JPH06195380A - Retrieval result display system in translation supporting system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a retrieval result display system for a translation supporting system capable of utilizing a menu extending over windows set as a pair and fetching the result of dictionary retrieval in the window for document edit in the dictionary retrieval, referring to examples with different translation words simultaneously without changing a dictionary entry in parallel translation example retrieval, accelerating a retrieval/display operation, hightening the visibility of a translation text, and efficiently performing translation document preparing work. CONSTITUTION:A retrieval result can be fetched by providing plural windows 24 set as a pair, instructing the dictionary retrieval by the window on one side which makes the pair, and performing the rewrite of a menu item, and also, the retrieval result can be displayed by fetching in a document being edited by selecting the menu item of the window 24 on the other side which makes the pair. Also, retrieval is interrupted when the number of retrieval results of parallel translation example data exceeds a prescribed number, and a retrieval target is narrowed down, and the fact that the retrieval result is an intermediate result is displayed in visual display by a meter, and when plural retrieval results of the parallel translation examples exist, a character string provided commonly in the retrieval results is displayed by emphasizing.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a search result display system in a translation support system for editing and creating a translated document by using information searched by a language expression information search function such as a dictionary search or an example sentence search. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an electronic computer has been used to specify a search keyword or the like, and a linguistic expression information search function, such as a dictionary search or an example sentence search, can be used to search the language data such as a dictionary or bilingual example sentence to obtain necessary information. A translation support system used for editing and creating translated documents has been developed. In these translation support systems, various methods are adopted to obtain a linguistic expression such as a translated word or an example sentence that serves as a reference for translation and support the creation of a translated document.

For example, FIG. 9 shows a display system in a conventional English sentence creation support apparatus disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 1-41067. In Figure 9, English letter creation area 4
A part of the text of 1 is specified as a range, a search is performed for a character string in the range specified by the English-Japanese and Japanese-English dictionary menu 42, and the search result is displayed in the display area 43.
The displayed contents can be transferred to the English letter creation area 41 and taken in.

Further, in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 1-15867,
A method of displaying an example sentence in which a translated word in the example sentence is highlighted is described. Furthermore, in the conventional method for displaying the parallel translation example sentence search result disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2-112065, the parallel translation example sentences are analyzed in advance, and the translation word pairs are obtained by using pattern matching between them and the analysis result of the input sentence. To find.

[0005]

The search result display method of the conventional translation support system is configured as described above.
For example, in the case of the one disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 1-41067, a dictionary search result is displayed in a display area 43 different from the document editing area (window) 41, so that a display device with a small screen like a personal computer is displayed. , The search results are displayed in the document editing area (window) 41.
It was necessary to give an instruction to switch the area (window) in addition to the normal editing work in order to capture it in.

In the conventional parallel translation example sentence search result display method disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 1-15867, when an example sentence in a word dictionary is displayed, a word in the example sentence that matches a dictionary heading is highlighted. To do. Therefore, when referring to example sentences using other translated words, it is necessary to change the dictionary heading, and it is difficult to refer to example sentences with different translated words at the same time.

Further, in the method disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 1-15867, it is necessary to analyze the bilingual example sentence in advance and hold the correspondence between each word as information, which makes the work of adding data complicated. , The amount of data also becomes large. Also,
Since the input sentence is analyzed and pattern matching is performed, it takes a long time to search, and if the analysis is incorrect, there is a problem that the translated word cannot be taken.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above problems, and in the dictionary search, the dictionary search is performed without switching the search result display window and the document editing window. In addition to being able to import the results into the window for document editing, even when referring to example sentences that use other translations in parallel translation example searches, it is possible to refer to example sentences with different translations at the same time without changing the dictionary heading. -It is an object of the present invention to provide a search result display method of a translation support system that can speed up the display operation and efficiently perform translation document creation work with consistent operations.

[0009]

A search result display method in a translation support system according to the present invention is a search result display method in which a plurality of paired windows are provided and a dictionary search result is displayed on this window. , The paired window has a menu for instructing a search operation, and rewrites a menu item in one of the paired windows to instruct a dictionary search to fetch a search result and become a pair. By selecting a menu item in the other window, a means for displaying the dictionary search result in the document being edited and displaying it is provided.

