JP2006221272A - System, method and program for multilingual translation - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system for displaying a multilingual fixed phrase that can easily display a fixed phrase described by different languages on the basis of a fixed phrase described by the language of each country without using a complicated data structure, and to provide a method and program for displaying the multilingual fixed phrase. <P>SOLUTION: A Web server 100 stores different HTML files, respectively, as a "language selection file (page of translation) 1000 ", "dialogue selection file (page of Japanese) 2100 ", "translation term selection file (page of Japanese) 3110" and "translation display file (page of Chinese translation) 4312" constituting a Web site. Also, the server 100 stores an image file shown by a hyperlink described in each HTML file and provides it to a terminal device 200. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a multilingual translation system, a multilingual translation method, and a multilingual translation program that provide a user with words and sentences in other languages corresponding to words and sentences in an arbitrary language.

  Electronic dictionaries and translation software are in practical use. A general electronic dictionary has a function of outputting “book” in Japanese when “book” is input in English, for example. The translation software performs translation by mechanically analyzing and converting the input text. For example, when a Japanese sentence “I like apples” is translated into English, it is analyzed that “I am” is the subject and converted to English “I”. Furthermore, in English sentences, since the object comes after the verb, control is performed such as changing the position of the verb and the object.

  In order to use these electronic dictionaries and translation software, the user must input the words he / she wants to translate. In addition, since the translation of the text mechanically requires complicated processing, translation software is generally expensive and can only translate between supported languages.

  In recent years, with the widespread use of the Internet, dictionaries and translation tools have been released on the Web (World Wide Web) site. However, since an OS (Operating System) and a browser installed on a computer for browsing a website generally correspond to the user's native language, in order to display characters other than the native language, You need to install the typeface (font) you want to display.

  A multilingual website has been proposed in which conversations with people who use different languages are advanced and a sentence example or term is selected by simply selecting a number (for example, see Patent Document 1). In the multilingual website described in Patent Document 1, a plurality of translated languages are displayed with numbers to select numbers, and a plurality of situations are displayed with numbers selected in the selected language to be selected and selected. A plurality of sentence examples related to the selected item are displayed.

JP 2003-296324 A (paragraphs 0007-0008)

  However, in the system described in Patent Document 1, a plurality of languages, a plurality of situations, and sentence examples related to the situations are stored in a Web server or the like in a tree-like arrangement (see, for example, paragraph 0008 of Patent Document 1). . As a result, the amount of duplicate data increases. As a result, there is a problem that a large capacity database must be prepared in a Web server or the like, and the system becomes expensive.

  Therefore, the present invention provides a multilingual translation system and multilingual translation method capable of providing users with words and sentences in other languages corresponding to words and sentences in an arbitrary language without increasing the amount of data in the database. And to provide a multilingual translation program.

  A multilingual translation system according to the present invention is a multilingual translation system including a web server that provides a terminal device with words and sentences in other languages corresponding to words and sentences in an arbitrary language. A link relationship between each language image representing each language (for example, an image by image files 1100, 1200, and 1300) and each language image and a sentence image representing a language word or sentence corresponding to each language image is described. A language selection data storage unit (for example, language selection unit 131) that stores a language selection file, a sentence image of each language (for example, an image by image files 3111, 3112, and 3113), a sentence image, and the sentence image A translation word selection data storage unit that stores a translation word selection file in which a link relationship with a sentence image of another language corresponding to the word or sentence represented by (for example, A translation selection unit 133), in response to a language selection request from the terminal device, the language selection file is transmitted to the terminal device, a translation word selection file corresponding to the language selected by the terminal device is transmitted to the terminal device, and the terminal And a processing result transmission unit that transmits to the terminal device a sentence image corresponding to the word, sentence, and translation word selected by the apparatus.

  Data (for example, in the translation word selection unit 133) in which the translation word selection file can specify a translation word designation image (for example, an image by the image files 3102, 3103, 3201, 3203) corresponding to the translation word (translation destination language) The terminal device displays, for example, each language image specified by the content of the language selection file as a language selection screen, and the language selected by the user on the language selection screen. Requests the translation word selection file linked to the image from the Web server, displays each sentence image specified by the contents of the translation word selection file and the translation word designation image as a translation word selection screen, and uses it on the translation word selection screen And a processing device that requests the Web server for a sentence image selected by the user and a sentence image of another language linked to the translated word designation image. According to such a configuration, it is possible to display the translated sentence of the standard sentence without executing complicated processing by using the hyperlink function of HTML. In addition, since the system can be constructed with a simple data structure and minimum data, the capacity of the storage device of the Web server can be reduced. In addition, it is possible to view the translation of the fixed sentence without being aware of the typeface installed in the terminal device.

  Another aspect of the multilingual translation system according to the present invention is a multilingual translation system including a web server that provides a user with words and sentences in other languages corresponding to words and sentences in an arbitrary language. Is a language selection that stores each language image representing each of a plurality of languages, and a language selection file that describes the link relationship between each language image and a sentence image representing a language word or sentence corresponding to each language image Data storage unit, a classification image corresponding to each language (for example, images by image files 2110, 2120, 2130, 2210, 2220, 2230), a classification indicated by the classification image, and a sentence image representing a word or sentence of the language A conversation selection data storage unit (for example, the conversation selection unit 132) that stores a conversation selection file in which a link relation is described, a sentence image in each language, a sentence image, and A translation word selection data storage unit for storing a translation word selection file describing a link relationship with a sentence image in another language corresponding to a word or sentence represented by the image, and in response to a language selection request from the terminal device The language selection file is transmitted to the terminal device, the conversation selection file corresponding to the classification selected by the terminal device is transmitted to the terminal device, the translation word selection file corresponding to the language selected by the terminal device is transmitted to the terminal device, And a processing result transmission unit that transmits to the terminal device a sentence image corresponding to the word, sentence, and translation word selected by the terminal device.

