JP2002163400A - Language conversion mediating method, language conversion mediation processor and computer readable recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a language conversion mediating method and a language conversion mediation processor, which can simultaneously satisfy a need for easily requesting the language conversion of interpretation and translation and a need for easily performing the language conversion of interpretation and transportation and to provide a computer readable recording medium. SOLUTION: An interpretation mediation processor C is connected to the portable telephone (a) of an interpretation requester A and the portable telephone (b) of an interpreter B through a network. The interpretation mediation processor C previously stores information on the interpreter B and specifies one or a plurality of interpreters B adapted to the request when interpretation is requested from the portable telephone (a) of the interpretation requester A. Language conversion is requested from the portable telephone (b) of the interpreter specified as the interpreter B. One interpreter (B) approving the request first is selected and the portable telephone (b) of the selected interpreter B is connected to the portable telephone (a) of the interpretation requester A.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a language conversion mediation method and a language conversion mediation processing device for mediating between a language conversion requester requesting a language translation or translation and a language translator performing a language translation or translation. The present invention relates to a computer-readable recording medium.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, internationalization has been progressing in both private and business fields, and with this trend, the range of human activities and business has been expanding beyond national borders. In many cases, foreign language skills are required even in trivial situations.
For example, conversations at airport customs, conversations about taxi destinations, conversations with hotel concierge, conversations at homestays, reception of foreigners, letter submission for foreigners, etc. Ability is required.

[0003] In such a situation, it is not enough to ask a person who has professional profession for interpreting and translating. Usually, a book related to interpreting and translating is used, but the expressions included are limited. Moreover, since only uniform expressions are described, it is not possible to sufficiently cope with the above-mentioned situations. In addition, an apparatus for automatically interpreting and translating has been developed, but it is still in a developing stage, and it cannot sufficiently cope with the situation described above.

[0004] Therefore, language barriers are still large for those who have low linguistic ability in a foreign language, and there is a need to easily request an interpreter or translation.

[0005] On the other hand, more and more people are bilingual who can speak bilingual languages and trilinguals who can speak trilingual languages. The higher is generally a trading company,
Take advantage of your high foreign language skills by finding employment at a company such as a trading company or travel agency.

[0006] However, among those who have a high level of foreign language proficiency, there are many who do not wish to get a full-time job at the company, and many who cannot get a job, such as students, housewives, and the elderly. There was a need to easily provide translation services.

[0007] The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned background, and there is a need for easily requesting a language conversion of an interpreter or a translation, and a need for easily performing a language conversion of an interpreter or a translation. It is an object of the present invention to provide a language conversion mediation method, a language conversion mediation processing device, and a computer-readable recording medium that can be simultaneously satisfied.

[0008]

The object of the present invention is to provide a language conversion requester requesting a translation or translation of a language and a language converter requesting the translation or translation of a language. A language conversion mediation method that mediates using a terminal device and a language conversion mediation processing device connectable to them via a network, wherein the language conversion mediation processing device stores information about the language translator in advance. A first step, a second step of requesting a language conversion from the terminal device of the language conversion requester to the language conversion mediation processing device via a network,
In the language conversion mediation processing device, one or a plurality of language conversions that match the request of the language conversion requester in the second step from among the language converters in which information on the language converter is stored in advance in the first step. A third step of specifying a user, and requesting language conversion via the network from the language conversion mediation processing device to one or a plurality of the language converter terminal devices specified in the third step. Step 5, and one or more of the terminal devices of the language converters requested to perform the language conversion in the fourth step, and approve the language conversion via the network to the language conversion mediation processing device. And the terminal of the language conversion requester from the terminal device of one or more language converters who have accepted the language conversion in the fifth step. Relative location, is solved and a sixth step of sending information about the language transformation corresponding to a request Translating Language translation requester through a network, the language conversion mediating method characterized by comprising a.

[0009] According to this, a language conversion requester who requests a language conversion of an interpreter or a translation and a language converter who performs a language conversion of an interpreter or a translation are mediated at an arbitrary place and time. For this reason, it is possible to simultaneously satisfy the need for easily requesting the translation of interpreters and translations and the need for those who have a high level of foreign language skills to easily perform the translation and translation. Eliminating language barriers will expand the range of people's activities and business, and will enable effective use of human resources with high language skills in foreign languages.

Preferably, before or simultaneously with the second step, the language conversion mediation processing device further comprises a step of storing information relating to a language conversion requester in advance.