Also, a parallel translation example sentence database in which a pair of language data written in a language of a certain country and corresponding language data written in a language of another country is used as a unit is input. A search result display method for displaying a search result of bilingual example sentence data satisfying a search condition on a display screen, and a means for interrupting the search when the number of search results of the bilingual example sentence data satisfying the input search condition exceeds a predetermined number. , A means to visually display that the search result is in progress by meter display and decide whether to restart the search from the position where the search was interrupted or to initialize by inputting a new search expression and switch to a new search Automatic search method, a method for determining which of the parallel translation example sentences in the search language is from the search expression, a means for searching and displaying only the parallel translation example sentence data part of the corresponding language, and the parallel translation Results statement in which search results when there are a plurality of and means for highlighting a string with common.

[0011]

In the dictionary search result display system according to the present invention configured as described above, when a dictionary search is instructed in one of a pair of windows, the search result is rewritten by rewriting the menu item. The retrieval result can be displayed by selecting the menu item also from the other window that is incorporated, and the dictionary retrieval result can be easily incorporated into the document being edited.

Further, according to the example sentence search result display method of the present invention, the search target is narrowed down according to the input search condition, and the search is interrupted when the number of search results reaches a predetermined number, so that a large amount of search can be performed at a time. By preventing the output of the result, the search speed can be improved and the response time of the search can be shortened. Further, by displaying the progress status of the search on the meter display, the progress status of the search can be easily grasped, and the information can be used as information for determining the next operation. Then, continuation of the search / switching of the new search are automatically performed by inputting a new search expression, and the operation of the new search can be facilitated. Furthermore, by extracting and analyzing the character strings that multiple translated texts have in common, the translated words are estimated, and by highlighting them, the visibility of the search result display is enhanced, and efficient editing work is performed with consistent operations. be able to.

[0013]

【Example】

Example 1. An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a translation support device that executes the search result display system according to the present invention. As shown in the figure, this translation support device includes a dictionary search unit 11 as a unit for performing a dictionary search, an example sentence search unit 12 as a unit for performing a parallel translation example sentence search, and an editing function as a unit for performing other editing processing. And an execution unit 13.
Also, an input device 14 as an input means such as a keyboard, a mouse, a pen, an OCR (optical character reading device), an input control unit 15 for controlling the input device 14, an entire document editing work, and managing a plurality of windows. An editing control unit 16 that controls the document editing process and an external storage control unit 17 that controls the external storage of the edited document file.
And an external storage device 18 for storing language data such as document files, dictionaries, and example sentences. Furthermore, a display control unit 19 that controls to display the original sentence and translated sentence in a plurality of windows, a print control unit 20 that controls printing of the edited document, and a content instructed by the print control unit 20. It is composed of a printing device 21 for printing and a display device 22 which is controlled by the display control unit 19 and displays the contents instructed by the display control unit 19.

FIG. 1 is a flow chart showing the basic operation of the main processing of the editing function of the translation support apparatus for executing the search result display system according to the present invention. As shown in the figure, the editing main process according to the present embodiment selects individual functions by the editing function selection 1,
It is realized by repeating execution and displaying the execution result. Edit function selection 1 has dictionary search function 2,
A bilingual example sentence function 3 and other editing functions 4 are prepared. When the dictionary search function 2 is selected, the steps of dictionary search function execution 5 and dictionary search result display 6 are executed. When the parallel translation example sentence function 3 is selected, the steps of executing the example sentence search function 7 and displaying the example sentence search result 8 are executed. When other editing function 4 is specified,
Other edit function execution 9 and each step of other edit function execution result display 10 are executed.

The translation support system according to this embodiment is shown in FIG.
From FIG. 6, as shown in FIG. 6, a plurality of document editing windows forming a pair, that is, a Japanese window 23 and an English window 24 are provided, and the Japanese window 23 and the English window 24 as those document editing windows are respectively Menu bars 26 and 27 are provided. Items on the menu bars 26 and 27 can be selected by various input devices such as a keyboard, a mouse, or a pointing device such as a pen (not shown).

Next, the detailed structure and operation of the document editing windows 23 and 24 will be described. In FIG. 3, which is a display example of the document edit screen of this embodiment, a Japanese window 2 is displayed.
When the character string 25 of a part of the sentence displayed in 3 is designated as a range and the menu item [dictionary] 28 of the menu bar 26 in the Japanese window 23 is selected, a pull-down menu 29 is displayed. When the item [pull] 30 is selected from the pull-down menu 29, a dictionary search is performed for the character string 25, and the search result is stored in the information storage location of the menu item secured in the pull-down menu. .