  The translation word selection file includes data that can specify a translation word designation image corresponding to the translation word, and the terminal device displays, for example, each language image identified by the contents of the language selection file as a language selection screen. The user selects a conversation selection file linked to the language image selected by the user from the Web server, displays each classified image specified by the contents of the conversation selection file as a conversation selection screen, and is selected by the user on the conversation selection screen. Requests a translation word selection file linked to the classified image from the Web server, displays each sentence image specified by the contents of the translation word selection file and the translation word designation image as a translation word selection screen, and displays the translation word selection screen. It is configured to include a processing device that requests the Web server for a sentence image selected by the user and a sentence image of another language linked to the translation word designation image. According to such a configuration, the user can browse the translated sentence of the standard sentence with a simple selection operation without performing an input operation.

  The Web server is configured to share a sentence image image file that can be selected on the translation word selection screen and a sentence image image file linked to the sentence image selected by the user and the translation word designation image. May be. According to such a configuration, the size of the database storing each image file can be reduced.

  The Web server includes a translation work history storage unit (for example, translation work history unit 135) that stores information indicating sentence images transmitted to the terminal device in the past, and the processing device selects words, sentences, and translations selected by the terminal device. When a sentence image corresponding to a word is transmitted to the terminal device, a sentence image based on information stored in the translation work history storage unit may be transmitted to the terminal device. According to such a configuration, the user can confirm the displayed translation work history as a series of conversation histories by using it with a partner whose native language is another language.

  A multilingual translation method according to the present invention is a multilingual translation method in which a Web server provides a word or sentence in another language corresponding to a word or sentence in an arbitrary language to a terminal device. In response to the language selection request, the terminal device receives a language selection file describing the link relationship between each language image representing each of a plurality of languages and a sentence image representing a word or sentence in a language corresponding to each language image The terminal device displays each language image specified by the contents of the language selection file as a language selection screen, and the translated word selection file linked to the language image selected by the user on the language selection screen is displayed on the Web. A request is made to the server, and the Web server sends the translated word selection file in which the link relationship between the sentence image of each language and the sentence image of another language corresponding to the word or sentence represented by the sentence image is described in the terminal device The terminal device displays each sentence image and translation word designation image specified by the contents of the translation word selection file as a translation word selection screen, and the sentence image and translation word selection selected by the user on the translation word selection screen A sentence image in another language linked to the image is requested to the Web server, and the Web server transmits the sentence image requested by the terminal apparatus to the terminal apparatus.

  A multilingual translation program according to the present invention is a multilingual translation program installed in a Web server that provides a terminal device with a word or sentence in another language corresponding to a word or sentence in an arbitrary language. In response to a language selection request from the device, a language selection file describing a link relationship between each language image representing each of a plurality of languages and a sentence image representing a language word or sentence corresponding to each language image Describes the link relationship between the sentence image of each language and the sentence image of another language corresponding to the word or sentence represented by the sentence image in response to the processing to be transmitted to the terminal device and the language selection request from the terminal device. A process of transmitting the translated word selection file to the terminal device, and a process of transmitting to the terminal device a word or sentence selected by the terminal device and a sentence image corresponding to the translated word.

  According to the present invention, from the standpoint of constructing a Web server, by using the hyperlink function of HTML, a system is constructed with a simple data structure and minimal data without executing complicated processing. Therefore, the system resources can be effectively used. In addition, the user can view the translated sentence of the standard sentence by a simple selection operation without performing an input operation and without being aware of the typeface installed in the terminal device. In addition, the user can check the displayed translation work history as a series of conversation histories by using it with a partner whose native language is another language.

Embodiment 1 FIG.
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram showing an outline of a first embodiment of a multilingual translation system according to the present invention.

  The multilingual translation system shown in FIG. 1 includes a Web server 100 and a terminal device 200. The Web server 100 is a computer that stores a Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML) file and provides a Web site, and the terminal device 200 is a computer having a browser function. The Web server 100 and the terminal device 200 are connected via a network such as the Internet.

  The characteristics of the HTML file include text data and description of a hyperlink indicating position information of a file other than itself (for example, an image file or a document file). When the HTML file data is displayed using a browser, a screen in which an image or the like is incorporated in the text can be viewed.

  When the user selects an image displayed on the browser by an operation such as clicking with the mouse, a screen based on the data of the linked HTML file is displayed. That is, page switching is performed. In the first embodiment described below, a multilingual translation system that displays translated terms is realized by using the hyperlink function of HTML as described above.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the Web server 100 includes a “language selection file (translation page) 1000”, a “conversation selection file (Japanese page) 2100”, and a “translation word selection file (Japanese) that make up a website. In addition to storing different HTML files as “translation display file (Chinese translation page) 4312”, the contents of the image file indicated by the data described in each HTML file are stored.