[0011] According to this, once the language conversion requester stores the information on the language conversion requester in the language conversion processing device once, when requesting the language conversion to the language conversion intermediary processing device, the language conversion requester is requested. The effort of sending information about the user via the network is reduced, so that the language conversion requester can request the language conversion more easily.

[0012] Also, between the fifth step and the sixth step, the language conversion mediation processing device performs language conversion from a plurality of language converters who have approved the language conversion in the fifth step. A selecting step of selecting one or a plurality of language translators; and in the sixth step, from the one or more language translator terminal devices selected in the selecting step to the terminal device of the language conversion requester. It is desirable to send information on language conversion corresponding to the language conversion request of the language conversion requester via a network.

According to this, the language conversion is requested to a plurality of language converters, and the language converter is selected from the language converters that have approved the language conversion among them. Can surely respond to the request of the person.

In the sixth step, by connecting the terminal device of the language conversion requester and the terminal device of the language converter via a network, the terminal device of one or more language converters can be It is desirable to send information on language conversion corresponding to the language conversion request of the language conversion requester to the terminal device of the language conversion requester via the network.

According to this, the language conversion requester and the language converter can exchange information on the request for language conversion and information on the corresponding language conversion in a timely manner.

The above object is also achieved by connecting via a network to a terminal device of a language conversion requester requesting a translation or translation of a language and a terminal device of a language converter requesting a translation or translation of a language. A language conversion mediation processing device that processes mediation between a language conversion requester and a language translator, and a language translator information receiving unit that receives information about the language translator from a terminal device of the language translator; A language converter information storage unit that stores information about the language converter received by the language information receiver, a request information receiving unit that receives information about a language conversion request from the terminal device of the language conversion requester, Reference is made to the information on the language converter stored in the language converter information storage means, and the information is matched with the information on the language conversion request received by the request information receiving means. A language translator specifying means for specifying one or more language translators; and a language received by the request information receiving means for one or more language translator terminal devices specified by the language translator specific means. Request information transmitting means for transmitting a part or all of the information relating to the conversion request, and a terminal device of one or more language converters to which a part or all of the information relating to the language conversion request has been transmitted by the request information transmitting means From the consent information receiving means for receiving the information on the consent of the language conversion, and the information on the request for the language conversion from the terminal device of the language converter who has approved the language conversion to the terminal device of the language conversion requester. And a mediation control unit that controls transmission of information related to language conversion.

According to this, a language conversion requester who requests a language conversion of an interpreter or a translation and a language converter who performs a language conversion of an interpreter or a translation are mediated at an arbitrary place and time. For this reason, it is possible to simultaneously satisfy the need for easily requesting the translation of interpreters and translations and the need for those who have a high level of foreign language skills to easily perform the translation and translation. Eliminating language barriers will expand the range of people's activities and business, and will enable effective use of human resources with high language skills in foreign languages.

A language conversion requester information receiving means for receiving information on the language conversion requester from a terminal device of the language conversion requester, and information on the language conversion requester received by the language conversion requester information receiving means Language conversion requester information storage means for storing

According to this, according to this, once the language conversion requester stores information on the language conversion requester in the language conversion processing device once, it requests the language conversion mediation processing device for the language conversion. In this case, since the labor for sending information about the language conversion requester via the network is reduced, the language conversion requester can request language conversion more easily.

Further, from among the language converters who have received the information on the approval of the language conversion by the approval information receiving means,
A language translator selecting means for selecting one or a plurality of language translators for performing language conversion, wherein the mediation control means transmits a language conversion requester from a terminal device of the language translator selected by the language translator selecting means. It is desirable to control the terminal device to send information on language conversion corresponding to the information on the request for language conversion.

According to this, the language conversion is requested to a plurality of language converters, and the language converter is selected from the language converters that have approved the language conversion among them. Can surely respond to the request of the person.

The mediation control means connects the terminal device of the language conversion requester to the terminal device of the language conversion requester by connecting the terminal device of the language conversion requester and the terminal device of the language conversion requester via a network. It is desirable to control the apparatus to send information on language conversion corresponding to the information on the request for language conversion.

According to this, the language conversion requester and the language converter can exchange information on the request for language conversion and information on the corresponding language conversion in a timely manner.

