JPS61255467A - Machine translating system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To proofread and edit easily the first language or the second language by showing the place, where is a cause of occurrence, when two translating results or above are obtained, to both languages. CONSTITUTION:The key information inputted successively through an input part 1 is supplied to the first/second language discriminating part 2, the indication of translation is not executed, and then, for the inputted information, the discriminating result is added and supplied to a two-language sentence editing control part 3. The two-language sentence editing control part 3, in accordance with the deciding result, selects the first/second editing parts and executes the editing to use the characteristic of the language. The editing result is outputted to a displaying part 9 in the shape to obtain the corresponding relation by the first language and the second language in accordance with a sentence corresponding table 8.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Technical Field of the Invention] The present invention relates to a computer system, and particularly to a machine translation system for translating sentences in a first language into sentences in a second language.

[Technical background of the invention and its problems]

Recently, machine translation systems using computers have been developed. However, since these systems handle more than two languages, the display does not take advantage of the characteristics of each language, and the correspondence between these languages is not easily established on the display screen. However, it was not possible for operators to easily proofread and edit the original text or translated text. For example, the original text and the translated text were displayed in pairs, one sentence above the other, or the top half of the display was used for the original text and the bottom half was used for the translated text. In the former case, it is easy to match the original text with the translated text, but it is inconvenient if you want to read only the original text one after another and understand the meaning of the whole text. The latter often has the disadvantage that it is difficult to match the original text with the translated text.

In addition, in these methods, the correspondence between the original text and the translated text is not maintained inside the computer, so for example, when there are two or more translations, it is difficult to know in which part of both languages the translation has occurred. I couldn't do it.

[Purpose of the invention]

The purpose of the present invention is to display in both languages the cause of two or more translation results in a translation system, so that the operator can select the first language or the second language as necessary. The purpose is to provide a system that allows easy proofreading and editing.

[Summary of the invention]

According to the present invention, when a first language input through an input unit is translated into a second language in a translation unit and outputted to a display device, the first language and the second language are It is possible to take advantage of the characteristics of each language, proofread and edit it using a dedicated editor for the second language.

〔Effect of the invention〕

According to the present invention, many possibilities such as editing, proofreading, etc. of translation can be determined by the operator at once.

Since corrections can be made in a short time, improved practicality can be expected.

[Embodiments of the invention]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described above with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of this embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a control flow of this embodiment. The input unit 1 includes, for example, a keyboard, and inputs character strings in sequence by selectively operating a plurality of character keys (FIG. 2, 11), as well as inputs control information for the input and various control information for translation processing. It has funky eyes and keys.

Key information input sequentially through the input section 1 is supplied to a first/second language discrimination section 2 . That is, when one character is input, it is determined whether or not it is an instruction for translation. (Fig. 2 12
) If the input information is not a translation instruction, the input information is provided to the bilingual text editing control section 3 with the determination result added. (Fig. 2 16.17) (In the case of the cursor movement key, cursor movement processing is performed. Fig. 2 14.
15) The bilingual text editing control unit 3 selects the first/second editing unit according to the determination result (see Fig. 2).
) Editing that takes advantage of the characteristics of the language. (Fig. 2 19.2
0) The editing result is output to the display unit 9 in a format in which the first language and the second language are in correspondence according to the text correspondence table 8. (FIG. 2 21) The text correspondence table 8 stores the correspondence between the first language and the second language, and stores pointers to the text buffers of the first language and the second language and the number of lines. ! FIG. 3 shows the relationship between the text buffer 6 (7), the text correspondence table 8, and the display image correspondence table 23 (not shown) on the display section 9. As is clear from this figure, the text correspondence table 8 contains the original pointer P (first) and its line number Line (first) in the buffer 6, the corresponding translation pointer P (second) in the buffer 7, and its line number Line (first). The number of lines Line (second) is stored in the same area.

In the display image correspondence table 23, these corresponding pointers are also stored in the same area.

Next, this embodiment will be explained by giving a specific example.