  In FIG. 1, only the portion related to Japanese is shown as data stored in the conversation selection file 2100, but in reality, the conversation selection file 2100 contains data related to each of multiple languages (“greeting” ”,“ Weather ”,“ shopping ”and the like) are stored. For example, when data regarding n languages is stored in the language selection file 1000, data regarding each of the n languages is also stored in the conversation selection file 2100.

  FIG. 1 shows only the portion related to the classification of “greeting” in Japanese as data stored in the translation word selection file 3100, but in reality, the conversation selection file 2100 contains multilingual information. Are stored for each category (“greeting”, “weather”, “shopping”, etc.).

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the multilingual translation system according to the first embodiment of this invention.

  The Web server 100 includes an input device 110, a processing device 120, a storage device 130, and an output device 140. The input device 110 is a keyboard or mouse for inputting information, and the output device 140 is a display device, a printing device, or the like.

  The processing device 120 includes a service analysis unit 121, a request page acquisition unit 122, and a processing result transmission unit 123.

  The service analysis unit 121 has a function of executing processing for analyzing the content of a request transmitted from the terminal device 200. The request transmitted by the terminal device 200 includes, for example, an acquisition request for data indicated by a specified URL (Uniform Resource Locator), a request for data transmission to the specified URL, and the like.

  The request page acquisition unit 122 has a function of executing processing for acquiring the requested data from the storage device 130 when the request by the terminal device 200 is a data acquisition request based on the analysis result of the service analysis unit 121. Have.

  The processing result transmission unit 123 has a function of executing processing for transmitting the data acquired by the request page acquisition unit 122 to the terminal device 200.

  The storage device 130 includes a language selection unit 131, a conversation selection unit 132, a translation word selection unit 133, and a translation display unit 134.

  The language selection unit 131 displays the language selection file, which is an HTML file for displaying a page for prompting the user to select which language to translate, and the contents of the image file described in the language selection file and indicated by the data. Remember. The language selection file 1000 illustrated in FIG. 1 is stored in the language selection unit 131.

  The conversation selection unit 132 includes, for example, a conversation selection file that is an HTML file for displaying a page for prompting the user to select a conversation type such as greeting, weather, and shopping, and data described in the conversation selection file. Is stored. The conversation selection file 2100 illustrated in FIG. 1 is stored in the conversation selection unit 132.

  The translation word selection unit 133 is a translation word selection file that is an HTML file for displaying a standard sentence corresponding to each type of conversation and a page for prompting the user to select which language to translate into, The contents of the image file indicated by the data described in the translation word selection file are stored. The translation word selection file 3110 exemplified in FIG. 1 is stored in the translation word selection unit 133.

  The translation display unit 134 stores a translation display file that is an HTML file for displaying the translated standard text. The translation display file 4312 illustrated in FIG. 1 is stored in the translation display unit 134.

  The terminal device 200 includes an input device 210, a processing device 220, a storage device 230, and an output device 240. The input device 210 is a keyboard or a mouse for inputting information, and the output device 240 is a display device, a printing device, or the like.

  The processing device 220 includes a service request unit 221 and a result processing unit 223. The service request unit 221 has a function of executing processing for requesting a service from the Web server 100. The service request unit 221 executes, for example, processing for generating a message for making a data acquisition request and processing for transmitting the generated message to the Web server 100. The result processing unit 223 has a function of receiving data transmitted from the Web server 100 and storing the data in the storage device 230 and executing the processing output to the output device 240.

  The functions of the service analysis unit 121, the request page acquisition unit 122, and the processing result transmission unit 123 are realized by, for example, a Web service program executed by a CPU mounted on the Web server 100. The functions of the service request unit 221 and the result processing unit 223 are realized by a browser executed by a CPU mounted on the terminal device 200, for example.

  3, 4, 5, and 6 are explanatory diagrams for explaining the relationship between the contents of the HTML file and the image file stored in the storage device 130 and the hyperlink in the first embodiment of the present invention. is there. 3 to 6 are conceptual diagrams showing an outline when each HTML file is displayed using a text editor or the like.

  The language selection file 1000 is an HTML file stored in the language selection unit 131 (see FIG. 3). In the language selection file 1000, data specifying an image file in which selectable languages are drawn (for example, an image displaying “Japanese”, “English” and “Chinese”) is described in HTML. The Further, the language selection unit 131 stores an image file indicated by data described in the language selection file 1000.

  Further, in the language selection file 1000, hyperlinks (link relations) to each conversation selection file (see FIG. 4) are described corresponding to the data specifying each image file. Since only the contents of the image file designated by the data in the HTML file, that is, only the image is displayed on the display unit of the terminal device 200, the expression is expressed as “hyperlink corresponding to the image file (or image)” below. There are things to do. That is, as shown in FIG. 3, for example, a hyperlink to the conversation selection file 2100 is described corresponding to the image file 1100 drawn as “Japanese”. Note that an HTML file may be created on the display unit of the terminal device 200 so that a text such as a simple annotation is displayed in addition to the image.

  3 illustrates the image files 1100, 1200, and 1300 as the hyperlinks described in the language selection file 1000 and the image files stored in the language selection unit 131. However, one or two or more image files are illustrated. The hyperlink similar to the example shown in FIG. 3 is described.

  The conversation selection files 2100, 2200, and 2300 are HTML files stored in the conversation selection unit 132 (see FIG. 4). In the conversation selection files 2100, 2200, and 2300, data for specifying an image file (for example, an image that displays “greeting”, “Greeting”, etc.) that describes the types of conversation that can be selected is described. The Further, the conversation selection unit 132 stores an image file indicated by data described in the conversation selection files 2100, 2200, and 2300.