[0024] Further, the present invention is a computer-readable recording medium storing a program for mediating between a language conversion requester and a language converter, wherein the computer receives information on the language converter from a terminal device of the language converter. Language translator information receiving means, language translator information storage means for storing information about the language translator received by the language translator information receiving means, and a language conversion request from the terminal device of the language conversion requester. Request information receiving means for receiving information about the language converter, and information about the language converter stored in the language converter information storage means, and conforms to the information about the language conversion request received by the request information receiving means. Language translator specifying means for specifying one or more language translators, and one or more languages specified by the language translator specifying means Against 換者 of the terminal device, a request information transmitting means for transmitting a part or the whole of information concerning the request of the received language converted by the request information receiving means,
Acknowledgment information receiving means for receiving information on acknowledgment of language conversion from one or more terminal devices of language converters to which part or all of the information on language conversion request has been transmitted by the request information transmitting means; A program for functioning as mediation control means for controlling the language conversion requester's terminal device to send the information on the language conversion corresponding to the information on the language conversion request from the terminal device of the language conversion requester to the terminal device of the language conversion requester The problem is solved by a computer-readable recording medium on which is recorded.

According to this, by installing the program recorded on this recording medium into a computer, it is possible to realize the function of the computer as a language conversion mediation processing device.

[0026]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In FIG. 1, (A) is an interpreter requesting an interpreter (language conversion requester), (B) is an interpreter performing an interpreter (language converter), and (C) is an interpreter requester (A). ) And an interpreter (B), which is an interpreting intermediary processing device (language conversion intermediary processing device) that processes intermediation. The device (C) can be connected via a network such as the Internet or a telephone line network.

The interpreter (A) and the interpreter (B)
The terminal devices (a) and (b) are mobile phones each having a display unit such as an LCD (liquid crystal) and number buttons, and are capable of browsing homepages on a network and transmitting and receiving e-mails. I have.

As shown in FIG. 2, the interpreting mediation processing device (C) includes an interpreter requester information storage unit (1), an interpreter information storage unit (2), a request information storage unit (3), and A central processing unit (hereinafter, referred to as a CPU) (4) that performs overall control is provided.

The translation requester information storage unit (1) stores information on the translation requester (A) (hereinafter referred to as translation requester information) in a file format for each translation requester (A). is there. This translation requester information includes the name, identification number, address, mobile phone number, e-mail address, and credit number of the translation requester (A). The identification number of the interpreter (A) is issued by a CPU (4) described later.

The interpreter information storage section (2) stores information on an interpreter (hereinafter referred to as interpreter information) in a file format for each interpreter (B). The interpreter information includes the interpreter's name, identification number, address, mobile phone number, e-mail address, interpretable language, interpretable date and time zone. Note that the identification number of the interpreter (B) is issued by a CPU (4) described later.

The request information storage section (3) stores, for each interpreter requester (A), information relating to the interpreter's request for interpretation (hereinafter referred to as request information) in a file format. is there. This request information includes the identification number of the interpreter (A), the desired language of the interpreter, and the desired date and time.

The CPU (4) controls each unit, displays various screens, transfers data, performs various calculations, temporarily stores data, and the like. In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. Requester information receiving function (41), interpreter requester identification number transmitting function (42), interpreter information receiving function (4)
3) Interpreter identification number transmission function (44), request information reception function (45), interpreter identification function (46), request information transmission function (47), approval information reception function (48), interpreter selection function (49), mediation control function (50), settlement function (5
1) is provided.

The interpreter requester information receiving function (41)
This is a function of receiving translation requester information from the mobile phone (a) of the translation requester (A). Specifically, when the translation requester (A) makes a predetermined access to the translation mediation processing device (C) from the mobile phone (a), the display of the mobile phone (a) of the translation requester (A) is displayed. Display a predetermined input screen on the input unit, receive the interpreter requester information input on the input screen from the mobile phone (a) of the interpreter requester (A), and receive the interpreter requester information storage unit ( Remember in 1).

The interpreter requester identification number transmission function (4)
2), after receiving the translation requester information from the mobile phone (a) of the translation requester (A), issues an identification number for the translation requester (A), and This is a function for transmitting to the mobile phone (a) in A). This identification number is used when the interpreter requester (A) later accesses the interpreter intermediation processing device (C) to request an interpreter.

