JP2010003032A - Translation support method, translation support device, and translation support program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a translation support method, a translation support device, and a translation support program for supporting a translator to perform a translating operation under the consideration of information other than a text. <P>SOLUTION: The file of an original copy including a text to be translated is read (S1), and a color whose display area is the largest among colors which are being used for the original copy is specified as the representative color of an original copy (S3). The language of the original copy is specified based on the text included in the original copy (S5), and a country where the language of the original copy is mainly used is specified (S6). Meanings held by the representative color of the original copy in the country where the language of the original copy is mainly used are extracted from a color meaning database in which a plurality of countries and meanings held by colors are stored so as to be associated with each other (S8), and displayed with translations obtained by machine translation (S9). <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a translation support method, a translation support apparatus, and a translation support program. More specifically, the present invention relates to a translation support method, a translation support apparatus, and a translation support program for supporting translation work performed by a translator.

In recent years, with the spread of the Internet and the like, it has become possible to easily obtain various contents according to one's request from all over the world. When the sentence contained in the acquired content is translated into a language other than the original language and used, the translator, for example, first obtains a translated sentence by machine translation, and revises this translated sentence, It can be finished as a final translation. A translation support system that provides a translation sentence by such machine translation via a network is generally known (for example, Patent Document 1).
JP 2003-296327 A

  A generally known translation support system such as a translation server described in Patent Document 1 treats only sentences included in the content as translation targets, and does not consider other information included in the content during translation. . In particular, for example, the “color” constituting the content together with the text, such as the background color of the Web page, is important information having a different meaning depending on the cultural area. For example, in Japan, the combination of “red and white” expresses “medium”, and in China, “red and yellow” expresses “medium”. The conventional translation support system has a problem that it is impossible to perform translation including the meaning of such colors.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and provides a translation support method, a translation support apparatus, and a translation support for assisting a translator in performing translation work in consideration of information other than text. The purpose is to provide a program.

  In order to achieve the above object, a translation support method of the invention according to claim 1 is a translation support method for supporting translation by a translator, which is processed by a computer, and is a language of the original content to be translated. A first language specifying step that specifies one language, and a first cultural zone that is a cultural zone in which the first language specified in the first language specifying step is mainly used Referring to a culture area specifying step, a color specifying step for specifying a first color which is a color used in the original text content, and a color meaning storing means for storing the meaning of the color for each culture area, Semantic determination for determining the meaning of the first color based on the first cultural sphere identified in the first cultural sphere identifying step and the first color identified in the color identifying step. Steps and said meaning The meaning of the determined at decision step wherein the first color has a meaning notification step of notifying the translator.

  A translation support method according to a second aspect of the invention specifies a second language that is different from the first language and is a language after translation of the original content, in addition to the configuration of the first aspect of the invention. A second language specifying step; a second cultural zone specifying step for specifying a second cultural zone that is a cultural zone in which the second language specified in the second language specifying step is mainly used; Referring to the color meaning storage means, in the second cultural sphere, a color having a meaning equivalent to the meaning of the first color determined in the meaning determination step is translated in the second language. A color selection step of selecting a second color that is suitable for use in later content, and a color notification step of notifying the translator of the second color selected in the color selection step ing.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a translation support method according to the second aspect of the present invention. A color meaning presenting step of presenting the meaning of the first color to the translator; and one of the meanings of the plurality of first colors presented in the color meaning presenting step input by the translator A color specifying information receiving step for receiving information for specifying one, wherein the color selecting step specifies the first specified by the information received in the color specifying information receiving step in the second cultural area. A color having a meaning equivalent to the meaning of the color is selected as the second color.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a translation support method according to the second aspect, wherein the first color determined in the sentence acquisition step of acquiring the sentence of the original sentence content and the meaning determination step is added. When there is a plurality of meanings, the content of the sentence acquired in the sentence acquisition step is analyzed, and among the determined meanings of the first color, the optimum meaning of the first color The color selection step further includes selecting a color having a meaning equivalent to the meaning of the first color selected in the meaning selection step in the second culture area. The second color is selected.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the translation support method of the invention according to the fourth aspect, in addition to the configuration of the fourth aspect of the invention, the meaning selection step includes a plurality of meanings of the first color determined in the meaning determination step. A counting step for counting the number of words related to the meaning of the first color included in the sentence acquired in the sentence acquisition step for each of the plurality of determined first meanings; Of the first meanings, there is a frequent meaning selection step of selecting the first meaning having the largest number of the related words counted in the counting step.

  According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the invention according to any one of the first to fifth aspects, the translation support method according to the sixth aspect includes the first color on the original content out of the colors used in the original content. The display area is the largest color.

  According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a translation support method according to the first aspect, wherein the sentence acquisition step of acquiring the sentence of the original sentence content is different from the first language. Acquired in the sentence acquisition step with reference to a second language specifying step for specifying a second language as a translated language and a translation dictionary storage means for storing a plurality of words in a plurality of languages in association with each other A translation step of translating the sentence to be translated into the second language, and a translation sentence notifying step of notifying the translator of the sentence translated into the second language in the translation step.

  A translation support apparatus according to an eighth aspect of the invention is a translation support apparatus that supports translation by a translator, and includes a first language specifying unit that specifies a first language that is a language of an original text content to be translated; A first cultural area specifying means for specifying a first cultural area that is a cultural area in which the first language specified by the first language specifying means is mainly used; and used for the original content. A color specifying means for acquiring a first color, a color meaning storing means for storing the meaning of the color for each culture sphere, and the color meaning storing means with reference to the color meaning storing means. Meaning determining means for determining the meaning of the first color based on the first culture area specified by the means and the first color specified by the color specifying means; and the meaning determining means Meaning of the first color determined by It has a meaning notification means to notify the translator.