First, based on the first language input from the input unit 1, for example,
Switch processing to the English side. Next, from the keyboard.”
I saw girl with a telesc
In this input, since the first language is selected as the language processing, the first/second language discrimination section 2 sequentially inputs the input code via the bilingual text editing control section 3. The text is sent to the editing section 4 for the first language, and the characters are input.When the input is complete, a translation instruction is given.For example, 1 line break.
Assign. In response to this instruction, the translation unit 10 is started, and using a word dictionary and a grammar dictionary (not shown), 1 I saw a girl with a telescope. Get the translation result for ′. (Figure 2 1
3) This is the editing part 5 for the second language after the above operation.
is input into the second language text buffer 7. Then, the bilingual text editing control section 3 creates a left-right correspondence between the first language and the second language on the text correspondence table 8, and displays and outputs it on the display section 9. (Fig. 2 22) Here, for example, when the first language is English, the editing unit 4 for the first language processes the input characters using a high-phonetic mode function or input characters with a half-width pitch. (indicate. Further, when the second language is Japanese, the second language editing unit 5 processes the prohibition process and input characters at a full-width pitch (double the pitch of English characters). In addition, when editing in Japanese, input is entered as @kana, which must be converted to kana-kanji, and the functions of the first language and second language editing departments are significantly different.

The editing functions for the first language (English) and second language (Japanese) will be explained in detail. (Although the various keys operated with y are not shown in the figure, they are provided in the input section 1 in Fig. 1.) (1) Cursor function In cursor control, English text is displayed in half-width or 2/3 The basic unit of characters is the square, and the Japanese language uses the full-width as the basic unit, and has an editor based on the following key operations for this word or character size. Here, FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the state of the cursor function keys.

■Cursor movement key H date) (↓) This is a key for moving the cursor (provided in the input unit 1).

Here, the default is word units, and the above-mentioned unit switching is performed using the cursor unit switching key. (4th
Figure 41.42) ■Cursor enlargement key This key is used to enlarge the cursor.

When it is a word unit, this spreads to 2 words, 3 words, etc., and when it is a character unit, it spreads to 2 characters, 3 characters, etc.

Also, the maximum is one sentence (Fig. 4, 43, 44, 49). ■Cursor reduction key This is a key for reducing the size of the cursor. When using words, 3 words become 2 words and 2 words become 1 word, and when using characters, 3 characters become 2 characters and 2 characters become 1 character. Also, the minimum is one word (one character) (Fig. 4, 46 and 47). ■Cursor unit switching key This is a key for switching the unit of movement of the cursor.

If it is a word, it becomes a character, and if it is a character, it becomes a word (Fig. 4 48.50)
”) ■Screen partition 1 movement key This is used to move the cursor between the menu, original text, and translated text, and its appearance is shown in FIG.

Screen 2 key: Moves the cursor to the menu. (Fig. 10 101) Key between screen P and ←...The cursor moves to the original text. (Fig. 10 102) Screen P key 10...Moves the cursor to the translated text. (Fig. 10 103) (2) Modification functions Modification functions (insert, delete, move, etc.) also have different cursor units in the first language and second language. In Japanese, full-width is the basic unit. An editor based on correction function key operations is shown below.

■Insert key This key inserts a character before the cursor position (default). (Figure 5 shows the operation flow.) First, the user moves the cursor to the character immediately after the position to be inserted using the cursor movement keys. (Figure 5 51) Inputs the character to be inserted using the keyboard (Figure 5) 52). Here, the inserted character is treated as a different word before the word (character) where the cursor is located.

(Fig. 5, 53) ■Delete key This is used to delete the range indicated by the cursor. Fig. 6 shows the operation flow. Here, a deletion function is provided with one touch and one action. First, the user uses the cursor movement key to move the cursor to the position to be deleted (Fig. 6, 61), and if necessary, uses the cursor enlargement key to enlarge the cursor to the entire deletion range (see Fig. 6).
Figure 62).

Then, by inputting the delete key (Fig. 6 63),
The specified range will be deleted and the text will be inscribed accordingly. (Fig. 6 64) ■Move key/Copy key This moves (copies) the range indicated by the cursor.
FIG. 7 shows its operation flow. First, the user uses the cursor movement key and the cursor enlargement key to move the cursor to the location to be moved (7th
Figure 71.72). Next, when the movement key is input, the specified location to be moved is highlighted. (Fig. 7 73.74
) (If you enter the interrupt key here, the movement function will be canceled and
Return the highlighted part to normal display. 79.80) Furthermore, the user uses the cursor movement keys to move the cursor to the desired location and inputs the movement key (Fig. 7 75).
．． 76). Then, the inverted part is depressed at this target location, and the inverted part is returned to normal display (77 in FIG. 7). Along with this, the characters are added (77 in Fig. 7). In other words, the movement key (copy key) is used twice for one action.

(3) Other functions As other functions, the translated second language (Japanese text) editing section 5 has an editor based on "translation candidate keys" and "modification keys". This is an editing function specific to Japanese text (translated text).