The interpreter information receiving function (43) is a function for receiving the interpreter information from the mobile phone (b) of the interpreter (B). Specifically, when the interpreter (B) makes a predetermined access to the interpreter intermediation processing device (C) from the mobile phone (b), the mobile phone (b) of the interpreter (B)
A predetermined input screen is displayed on the display unit, and interpreter information input to the input screen is received from the mobile phone (b) of the interpreter (B), and the interpreter information storage unit (2) is received. )
The interpreter identification number transmission function to be stored in the computer (44)
After receiving the interpreter information from the mobile phone (b) of the interpreter (B), it issues an identification number for the interpreter (B) and outputs the identification number for the interpreter (B). b). This identification number is used when the interpreter (B) accesses the interpreter intermediary processing device (C) later to approve the request for the interpreter.

The request information receiving function (45) is a function of receiving translation request information from the portable telephone (a) of the translation requester (A). Specifically, when the translation requester (A) makes a predetermined access to the translation mediation processing device (C) from the mobile phone (a), the mobile phone (a) of the translation requester (A) A predetermined input screen is displayed on the display unit, and the interpreting request information input to the input screen is received from the mobile phone (a) of the interpreting requester (A), and the request information storing unit (3) is received. ).

The interpreter specifying function (46) is a function for specifying one or a plurality of interpreters (B) based on the interpreting request information received by the request information receiving function (45). Specifically, the request information receiving function (4
By referring to the interpreting request information of the interpreter requester (A) received in step 5) and the interpreter information of the plurality of interpreters (B) stored in the interpreter information storage section (2). Identify one or more interpreters (B) that match the information requested by the interpreter (A).

For example, if the interpreting request information is a conversion language (Japanese and English) and date and time (10:00 on December 1st),
One or more interpreters having the interpreter information of the conversion language and date and time are specified. If the desired date and time of the interpreter is the time of the request, the interpreter specifying function (46) immediately performs the above-described specifying.

The request information transmitting function (47) transmits the request information of the interpreter requester to the mobile phone (b) of one or more interpreters (B) specified by the interpreter specifying function (46). Is a function of transmitting a part or all of the URL by e-mail.

The acknowledgment information receiving function (48) transmits information on the acknowledgment of the interpretation (hereinafter referred to as “interpretation”) from the mobile phone (b) of one or more interpreters (B) to which part or all of the interpretation request information has been transmitted. , Acknowledgment information). Specifically, the interpreter (B) views the content of the e-mail sent from the interpreter intermediation processing device (C), and approves the language conversion requester (A) for the language conversion request. The acknowledgment information transmitted by e-mail to the interpreting mediation processing device (C) is received.

When there are a plurality of interpreters (B) who have requested an interpreter, the interpreter selecting function (49) selects one of the plurality of interpreters (B) for interpreting. Is the function to select Specifically, the interpreter (B) who first transmitted the acknowledgment information to the interpreting mediation processing device (C) by e-mail is selected as one interpreter (B) who performs the interpreting. In addition, the interpreter mediation processing device (C)
If only one interpreter (B) has requested an interpreter, the above selection is not performed.

When the interpreter (B) is selected by the interpreter selecting function, the intermediary control function (50) operates the mobile phone (b) of the interpreter (B) selected by the interpreter selecting function (49). ) And the mobile phone (a) of the interpreter (A). If the interpreter (B) is not selected by the interpreter selection function, the mobile phone (a) of one interpreter (B) who has accepted the interpretation and the mobile phone of the interpreter (A) (A) is connected.

The connection mode between the mobile phone (a) of the interpreter requester (A) and the mobile phone (b) of the interpreter (B) is such that the telephone from the mobile phone (b) of the selected interpreter (B) is used. A mode in which both mobile phones (a) and (b) are connected via the translator mediation processing device (C), for example, by transferring the interpreter to the mobile phone (b) of the interpreter (A). According to this, the interpreter requester (A) and the interpreter (B) can exchange information on the interpreter request and information on the corresponding interpreter in a timely manner.

Further, the translator (A) transmits the encryption information of the interpreter (A) to the mobile phone (b) of the selected interpreter (B), and the translator (B) carries the portable information based on the encryption information. A mode in which the mobile phone (a) and the mobile phone (b) are directly connected by connecting the phone (b) to the mobile phone (a) of the interpreter (A) is exemplified. The connection between the two mobile phones (a) and (b) is not limited to the above-described embodiment.

The settlement function (51) monitors the connection state between the mobile phone (b) of the interpreter (B) and the mobile phone (a) of the interpreter (A) by the mediation control function (50). It is a function to settle the request fee based on the connection time. The request fee is deducted based on the credit number of the interpreter requester information, and part or all of the request fee is paid to the interpreter (B) who has performed the interpreting.