  A translation support program according to a ninth aspect of the present invention causes a computer to execute various processing steps of the translation support method according to any one of the first to seventh aspects.

  According to the translation support method of the invention according to claim 1, since the translator is notified of the meaning of the first color which is the color used in the original text content, the translator has the meaning of the first color. Can be translated into consideration. By transmitting other meanings included in the original text content that cannot be grasped only by sentences, the translator can perform more appropriate and effective translation. For example, by changing the style of the sentence after translation according to the meaning of the first color, it is possible to more appropriately reflect the impression of the translated sentence and the impression of the original sentence content.

  According to the translation support method of the invention according to claim 2, the content after translation based on the language before and after translation (first language and second language) and the first color used in the original content The translator is notified of a second color suitable for use. Therefore, in addition to the effect of the invention described in claim 1, the translator uses the second color as the background color of the sentence translated by himself / herself, so that the meaning of the entire original content is appropriately and effectively It is possible to create post-translational content that is reflected in.

  According to the translation support method of the invention according to claim 3, when there are a plurality of meanings of the first color, the meaning specified by the translator is the meaning of the first color, and the second meaning has the same meaning. The color is selected. Therefore, in addition to the effect of the invention described in claim 2, it is possible to select an appropriate color as the second color.

  According to the translation support method of the invention of claim 4, when there are a plurality of meanings of the first color, the meaning of one first color is automatically selected based on the content of the sentence of the original text content. A second color having an equivalent meaning is selected. Therefore, in addition to the effect of the invention described in claim 2, it is possible to automatically select an appropriate color as the second color.

  According to the translation support method of the invention of claim 5, when there are a plurality of meanings of the first color, words related to the meaning of the first color in the sentence of the original text content are counted, The first meaning with the largest number is selected. Therefore, in addition to the effect of the invention described in claim 4, the meaning of one first color can be selected appropriately and simply.

  According to the translation support method of the invention according to claim 6, the first color, which is a representative color used in the original text content, is the color having the largest display area on the original text content. Therefore, in addition to the effects of the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 5, the first color can be easily determined.

  According to the translation support method of the invention of claim 7, the sentence of the original text content automatically translated into the second language is notified together with the meaning of the first color used in the original text content. Therefore, in addition to the effect of the invention described in claim 1, the translator can efficiently create a final translated sentence based on the translated sentence.

  According to the translation support device of the invention according to claim 8, since the translator is notified of the meaning of the first color that is the color used in the original text content, the translator has the meaning of the first color. Can be translated into consideration. By transmitting other meanings included in the original text content that cannot be grasped only by sentences, the translator can perform more appropriate and effective translation. For example, by changing the style of the sentence after translation according to the meaning of the first color, it is possible to more appropriately reflect the impression of the translated sentence and the impression of the original sentence content.

The translation support program of the invention according to claim 9 can cause a computer to execute various processing steps of the translation support method according to any one of claims 1 to 7. Therefore, the effect of the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 7 can be achieved.

  DESCRIPTION OF EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, embodiments of the invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The drawings to be referred to are used for explaining the technical features that can be adopted by the present invention, and the configuration of the apparatus and the flowcharts of various processes described are not intended to be limited thereto. This is just an illustrative example.

<First Embodiment>
The translation support apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment will be described below with reference to FIGS. The present embodiment is characterized in that when a user who uses the translation support apparatus 1 translates himself, the translation is supported by presenting the user with the meaning of the color of the document including the sentence to be translated. Is.

  First, the configuration of the translation support apparatus 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the translation support apparatus 1. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of the language database 1510. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of the color meaning database 1520.

  The translation support apparatus 1 is a general-purpose computer apparatus, for example, and employs a personal computer in this embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the translation support apparatus 1 includes a CPU 10 and a ROM 11 and a RAM 12 connected to the CPU 10. In addition, an input / output (I / O) interface 14 is connected to the CPU 10. A hard disk device (HDD) 15, a mouse controller 16, a key controller 17, a video controller 18, and a communication device 19 are connected to the I / O interface 14.

  The CPU 10 governs overall control of the translation support apparatus 1. The ROM 11 stores various programs including the BIOS for operating the translation support apparatus 1. The CPU 10 controls the operation of the translation support apparatus 1 according to a program stored in the ROM 11 or an HDD 15 described later. The RAM 12 is a storage device for temporarily storing various data. A mouse 161, a keyboard 171 and a display 181 are connected to the mouse controller 16, the key controller 17, and the video controller 18, respectively. The communication device 19 is connected to the Internet and other networks (not shown) and transmits / receives data to / from other external devices.

  Here, details of the HDD 15 will be described. As shown in FIG. 1, the HDD 15 includes a plurality of storage areas including a language database (DB) storage area 151, a color meaning database (DB) storage area 152, a translation dictionary storage area 153, and a program storage area 154. Yes.

  The language DB storage area 151 stores a language DB 1510 (see FIG. 2). As shown in FIG. 2, the language DB 1510 corresponds to the countries that are mainly used for each of various languages, for example, Japanese for Japanese and American for American English. Memorize relationships.

