Apparatus, method and for translating speech input using example

An apparatus includes a first search unit that searches a storage unit for a first example of a first language based on a sentence in the first language; a second search unit that searches for a second example of a second language corresponding to the first example, the second language containing the same meaning as the first example; a determining unit that determines whether a plurality of the second examples exist; a first acquisition unit that acquires the first example corresponding to each of the second example from the storage unit; a second acquisition unit that acquires the second example corresponding to the first example acquired from the storage unit; and a choice generating unit that generates the first example acquired associated with the least number of the second examples acquired as a choice of the first example to be output.