Next, the operation of the interpreting mediation processing device (C) will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
In the following description and drawings, “step” is abbreviated as “S”. [Registration of interpreter (A) and interpreter (B)]
When the interpreter requester (A) makes a predetermined access from the mobile phone (a) to the interpreter intermediation processing device (C), the interpreter intermediation processing device (C) uses the interpreter requester information receiving function (41) to execute A predetermined input screen is displayed on the display unit of the mobile phone (a) of the interpreter (A), and the interpreter information entered on the input screen is displayed on the mobile phone (a) of the interpreter (A). ) And store it in the translation requester information storage unit (1) (S1).

The interpreting mediation processing device (C)
An identification number is transmitted for the translation requester (A) by the translation requester identification number transmission function (42) and transmitted to the mobile phone (a) of the translation requester (A) (S2). .

On the other hand, when the interpreter (B) makes a predetermined access to the interpreting intermediary processing device (C) from the mobile phone (b), the interpreting intermediary processing device (C) is provided with an interpreter information receiving function (43). The mobile phone (b) of the interpreter (B)
A predetermined input screen is displayed on the display unit, and interpreter information input to the input screen is received from the mobile phone (b) of the interpreter (B), and the interpreter information storage unit (2) is received. )
(S3).

The interpreting mediation processing device (C)
The interpreter ID number issuing function (44) issues an identification number for the interpreter (B), and the interpreter (B)
To the mobile phone (b) (S4).

Thus, the interpreter (A) and the interpreter (B)
Is registered in the translation mediation processing device (C). [Intermediation between the interpreter (A) and the interpreter (B)]
When the interpreter requester (A) makes a predetermined access to the interpreter intermediation processing device (C) from the mobile phone (a), the interpreter intermediation processor (C) uses the request information receiving function (45) to execute the interpreter. A predetermined input screen is displayed on the display unit of the mobile phone (a) of the client (A), and the interpreting request information input on the input screen is displayed on the mobile phone (a) of the interpreter (A). And stores it in the request information storage unit (3) (S11).

The interpreting intermediary processing device (C)
By the interpreter identification function (46), the request information receiving function (4
5) the request information of the interpreter requester (A) received by
By referring to a plurality of pieces of interpreter information stored in the interpreter information storage section (2), an interpreter (B) matching the request information is specified (S12).

The interpreting mediation processing device (C)
One or more interpreters (B) specified by the interpreter specifying function (46) by the request information transmitting function (47)
A part or all of the request information of the interpreter (A) is transmitted to the mobile phone (b) by e-mail (S1).
3).

Then, the interpreter (B) browses the request information of the e-mail transmitted from the interpreter intermediation processing device (C), and approves the language conversion request (A) of the language conversion requester. When the acknowledgment information is transmitted by e-mail to the interpreting intermediation processing device (C), the interpreting intermediation processing device (C) receives the acknowledgment information by the acknowledgment information receiving function (48) (S14).

Then, the interpreting intermediary processing device (C)
It is determined whether or not there are a plurality of interpreters (B) who have requested the interpretation (S15). If there is no such interpreter (NO in S15), the process proceeds to S17. On the other hand, if there are a plurality (Y in S15)
ES), the interpreter (B), who first transmitted the acknowledgment information to the interpreting intermediary processing device (C) by e-mail by the interpreter selecting function (49), is used as one interpreter (B) for interpreting.
To be selected.

The interpreting mediation processing device (C)
The intermediary control function (50) connects the mobile phone (b) of the interpreter (B) and the mobile phone (a) of the interpreter (A) (S17). Then, both the interpreter (A) and the interpreter (B) are connected to the mobile phone (a)
Using (b), a request for an interpreter and an interpreter corresponding to the request are made.

The interpreting intermediary processing device (C)
The settlement function (51) monitors the connection state between the terminal device (b) of the interpreter (B) and the terminal device (a) of the interpreter requester (A), and settles the requested fee based on the connection time. (S18).

As described above, since the interpreter requesting the interpreter (A) and the interpreter performing the interpreter (B) are mediated at an arbitrary place and time, there is a need to easily request an interpreter. It can simultaneously satisfy the needs of those who have a high level of foreign language proficiency who want to easily translate,
Eventually, it will be possible to eliminate language barriers and expand the range of people's activities and business, and to effectively utilize human resources with high language skills in foreign languages.

In this embodiment, a plurality of interpreters (B) are requested to translate, and among them, the interpreter (B) is selected from the interpreters (B) who have accepted the interpreter. Therefore, it is possible to reliably respond to the request of the interpreter requester (A).