  The color meaning DB storage area 152 stores a color meaning DB 1520 (see FIG. 3). Even if the color is the same color, the image associated with it, that is, the meaning, may differ depending on the cultural sphere to which each country belongs. For example, the same color “red” is reminiscent of “passion, vitality, celebration, revolution” in Japan, while it is reminiscent of “sin, passion, courage, sacrifice” in the United States. That is, “red” means “passion” in any country, but other meanings apply in one country but not in the other. The color meaning DB 1520 shown in FIG. 3 stores the correspondence between such various colors and the meanings of those colors (hereinafter referred to as color meanings) for each country. In FIG. 3, the meaning of each of the five colors is illustrated for only Japan and the United States, but actually, the meaning in the color meaning DB 1520 is associated with more colors and countries. It is remembered. In the present embodiment, the color meaning DB storage area 152 corresponds to “color meaning storage means” of the present invention.

  Although not shown in detail, the translation dictionary storage area 153 shown in FIG. 1 stores general-purpose translation dictionaries that store corresponding words for various languages. The program storage area 154 stores various programs for causing the translation support apparatus 1 to execute various processes described later. For example, those programs stored in a CD-ROM are installed via a CD-ROM drive (not shown) and stored in the program storage area 154. Alternatively, for example, a program downloaded via the Internet may be stored in the program storage area 154. In addition, the HDD 15 stores setting values used in various processes. In the present embodiment, the translation dictionary storage area 153 corresponds to the “translation dictionary storage means” of the present invention.

  Next, processing performed in the translation support apparatus 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5. FIG. 4 is a flowchart of the color meaning presentation process. FIG. 5 is a flowchart of the color translation result presentation process. 4 and 5 are executed by the CPU 10 in accordance with each processing program stored in the program storage area 154.

  First, the color meaning presentation process shown in FIG. 4 will be described. This process is a process for presenting the meaning of the color of the original document to the translation user 1 who is a translator. The color meaning presentation processing is started in the translation support device 1 when a program for color meaning presentation processing stored in the program storage area 154 is started. First, a screen provided with an input field for specifying a file (for example, an image file) of a manuscript (hereinafter referred to as an original manuscript) including a sentence to be translated (hereinafter referred to as an original manuscript) is displayed on the display 181. . Then, when the storage location of the file of the original document is specified by an input via the mouse 161 or the keyboard 171 by the user of the translation support apparatus 1, the data of the specified file is read to a predetermined storage area of the RAM 12. (S1). Also, the final language, which is the translated language, is input by the user and stored in the RAM 12 (S2).

  Subsequently, based on the data of the original document file read in step S1, representative colors (hereinafter referred to as representative colors) used for the original document are specified (S3). Specifically, for example, the color used for the most pixels among the pixels constituting the image of the original document may be set as the representative color. Therefore, first, the number of pixels in which each color is used is counted based on RGB values set in advance corresponding to each color stored in the color meaning DB 1520 (see FIG. 3). For example, if the RGB value preset to represent the “red” color is A, and the RGB value of a pixel is within a predetermined distance from A in the RGB space, the color of that pixel is “ Counted as "red". Then, the color with the largest number of counted pixels is specified as the representative color. As described above, the representative color can be easily determined by specifying the color having the largest display area with reference to the pixel.

  Further, data corresponding to the text is extracted from the data of the original document file read in step S1 and stored in a predetermined storage area of the RAM 12 (S4). By the method, the original language which is the language of the original text is specified (S5). Subsequently, referring to the language DB 1510 (see FIG. 2), the country corresponding to the original language identified in step S5 is identified (S6). For example, when “Japanese” is specified as the original language, “Japan” is specified as the country.

  Subsequently, the color meaning of the representative color of the original document in the country corresponding to the original language is extracted from the color meaning DB 1520 (see FIG. 3) and stored in the RAM 12 (S7). For example, when the country corresponding to the original language is “Japan” and the representative color of the original document is “red”, the corresponding color meaning “passion, vitality, celebration, revolution” is extracted from the color meaning DB 1520. It will be. Further, a sentence is extracted from the data of the original document file read in step S1 (S6), and the machine is stored in the translation dictionary storage area 153 by any known method using a translation dictionary. Translation is performed (S8). Then, the translated text after the machine translation is displayed on the display 181 along with the color meaning of the representative color of the original document (S9), and the color meaning presentation process shown in FIG.

  As described above, according to the color meaning presentation process of the present embodiment, the color meanings of the representative colors of the original document are displayed on the display 181, so that the user of the translation support apparatus 1 that performs translation is displayed. Translation can be performed in consideration of the color meaning. Color not only plays a decorative role, it is important information that has meaning. Therefore, the user of the translation support apparatus 1 can perform more appropriate and effective translation by transmitting other meanings included in the original document that cannot be grasped only by the text. For example, by changing the style of the translated text according to the meaning of the representative color of the original document, it becomes possible to make the impression of the translated text different. For example, when the representative color of a Japanese original manuscript is “red”, which means “passion”, translation can be performed with passionate expression in mind. In the present embodiment, the original text automatically machine-translated into the final language is also displayed on the display 181 together with the meaning of the representative color of the original document. Therefore, the user makes corrections based on the original text. The final translation can be created efficiently.

  Next, the color translation result presentation process shown in FIG. 5 will be described. In this process, when the user of the translation support apparatus 1 translates himself and creates a translated manuscript, in addition to the meaning indicated by the color of the original manuscript, a color suitable for use in the translated manuscript is presented. It is processing to do. The color translation result presentation process is started when a program for color translation result presentation processing stored in the program storage area 154 is started in the translation support apparatus 1.

