JP2003296327A - Translation server, genre-classified online machine translation method, and program therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a translation server for allowing a user to explicitly designate the field of a technical term dictionary to be used for translation based on translation results, and to provide a genre-classified online machine translation method and a program therefor. <P>SOLUTION: Client terminals 10 and 40 transmit a translation request and a translation parameter indicating the condition of a translation environment designated by a user to a translation server 20. When a transmitting and receiving part 27 receives the translation request, a dictionary engine/file control part 26 assigns dictionary data to be used in translating from dictionary data stored in a dictionary part 30 based on the translation parameter. A translation engine 22 executes translation by using the assigned dictionary data. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a translation server, an online machine translation method by genre, and a program therefor, and more particularly, a translation server that performs machine translation using a technical term dictionary in a designated field, an online machine by genre. Translation method and program.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been one in which the contents of a document written in a predetermined language are easily machine translated into another language by a computer. However, in today's highly specialized and complicated society languages, even on the Internet, it is not possible to translate sentences of various genres using only general-purpose standard dictionaries. It was the limit of translation.

Although it is particularly remarkable in English and the like, words constituting a normal language have a plurality of meanings, and it is very important in translation to uniquely narrow them down according to a particular field in accordance with the meaning of the sentence. It was difficult. This "difficulty" in translation was a factor that immediately affected the translation accuracy.

For example, there are many cases where expressions and technical terms peculiar to the genre are used in actual sentences depending on the content, and conventional standard general-purpose dictionaries cannot accurately translate these technical terms. There was an occasion.

As a conventional technique for solving the above problems, there is a translation device and a recording medium (hereinafter, referred to as a conventional example 1) in which a translation program is disclosed, which is disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-109747. . In the conventional example 1, the field of the text content is determined based on the proper noun extracted from the text, and the translation is performed using the specialized dictionary of the determined field.

Further, in the machine translation device disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 7-141375 (hereinafter, conventional example 2),
In addition to the basic dictionary, a specialized dictionary and a user dictionary are held, and when translating a word, the translation is performed based on the dictionary having the highest priority.

Further, in the machine translation method and the technical term dictionary selection method (hereinafter referred to as Conventional Example 3) disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-212222, the technical field is determined using the document identification information, and the determination is made. Based on this, I specified a specialty dictionary and translated.

[0008]

However, in Conventional Example 1 to Conventional Example 3, the translation result by machine translation is confirmed,
It has been impossible for the user of the translation service to explicitly specify the field of the specialized dictionary based on the translation result. Therefore, in such conventional machine translation, various problems such as insufficient vocabulary of the dictionary, problems of translation accuracy caused by incomplete translation, and adverse effects on translation processing when encountering vocabulary not included in the dictionary are completely eliminated. Was difficult to control. In addition, the syntax analysis in the translation process becomes difficult, resulting in a misunderstanding of the syntax.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and a translation server that allows a user to explicitly specify a field of a technical term dictionary to be used for translation based on a translation result, The purpose is to provide an online machine translation method by genre and its program.

[0010]

In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 is translation dictionary information of technical terms which is connected to a client terminal device via a network and is managed by each field. A translation server that performs translation using technical term dictionary information, characterized by outputting a translation result based on field information of the technical term dictionary information designated by a user operating a client terminal device.

Further, the invention according to claim 2 is a client terminal device operated by a user to make a translation request,
A translation server connected via a network to a dictionary information storage device that stores technical term dictionary information that is technical term translation dictionary information managed by field, and translates a predetermined document from a client terminal device. Based on the translation request receiving means for receiving the field information of the technical term dictionary information designated by the request and the user, and the technical term dictionary information of the designated field is assigned based on the field designation information received by the translation information receiving means. Using the technical term dictionary assigning means and the technical term dictionary information assigned by the technical term dictionary assigning means, the translating means for translating the document requested to be translated, and the translation result created by the translating means. And a translation result transmitting means for transmitting to the.