In this embodiment, the mobile phones (a) and (b) are used as terminal devices, but a stationary telephone, a general-purpose computer (personal computer), a facsimile machine, or the like may be used.

As the interpreter requester information, the six elements of the interpreter requester (A), such as name, identification number, address, mobile phone number, e-mail address, and credit number, are listed. Or may include other elements.

The interpreter information includes the interpreter (B) 's name, identification number, address, mobile phone number, e-mail address, interpretable language, interpretable date and time zone.
Although the three elements have been described, as long as they include a language that can be interpreted, a day and a time zone that can be interpreted, fewer elements may be used, or elements that include other elements may be used.

Although the interpreting mediation processing device (C) stores the interpreter requester information, it may not store it. However, if the interpreter requester (A) stores the interpreter requester information once in the interpreter intermediary processing device (C), the interpreter requester information is used when requesting the interpreter to the interpreter intermediary processor (C). Since the effort to send over the network is reduced, the interpreter can request an interpreter more easily.

As a method for receiving the interpreter requester information, a predetermined input screen is displayed on the display unit of the mobile phone (a) of the interpreter requester (A), and the interpreter input on the input screen is displayed. Although it is assumed that the requester information is received, an announcement for inputting the interpreter requester information is sent to the mobile phone (a) of the interpreter requester (A), and the interpreter requester (A) verbally or portablely follows the announcement. It is also possible to receive the interpreting request information input by the number button of the telephone (a).

As a method of receiving interpreter information,
A predetermined input screen is displayed on the display unit of the mobile phone (b) of the interpreter (B), and the interpreter information input on the input screen is received. An announcement for inputting interpreter information may be played to the mobile phone (b), and according to the announcement, the interpreter (B) may receive the interpreting request information entered verbally or with the number button of the mobile phone (b). .

As a method of receiving the request information, a predetermined input screen is displayed on the display unit of the mobile phone (a) of the interpreter (A), and the request information input on the input screen is displayed. It was assumed that the request was received, but an announcement was sent to the mobile phone (a) of the interpreter requester (A) to input the request information. The received request information may be received.

Further, the interpreter requester or the interpreter information is stored online in the interpreter intermediary processing device (C), but may be offline. That is, the system operator operating this system receives the interpreter requester information or the interpreter information from the interpreter requester (A) or the interpreter (B) off-line, such as by mail, and interprets the interpreter intermediation processing device ( The interpreting request information or the interpreting information may be input from a terminal device connected to C) and stored.

As a method of sending the request information of the interpreter requester (A) to the interpreter (B), the interpreter intermediary processing device (C) sends an e-mail of the request information to the interpreter (B) 's mobile phone (b). However, the interpreting mediation processing device (C) may send an announcement of the request information to the mobile phone (b) of the interpreter (B).

As a method for receiving the consent of the interpreter from the interpreter (B), the interpreter intermediary processing device (C) uses the interpreter (B)
Although the e-mail including the acknowledgment information is received from the mobile phone (b), the interpreter intermediary processing device (C) receives the verbal or mobile phone number (b) from the mobile phone (b) of the interpreter (B). The acknowledgment information may be received by a number button.

The interpreter who accepted the request for the interpreter (B)
When there are multiple interpreters, one interpreter (B) is selected from them, but two or more interpreters (B) may be selected.

The interpreter who accepted the request for the interpreter (B)
Even if there are a plurality of interpreters, all interpreted interpreters (B) may perform the interpreting without selecting the interpreter (B).

As a method of selecting the interpreter (B), the interpreter (B) who first transmitted the acknowledgment information to the interpreter intermediary processing device (C) by e-mail is determined by the one interpreter ( Although selected as B), other methods may be used. For example, among the interpreters who accepted the interpreter (B), the interpreter with the highest foreign language proficiency (B)
Is selected. In this case, the interpreter information includes the grade of the Eiken test, the result of TOEFLE, the evaluation based on a unique language ability judgment, and the like.

As a settlement method, the request fee is deducted based on the credit number of the interpreter (A). However, other settlement methods such as a settlement method using a prepaid system and a settlement method using a Q2 dial are used. It may be a method.

Although the language conversion is interpreted, it may be translated. For example, the translation requester (A ′) and the translator (B ′) can be used to mediate translation using a telephone (including a mobile phone) with a display unit, a personal computer, or a facsimile machine, respectively.