  The content of the process from step S11 to S17 of the color translation result presentation process shown in FIG. 5 is the same as that from step S1 to S7 of the color meaning presentation process (see FIG. 4) described above. Therefore, description here is abbreviate | omitted and a detail is demonstrated about the process after step S21.

  First, it is determined whether there are a plurality of color meanings of the original document extracted in step S17 based on the representative color of the original document and the country of the original language (S21). As described above for the color meaning presentation processing, for example, when the country corresponding to the original language is “Japan” and the representative color of the original manuscript is “black”, the corresponding color meanings “noble, experience, crime” "Evil, Fear" is extracted from the color meaning DB 1520 (S21: YES). In such a case, a list of these color meanings is created and displayed on the display 181 together with an input field for selecting and inputting any one of the color meanings included in the list (S23). The user confirms a plurality of color meanings displayed in a list on the display 181, selects a color meaning that seems to be most appropriate as a meaning for the contents of the original text, and inputs it in the input field. When this input information is received (S24), the color meaning corresponding to the selected and input information is determined as the meaning of the representative color of the original document and stored in the RAM 12 (S25). On the other hand, if there is only one color meaning of the original document extracted in step S17 (S21: NO), the color meaning is determined as the meaning of the representative color of the original document and stored in the RAM 12. (S22).

  In this way, when the color meaning of the original document is determined (S22 or S25), the country in which the final language is mainly used is specified based on the final language accepted in step S12 (S31). . Specifically, the country stored in the language DB 1510 (see FIG. 2) in association with the final language is specified. For example, when “American English” is accepted as the final language, “America” is specified.

  Subsequently, a color corresponding to the color of the original document is extracted in the country corresponding to the final language (S32). Specifically, the color meaning DB 1520 (see FIG. 3) is referred to, and in the country specified in step S31, a color having the same meaning as the color meaning of the original document determined in step S22 or S25 is extracted ( S32). Then, it is determined whether or not the corresponding color has been extracted (S33). For example, the color of the original document is identified as “black”, the country corresponding to the final language is identified as “USA” (S13, S16), and the color meaning of the original document is determined to be “sin” based on the user's selection Suppose that it was made (S25). In this case, among the five colors of red, blue, white, black, and yellow stored in the color meaning DB 1520 shown in FIG. 3, the country “USA” and “red” corresponding to the color meaning “sin” Discovered (S33: YES). Therefore, the color meaning of the original document and the color (hereinafter referred to as “proposed color”) that is optimal for use in the final document created based on the translated sentence that the user completed later are displayed on the display 181. The user is notified (S34). In the above-described example, the display 181 displays that the color meaning of the original document is “Sin” and that the proposed color is “red”. Thereafter, the color translation result presentation process shown in FIG. 5 ends.

  On the other hand, for example, the color of the original document is “black”, the country corresponding to the final language is identified as “America” (S13, S16), and the color meaning of the original document is “noble” based on the user's selection. (S25). In this case, the color meaning DB 1520 shown in FIG. 3 does not store the colors corresponding to the country “USA” and the color meaning “noble” among the five colors of red, blue, white, black, and yellow. Cannot be found (S33: NO). Therefore, in such a case, only the fact that the color meaning of the original document is “noble” is displayed on the display 181 (S35), and then the color translation result presentation process shown in FIG. 5 ends.

  As described above, according to the color translation result presentation process of the present embodiment, the meaning of the representative color of the original document is displayed on the display 181 and used for the final document that is the translated document. Proposed color suitable for Therefore, the translator can create a final manuscript that appropriately and effectively reflects the meaning of the original manuscript as a whole by using the proposed color as the background color of the translation sentence created by the translator. In other words, you can translate not only sentences but also colors. Further, when there are a plurality of color meanings of the original document, the color selected by the translator is determined as the color meaning of the original document, so that one appropriate color can be selected as the proposed color.

  In the present embodiment, the processing in step S5 in FIG. 4 and step S15 in FIG. 5 corresponds to the “first language specifying step” of the present invention, and the CPU 10 that performs the processing is “first language specifying means”. It corresponds to. The processing in step S6 in FIG. 4 and step S16 in FIG. 5 corresponds to the “first cultural area specifying step” of the present invention, and the CPU 10 that performs the processing corresponds to the “first cultural area specifying means”. . The process of step S3 of FIG. 4 and step S13 of FIG. 5 corresponds to the “color specifying step” of the present invention, and the CPU 10 that performs the process corresponds to “color specifying means”. The processing in step S7 in FIG. 4 and step S17 in FIG. 5 corresponds to the “meaning determination step” of the present invention, and the CPU 10 that performs the processing corresponds to “meaning determination means”. Step S9 in FIG. 4 and steps S34 and S35 in FIG. 5 correspond to the “meaning notification step” of the present invention, and the CPU 10 performing the processing corresponds to “meaning notification means”.

  Further, the process of step S12 in FIG. 5 corresponds to the “second language specifying step” of the present invention. The process of step S31 in FIG. 5 corresponds to the “second cultural area specifying step” of the present invention. The process of step S32 in FIG. 5 corresponds to the “color selection step” of the present invention. The process of step S34 in FIG. 5 corresponds to the “color notification step” of the present invention. Further, the process of step S23 of FIG. 5 corresponds to the “color meaning presentation step” of the present invention. The process of step S24 in FIG. 5 corresponds to the “color identification information receiving step” of the present invention. 4 corresponds to the “sentence acquisition step” of the present invention, step S2 of FIG. 4 corresponds to the “second language specifying step”, and the process of step S8 corresponds to the “translation step”. The process of step S9 corresponds to a “translation sentence notification step”.