  In the conversation selection files 2100, 2200, and 2300, hyperlinks to each translation word selection file (see FIG. 5) are described corresponding to each image file. As shown in FIG. 4, for example, a hyperlink to the translation word selection file 3110 is described corresponding to the image file 2110 drawn as “greeting”.

  There is a one-to-one correspondence between the number of conversation selection files and the number of languages that can be selected in the language selection file 1000 (ie, the number of image files). In the example shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, there are three selectable languages “Japanese”, “English”, and “Chinese”. Therefore, the conversation selection file includes Japanese, English, and Chinese. There are three editions.

  In FIG. 4, image files 2110, 2120, 2130, 2210, 2220, and 2230 are illustrated as hyperlinks described in the conversation selection files 2100, 2200, and 2300 and as image files stored in the conversation selection unit 132. However, it may be one or more, and a hyperlink similar to the example shown in FIG. 4 is described.

  The translation word selection files 3110 and 3210 are HTML files stored in the translation word selection unit 133 (see FIG. 5). The translation word selection file 3110,3210, image file 3111,3112,3113 and 3211 (the contents of the fixed sentence has been drawn in accordance with the type of conversation, for example, to display, such as "Hello", "Hello" image ) And image files 3102, 3103, 3201, and 3203 (in which contents are displayed, for example, images that display “English”, “Japane”, etc.) in which languages that can be selected for translation are drawn are specified. Data is described. Also, the translation word selection unit 133 stores the image file indicated by the data described in the translation word selection files 3110 and 3210.

  In the translation word selection files 3110 and 3210, hyperlinks to the translation display files (see FIG. 6) are described corresponding to the image files in which selectable languages are drawn. As shown in FIG. 5, for example, a hyperlink to the translation display file 4211 corresponding to the image file 3102 depicted as "English" for the image file 3111 depicted as "Hello" is described.

  In the example shown in FIG. 5, only two translation word selection files 3110 and 3210 are illustrated as translation word selection files. However, the number of translation word selection files and conversations that can be selected in each conversation selection file are illustrated. The number of types (that is, the number of image files) corresponds to one to one.

  In FIG. 5, image files 3111, 3112, 3113 and 3211 are illustrated as image files on which a fixed sentence to be translated is illustrated, but one or two or more may be used. Assume that a hyperlink similar to the example shown is described.

  The translation display files 4111, 4112, 4113, 4211, 4212, 4213, 4311, 4312 and 4313 are HTML files stored in the translation display unit 134 (see FIG. 6). The translation display files from 4111 to 4313, image file standard sentence has been drawn in accordance with the type of conversation (the content of, for example, "Hello", the image to be displayed such as "Hello") data to specify is described ing. The translation display unit 134 also stores each image file indicated by the data described in the translation display files 4111 to 4313 (not shown).

  In the example shown in FIG. 6, nine translation display files 4111 to 4313 are illustrated as translation display files. However, the number of translation display files and the conversation stored in the translation word selection unit 133 are illustrated. There is a one-to-one correspondence with the number of image files in which a fixed sentence corresponding to the type is drawn.

  That is, the image file corresponding to each of the image files stored in the translation display unit 134 shown in FIG. 6 is stored in the translation word selection unit 133 shown in FIG. Therefore, the translation display files 4111 to 4313 are configured so that link information to the corresponding image file in the translation word selection unit 133 is described instead of data specifying the image file stored in the translation display unit 134. Also good. For example, link information to the image file 3111 may be described in the translation display file 4111. In this way, the Web server 100 shares the sentence image image file that can be selected on the translation word selection screen and the sentence image image file linked to the sentence image selected by the user and the translation word designation image. It may be configured as follows. According to such a configuration, the size of the database storing each image file can be reduced. This effect can be obtained for the first time by connecting the image files of the respective layers in a link relationship as in the present invention.

  Next, the operation of the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8. FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of screen transition of the multilingual translation system according to the first embodiment. FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating processing of the multilingual translation system according to the first embodiment.

  When the user operates the input device 210 of the terminal device 200 to start a browser and inputs the URL of a Web site provided by the Web server 100, the service request unit 221 of the processing device 220 sends the Web server 100 a request. A request for acquiring the top page of the Web site is transmitted. The service analysis unit 121 of the Web server 100 analyzes the content of the request transmitted from the terminal device 200, and the language selection file 1000 stored in the language selection unit 131 of the storage device 130 is requested as the top page of the Web site. Judge that

  The request page acquisition unit 122 acquires the language selection file 1000 from the language selection unit 131 and outputs it to the processing result transmission unit 123. The processing result transmission unit 123 transmits the language selection file 1000 to the terminal device 200.

  The result processing unit 223 of the terminal device 200 receives the language selection file 1000 transmitted by the processing result transmission unit 123. The result processing unit 223 outputs the contents of the image files 1100 to 1300 specified in the language selection file 1000 to the output device 240 (for example, a display unit). The output device 240 displays the contents of the image files 1100 to 1300 as a language selection screen 11000 that is the top page of the website (see FIG. 7). The language selection screen 11000 is a screen for prompting the user to select which language to translate, and displays selectable languages. In the example shown in FIG. 7, as selectable languages, an image 11000 drawn “Japanese”, an image 11200 drawn “English”, and an image 11300 drawn “Chinese” are displayed.