In this case, as in the above-described embodiment, the translation requester (A ′) requests translation from the personal computer or the like to the translation mediation processing device (C ′) as a language conversion processing device.
One or a plurality of translators (B ') matching the request are specified, and the translation mediation processing device (C') requests the translator (B) 's personal computer or the like for translation. Then, the translator (B) acknowledges the translation from the personal computer of the translator (B) to the translation mediation processing device (C), and performs translation from the translator (B ′) that has been approved by the translation mediation processing device (C ′). Select the translator (B '). Then, in the translation mediation processing device (C ′), information on the translation corresponding to the translation request of the translation requester (A ′) is sent from the translator (B ′) personal computer or the like to the translator (A ′) personal computer. Control to send.

As a method of sending information relating to translation corresponding to the translation request of the translation requester (A '), the personal computer of the translation requester (A') and the personal computer of the translator (B ') can be sent in a timely manner. The connection may be performed, or may be performed by transmitting an electronic mail from the personal computer of the translation requester (A ′) to the personal computer of the translator (B ′).

[0077]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, a language conversion requester requesting a language conversion of an interpreter or a translation and a language converter performing a language conversion of an interpreter or a translation are mediated at an arbitrary place and time. Is done. For this reason, it is possible to simultaneously satisfy the need for easily requesting the translation of interpreters and translations and the need for those who have a high level of foreign language skills to easily perform the translation and translation. Eliminating language barriers will expand the range of people's activities and business, and will enable effective use of human resources with high language skills in foreign languages.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, once the language conversion requester stores information on the language conversion requester in the language conversion processing device, the language conversion requester requests the language conversion mediation processing device for the language conversion. In this case, since the labor for sending information about the language conversion requester via the network is reduced, the language conversion requester can request language conversion more easily.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, a plurality of language converters are requested to perform language conversion, and a language converter is selected from the language converters that have approved the language conversion among them. Therefore, it is possible to reliably respond to the request of the language conversion requester.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the language conversion requester and the language converter can exchange information on the request for language conversion and information on the corresponding language conversion in a timely manner.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, a language conversion requester who requests a language conversion of an interpreter or a translation and a language converter who performs a language conversion of an interpreter or a translation are mediated at an arbitrary place and time. . For this reason, it is possible to simultaneously satisfy the need for easily requesting the translation of interpreters and translations and the need for those who have a high level of foreign language skills to easily perform the translation and translation. Eliminating language barriers will expand the range of people's activities and business, and will enable effective use of human resources with high language skills in foreign languages.

According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, if the language conversion requester once stores the information on the language conversion requester in the language conversion processing device, the language conversion requesting device can send the information to the language conversion mediation processing device. When requesting the language conversion, the effort of sending information about the language conversion requester via the network is reduced, so that the language conversion requester can request the language conversion more easily.

According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, a plurality of language converters are requested to perform language conversion, and a language converter is selected from the language converters that have approved the language conversion among them. Therefore, it is possible to reliably respond to the request of the language conversion requester.

According to the eighth aspect of the present invention, the language conversion requester and the language converter can exchange information on the request for language conversion and information on the corresponding language conversion in a timely manner.

According to the ninth aspect of the present invention, by installing the program recorded on this recording medium into a computer, the computer can be realized as a language conversion mediation processing device.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a system including an interpreter intermediation processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the configuration of the interpreting intermediation processing device of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a configuration of a CPU in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a first flowchart showing the operation of the language mediation processing device.

FIG. 5 is a second flowchart showing the operation of the language mediation processing device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 A: Interpreter requester B: Interpreter C: Interpreter intermediary processing device a, b: Mobile phone

