JPS6310265A - Translating device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To shorten the time needed to obtain the desired result of translation by using a means which replaces the displayed synonyms and the desired words of the dictionary contents with the words contained in the corresponding translated sentence. CONSTITUTION:An input original sentence is translated and displayed on a CRT 3. When a word is designated out of the translated sentence, a translation module 5 displays the synonyms of the designated word and the dictionary contents on the CRT 3 based on a dictionary and a rule table 6. Then the designated word is replaced with its synonym and a desired word out of the dictionary contents. Thus it is possible to easily replace not only the synonyms but also the corresponding dictionary contents with corresponding translated words. In such a way, the desired result of translation is obtained in a short time.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] Technical Field The present invention relates to an interactive machine translation device in which a machine and a human cooperate to produce correct translation results.

<Prior art> Conventional interactive machine translation devices or systems output a single translated sentence for an input sentence to be translated (original translation), and a method that outputs a single translated sentence for an input sentence to be translated (original translation), and a method that outputs a single translated sentence for an input sentence to be translated (original translated sentence), and a method that outputs a single translated sentence for an input sentence to be translated (original translated sentence), and a method that outputs a single translated sentence for an input sentence to be translated (translated original sentence), and a method that outputs a single translated sentence for an input sentence to be translated (translated original sentence), and a method that outputs a single translated sentence for an input sentence to be translated (translated original sentence), and a method that outputs a single translated sentence for an input sentence to be translated (translated original sentence), and that a desired word in the translated sentence is divided into a range of its synonyms A system has been proposed that allows for internal replacement.

For example, to explain in more detail using an English-Japanese machine translation system as an example, if you input the English sentence /I have a pen, /, the word "pen" has translations as shown in Table 1. However, in such a system, the analysis of the original text (syntactic analysis, semantic analysis)
selects the first word ``pen'' from the first translated words in Table 1, outputs the translated sentence ``I have a pen,'' and selects its first synonym (a, fountain pen, ballpoint pen, felt pen). CR with one of the synonyms within the range of pen)
It is configured so that the translated word "pen" in the translated text displayed on the T display device can be easily replaced.

However, in the above example, the second to fourth rows (
No matter which synonym you choose (from the dictionary), it is correct as Japanese. Therefore, it would be very convenient if the translation could be easily replaced not only with the first synonym but also with other second to fourth synonyms.

Purpose> The present invention was made in view of such conventional problems, and
In order to obtain the desired translation result in a short time, for example, as shown in FIG.
After the input sentence (translation original text) ``a good teacher /'' is translated, when you move the cursor to the "good" part, both "good" and its translation "6 い" are highlighted, and the word translation is displayed in this state. When you press a key, a window of translation words is displayed, and the synonyms in this window, that is, the synonyms (0th a, b, c, d) of the translation word "good" currently selected by the system, as well as the 1st and subsequent synonyms. It is an object of the present invention to provide a translation device that can easily replace the translation word ``good'' with any one of the dictionary contents.

<Example> The present invention will be explained in detail below based on the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a translation device that can implement the present invention. In connection with the central processing unit (CPU) 1 that performs processing such as translation processing, there is a main memory 2 in which programs and the like for processing with the CPUI are stored, and a display device (CRT) that provides displays necessary for translation processing. ) 3, a keyboard 4 for inputting information necessary for the translation process, a translation module/L 15 in which information necessary for the translation process is stored, and a translation dictionary, grammar rules, and structure conversion rule table 6.

FIG. 2 shows an embodiment of the translation module/L15.

Translation module/L15 has five buffers A and B.

Includes C, D, E, CPU and translation program memory. These buffers A to H store data at each analysis level in the translation process, as will be described later.

Here, general machine translation processing will be explained.

Machine translation generally has levels as shown in Figure 3.

When the source language is input from the top left, ■ dictionary lookup, ■
Morphological analysis of , syntactic analysis and parsing of ■ proceed. Machine translation can be broadly divided into two types depending on the level of analysis. One is the pivot method, which analyzes concepts that do not depend on each language (called an intermediate language) and generates a target language from there. The other method is called the transfer one-way method, in which the internal structure of the six source words is obtained by analyzing any of the following: morphological analysis of ■, syntactic analysis of ■, semantic analysis of ■, and context analysis of ■. The target language is generated after converting it to the same level structure of the target language. Here, the contents of each analysis are listed in Table 2.

In the translation module shown in Table 2, it is assumed that at least the level of parsing (■) is performed. That is, as shown in FIG. 4, the dictionary lookup morphological analysis unit 51. Syntax analysis unit 52, language conversion unit 5 & target language generation unit 54
It consists of four parts.