According to the invention described in claim 3, in the translation server according to claim 2, the translation environment initialization means for releasing the assigned technical term dictionary information when the translation result is created by the translation means. It is characterized by having.

According to the invention described in claim 4, in the translation server according to claim 2 or 3, a translation transaction queuing means for queuing a translation transaction corresponding to the translation request received by the translation request receiving means. When the translation transaction corresponding to the translation request by the translation transaction queuing means is in a waiting state,
Based on the field designation information corresponding to the translation request, the technical term dictionary information of the designated field is assigned, and the translation means,
When the technical term dictionary information of the field designated by the technical term dictionary assigning means is assigned, the translation transaction in the waiting state is expanded on the memory of the own server, and is assigned to the CPU of the own server as an execution process and translated. It is characterized by performing.

The invention according to claim 5 is a genre-based online machine translation method for performing translation using technical term dictionary information that is translation dictionary information of technical terms managed by field, and is specified by a user. It is characterized in that a translation result is output based on the field information of the technical term dictionary information that has been created.

Further, the invention according to claim 6 is a genre-based online machine translation method for performing translation using technical term dictionary information which is translation dictionary information of technical terms managed according to fields, and which is a predetermined document. Based on the translation request receiving step of receiving the translation request and the field information of the technical term dictionary information specified by the user, and the field specifying information received by the translation information receiving step, the technical term dictionary information of the specified field is obtained. Using the technical term dictionary assigning process and the technical term dictionary information assigned by the technical term dictionary assigning process, the translation process of translating the document requested for translation and the translation result created by the translating process are transmitted. And a translation result transmitting step.

According to the invention of claim 7, in the genre-based online machine translation method of claim 6, when a translation result is created by the translation step, the translation of releasing the assigned technical term dictionary information is performed. It is characterized by having an environment initialization step.

According to the invention described in claim 8, in the online machine translation method according to claim 6 or 7, translation for queuing a translation transaction corresponding to the translation request received by the translation request receiving step. When the translation transaction queuing process has a transaction queuing process, and the translation transaction queuing process waits for a translation transaction corresponding to the translation request, the technical term dictionary assigning process is designated based on the field designation information corresponding to the translation request. When the technical term dictionary information of the field is assigned and the technical term dictionary information of the field specified by the technical term dictionary assigning step is assigned, the translation process in the waiting state is expanded on the memory and executed. It is assigned to the CPU as That.

According to the invention of claim 9, the computer is caused to execute a process of outputting the translation result by using the translation dictionary information of the technical term whose technical field is designated by the user. And

The invention according to claim 10 is a program for causing a computer to perform a translation using technical term dictionary information, which is translation dictionary information of technical terms managed according to fields, and is a program of a predetermined document. The translation request reception process that receives the translation request and the field information of the technical term dictionary information specified by the user, and the technical term dictionary information of the specified field based on the field specification information received by the translation information reception process. The technical term dictionary to be assigned and the technical term dictionary information assigned by the technical term dictionary assignment processing are used to translate the document requested for translation, and the translation result created by the translation processing is transmitted. It is characterized in that the computer is caused to execute the translation result transmission process.

According to the invention of claim 11, in the program of claim 10, when a translation result is created by the translation process, a translation environment initialization process for releasing the assigned technical term dictionary information is performed. It is characterized by causing a computer to execute.

According to the twelfth aspect of the invention, in the program of the tenth or eleventh aspect, a translation transaction queuing process for queuing a translation transaction corresponding to the translation request received by the translation request receiving process is provided. When a translation transaction queuing process causes a translation transaction corresponding to a translation request to be in a stand-by state, the computer executes the terminology dictionary assignment process. When the terminology dictionary information is assigned and the terminology dictionary information of the field specified by the terminology dictionary assignment processing is assigned, the translation processing expands the translation transaction in the waiting state on the memory and executes it in the CPU as an execution process. Characterized by assigning and translating To.