Next, as shown in FIG. 4, the menu item [dictionary] 33 in the menu bar 27 of the English window 24 is displayed.
When is selected, the pull-down menu 34 is displayed.
At this time, the heading item “method” 35 of the detection result is displayed in the pull-down menu 34. When the item 35 is selected, as shown in FIG. 5, a submenu 36 in which the translated words corresponding to the headline are each item is displayed. For example,
When the item 37 in the submenu 36 is selected, the character string “meth
"od" is inserted, and the state shown in FIG. 6 is obtained.

In the above description, an example of using a simple structured dictionary with headings, translations, and the like has been described, but the dictionary information includes information other than translations, and the information is displayed in the display item. Similar behavior can be expected even when the above is specified.

In the above embodiment, the case where the Japanese-English dictionary is used has been described, but a dictionary other than the Japanese-English dictionary may be used, and the menu rewriting function is effective even in the case of a single window.

Example 2. 7 and 8 are operation display screens showing another embodiment of the present invention, in which the parallel sentence example sentence is searched and the translated word is estimated by character string level analysis.
When a search condition is input to the edit control 51 and a search start button 52 is pressed in the process of searching for parallel sentences in a plurality of languages, such as English and Japanese, the search is started. First, it is determined which language of the bilingual example sentence the search condition is related to, and only the language data is searched. In the example of FIG. 7, the parallel translation example sentence data is in Japanese and English, and the search condition is Japanese, so only the Japanese data is the search target.

The search result is displayed in the list box 53. At this time, if the number of parallel translation example sentences in the search result exceeds a certain number, the search is interrupted at that point, and the results up to that point are displayed in the list box 53. At this time, if the search is still in progress, the meter 54 displays how far the search has been performed. The total length 55 of the meter 54 represents the overall size of the search target, and the scale 56 at the tip of the meter 54 represents the size of the search target that has already been searched, that is, the position where the search was interrupted.

When the search start button 52 is pressed in this state, the search is restarted and the search target area which has not been searched yet is searched. On the other hand, when the search condition of the edit control 51 is changed, the meter 54 is reset and initialized, and when the search start button 52 is pressed next, the search is started from the beginning of the search target.

When a plurality of search results are obtained in the second embodiment, a character string commonly appearing in a plurality of sentences on the translated sentence side is extracted and highlighted. In the parallel translation example sentence data of Japanese and English in the example of FIG. 8, since the search condition is Japanese, the translated sentence is an English sentence. Of the bilingual example sentences obtained here,
Character strings “sho1d” and “must” common to a plurality of English sentences are highlighted. However, predetermined character strings such as personal pronouns and articles are not highlighted even if they appear commonly in a plurality of sentences. Instead of highlighting, other text decorations such as underlining, shading, bag letters, and coloring may be used.

[0025]

As described above, according to the present invention,
In the dictionary search, even on a display screen with a small area such as the screen of a personal computer, you can instruct language data search with a simple operation without opening a new window,
In addition, the result can be displayed in an easy-to-understand format in a format that is easy to operate across a plurality of windows. Therefore, it is possible to efficiently and easily perform the translated document creation operation with a consistent operation. Also, in the parallel example sentence search,
By not outputting a large amount of search results at one time, the search time is shortened, the progress of the search is displayed on the meter, and the search continuation / new search is automatically switched It is possible to easily grasp the progress status of and determine the next search operation. Further, by narrowing down the search target, the search speed is improved, and by highlighting the character string that a plurality of translated texts have in common, the characteristics of the search result can be easily visually recognized. Furthermore, when adding the example sentence data, there is no need to store the correspondence of each word in advance, and it is not necessary to store extra information, so the operation of adding the example sentence data is simplified, and The storage amount can be suppressed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing a basic operation of an editing process of a translation support system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a translation support system according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a document edit screen showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of a document edit screen showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a document edit screen showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of a document edit screen showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of an operation screen showing the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of a display screen showing the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of a document edit screen by a conventional device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 23 Japanese window 24 English window 25 Character string 26, 27 Menu bar 28 Menu item 29 Pull-down menu in Japanese window 36 Submenu in English window 51 Edit control for inputting search conditions 52 Search start button for instructing search start 53 Search List box that displays the results 54 Meter that displays the search process 55 Length of the meter that indicates the size of the search target 56 that indicates the position where the search was interrupted Scale on the tip of the meter

─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ───

[Procedure amendment]

[Submission date] April 19, 1993

[Procedure Amendment 1]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0016

[Correction method] Change

[Correction content]

The translation support system according to this embodiment is shown in FIG.
From FIG. 6, as shown in FIG. 6, a plurality of document editing windows forming a pair, that is, a Japanese window 23 and an English window 24 are provided, and the Japanese window 23 and the English window 24 as those document editing windows are respectively Menu bars 26 and 27 are provided. Selection of items in the menu bar 26 and 27, a keyboard which is not shown, a mouse, Oh Rui a pointing device such as a pen, is made possible by various input devices 14.