<Second Embodiment>
The translation request mediation system according to the second embodiment will be described below with reference to FIGS. In the present embodiment, the server 3 that mediates the translation request for the web page received via the Internet 9 is used for the meaning of the color of the web page and the web page on which the translated text is posted when placing an order with the translator. It is characterized by supporting translators by presenting planned colors.

  First, the schematic configuration of the translation request mediation system will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 6 is a system configuration diagram showing a schematic configuration of the translation request mediation system. As shown in FIG. 6, the translation request mediation system 2 includes a server 3, a client terminal 4, and a translator terminal 5, all of which are connected to the Internet 9. The server 3, the client terminal 4, and the translator terminal 5 are all general-purpose computers such as personal computers. In FIG. 6, only one client terminal 4 and one translator terminal 5 are shown, but there may be a plurality of them. In the present embodiment, the server 3 corresponds to the “translation support device” of the present invention.

  The server 3 publishes a translation request website (hereinafter referred to as a translation request site) provided on the WWW (World Wide Web) of the Internet 9, and requests a translation of a web page via the translation request site. It is a device that receives and orders translations from translators and manages information related to translation requests. The requester terminal 4 is a terminal device used by a translation requester who requests the server 3 to translate a desired Web page. The translator terminal 5 is a terminal device used by a translator who translates in response to an order from the server 3 and provides a translated sentence to the server 3.

  Here, a procedure of processing performed in the entire translation request mediation system of this embodiment will be briefly described. The translation requester who uses the client terminal 4 can specify the Web page and language to be translated via the translation request site, and can request the server 3 to translate. When the server 3 receives the translation request transmitted from the client terminal 4, the server 3 determines the meaning of the representative color used for the web page to be translated and the color used for the translated web page corresponding to the representative color. Make a decision and order the translation from the translator. The translator performs the translation in consideration of the meaning of the representative color of the Web page to be notified notified at the time of ordering and the color used for the translated Web page. When the translated text is completed and transmitted from the translator to the server 3, the server 3 uses the received translated text and the color used for the translated web page determined in advance and notified to the translator. A web page is generated and presented to the translation requester. As described above, the server 3 supports the translation by the translator and provides the translation requester with the translation result of the text and color of the web page to be translated.

  Next, the configuration of the server 3 of the translation request mediation system will be described with reference to FIG. 7 and FIG. FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the server 3. FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of the related word database 3530.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the configuration of the server 3 is the same as that of the translation support apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment described above (see FIG. 1). Only explained. Similar to the HDD 15 of the translation support apparatus 1, the HDD 35 is provided with a language DB storage area 351, a color meaning DB storage area 352, and a program storage area 354. On the other hand, unlike the translation support apparatus 1, there is no storage area for a translation dictionary used for machine translation, and a related word DB storage area 353 is provided. In addition to the storage area shown in FIG. 7, the HDD 35 stores information about a translator who uses the translator terminal 3 (e-mail address, etc.), received translation requests, information for managing the translation status, and the like. A storage area for various databases is also provided.

  In the related word DB storage area 353, a related word DB 3530 (see FIG. 8) is stored. As shown in FIG. 8, the related word DB 3530 is associated with the color meaning stored in the color meaning DB 1520 (see FIG. 3) in the color meaning DB storage area 352 and the related words (including the color meaning itself). It is something to remember. For example, “passion”, the color meaning corresponding to “red” in Japan and the United States, “passion”, “passion”, “sympathy”, “pathos”, “feeling”, “feeling”, and “feeling” Seven related terms are stored. In FIG. 8, only Japanese is illustrated as a related word corresponding to each color meaning, but actually related words in various languages such as American English, British English, Chinese, etc. are stored. . In FIG. 8, only related words corresponding to four color meanings are illustrated, but actually related words are stored for all color meanings stored in the color meaning DB 1520.

  Next, processing performed in the server 3 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 9 is a flowchart of the translation request mediation process. FIG. 10 is a flowchart of the translation request process mediation process, which is a continuation of FIG. FIG. 11 is an explanation of the translation request screen 201. 9 and 10 is executed by the CPU 30 according to the translation request processing mediation program stored in the program storage area 354.

  When the translation requester starts a Web browser on the requester terminal 4 and selects “translation request” on the menu screen (not shown) of the translation request site published by the server 3, the information is transmitted to the server 3. 9 starts the translation request mediation process. When the processing is started, first, display data for the translation request screen 201 (see FIG. 11) is transmitted from the server 3 to the requester terminal 4. In the translation request screen 201, for example, as shown in FIG. 11, a URL (Uniform Resource Locator), which is information specifying the location of a Web page to be translated (hereinafter referred to as the original text page), an original language and a final language, and An input field for a mail address of the contact person of the translation requester and an OK button are provided. When necessary information is input to the input field of the translation request screen 201 at the requester terminal 4 and the OK button is selected, the input information is transmitted to the server 3 and accepted by the server 3 (S51). The information related to the accepted translation request is temporarily stored in the RAM 32, and then the unique identification for identifying each translation request in a request management database (not shown) stored in a predetermined storage area of the HDD 35. It is registered in association with a request ID which is a code.