[0022]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION (Outline of Embodiment) An outline of an online machine translation system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below.

The online machine translation system selects the technical term dictionary by the operation of the user in the online machine translation on the Internet according to the language, the business in various fields, or the genre, and assigns it. By doing so, the translation accuracy of homepages is improved by industry and category.

When performing online machine translation of a home page on the Internet using the online machine translation system, the user selects an arbitrary language and a technical term dictionary of an arbitrary genre by operating from the use screen, Request translation. This terminology dictionary considers the ubiquity of the vocabulary of real words, for example, politics, economy, culture,
It is prepared for each art or genre that is subdivided from them, and is dynamically assigned as needed during online translation to help machine translation.

The online machine translation system translates a multilingual home page on the Internet using a technical term dictionary and provides a user with a more accurate translation home page by appropriately using the translated words. The user confirms the translation result, determines the field to be translated (homepage, etc.), and explicitly designates a predetermined technical term dictionary again. Therefore, the user can obtain a more accurate translation result.

(Structure of Embodiment) FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the structure of an online machine translation system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The configuration and operation of the online machine translation system according to this embodiment will be described below with reference to FIG.

The online machine translation system includes client terminals 10 and 40, a translation server 20, and a dictionary unit 30.
And.

The client terminal 10 is an information processing device which is operated by a user of this system and is LAN-connected to the translation server 20, and may be a desktop type, tower type or notebook type personal computer. OK, mobile phone, PHS, or PD
It may be a mobile terminal such as A.

The client terminal 10 includes a control unit 11 and
Transmission / reception unit 12, display unit 13, input unit 14, WEB
And a browser 15.

The control unit 11 includes a transmission / reception unit 12 and a display unit 1.
3, the client terminal 10 including the input unit 14 and the WEB browser 15 is controlled.

The input unit 14 inputs predetermined information including a translation request to the translation server 20 and translation parameters.
The specific contents of the translation parameters are the URL of the document (home page) to be translated, information such as text files, translation language information such as the original language and translated words (translated words), and the technical term dictionary corresponding to the translation target field. The information includes designation information and information indicating ON / OFF of use of user dictionary data.

The transmission / reception unit 12 transmits / receives data including a translation request and a translation parameter to the translation server 20.

The display unit 13 displays the information including the translation result output by the translation server 20.

The WEB browser 15 is software for extracting target information from the WEB.

The client terminal 40 is an information processing device that is operated by a user of this system and is connected to the translation server 20 by WAN via the Internet or the like, and is a desktop type, tower type, or notebook type personal computer. Or a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone, PHS, or PDA.

The client terminal 40 includes a control unit 41,
Transmission / reception unit 42, display unit 43, input unit 44, WEB
And a browser 45.

The control unit 41 also controls the client terminal 40 including the transmission / reception unit 42, the display unit 43, the input unit 44, and the WEB browser 45.

The input unit 44 inputs predetermined information including a translation request to the translation server 20 and translation parameters.
The specific contents of the translation parameter include the URL of the document (homepage) to be translated, information such as text and files, translation language information such as the original language and the translated word (translated word), and a technical term dictionary corresponding to the field to be translated. Is designated information and the like.

The transmission / reception unit 42 transmits / receives data including a translation request and a translation parameter to the translation server 20.

The display unit 43 displays information including the translation result output by the translation server 20.

The WEB browser 45 sends the target information to the WEB
It is software for taking out from above B.

The dictionary unit 30 is a database that stores dictionary data in two or more languages (two countries). In this embodiment, the dictionary unit 30 stores the English dictionary data 31 and
Japanese dictionary data 32 and language dictionary data 3 other than English and Japanese
3 and are held.

The English dictionary data 31 includes English standard dictionary data 31a, English technical term dictionary data 31b, and English user dictionary data 31c. The Japanese dictionary data 32 includes the Japanese standard dictionary data 32a, the Japanese technical term dictionary data 32b, and the Japanese user dictionary data 3
2c and. In addition, language dictionary data 33 other than Japanese-English
Includes standard dictionary data 33a in languages other than English, technical term dictionary data 33b in languages other than English, and user dictionary data 33c in languages other than English.

