JPS6020284A - Electronic translation device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain automatically the proper translated sentences corresponding to the original sentences by storing the original sentences corresponding to the translated sentences and changing the translated sentences by re-translating the corrected sentence only when the original sentences are corrected. CONSTITUTION:The original sentences inputted by the input device 1 are stored in the original sentence file 3 through the input control device 2. The translation control device 4 translates the original sentences and stores the translated sentences in the translated sentence file 5 corresponding to the original sentences stored in the original sentence file 3. The original sentences and translated sentences stored in the original sentence file 3 and translated sentence file 5 are guided to the display device 7 through the display control device 6 and are simultaneously displayed. When the edited places and edited contents are indicated from the editing input device 8, the editing control device 9 calls the indicated sentence from the original sentence file 3 or translated file 5 and edits the sentence. The editing control device 9 controls to correspond to the sentences in the original sentence file 3 and translated sentence file 5 per sentence.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Technical Field of the Invention] The present invention relates to an electronic translation device that automatically converts a text written in one language into a text in another language.

[Technical background of the invention and its problems]

In recent years, with the development of computer technology, it has become increasingly difficult to plan translations from foreign languages to one's own language, and vice versa, or between foreign languages.
There is a growing movement to have machines do the work for you. This is a so-called machine translation system that uses a computer to analyze sentences in the first language, and then translates sentences in the second language based on the results.
It is generated by J[. The translations obtained in this way are usually not 100% accurate, and usually have errors of several to several tens of percent. Therefore, human translators must once compare the original text and the translated text and perform editing work such as corrections, additions, and deletions. However, the machine translation devices that have been developed so far have had problems when editing the original text.

However, when a part of a sentence in the original text is corrected, the translated text corresponding to the corrected original text must also be corrected separately, making it necessary to make corrections to both the original text and the translated text. Or, even if only a part of a sentence in the original text was to be corrected, it was necessary to re-enter the whole sentence and obtain a new translation as a result of the translation.・It was inefficient in terms of labor.

[Purpose of the invention]

An object of the present invention is to provide a translation device that can automatically obtain a correct translation corresponding to the corrected original text when the original text is corrected.

[Summary of the Invention] According to the present invention, when a sentence is input in a first language, it is translated into a second language, both are displayed, and both are stored in correspondence as document information. If a single sentence of this memorized first language text is modified, only this modified sentence is automatically retranslated, and the second language document information is changed based on the result. It is something.

〔Effect of the invention〕

According to the present invention, the editing work between the original text and the translated text can be performed efficiently, so that the fatigue of the editor can be greatly reduced.

[Embodiments of the invention]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of one embodiment.

(1) is an input device for inputting the original text in the first language, and is realized by a keyboard, etc. This input device (1
), the input control device (2)
is stored in the original text file (3) via .

The translation control device (4) inputs the original text from the original text file (3), translates it into the second language, and outputs the translated text. This output result is stored in the translation file (5).

Both the original text and the translated text stored in the original text file (3) and the translated text file (5) are displayed via the display control device (6).
guided by a display device (7). This display device (7) displays the original text in the first language and the corresponding translated text in the second language in appropriate correspondence, and is realized by a CRT or the like. (8) is an editing input device, and when an editor instructs the editing location and editing content from this editing input device (8), the editing control device (
9) calls the specified sentence from the original text file (3) or the translated text file (5) and edits it by modifying, inserting, deleting, etc. The editing control device (9) also performs control for associating sentences in the original text file (3) and translated text file (5) on a sentence-by-sentence basis. That is, when storing the translated text obtained as a result of inputting the original text in the original text file (3) into the translation control device f (4) in the translated text file (5), the correspondence between images and texts, such as the address of the original text and the corresponding translated text, is determined. The editing control device (9) stores the address.

Next, enter and edit general information and control flow in 2.
We will explain the rules step by step. Figure 2 (a), (b)
) is a flow diagram showing processing in a non-embodiment.

1) When performing a new translation (Fig. 2 (a)) First, the original text is input from the input device (1) via the input control device w (2), and at the same time, via the display control device (6), It is displayed on the optical display device (7). This original text is stored in the original text file (3) after one sentence has been input. Further, this original text is input to a translation control device (4) and converted into a corresponding translated text.

This translated text is stored in the translated text file (5), and at this time, the editing control device (9) displays the translated text on the display device (7) via the location (6) in the file (5).

il) When editing a document (FIG. 2(b)) First, the editor inputs a document name for specifying the original text and translated text to be edited from the editing input device (8). Editing control device (9
) reads the corresponding sentences in the original text file (3) and translated text file (5) based on the document name, and displays them on the display device (7) via the display control device (6). Next, the editor specifies the part to be edited using the editing input device (8) and performs editing such as correction, insertion, deletion, etc. At this time, if the editor only edits the translated text, based on the editing results,
The editing control device (9) rewrites the corresponding sentence in the translation file (5) and ends the process. Furthermore, when the original text is edited, the original text file (3) is rewritten according to the editing results.

At this time, if the editing is within one sentence of the original text, the edited original text (modified text) is written to the original file file (3), then input to the translation control device (4), and the modified text is will be retranslated and the corrected translation will be output. This corrected translation is written to the translation address stored in the translation 7 pool (5) by the editing control device (9) in association with the original text address. And this translation is the display control device (6)
is displayed on the display device (7).

If the editing involves inserting an entire sentence into the original text, when the inserted sentence is translated by the translation control device (4), the editing control device (9)
) inserts the translated text at the corresponding location in the translated text file (5). Similarly, in the case of deleting an entire sentence in the original text, the corresponding translated text in the translated text file (5) is deleted.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of changes in display results before and after editing within one sentence of the original and translated texts when performing English-Japanese translation according to this embodiment. As is clear from FIG. 3, when one translated sentence is corrected, the corresponding original sentence remains unchanged, and the uncorrected translated sentence is displayed up to its original value. Further, when the original text is modified, the corresponding translated text is automatically modified and displayed faithfully to the modified original text. As is clear from the foregoing, according to the present invention, the editing work of the original text and the translated text can be performed extremely smoothly, so that a practically useful translation device can be realized.

It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments, and can be implemented with various modifications without departing from the gist thereof.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an overview of the process, and is a diagram illustrating changes in display results when performing English-Japanese translation in an embodiment of the present invention. 1... Input device 2... Input control device 3... Original text file 4... Translation control device 5... Translation file 6... Display control device 7... Display device 8... Editing Input device 9...Editing control device Agent Patent attorney Noriyuki Chika and one other person Fig. 1 Fig. 3

Claims (1)

[Claims] an input section for inputting first language sentences; an original text file for storing the first language sentences output multiple times from this input section; and an input section for storing the first language sentences output multiple times from this input section;
a translation control device that translates into a language text; a translation file that stores the second language text that is output multiple times by the translation control device; and a translation file that stores the second language sentences that are output multiple times from the translation file and the original text file. a display section that displays the first language text correspondingly displayed on the display section; and an editing input device that inputs the edited portion and content when editing the first language text and the second language text displayed on the display section. and an editing control device that stores a sentence-by-sentence correspondence between the first language sentence in the original text file and the second language sentence in the translation file, When the editing parts and contents are input, this edited first language text is added to the original text file by the editing control device, and then translated into a second language text by the translation control device. , an electronic translation device in which the editing control device writes the meaning of the second language sentence, which is a translation of the previous ML first language sentence, into a location in the translation file that is associated with the previous ML first language sentence; .