  Subsequently, one translator who orders the translation is selected (S52). In this embodiment, the translator may select any method as long as the condition that the translation from the original language to the final language is possible is satisfied. Alternatively, the translation requester may specify a specialized field at the time of a translation request, and may be selected in consideration of the specialized field in addition to the language. Information for identifying the selected translator is stored in a request management database (not shown) in association with the request ID of the corresponding translation request. Then, the translation requester is charged for the translation fee (S52). In the billing process for the translation requester, for example, display data for a screen having an input field for credit card information is transmitted to the requester terminal 4. Then, based on the input information, request data for collecting a translation fee from the translation requester is created and transmitted to, for example, a credit card company management device (not shown) via a dedicated network. As the translation fee, a fee determined in advance by the operator of the translation request site, such as a uniform fee, a fee according to the length of the sentence, etc. may be stored in the HDD 35, for example.

  Based on the URL of the original page, the original page is acquired and stored in a predetermined storage area (not shown) of the HDD 35 in association with the request ID (S54). The representative color of the acquired original page is specified (S55). For example, the representative color of the original text page may be a color used for the most pixels among the pixels constituting the original text page, as described in the first embodiment. Further, the text included in the original text page is extracted and stored in the RAM 32 (S56), and the country in which the original language is mainly used is specified based on the original language accepted in step S51 (S57). Subsequently, referring to the color meaning DB 1520 (see FIG. 3), the color meaning of the representative color of the original page is extracted (S58). Note that the processes in steps S56 to S58 are the same as steps S4 and S6 to S7 in the color meaning presentation process (see FIG. 4) of the first embodiment, and thus detailed description thereof is omitted here.

  Subsequently, based on the representative color of the original text page and the country of the original language, it is determined whether or not there are a plurality of color meanings of the original text page extracted in step S59 (S61). For example, when the country corresponding to the original language is “Japanese” and the representative color of the original page is “red”, a plurality of corresponding color meanings “passion, vitality, celebration, revolution” are obtained from the color meaning DB 1520. It has been extracted (S61: YES). In the first embodiment, in such a case, an appropriate one of a plurality of color meanings is selected by the translation requester, but in this embodiment, an appropriate one is obtained by analyzing the sentence on the original page. The color meaning.

  Specifically, first, using the related word DB 3530 (see FIG. 8), the number of related words corresponding to the color meaning included in the sentence of the original page extracted in step S56 and stored in the RAM 32. Is counted. In the case of the above example, in step S59, four color meanings “passion, liveliness, celebration, revolution” are extracted. First, the first color meaning “passion” is selected, and a related word in Japanese, which is the language (original language) of the original page, stored in the related word DB 3530 corresponding to the color meaning “passion” is stored in the RAM 12. Is read out. As Japanese related words corresponding to the color meaning “passion”, seven words “passion”, “passion”, “feeling”, “pathos”, “feeling”, “feeling”, and “feeling” are read out. Then, for each of the read related words, the number included in the sentence of the original page is sequentially counted, and the total is stored in a predetermined storage area of the RAM 12 as the number of related words corresponding to the color meaning. Is done. For example, “3, 2, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0” is counted for each of “passion”, “passion”, “feeling”, “pathos”, “feeling”, “feeling”, and “feeling”. For example, the number of related words of the color meaning “passion” is stored as 5. Similarly, for all color meanings (four in the above example), the number of related words included in the text of the original text page is sequentially counted (S63).

  The count results for all color meanings are compared, and the most frequently used color meaning in the text of the original text page is determined as the color meaning of the representative color of the original text page (S64). For example, in the above example, it is assumed that the numbers of related words corresponding to “passion”, “liveness”, “celebration”, and “revolution” are 5, 3, 0, and 0, respectively. In this case, “passion” having the largest number of related words is determined as the meaning of the representative color of the original page. On the other hand, if there is only one color meaning of the representative color of the original text page extracted in step S59 (S61: NO), one extracted color meaning is determined as the meaning of the representative color of the original text page ( S62).

In this way, when the color meaning of the representative color of the original page is determined (S62 or S64), the final language is determined based on the final language received in step S51 with reference to the language DB 1510 (see FIG. 2). The country where is mainly used is identified (S66). Subsequently, a color corresponding to the representative color of the original page is extracted in the country corresponding to the final language (S68 in FIG. 10). This process is the same as the process in step S32 of the color translation result presentation process (see FIG. 5) of the first embodiment. It is determined whether or not the corresponding color has been extracted (S69). If it is found (S69: YES), the color is determined as a planned color that is to be used for the translated web page (hereinafter referred to as the translated page) (S71). The determined scheduled color is stored in a request management database (not shown) in association with the request ID.

  For example, the representative color of the original page is identified as “red”, the country corresponding to the final language is identified as “America” (S55, S57), and the color meaning of the original page is set to “passion” based on the analysis result of the sentence on the original page. ”(S64). In this case, among the five colors of red, blue, white, black, and yellow stored in the color meaning DB 1520 shown in FIG. 3, the country “USA” and “red” corresponding to the color meaning “passion” It is discovered (S69: YES). In other words, “red”, meaning “passion” in Japan, means “passion” in the United States, so the same color should be used for the original page and the translated page. Therefore, the planned color to be used for the translation page is determined to be “red”, which is the same as the representative color of the original page (S71).