  The user operates the input device 210 of the terminal device 200 to select an image of a language desired to be translated on the language selection screen 11000 by operating the input device 210 such as a mouse (step S901). Here, a case where the user selects an image 11000 drawn “Japanese” will be described as an example.

  When the user selects an image 11000 drawn “Japanese”, the service request unit 221 of the processing device 220 transmits an acquisition request for the conversation selection file 2100 to the Web server 100. The service analysis unit 121 of the Web server 100 analyzes the content of the request transmitted from the terminal device 200 and determines that the conversation selection file 2100 stored in the conversation selection unit 132 of the storage device 130 is requested.

  The request page acquisition unit 122 acquires the conversation selection file 2100 from the conversation selection unit 132 and outputs it to the processing result transmission unit 123. The processing result transmission unit 123 transmits the conversation selection file 2100 to the terminal device 200.

  The result processing unit 223 of the terminal device 200 receives the conversation selection file 2100 transmitted by the processing result transmission unit 123. The result processing unit 223 outputs the contents of the image files 2110 to 2130 specified in the conversation selection file 2100 to the output device 240. The output device 240 displays the contents of the image files 2110 to 2130 as a conversation selection screen 12100 (see FIG. 7). The conversation selection screen 12100 is a screen for prompting the user to select a conversation type and displays selectable conversation types. In the example shown in FIG. 7, an image 12110 drawn “greeting”, an image 12120 drawn “weather”, and an image 12130 drawn “shopping” are displayed as selectable conversation types.

  The user operates the input device 210 of the terminal device 200 to select an image of the type of conversation to be selected on the conversation selection screen 12100 by operating the input device 210 such as a mouse (step S902). Here, a case where the user selects an image 12110 drawn as “greeting” will be described as an example.

  When the user selects the image 12110 on which “greeting” is drawn, the service request unit 221 of the processing device 220 transmits an acquisition request for the translation word selection file 3110 to the Web server 100. The service analysis unit 121 of the Web server 100 analyzes the content of the request transmitted from the terminal device 200 and determines that the translation word selection file 3110 stored in the translation word selection unit 133 of the storage device 130 is requested. .

  The request page acquisition unit 122 acquires the translation word selection file 3110 from the translation word selection unit 133 and outputs it to the processing result transmission unit 123. The processing result transmission unit 123 transmits the translation word selection file 3110 to the terminal device 200.

  The result processing unit 223 of the terminal device 200 receives the translation word selection file 3110 transmitted by the processing result transmission unit 123. The result processing unit 223 outputs the contents of the image file 3111 and the image files 3102 to 3113 specified in the translation word selection file 3110 to the output device 240. The output device 240 displays the contents of the image file 3111 and the image files 3102 to 3113 as a translation word selection screen 13110 (see FIG. 7). The translation word selection screen 13110 is a screen for prompting the user to select a fixed sentence corresponding to each conversation type and which language to translate into. In the example shown in FIG. 7, a fixed sentence corresponding to the type of conversation, "Hello" and drawn image 13111, image 13113 drawn as "Good morning" and drawn image 13112 and the "goodbye" is displayed In addition, images 13102-1 to 13102-3 drawn as “English” and images 13103-1 to 13103-3 drawn as “Chinese” are displayed as languages that can be selected into which language to translate. The

  By operating the input device 210 of the terminal device 200, the user selects an image of a language desired to be selected on the translation word selection screen 13110 by operating the input device 210 such as a mouse (step S903). Here, as if you want to translate the "Hello" in English, the user is described as an example a case in which to select the image 13102-1 of "Hello" corresponding to the "English".

  When the user selects the image 13102-1 of "English" corresponding to the "Hello", the service request unit 221 of the processing device 220, transmits an acquisition request of the translation display file 4211 in the Web server 100. The service analysis unit 121 of the Web server 100 analyzes the content of the request transmitted from the terminal device 200 and determines that the translation display file 4211 stored in the translation display unit 134 of the storage device 130 is requested.

  The request page acquisition unit 122 acquires the translation display file 4211 from the translation display unit 134 and outputs it to the processing result transmission unit 123. The processing result transmission unit 123 transmits the translation display file 4211 to the terminal device 200.

  The result processing unit 223 of the terminal device 200 receives the translation display file 4211 transmitted by the processing result transmission unit 123. The result processing unit 223 outputs the contents of the image file specified in the translation display file 4211 to the output device 240. The output device 240 displays the contents of the image file as a translation display screen 14211. Translation display screen 14211 is a screen for displaying the translated boilerplate, it is a typical sentence that was translated into English the "Hello" in Japanese "Hello" and drawn image 13211 is displayed (step S904). If the link information to the image file stored in the translation word selection unit 133 shown in FIG. 5 is described in the translation display file, the result processing unit 223 of the terminal device 200 is based on the link information. Then, the Web server 100 is requested for the corresponding file in the translation word selection unit 133.

  As described above, according to the first embodiment, by using the hyperlink function of HTML, it is different based on the fixed sentence written in the language of each country without using a complicated data structure. A fixed sentence written in a language can be easily displayed. Moreover, since the fixed phrase described in each language is displayed by the image file, it can be displayed regardless of the typeface installed in the computer for browsing the Web site.

Embodiment 2. FIG.
Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of the second embodiment of the multilingual translation system according to the present invention. In the second embodiment, the processing device 120 of the Web server 100 includes a history creation unit 124, and the storage device 130 includes a translation work history unit 135.

