers	O
of	O
the	O
late	O
1970s	O
and	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
machine	B-Application
translation	I-Application
and	O
word	B-General_Concept
processing	I-General_Concept
software	O
today	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Translated	O
experts	O
at	O
the	O
Commission	O
of	O
the	O
European	O
Union	O
,	O
said	O
that	O
this	O
(	O
to	O
them	O
)	O
"	O
new	O
translation	B-Application
system	I-Application
"	O
of	O
Bruce	O
Wydner	O
"	O
renewed	O
"	O
their	O
"	O
hope	O
"	O
for	O
Machine	B-Application
Translation	I-Application
that	O
would	O
lead	O
them	O
to	O
"	O
Better	O
Translation	O
for	O
Better	O
Communication.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
responsible	O
for	O
the	O
production	O
of	O
the	O
Weidner	O
Multi-Lingual	O
Word	B-General_Concept
Processing	I-General_Concept
System	O
included	O
Bruce	O
Wydner	O
and	O
his	O
friends	O
(	O
Warren	O
Davidson	O
,	O
Dale	O
Miller	O
,	O
and	O
Lowell	O
Randall	O
)	O
who	O
formed	O
,	O
the	O
Inns	O
of	O
the	O
Temple	O
,	O
Inc.	O
,	O
a	O
501(c )	O
3	O
Corporation	O
,	O
dba	O
Translation	O
Associates	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bruce	O
Wydner	O
(	O
who	O
legally	O
had	O
his	O
last	O
name	O
changed	O
to	O
be	O
pronounced	O
properly	O
)	O
,	O
representing	O
his	O
company	O
,	O
made	O
an	O
exclusive	O
marketing	O
contract	O
with	O
his	O
brother	O
Stephen	O
Weidner	O
,	O
the	O
contract	O
restricted	O
the	O
transfer	O
of	O
any	O
development	O
rights	O
to	O
his	O
brother	O
's	O
company	O
,	O
and	O
Bruce	O
Wydner	O
made	O
a	O
15-year	O
non-compete	O
non-circumvent	O
contract	O
with	O
Eyring	O
Research	O
Institute	O
in	O
Provo	O
,	O
Utah	O
to	O
engage	O
their	O
computing	O
services	O
in	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
the	O
Weidner	O
Multi-lingual	O
Word	B-General_Concept
Processor	I-General_Concept
,	O
and	O
for	O
the	O
programming	O
skills	O
of	O
Eyring	O
's	O
bi-lingual	O
programmer	O
employee	O
Bruce	O
Bastian	O
,	O
Bruce	O
Wydner	O
paid	O
Eyring	O
Research	O
Institute	O
$25.00	O
/hr	O
for	O
programming	O
time	O
of	O
which	O
$5.00	O
/hr	O
went	O
to	O
pay	O
Bastian	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1982	O
Stephen	O
Weidner	O
began	O
to	O
have	O
financial	O
problems	O
over	O
a	O
Research	O
and	O
Development	O
Tax	O
Shelter	O
he	O
had	O
created	O
,	O
as	O
a	O
result	O
Weidner	B-General_Concept
Communications	I-General_Concept
Inc	I-General_Concept
.	I-General_Concept
suffered	O
,	O
disputes	O
over	O
Weidner	O
's	O
assets	O
were	O
taken	O
to	O
court	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1984	O
Stephen	O
Weidner	O
's	O
original	O
Company	O
was	O
purchased	O
by	O
Bravis	O
International	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
Japan	O
's	O
largest	O
translation	O
companies	O
,	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
settlement	O
of	O
the	O
court	O
ordered	O
liquidation	O
of	O
Weidner	O
Communication	O
's	O
assets	O
,	O
but	O
Weidner	B-General_Concept
Communications	I-General_Concept
Inc	I-General_Concept
.	I-General_Concept
still	O
maintained	O
offices	O
in	O
Chicago	O
and	O
in	O
Paris	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
mid-1980s	O
Weidner	B-General_Concept
Communications	I-General_Concept
,	O
Inc.	O
,	O
(	O
WCC	O
)	O
,	O
was	O
the	O
largest	O
translation	O
company	O
by	O
sales	O
volume	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bruce	O
Wydner	O
,	O
the	O
principal	O
agent	O
for	O
the	O
Inns	O
of	O
the	O
Temple	O
Inc.	O
,	O
that	O
retained	O
the	O
research	O
and	O
development	O
rights	O
to	O
the	O
Weidner	O
Multi-lingual	O
Word	B-General_Concept
Processor	I-General_Concept
,	O
separated	O
himself	O
from	O
his	O
brother	O
in	O
early	O
1979	O
and	O
no	O
longer	O
supplied	O
any	O
updated	O
software	O
developments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
copy	O
of	O
the	O
Weidner	O
Multi-Lingual	O
Word	B-General_Concept
Processing	I-General_Concept
software	O
was	O
requested	O
by	O
the	O
German	O
Government	O
for	O
the	O
Siemens	O
Corporation	O
of	O
Germany	O
in	O
September	O
1980	O
and	O
was	O
nicknamed	O
the	O
Siemens-Weidner	O
Engine	O
(	O
originally	O
English-German	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
revolutionary	O
multi-lingual	O
word	B-General_Concept
processing	I-General_Concept
engine	O
became	O
foundational	O