  The translation order mail in which the request ID, the color meaning of the representative color of the original text page, the planned color of the translation page is described, and the text of the original text page extracted in step S56 is attached is selected in step S52 (S72). Thereafter, the CPU 30 stands by until a translation is received together with the request ID from the translator terminal 5 (S73: NO, S73). When the translation is received (S73: YES), the received translation is accepted and the request ID is received. Are stored in a predetermined storage area (not shown) of the HDD 35 (S74). Then, using the planned color stored in the request management database (not shown) for the portion where the representative color of the original text page is used, a translation page in which the translated text is posted is generated (S75), 10 is transmitted to the address of the translation requester (S76), the translation request mediation process in FIG. 10 ends. The translation requester can view the translation page with a Web browser based on the transmitted URL.

  On the other hand, when a color corresponding to the representative color of the original page cannot be found (S69: NO), only the sentence of the original page and the color meaning of the representative color of the original page are transmitted to the translator (S82). ). After that, the CPU 30 waits until receiving the translated text created by the translator together with the request ID (S83: NO, S83). When receiving the translated text (S83: YES), the CPU 30 accepts the received translated text, and receives the requested ID. Are stored in a predetermined storage area (not shown) of the HDD 35 (S84). Then, using the color of the original text page as it is, a translation page on which the translated text is posted is generated (S85), and the URL specifying the location is transmitted to the address of the translation requester (S76). The mediation process ends.

  As described above, according to the translation request mediation process of the present embodiment, the translator using the translator terminal 5 has the representative color of the original page as in the color translation result presentation process of the first embodiment. In addition to being notified of the meaning of the colors, the scheduled color used for the translated web page is notified. Therefore, the translator can perform appropriate translation in consideration of the color meaning of the notified original page while imagining what color the Web page after translation is created in. In addition, when there are a plurality of color meanings of the original text page, one color meaning is automatically selected based on the text content of the original text page, and a color having an equivalent meaning is used as a color used for the translation page. Since it is selected, an appropriate planned color can be automatically selected. When selecting the color meaning of the original text page, the number of related words corresponding to a plurality of color meanings of the original text page included in the text of the original text page is counted, and the color meaning with the largest number is selected. Accordingly, one of the color meanings of the original page can be selected appropriately and simply.

  In the present embodiment, the server 3 supports the translator who uses the translator terminal 5 by notifying the color meaning of the representative color of the original text page and the planned color used for the translated web page. At the same time, the translation requester can be provided with the translation result of the text and color of the Web page to be translated. Therefore, the translator does not need to create a translation page using an appropriate post-translation color, and can concentrate solely on the translation of the sentence. Then, the translation requester can view a translation page that appropriately and effectively reflects the meaning of the entire original page, taking into account the information other than the text.

  In the present embodiment, the process of step S51 in FIG. 9 corresponds to the “first language specifying step” of the present invention, and the CPU 10 that performs the process corresponds to the “first language specifying unit”. The process of step S57 in FIG. 9 corresponds to the “first cultural area specifying step” of the present invention, and the CPU 10 that performs the processing corresponds to the “first cultural area specifying means”. The process of step S55 in FIG. 9 corresponds to the “color specifying step” of the present invention, and the CPU 10 that performs the process corresponds to “color specifying means”. 9 corresponds to the “meaning determination step” of the present invention, and the CPU 10 that performs the processing corresponds to “meaning determination means”. The processing in steps S72 and S82 in FIG. 10 corresponds to the “meaning notification step” of the present invention, and the CPU 10 that performs the processing corresponds to “meaning notification means”.

  Further, the process of step S51 of FIG. 9 corresponds to the “second language specifying step” of the present invention. The process of step S66 in FIG. 9 corresponds to the “second cultural area specifying step” of the present invention. The process of step S68 in FIG. 10 corresponds to the “color selection step” of the present invention. The process of step S72 in FIG. 10 corresponds to the “color notification step” of the present invention. Further, the process of step S56 in FIG. 9 corresponds to the “text acquisition step” of the present invention. The processing of steps S63 and S64 in FIG. 9 corresponds to the “meaning selection step” of the present invention. Of these, the process of step S63 corresponds to the “count step” of the present invention, and the process of step S64 corresponds to the “frequent meaning selection step”.

  It should be noted that the configuration and processing shown in the above-described embodiment are examples, and it goes without saying that various modifications are possible. For example, in the above-described embodiment, as an example of content to be translated, a document file including a sentence stored in advance and a Web page including a sentence are described. However, the content to be translated is not limited to these, and may be, for example, image data including text read by a scanner at the start of processing.

  In the above-described embodiment, one country is regarded as a cultural area, and the country in which the original language and the final language are mainly used is specified using the language DB 1510 (see FIG. 2). However, not limited to countries, areas connected by a certain culture style may be classified as cultural spheres and associated with languages. For example, remember the correspondence between cultural spheres classified according to religions such as Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, and cultural spheres classified in regions such as Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Northern Europe, etc., and language. May be used.

  In the above-described embodiment, the representative color of the original document or the original document page is determined based on the pixel color. However, since the representative color can often be determined by human eyes, the translation support apparatus. You may specify by the input of 1 user or the translation requester who uses the requester terminal 4.

  In the first embodiment described above, the original language is determined based on the text extracted from the original document. However, the original language may be specified by a user input of the translation support apparatus 1. On the contrary, in the second embodiment, the original language is specified by the input of the translation requester. However, as in the first embodiment, the original language may be determined based on the text on the original page.