[Procedure Amendment 2]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0017

[Correction method] Change

[Correction content]

Next, the detailed structure and operation of the document editing windows 23 and 24 will be described. In FIG. 3, which is a display example of the document edit screen of this embodiment, a Japanese window 2 is displayed.
When the character string 25 of a part of the sentence displayed in 3 is designated as a range and the menu item [dictionary] 28 of the menu bar 26 in the Japanese window 23 is selected, a pull-down menu 29 is displayed. When the item [pull] 30 is selected from the pull-down menu 29, a dictionary search is performed for the character string 25, and the search result is stored in the information storage location 31 of the menu item secured in the pull-down menu. It

[Procedure 3]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0018

[Correction method] Change

[Correction content]

Next, as shown in FIG. 4, the menu item [dictionary] 33 in the menu bar 27 of the English window 24 is displayed.
When is selected, the pull-down menu 34 is displayed.
At this time, the heading item “method” 35 of the detection result is displayed in the pull-down menu 34. When the item 35 is selected, as shown in FIG. 5, a submenu 36 in which the translated words corresponding to the headline are each item is displayed. For example,
When you select an item 37 in the sub-menu 36, the character string "meth to the current cursor position 38 of the English window 24
"od" is inserted, and the state shown in FIG. 6 is obtained.

[Procedure amendment 4]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0021

[Correction method] Change

[Correction content]

Example 2. 7 and 8 are operation display screens showing another embodiment of the present invention, in which the parallel sentence example sentence is searched and the translated word is estimated by character string level analysis.
When a search condition is input in the editable area 51 and a search start button 52 is pressed in the process of searching for parallel sentences in a plurality of languages, for example, English and Japanese, the search is started. First, it is determined which language of the bilingual example sentence the search condition is related to, and only the language data is searched. Figure 7
In the above example, since it is parallel translation example sentence data of Japanese and English and the search condition is Japanese, only the Japanese data is the search target.

[Procedure Amendment 5]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Name of item to be corrected] 0023

[Correction method] Change

[Correction content]

When the search start button 52 is pressed in this state, the search is restarted and the search target area which has not been searched yet is searched. On the other hand, when the search condition of the editable area 51 is changed, the meter 54 is reset and initialized, and when the search start button 52 is pressed next, the search is started from the beginning of the search target.

[Procedure correction 6]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] Explanation of code

[Correction method] Change

[Correction content]

[Explanation of symbols] 23 Japanese window 24 English window 25 Character string 26, 27 Menu bar 28 Menu item 29 Pull-down menu in Japanese window 36 Submenu in English window 51 Editable area to enter search conditions 52 Start search Start search button 53 List box that displays search results 54 Meter that displays the search process 55 Length of meter that shows the size of the search target 56 Scale of the tip of the meter that shows the position where the search was interrupted

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A search result display method in a translation support system comprising a plurality of windows to be paired with and displaying dictionary search results on the window, wherein the paired windows have a menu for instructing a search operation. The dictionary search is performed by rewriting the menu item in one of the paired windows and instructing the dictionary search to retrieve the search result, and selecting the menu item in the other paired window. A search result display method in a translation support system, comprising means for displaying the result in a document being edited and displaying the result. 2. Language data written in a language of a country,
A translation that has a parallel translation example sentence database in units of pairs of corresponding language data written in the languages of other countries and that displays the search results of the parallel translation example sentence data that satisfy the input search conditions on the display screen. In the search result display method in the support system, means for interrupting the search when the search results of the parallel translation example sentence data satisfying the input search conditions exceed a predetermined number,
A means to visually display that the search result is in the middle with a meter display and a decision whether to restart the search from the position where the search was interrupted or to initialize by inputting a new search expression and switch to a new search An automatic means, a means for determining which language among the parallel translation example sentences of the search language is from the search formula, a means for searching and displaying only the parallel translation example sentence data part of the corresponding language, and a parallel translation example sentence Search result display method in a translation support system, comprising means for highlighting a character string that a search result has in common when there are a plurality of search results.