JPH0622023B2 - Document creation device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial application] The present invention divides a document such as a letter into paragraph units,
The present invention relates to a document creation device that uses information (paragraph list) arranged like a table.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, in this type of document creation apparatus, when the information stored in the paragraph list is simply displayed in order on the screen of the display device and any of the displayed information (paragraphs) is selected, In some cases, the original information stored in the paragraph list was incorporated into the document.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in the former technique, information (paragraphs) stored in a paragraph list is simply ordered,
Since it was displayed and embedded in the document, when a document such as an English letter was to be created, a paragraph list composed only in English was used instead.

For this reason, there is a problem that it takes time to process (document creation work), such as an English sentence (paragraph) whose meaning is difficult to understand, or the like, which requires dictionary lookup every time.

[Means and Actions for Solving the Problems] In order to solve the above problems, according to the present invention, a document storage device for storing a document to be created, and a plurality of example sentences in a first language , An example sentence storage unit that stores a corresponding parallel sentence in a second language for each of the plurality of example sentences, and an example sentence in the first language stored in the example sentence storage unit and the example sentence. A plurality of sets of parallel translations in the second language, and display control means for displaying each set in a distinguishable manner; and the plurality of sets of the first language example sentences and the parallel translations in the second language displayed by the display control means. Selection means for selecting one set from a set of sentences according to a selection instruction, and storage control means for storing the example sentence of the first language of the set selected by the selection means in the document storage means. By the first language In selecting an example sentence required from the number of example sentences is obtained by allowing selection with reference to the translated sentence in the second language of each example sentence.

Embodiments Embodiments according to the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the configuration of a document creating apparatus according to the present invention.

In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a keyboard, which is provided with a kana-kanji conversion key, a paragraph selection key, a cursor key for moving the cursor 1a, etc., which are necessary for creating a document.

2 is a read only memory (ROM), CP
A control procedure by U4, for example, a control procedure for document creation support as shown in FIG. 2 is stored.

Reference numeral 3 denotes a dictionary unit, which stores information necessary for converting a kana (kanji reading information) input word into kanji.

Reference numeral 4 is a microprocessor (CPU) that controls the entire apparatus of the present invention. The CPU 4 makes arithmetic / logical judgments for character processing.

The CRT display 5 displays various kinds of information (for example, text buffer information) stored in the RAM 7 via the VRAM 6.

Reference numeral 7 denotes a random access memory, which is used for each component (processing) for temporary storage of various data, a text buffer for storing document information, and the like.

A paragraph list 8 stores a plurality of paragraphs as shown in FIG. The paragraph list is
The data is read from the FDD 9 and expanded on the RAM 7.

The FDD 9 stores the created document or the like in an external storage medium (such as a floppy disk), and reads the paragraph list and the document information stored in the external storage medium.

The PR 10 is a printer that prints out a created document or the like.

The operation of this embodiment having the above configuration will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, in S1, the process waits for the user to instruct the contents of the letter to be created. For example, if you want to create a letter with the content "Thank you for birthday celebration," let this process understand that the document type is a letter of thanks, and the content is thank you for the birthday celebration. Key operation is performed. FIG. 4 shows a screen for designating a document, and FIG. 5 shows an example screen for designating the contents.

In S2, the paragraph list specified in S1 is FD
The necessary information is read into the RAM 7 via D9 (memory development).

FIG. 3 shows an example of the paragraph list. In the paragraph list, information enclosed in "[]" (hereinafter referred to as paragraph items) is processed in order from the top, and "/" is displayed.
Documents can be created (arranged in a text buffer) by selecting one of the appropriate words (hereinafter referred to as paragraphs).

For English translations, follow each paragraph with “<
> ”.

Next, in S3, the first paragraph item is extracted from the paragraph list read in S2.

In S4, the paragraph item extracted in S3 or S13 is divided into paragraph units, and it is checked whether or not the English sentence and its parallel translation are mixed. If mixed, S
6, the English text and its parallel translation are displayed on the screen as shown in FIG. 6 so that they can be easily identified.

If the English sentence and its parallel translation do not coexist, the process proceeds to S5, and the paragraphs are simply displayed. Fig. 7 shows a display example of a paragraph list composed only of English sentences.

In S7, it is checked whether or not the user has operated the paragraph selection key of the keyboard 1. If the paragraph selection key is pressed, the process proceeds to S8.

If a key operation other than the paragraph selection key is performed in S7, the process proceeds to S9, other processes (for example, cursor movement, etc.) are performed, and then the process returns to S7.

In S8, it is checked whether the determination result in S4 is a mixture of English text and parallel translation. If the determination results are mixed, the process proceeds to S10, and only the English sentence is output to the text buffer on the RAM 7. At this time, the parallel translation is not output to the text buffer.

When the English sentence and its parallel translation are displayed on the screen as shown in Fig. 6, if you press the paragraph selection key, the paragraph will change to
It is incorporated into a text buffer (document) as shown in FIG.

If the determination results of S4 are not mixed, the process proceeds to S11, and the paragraph is simply output to the text buffer.

In S12, it is checked whether or not the next paragraph item exists, and if it exists, the process proceeds to S13.

If the next paragraph item does not exist, this process ends.

In S13, after the next paragraph item is taken out, the process returns to S4.

Other Embodiments In the present embodiment, the English sentence and its parallel translation are stored in the same paragraph list (file), but the English sentence and its parallel translation may be stored in separate files. .

Further, in this embodiment, the English sentence and its parallel translation are displayed on the same screen, but a plurality of screens may be displayed so that the English sentence and its parallel translation can be easily distinguished.

Further, in the present embodiment, it is not possible to incorporate (combine) the bilingual translation of an English sentence into a document. May be.

Further, in the present embodiment, the paragraph items, paragraphs, and parallel translations are delimited using the symbols "[]", "/", "<>". It suffices to be able to determine how far.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, when a required example sentence is selected from a plurality of example sentences in the first language, the bilingual sentence of each example sentence in the second language is also displayed. Even if it is difficult to understand the meaning of one language, there is an effect that an appropriate example sentence can be selected by referring to the parallel translation sentence of the second language.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a processing process in the present embodiment, and FIG. 3 is an example of an English sentence and a paragraph list storing the parallel translation. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a display example for designating the document type in S1 of FIG. 2, and FIG. 5 is a display example for designating the content of the document in S1 of FIG. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a display example in which the English sentence and the parallel translation in S5 of FIG. 2 are simultaneously displayed. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a display example in which only the English sentence in S6 of FIG. 2 is displayed. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example in which the paragraph in which the English sentence in S10 of FIG. 2 and its parallel translation are mixed is incorporated in the document.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A document storage unit for storing a created document, a plurality of example sentences in a first language, and a parallel translation sentence in a second language corresponding to each of the plurality of example sentences are stored in association with each other. A plurality of sets of example sentence storage means that stores the example sentence of the first language stored in the example sentence storage means and a parallel translation sentence of a second language that is associated with the example sentence, and displays each set in a distinguishable manner. Control means, selecting means for selecting one set according to a selection instruction from a set of the plurality of sets of the first language example sentences and the second language bilingual sentences displayed by the display control means; And a storage control unit that stores the first language example sentence of the set selected by the unit in the document storage unit. 2. The document creating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first language is English and the second language is Japanese.