  The history creation unit 124 executes a history creation program that executes a process of creating a translation work history. Each translation display file stored in the translation display unit 134 includes a description referring to the history creation program. For example, in the translation display file 4211, data designating an image file labeled “Hello” is described (see FIG. 6) and a description to refer to the history creation program is made. The translation work history unit 135 stores past translation results. The history creation program has a function of executing processing for adding data designating an image file described in each translation display file to the translation work history unit 135. The remaining configuration of the second embodiment is the same as that of the first embodiment, and a description thereof will be omitted.

  Next, the operation of the second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, and 11.

  FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating processing of the multilingual translation system according to the second embodiment. FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a translation display screen according to the second embodiment.

  When the user operates the input device 210 of the terminal device 200 to start a browser and inputs the URL of a Web site provided by the Web server 100, the service request unit 221 of the processing device 220 sends the Web server 100 a request. A request for acquiring the top page of the Web site is transmitted. The service analysis unit 121 of the Web server 100 analyzes the content of the request transmitted from the terminal device 200, and the language selection file 1000 stored in the language selection unit 131 of the storage device 130 is requested as the top page of the Web site. Judge that

  The request page acquisition unit 122 acquires the language selection file 1000 from the language selection unit 131 and outputs it to the processing result transmission unit 123. The processing result transmission unit 123 transmits the language selection file 1000 to the terminal device 200.

  The result processing unit 223 of the terminal device 200 receives the language selection file 1000 transmitted by the processing result transmission unit 123. The result processing unit 223 outputs the contents of the image files 1100 to 1300 specified in the language selection file 1000 to the output device 240. The output device 240 displays the contents of the image files 1100 to 1300 as a language selection screen 11000 that is the top page of the website (see FIG. 7). The language selection screen 11000 is a screen for prompting the user to select which language to translate, and displays selectable languages. In the example shown in FIG. 7, as selectable languages, an image 11000 drawn “Japanese”, an image 11200 drawn “English”, and an image 11300 drawn “Chinese” are displayed.

  The user operates the input device 210 of the terminal device 200 to select an image of a language desired to be translated on the language selection screen 11000 by operating the input device 210 such as a mouse (step S901). Here, a case where the user selects an image 11000 drawn “Japanese” will be described as an example.

  When the user selects an image 11000 drawn “Japanese”, the service request unit 221 of the processing device 220 transmits an acquisition request for the conversation selection file 2100 to the Web server 100. The service analysis unit 121 of the Web server 100 analyzes the content of the request transmitted from the terminal device 200 and determines that the conversation selection file 2100 stored in the conversation selection unit 132 of the storage device 130 is requested.

  The request page acquisition unit 122 acquires the conversation selection file 2100 from the conversation selection unit 132 and outputs it to the processing result transmission unit 123. The processing result transmission unit 123 transmits the conversation selection file 2100 to the terminal device 200.

  The result processing unit 223 of the terminal device 200 receives the conversation selection file 2100 transmitted by the processing result transmission unit 123. The result processing unit 223 outputs the contents of the image files 2110 to 2130 specified in the conversation selection file 2100 to the output device 240. The output device 240 displays the contents of the image files 2110 to 2130 as a conversation selection screen 12100 (see FIG. 7). The conversation selection screen 12100 is a screen for prompting the user to select a conversation type and displays selectable conversation types. In the example shown in FIG. 7, an image 12110 drawn “greeting”, an image 12120 drawn “weather”, and an image 12130 drawn “shopping” are displayed as selectable conversation types.

  The user operates the input device 210 of the terminal device 200 to select an image of the type of conversation to be selected on the conversation selection screen 12100 by operating the input device 210 such as a mouse (step S902). Here, a case where the user selects an image 12110 drawn as “greeting” will be described as an example.

  When the user selects the image 12110 on which “greeting” is drawn, the service request unit 221 of the processing device 220 transmits an acquisition request for the translation word selection file 3110 to the Web server 100. The service analysis unit 121 of the Web server 100 analyzes the content of the request transmitted from the terminal device 200 and determines that the translation word selection file 3110 stored in the translation word selection unit 133 of the storage device 130 is requested. .

  The request page acquisition unit 122 acquires the translation word selection file 3110 from the translation word selection unit 133 and outputs it to the processing result transmission unit 123. The processing result transmission unit 123 transmits the translation word selection file 3110 to the terminal device 200.

  The result processing unit 223 of the terminal device 200 receives the translation word selection file 3110 transmitted by the processing result transmission unit 123. The result processing unit 223 outputs the contents of the image files 3102 to 3113 specified in the translation word selection file 3110 to the output device 240. The output device 240 displays the contents of the image files 3102 to 3113 as a translation word selection screen 13110 (see FIG. 7). The translation word selection screen 13110 is a screen for prompting the user to select a fixed sentence corresponding to each conversation type and which language to translate into. In the example shown in FIG. 7, a fixed sentence corresponding to the type of conversation, "Hello" and drawn image 13111, image 13113 drawn as "Good morning" and drawn image 13112 and the "goodbye" is displayed In addition, images 13102-1 to 13102-3 drawn as “English” and images 13103-1 to 13103-3 drawn as “Chinese” are displayed as languages that can be selected into which language to translate. The

  By operating the input device 210 of the terminal device 200, the user selects an image of a language desired to be selected on the translation word selection screen 13110 by operating the input device 210 such as a mouse (step S903). Here, as if you want to translate the "Hello" in English, the user is described as an example a case in which to select the image 13102-1 of "Hello" corresponding to the "English".