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[Claims] 1. A language conversion requester requesting a translation or translation of a language, and a language translator performing a translation or translation of a language are connected to the terminal devices of the language conversion requester and the language translator via a network. A language conversion mediation method that mediates using a language conversion mediation processing device connectable by a first step, wherein the language conversion mediation processing device stores in advance information about the language translator; A second step of requesting a language conversion from the terminal device of the conversion requester to the language conversion mediation processing device via a network; and in the language conversion mediation processing device, information on the language translator in the first step. One or a plurality of languages that match the request of the language conversion requester in the second step, A third step of specifying a translator; and requesting language conversion via the network from the language conversion mediation processing device to one or more of the terminal devices of the language translator specified in the third step. 4th
And a fifth step of approving the language conversion from the one or more terminal devices of the language converter requested to perform the language conversion in the fourth step to the language conversion mediation processing device via a network. And a request for language conversion of the language conversion requester via the network from the terminal device of the one or more language converters who have approved the language conversion in the fifth step to the terminal device of the language conversion requester. And a sixth step of transmitting information on a corresponding language conversion. 2. The language conversion mediation method according to claim 1, further comprising: before or at the same time as the second step, the language conversion mediation processing device stores information on a language conversion requester in advance. 3. Between the fifth step and the sixth step, in the language conversion intermediary processing device, from the plurality of language converters who have approved the language conversion in the fifth step,
A selecting step of selecting one or a plurality of language translators for performing the language conversion; and in the sixth step, a terminal device of the one or more language translators selected in the selecting step is used to select a language conversion requester. 3. The language conversion mediation method according to claim 1, wherein information on language conversion corresponding to the language conversion request of the language conversion requester is sent to the terminal device via a network. 4. In the sixth step, by connecting the terminal device of the language conversion requester and the terminal device of the language converter via a network, from the terminal devices of one or more language converters, 4. The language conversion mediation method according to claim 1, wherein information on language conversion corresponding to the language conversion request of the language conversion requester is sent to the terminal device of the language conversion requester via a network. 5. The language conversion requester, which can be connected via a network to a terminal device of a language conversion requester who requests translation or translation of a language and a terminal device of a language converter who translates or translates the language. And a language conversion mediation processing device that processes mediation between the language translator and the language translator, wherein the language translator information receiving means receives information about the language translator from the terminal device of the language translator, and the language translator information receiving means. Language translator information storage means for storing information about the language translator received by the user; request information receiving means for receiving information about a language conversion request from the terminal device of the language conversion requester; and the language translator information One or a plurality of information matching the information on the language conversion request received by the request information receiving means with reference to the information on the language converter stored in the storage means. A language translator specifying means for specifying the language translator; and a request for the language conversion received by the request information receiving means to one or a plurality of terminal devices of the language translator specified by the language translator specifying means. Request information transmitting means for transmitting a part or all of the information; and a terminal device of one or more language converters to which a part or all of the information relating to the request for language conversion has been transmitted by the request information transmitting means. Means for receiving information on the consent of the language conversion, and information on the language conversion corresponding to the information on the request for the language conversion from the terminal device of the language converter who has approved the language conversion to the terminal device of the language conversion requester A language conversion mediation processing device, comprising: mediation control means for controlling transmission of a language conversion message. 6. A language conversion requester information receiving means for receiving information on a language conversion requester from a terminal device of the language conversion requester, and information on the language conversion requester received by the language conversion requester information receiving means. The language conversion mediation processing device according to claim 5, further comprising: a language conversion requester information storage unit that stores the information. 7. A language translator selecting means for selecting one or a plurality of language translators for performing language conversion from language translators who have received information on the consent of language conversion by said consent information receiving means, The mediation control means sends information on language conversion corresponding to the information on the language conversion request from the terminal device of the language converter selected by the language converter selecting device to the terminal device of the language conversion requester. Claim 5
Alternatively, the language conversion mediation processing device according to claim 6. 8. The intermediary control means connects the terminal device of the language conversion requester and the terminal device of the language conversion requester by connecting the terminal device of the language conversion requester and the terminal device of the language conversion requester via a network. 8. The language conversion mediation processing device according to claim 5, wherein control is performed to send information on language conversion corresponding to the information on the language conversion request to the device. 9. A computer-readable recording medium storing a program for mediating between a language conversion requester and a language translator, wherein the computer receives information on the language translator from a terminal device of the language translator. Language translator information receiving means, language translator information storage means for storing information about the language translator received by the language translator information receiving means, and a language conversion request from the terminal device of the language conversion requester. Request information receiving means for receiving information on language conversion, and referring to information on language converters stored in the language converter information storage means, and conforming to information on language conversion requests received by the request information receiving means. A language converter specifying means for specifying one or more language converters; and one or more language converters specified by the language converter specifying means. Request information transmitting means for transmitting a part or all of the information on the request for language conversion received by the request information receiving means to the terminal device of the user; and transmitting the information on the request for language conversion by the request information transmitting means. An acknowledgment information receiving means for receiving information on acknowledgment of language conversion from one or a plurality of terminal devices of the language converter to which a part or all has been transmitted; A computer-readable recording medium in which a program for functioning as a mediation control unit for controlling transmission of information related to language conversion corresponding to information related to a request for language conversion to a client terminal device is provided.