  Further, in the color translation result presentation process of the first embodiment, the machine translation result is not presented to the user of the translation support apparatus 1, but may be presented in the same manner as the color meaning presentation process. In the second embodiment, the text of the original page is transmitted as it is when placing an order with the translator. However, as in the color meaning presentation process of the first embodiment, the translation dictionary is stored in the HDD 35 of the server 3. Alternatively, the machine-translated translation may be transmitted together. In the second embodiment, the translator is notified of the planned color of the translation page. Since the server 3 generates the translation page using the planned color, step S72 in FIG. The translator may provide only the text of the original page and the color meaning of the original page.

  In the first embodiment, the color meaning of the original manuscript and the suggested color of the final manuscript are presented on the display 181 to the user who performs translation. However, the translation support apparatus 1 is provided with an audio output device. The color meaning of the original document and the suggested color of the final document may be notified by voice.

2 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of a translation support apparatus 1. FIG. FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram of a language database 1510. It is explanatory drawing of the color meaning database 1520. FIG. It is a flowchart of a color meaning presentation process. It is a flowchart of a color translation result presentation process. It is a system block diagram which shows schematic structure of a translation request mediation system. 3 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of a server 3. FIG. It is explanatory drawing of the related word database 3530. FIG. It is a flowchart of a translation request mediation process. FIG. 10 is a flowchart of the translation request process mediation process, which is a continuation of FIG. 9. It is an explanation of a translation request screen 201.

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1 translation support device 3 server 10 CPU
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152 Color meaning database storage area 153 Translation dictionary storage area 352 Color meaning database storage area 354 Related word database storage area

Claims (9)

A translation support method for supporting translation by a translator processed by a computer,
A first language specifying step for specifying a first language that is a language of the original text content to be translated;
A first cultural area specifying step for specifying a first cultural area that is a cultural area in which the first language specified in the first language specifying step is mainly used;
A color specifying step of specifying a first color which is a color used in the original content;
With reference to the color meaning storage means for storing the meaning of color for each culture sphere, the first culture sphere identified in the first culture sphere identification step and the color identified in the color identification step A meaning determining step for determining the meaning of the first color based on a first color;
A translation support method comprising a meaning notification step of notifying a translator of the meaning of the first color determined in the meaning determination step. A second language specifying step for specifying a second language that is different from the first language and is a translated language of the original text content;
A second cultural area specifying step for specifying a second cultural area that is a cultural area in which the second language specified in the second language specifying step is mainly used;
With reference to the color meaning storage means, in the second cultural sphere, a color having the same meaning as the meaning of the first color determined in the meaning determining step is translated into the second language. A color selection step of selecting as a second color that is suitable for use in the content of
The translation support method according to claim 1, further comprising a color notification step of notifying the translator of the second color selected in the color selection step. A color meaning presenting step for presenting the plurality of determined meanings of the first color to the translator when there are a plurality of meanings of the first color determined in the meaning determining step;
A color specifying information receiving step for receiving information specifying one of the meanings of the plurality of the first colors presented in the color meaning presenting step input by the translator;
In the color selection step, a color having a meaning equivalent to the meaning of the first color specified by the information received in the color specification information reception step is selected in the second culture area. The translation support method according to claim 2, wherein the translation support method is selected as a color. A sentence acquisition step of acquiring a sentence of the original text content;
When there are a plurality of meanings of the first color determined in the meaning determination step, the contents of the sentence acquired in the sentence acquisition step are analyzed, and the plurality of determined meanings of the first color are determined. Of these, the method further comprises a meaning selection step of selecting the meaning of the optimum first color.
In the color selection step, a color having a meaning equivalent to the meaning of the first color selected in the meaning selection step is selected as the second color in the second cultural sphere. The translation support method according to claim 2. The meaning selection step includes:
When there are a plurality of meanings of the first color determined in the meaning determination step, the first included in the sentence acquired in the sentence acquisition step for each of the plurality of determined first meanings. A counting step that counts the number of phrases related to the color meaning of
5. The frequent meaning selection step for selecting the first meaning having the largest number of the related words counted in the counting step among the plurality of the first meanings. The translation support method described in 1.   6. The translation support according to claim 1, wherein the first color is a color having the largest display area on the original text content among colors used in the original text content. Method. A sentence acquisition step of acquiring a sentence of the original text content;
A second language specifying step for specifying a second language that is different from the first language and is a translated language of the original text content;
A translation step of translating the sentence acquired in the sentence acquisition step into the second language with reference to a dictionary storage unit for translation that stores a plurality of words in a plurality of languages in association with each other;
The translation support method according to claim 1, further comprising a translated sentence notifying step of notifying the translator of the sentence translated into the second language in the translating step. A translation support device that supports translation by a translator,
First language specifying means for specifying a first language that is a language of the original text content to be translated;
First cultural area specifying means for specifying a first cultural area that is a cultural area in which the first language specified by the first language specifying means is mainly used;
Color specifying means for acquiring a first color which is a color used in the original text content;
Color meaning storage means for storing the meaning of color for each cultural area;
Referring to the color meaning storage means, based on the first culture area identified by the first culture area identification means and the first color identified by the color identification means, the first Semantic determining means for determining the meaning of one color;
A translation support apparatus, comprising: meaning notifying means for notifying a translator of the meaning of the first color determined by the meaning determining means.   The translation assistance program which makes a computer perform the various process steps of the translation assistance method in any one of Claims 1-7.

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