  When the user selects the image 13102-1 of "English" corresponding to the "Hello", the service request unit 221 of the processing device 220, transmits an acquisition request of the translation display file 4211 in the Web server 100. The service analysis unit 121 of the Web server 100 analyzes the content of the request transmitted from the terminal device 200 and determines that the translation display file 4211 stored in the translation display unit 134 of the storage device 130 is requested.

  The request page acquisition unit 122 acquires the translation display file 4211 from the translation display unit 134 and outputs it to the processing result transmission unit 123. The result transmission unit 123 transmits the translation display file 4211 to the terminal device 200 (step S1104). Here, if an image as a past translation result (specifically, data specifying an image file) is stored in the translation work history unit 135, the processing result transmission unit 123 stores the image in the translation display file 4211. Include images. In addition, the description to refer to the history creation program included in the translation display file 4211 is excluded from the data transmitted to the terminal device 200.

  The result processing unit 223 of the terminal device 200 receives the translation display file 4211 transmitted by the processing result transmission unit 123.

  When the processing result transmission unit 123 includes a description to refer to the history creation program included in the translation display file 4211, the history creation unit 124 stores the history creation described in the translation display file 4211. Request program execution.

  History creation unit 124 executes the history creation program, the translation work history unit 135, image file processing result transmission unit 123 has transmitted to the terminal device 200 (in this example, corresponds to the "Hello" of the "English" Data specifying a file having an image content is added (step S1105).

  The result processing unit 223 of the terminal device 200 outputs the content of the image file specified in the translation display file 4211 to the output device 240. The output device 240 displays the contents of the image file as a translation display screen 2411 (see FIG. 11). The translation display screen 2411 is a screen for displaying the translated fixed phrase and its history. At this stage, the translation display screen 24211, only image 13211 drawn as "Hello", which is a fixed phrase was translated into English, "Hello" in Japanese is displayed. Images 13212 to 13214 are sequentially displayed when a conversation between two users as users progresses as described later.

  In the second embodiment, the two parties can easily advance the conversation using the system according to the present invention. For example, Japanese when the user selects the image 13102-1 of "English" corresponding to the "Hello" in the translation word selection screen 13110, image 13211 drawn as "Hello" is displayed in the translation display screen 24211 The

  Next, when an American user selects an image of “Japane” corresponding to “Hello” on the translated word selection screen for English, an image 13211 on which “Hello” is drawn is displayed on the translation display screen 24111. together with the image 13111 drawn as "Hello" is displayed (see Figure 11). Note that the image 13211 depicted as “Hello” is taken from the translation work history unit 135.

  In addition, the Japanese when the user selects the image of the corresponding to the "It is cold" in the translation word selection screen 13110 "English", the translation display screen 24211, "Hello" and drawn image 13211 and "Hello "And an image 13214 drawn as" It's cold "are displayed (see FIG. 11).

  In addition, Americans when the user selects the image of the corresponding to the "It's cold" in the translation word selection screen for the English "Japanese", and the image 13211 drawn as "Hello", portrayed as "Hello" The displayed image 13111 and the image 13214 drawn as “It's cold” are displayed, and the image 13114 drawn as “It is cold” is displayed (see FIG. 11).

  As described above, the conversation can be advanced using the display of the terminal device 200.

  As described above, according to the second embodiment, in addition to the effects of the first embodiment, communication with another person whose native language is another language can be achieved. Here, an example is shown in which a conversation is advanced so that past translation results are also displayed on the terminal device at 200, but past translation results are displayed on the terminal device at 200 as in the first embodiment. Even if it is not displayed, the conversation can proceed between two or more people.

  In each of the above embodiments, a word as a fixed sentence is exemplified as a translation target. However, in the system according to the present invention, a sentence such as a short sentence can be handled in addition to the word. Further, in each of the above-described embodiments, the conversation selection unit 132 that stores the conversation selection file 2100 in which data related to each classification (“greeting”, “weather”, “shopping”, etc.) in each of multiple languages is stored. However, the present invention can be realized without the conversation selection unit 132. When there is no conversation selection unit 132, the language selection file 1000 describes link information to the translation word selection file.

  INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention can be effectively applied as a system for easily obtaining words and sentences in other languages corresponding to words and sentences in an arbitrary language and for communicating between a plurality of people who speak different languages.

It is a conceptual diagram which shows the outline of 1st Embodiment of the multilingual translation system by this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of 1st Embodiment. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the relationship between the content of the HTML file and image file which were memorize | stored in the memory | storage device in 1st Embodiment, and a hyperlink. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the relationship between the content of the HTML file and image file which were memorize | stored in the memory | storage device in 1st Embodiment, and a hyperlink. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the relationship between the content of the HTML file and image file which were memorize | stored in the memory | storage device in 1st Embodiment, and a hyperlink. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the relationship between the content of the HTML file and image file which were memorize | stored in the memory | storage device in 1st Embodiment, and a hyperlink. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of the screen transition of the multilingual translation system of 1st Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the process of the multilingual translation system of 1st Embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of 2nd Embodiment of the multilingual translation system by this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the process of the multilingual translation system of 2nd Embodiment. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the translation display screen of 2nd Embodiment.