■ Translation candidate key This is a function to retranslate (reedit) the current sentence using a different part of speech (translation word), and FIG. 8 shows its operation flow.

For example, as shown in Figure 11, "I saw a gi"
The original text "rlwith a telescopeJ" and the translated text "I saw a girl with a telescope" are displayed. As shown in FIG. 11 111,
Translation of “see”: “see”, “think”, “1 understand #”
"Meet" etc. In this figure 11, "Mite" which is the past tense of "Mira" with high priority is displayed, but if the user selects "1" by using the translation candidate key ( Although not shown in FIG. 8, the second language editing section 5 in FIG. 1 changes the translation to read "I met a girl with a telescope." (At this time, the corresponding original text is reversed. Fig. 8 82) ■ Dependency key This is a function that instructs the display of multiple modification candidates, and Fig. 9 shows its operation flow. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing the correspondence display of the engagement receiver.

Using FIG. 9 and FIG. 11, the manner in which the correspondence between the original text and the translated text is displayed and the modification function in this embodiment will be explained.

For example, the original text rI saw shown in Figure 11
a girl with a telescope a
There are two interpretations of the sentence J. One is @wit
h a telesc-ope' is related to @a girl", and the others are related to @s aw". In this case, this machine translation system displays the closest interpretation on the screen as shown in the translated text in Figure 11,
Correspondence is established in both languages using the text correspondence table 8 shown in FIG. 1, and only the modification parts are displayed with increased brightness. In the above case, the brightness of "with, ' 112 and the corresponding part 113 of the translated text is increased. In this way, the operator can first judge at a glance which parts correspond, and can easily move on to the next step. operations can be determined.

Next, the operator uses the modification key to display the next candidate for the modification displayed in high brightness where the cursor is located. (Fig. 991, 92, 93. Furthermore,
(If necessary, use the cursor movement key to move the cursor to the desired modification location.) By repeating key instructions sequentially, translation candidates will be displayed in sequence for the corresponding modification on the translation side. After the last candidate, the first candidate is displayed again. Here, when the operator inputs the execution key at the desired time of display (FIG. 9, 94), the corresponding candidate is determined and the normal brightness display is returned to (FIG. 9, 95). And if there is the next high brightness display location (other modification locations have candidates).

The cursor is moved here (FIG. 9, 96). (In addition, when the candidates are displayed, the candidate display is interrupted if the interrupt key is input. Fig. 9 97゜ The above candidate display is controlled by the second language editing section 5 of Fig. 1. Editing is also performed if the sequential display of candidates causes a misalignment or word order change in the translated text.

As described above, according to the present invention, an editor that takes advantage of the characteristics of the original text and translated text can be used, and an operator can edit and
Since corrections and other tasks can be easily performed, it has great practical advantages during translation work.

Note that the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments. The first language display section and the second language display section may be alternated, and the corresponding section may blink or display in addition to displaying with high brightness.
It may also be reversed.

In addition, the present invention can be implemented with various modifications without departing from the gist thereof.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an operation flow diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the structure of a text correspondence table of the present invention, and FIG. A diagram showing how the cursor moves, Figure 5 is an operation flow diagram of the insert key, Figure 6 is an operation flow diagram of the delete key, Figure 7 is an operation flow diagram of the move key, and Figure 8 is an operation flow diagram of the translation candidate key. FIG. 9 is a flowchart of the operation of the modification key, FIG. 10 is a diagram showing how the cursor moves between screen partitions, and FIG. 11 is a diagram showing how the modification is displayed. 1... Input section, 2... First/second language discrimination section, 3.
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Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) An input means for inputting the original text written in the first language, and a word dictionary for inputting the original text input from this input means.
Translation means for converting into a translated text written in a second language using a grammar dictionary or the like, and for displaying the original text in the first language inputted by the input means and the translated text in the second language converted by the translation means. a first language editing means for performing editing processing such as display pitch on the original text in the first language based on the characteristics of the first language; a first language editing unit that performs editing processing such as a display pitch based on the first language, and a first language editing unit that discriminates the language of the original text inputted from the input unit and the translated text converted by the translation unit, and the corresponding first language or an editing control means that sends the data to the second language editing means, and the editing control means associates the original text and the translated text that have been edited by the first language editing means and the second language editing means, and displays the A machine translation system characterized by displaying information on means. (2) The first language editing means and the first language editing means are:
Depending on the original text or translated text sent, high phonation function, half-width pitch processing, Kinsoku processing, full-width pitch processing,
A machine translation system according to claim 1, which performs editing such as kana-kanji conversion.