FIG. 5 shows the contents of each buffer in FIG.
s a pen.

This example shows how to translate an English sentence into Japanese. First, the original text is read into the buffer A of FIG. 2 as shown in FIG. 5(a). Dictionary lookup morphological analysis unit 51 in FIG.
The necessary information for each word is extracted and placed in buffer B in FIG. The part-of-speech information that is part of it is shown in Figure 5 (bl).

This is a multi-part speech word, which is uniquely determined by the parsing unit 52 shown in FIG. At this time, an analysis as shown in Table 3 is performed based on the grammatical rules of v6 (Tape) in Figure 2.

Table 3 This rule expresses, for example, ``A sentence consists of a subject and a predicate.'' In the language conversion unit 53 in FIG. 4, analysis is performed according to the tree structure conversion rules as in syntax analysis, and the result is stored in the buffer D in FIG. 2 as shown in FIG. 5 (dl). In the W word generation unit 54, appropriate particles and auxiliary verbs are added, the form is changed into Japanese, and it is put into the buffer E in FIG. 2 like el in FIG. 5 (this is a translation module). This is the output of V5.

FIG. 6 is a display example of the translation device of the present invention, and FIG. 7 is an operation flowchart of the device, and the operation will be explained based on these figures.

First, one English sentence consisting of the source language / T he
yconsider him a good teac
When her / is input (nl), dictionary lookup and morphological analysis are performed, and the combination of the first parts of speech of each multi-part speech word selected as appropriate for each word is set (n2).
.

The part-of-speech sequence set in this way is parsed in step n3 (n3). If the syntactic analysis is successful, the process proceeds to step n4, which is language conversion, and step n5, which is W word generation.In step n6, the translation result is ``They called him a good teacher.'' ” and C
It is displayed on the RT display device (see Figure 6). Then, it is determined whether the display of all translations (translations of desired words in the input sentence) has been instructed by the user, that is, whether the word translation display key has been operated (nl), and if not, the process proceeds to step n21. , determines whether there is a next sentence, and performs predetermined processing.

On the other hand, when the word translation display key is operated by the user, the specified word in the input sentence (for example,
Display the translated words for "good") in a window as shown in Figure 6 (n8,9), and further display the word "g" in the specified input sentence.
Highlight the translated word ``good'' corresponding to ``good'' (n
10). And in step nil, step n9
It is determined whether the content in the window displayed in step nlO and the translated word "yoi" highlighted in step nlO are to be replaced.

If no in step 5, proceed to step n18 and correct the dictionary (
When modifying or deleting translated words, changing the order of translated words, etc.), the internal expression is also modified after the correction is made on the screen using an editor function or the like (n19.20).

If the translation is to be replaced, proceed from step n11 to step n14tc, make the same corrections as above, and then in step n15 instruct which translation (synonyms and dictionary translations) should be replaced, execute the replacement in step n16, and then step n7. Return to

In this way, the translation device of the above embodiment can easily replace not only synonyms but also the contents of the corresponding dictionary with the target translation, thereby significantly shortening the time it takes to obtain the desired translation result. Can be done. In addition, since you can modify the dictionary at the same time on the translation display screen (window), you can create dictionary contents that are suitable for practical use, thereby increasing the translation accuracy rate for similar input sentences. be able to.

<Effects> As explained in detail above, the translation device of the present invention includes means for indicating a desired word in the displayed translated original text, and synonyms and dictionary contents of the translated word for the word indicated by the indicating means. and a means for replacing the synonyms and desired words in the dictionary content displayed by the display means with the translated words in the translated text corresponding to the indicated words. It is possible to provide a very user-friendly translation device that can significantly shorten the time it takes to obtain a translation.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a translation device according to the present invention, and FIG.
The figure is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the translation module.
The figure is a diagram for explaining machine translation processing, Figure 4 is a diagram showing the specific configuration of the translation module, Figure 5 is a diagram showing the contents stored in each buffer, and Figure 6 is a diagram showing the contents stored in each buffer. A diagram showing an example, FIG. 7 is an operation flowchart. 1 is a CPU, 2 is a main memory, 3 is a CRT. 4 is a keyboard, 5 is a translation module, 6 is a dictionary and a rule table. Agent Patent Attorney Sugiyama Itaru Takeshi (and 1 other person) Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4 Figure 5 (Q) Figure 5 (b)

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In a translation device that displays an input translated original text and its translated text, means for indicating a desired word in the displayed translated original text;
means for displaying synonyms and dictionary contents of the translated word specified by the indicating means; and means for displaying the synonyms and dictionary contents of the translated word displayed by the display means and the translated sentence corresponding to the specified word. A translation device comprising means for replacing a translated word with a translated word.