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100 Web server 200 Terminal device 1000 Language selection file 2100 Conversation selection file 3110 Translation word selection file 4312 Translation display file

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In a multilingual translation system including a Web server that provides words and sentences in other languages corresponding to words and sentences in an arbitrary language to a terminal device,
The web server
Language selection data for storing each language image representing each of a plurality of languages, and a language selection file describing a link relationship between each language image and a sentence image representing a language word or sentence corresponding to each language image A storage unit;
A translation word selection data storage unit that stores sentence images of respective languages and a translation word selection file in which the link relationship between the sentence images and the sentence images of other languages corresponding to the words and sentences represented by the sentence images is stored. When,
The language selection file is transmitted to the terminal device in response to a language selection request from the terminal device, the translation word selection file corresponding to the language selected by the terminal device is transmitted to the terminal device, and the word or sentence selected by the terminal device is transmitted. And a processing result transmission unit for transmitting a sentence image corresponding to the translated word to the terminal device. The translation word selection file includes data that can specify a translation word designation image corresponding to the translation word,
The terminal device displays each language image specified by the contents of the language selection file as a language selection screen, and requests a translation word selection file linked to the language image selected by the user on the language selection screen from the Web server. Each sentence image and translation word designation image specified by the contents of the translation word selection file are displayed as a translation word selection screen, and linked to the sentence image and translation word designation image selected by the user on the translation word selection screen. The multilingual translation system according to claim 1, further comprising a processing device that requests a sentence image in another language from a Web server. In a multilingual translation system including a Web server that provides users with words and sentences in other languages corresponding to words and sentences in any language,
The web server
Language selection data for storing each language image representing each of a plurality of languages, and a language selection file describing a link relationship between each language image and a sentence image representing a language word or sentence corresponding to each language image A storage unit;
A conversation selection data storage unit that stores a classification image corresponding to each language, a conversation selection file in which a link relationship between a classification indicated by the classification image and a sentence image representing a word or sentence of the language is described;
A translation word selection data storage unit that stores sentence images of respective languages and a translation word selection file in which the link relationship between the sentence images and the sentence images of other languages corresponding to the words and sentences represented by the sentence images is stored. When,
In response to a language selection request from the terminal device, the language selection file is transmitted to the terminal device, a conversation selection file corresponding to the classification selected by the terminal device is transmitted to the terminal device, and the language selected by the terminal device is supported. A multilingual translation system comprising: a processing result transmitting unit that transmits a translation word selection file to a terminal device, and transmits a word or sentence selected by the terminal device and a sentence image corresponding to the translation word to the terminal device. . The translation word selection file includes data that can specify a translation word designation image corresponding to the translation word,
The terminal device displays each language image specified by the content of the language selection file as a language selection screen, requests the conversation selection file linked to the language image selected by the user from the Web server, Each classified image specified by the contents is displayed as a conversation selection screen, a translation word selection file linked to the classification image selected by the user on the conversation selection screen is requested to the Web server, and the contents of the translation word selection file are Each sentence image and translation word designation image to be identified are displayed as a translation word selection screen, and the sentence image selected by the user on the translation word selection screen and the sentence image in another language linked to the translation word designation image are displayed on the Web server. The multilingual translation system according to claim 3, further comprising: a processing device that requests The Web server shares a sentence image image file that can be selected on the translation word selection screen and a sentence image selected by the user and a sentence image image file linked to the translation word designation image. Item 5. The multilingual translation system according to any one of items 4 to 4. Web server
A translation work history storage unit for storing information indicating sentence images transmitted to the terminal device in the past;
When the processing device transmits a word image selected by the terminal device and a sentence image corresponding to the translated word to the terminal device, the processing device also transmits a sentence image based on the information stored in the translation work history storage unit to the terminal device. The multilingual translation system according to any one of claims 1 to 5. In a multilingual translation method in which a Web server provides a terminal device with a word or sentence in another language corresponding to a word or sentence in any language,
In response to a language selection request from the terminal device, the Web server describes a link relationship between each language image representing each of a plurality of languages and a sentence image representing a language word or sentence corresponding to each language image. The selected language selection file to the terminal device,
The terminal device displays each language image specified by the content of the language selection file as a language selection screen, and requests a translation word selection file linked to the language image selected by the user on the language selection screen from the Web server. ,
The Web server transmits the translation word selection file describing the link relationship between the sentence image of each language and the sentence image of another language corresponding to the word or sentence represented by the sentence image to the terminal device,
The terminal device displays each sentence image and translation word designation image specified by the contents of the translation word selection file as a translation word selection screen, and links to the sentence image and translation word designation image selected by the user on the translation word selection screen Requesting a web server for a sentence image in another language
A multilingual translation method, wherein a Web server transmits a sentence image requested by a terminal device to the terminal device. A multilingual translation program installed in a Web server that provides words and sentences in other languages corresponding to words and sentences in an arbitrary language to a terminal device,
Web server
In response to a language selection request from the terminal device, a language selection file describing the link relationship between each language image representing each of a plurality of languages and a sentence image representing a language word or sentence corresponding to each language image Processing to transmit to the terminal device,
In response to a language selection request from a terminal device, a translated word selection file describing a link relationship between a sentence image of each language and a sentence image of another language corresponding to the word or sentence represented by the sentence image is displayed on the terminal. Processing to send to the device;
The multilingual translation program for performing the process which transmits the sentence image according to the word and sentence which the terminal device selected, and the translation word to a terminal device.

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