in	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
Metal	O
MT	O
project	O
according	O
to	O
John	O
White	O
of	O
the	O
Siemens	O
Corporation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Siemens	O
copy	O
of	O
the	O
Weidner	O
Multi-lingual	O
Word	B-General_Concept
Processing	I-General_Concept
software	O
has	O
since	O
been	O
acquired	O
through	O
the	O
purchase	O
of	O
assets	O
of	O
Lernout	O
&	O
Hauspie	O
by	O
Bowne	O
Global	O
Solutions	O
,	O
Inc.	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
later	O
acquired	O
by	O
Lionbridge	O
Technologies	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
and	O
is	O
demonstrated	O
in	O
their	O
itranslator	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lernout	O
&	O
Hauspie	O
sold	O
a	O
copy	O
of	O
Wydner	O
's	O
language	B-Application
technology	I-Application
(	O
The	O
Siemens/Weidner	O
Engine	O
)	O
aka	O
Lernout	O
and	O
Hauspie	O
Speech	O
Products	O
N.V.	O
to	O
the	O
Microsoft	O
Corporation	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
in	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Word	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eyring	O
Research	O
Institute	O
was	O
a	O
development	O
bed	O
to	O
Bruce	O
Bastian	O
(	O
co-founder	O
of	O
WordPerfect	B-Application
)	O
who	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
programmer	O
helpers	O
for	O
Bruce	O
Wydner	O
in	O
the	O
production	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
Weidner	O
Spanish-English	O
Multi-lingual	O
Word	B-General_Concept
Processor	I-General_Concept
,	O
a	O
foundation	O
to	O
the	O
Wordperfect	B-Application
Mono-lingual	O
Word	B-General_Concept
Processor	I-General_Concept
,	O
produced	O
first	O
for	O
English	O
then	O
for	O
Spanish	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ronald	O
G	O
.	O
Hansen	O
,	O
the	O
President	O
of	O
the	O
Eyring	O
Research	O
Institute	O
,	O
reportedly	O
asked	O
Bruce	O
Wydner	O
the	O
following	O
in	O
1978	O
:	O
"	O
Bruce	O
Bastian	O
says	O
that	O
this	O
Multilingual	O
Wordprocessor	B-General_Concept
of	O
yours	O
has	O
a	O
lot	O
more	O
uses	O
than	O
just	O
translating	O
languages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
says	O
that	O
it	O
could	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
produce	O
monolingual	O
word	B-General_Concept
processors	I-General_Concept
and	O
wants	O
to	O
know	O
if	O
you	O
will	O
let	O
him	O
do	O
that.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Alan	O
Ashton	O
said	O
that	O
,	O
“	O
Bruce	O
Bastian	O
did	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
formatting	O
of	O
the	O
Word	B-General_Concept
Processor	I-General_Concept
Program	O
,	O
the	O
main	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Program	O
that	O
makes	O
it	O
work	O
so	O
well.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
That	O
Format	O
was	O
expressed	O
in	O
that	O
1989	O
WordPerfect	B-Application
Users	O
Manual	O
as	O
,	O
"	O
If	O
you	O
want	O
to	O
compose	O
the	O
Rules	O
to	O
process	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
words	O
in	O
a	O
language	O
,	O
you	O
must	O
start	O
with	O
the	O
Rules	O
to	O
process	O
the	O
most-used	O
words.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
ALPAC	O
Report	O
in	O
1966	O
,	O
President	O
David	O
O	O
.	O
McKay	O
of	O
the	O
LDS	O
Church	O
,	O
apparently	O
,	O
approached	O
one	O
US	O
Government	O
operation	O
that	O
continued	O
seeking	O
the	O
technological	O
advances	O
in	O
Human	B-Application
Language	I-Application
Technology	I-Application
,	O
the	O
Missile	O
Directorate	O
of	O
the	O
US	O
Air	O
Force	O
,	O
at	O
Hill	O
Air	O
Force	O
Base	O
,	O
to	O
fund	O
the	O
transfer	O
,	O
in	O
Top	O
Military	O
Secrecy	O
,	O
of	O
any	O
such	O
technological	O
advances	O
,	O
from	O
the	O
BYU	O
Linguistics	O
Department	O
's	O
Project	O
to	O
ERI	O
facilities	O
,	O
in	O
order	O
for	O
it	O
to	O
try	O
to	O
take	O
any	O
Human	B-Application
Language	I-Application
Technology	I-Application
from	O
there	O
to	O
make	O
it	O
,	O
through	O
collaboration	O
with	O
the	O
US	O
Defense	O
Department	O
's	O
Advanced	O
Research	O
Projects	O
Agency	O
(	O
ARPA	O
)	O
and	O
its	O
Software	O
and	O
Intelligent	O
Systems	O
Technology	O
Office	O
(	O
SISTO	O
)	O
,	O
into	O
Missile	O
Guidance	O
Software	O
that	O
would	O
be	O
superior	O
to	O
any	O
producible	O
by	O
the	O
Soviet	O
Union	O
.	O
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