The types and number of languages of the dictionary data held by the dictionary unit 30 are not limited to those shown in the figure, and may be other.

Each standard dictionary data is a data group in which words used in conversation and ordinary sentences are used as headwords, such as in commonly published dictionaries.

The types and the number of technical term dictionary data included in the dictionary data of each language are not limited to the figures. For example, the dictionary data for each language includes politics,
It may include technical term dictionary data of various genres such as economy, culture, and art. In addition, dictionary data of technical terms in a genre that is subdivided from the above genres may be included.

The user dictionary data is dictionary data customized for each user. For example, "Daisu
proper nouns such as "ke Yamamoto"
It is unlikely to be registered in the standard dictionary data and technical term dictionary data. Such a word is called "Daisuke Yamamoto" in advance.
By registering in the user dictionary data like this,
It is possible to suppress the distortion of the translation result syntax.

To register the user dictionary data, the input unit 14 inputs the original language to be registered and its translation on the screen information provided by the WEB server (translation server 20), and the transmission / reception unit 12 translates the above input information. It may be sent to the server 20 and registered in the user dictionary data in each language in the dictionary unit 30.

In each dictionary data, "entry word", "translation word" of the heading word, and "attribute information" of the heading word
Data is included. The “entry word” is a word group in the language indicated by each dictionary data name. Also, "translation"
Is a translation of each “headword”, and translations in each language included in the dictionary unit 30 are prepared. For example, when the languages accumulated in the dictionary unit 30 are Japanese, English, and Spanish, the “headword” in the English dictionary data 31 becomes an English word, and the “translation word” becomes the English word that is the headword. Corresponding Japanese and Spanish words. The “attribute information” is information indicating the attribute of each “entry word” and indicates, for example, the type of part of speech of the “entry word”.

The translation server 20 is the client terminal 1
In response to requests from 0 and 40, machine translation environment preparation, post-machine translation post-processing, and dictionary data input / output control in the dictionary unit 30 are performed.

The translation server 20 may function as a WEB server, and has a translation engine 22, a translation environment control unit 23, and a transmission / reception unit 27.

The transmission / reception unit 27 uses the client terminal 10,
Data is transmitted / received to / from a device connected to the translation server 20 including 40.

The translation engine 22 is a part that executes machine translation using each dictionary data stored in the dictionary unit 30.

The translation environment control unit 23 makes preparations and environment settings for the translation execution by the translation engine 22 based on a translation request for a predetermined document from the client terminals 10 and 40.

Further, the translation environment control unit 23, the translation control unit 21, the translation transaction queue 24, the process control unit 25, the dictionary engine / file control unit 26,
Have.

The translation control unit 21 uses the client terminal 1
Based on the translation parameters transmitted from 0 and 40, the specified original language / translated word in the translation and the specified dictionary data are recognized. The translation control unit 21 detects an area in the dictionary unit 30 in which a file of each designated data is stored, passes each designated data and its position information to the dictionary engine / file control unit 26, and the dictionary unit Dictionary engine for selecting and assigning standard dictionary data, technical term dictionary data, and user dictionary data for each language from 30
Request to the file control unit 26. The translation control unit 21 also requests the translation engine 22 for machine translation using the dictionary data assigned by the dictionary engine / file control unit 26.

The dictionary engine / file control unit 26 manages a dictionary environment such as a dictionary engine / technical term dictionary for each translation transaction corresponding to a translation request. The dictionary engine / file control unit 26 assigns (controls) the dictionary data for each translation transaction corresponding to each translation request, based on the language (original language / translated word) passed from the translation control unit 21 and the designation information of the dictionary data. )I do.
Further, the dictionary engine / file control unit 26 releases (controls) the assigned dictionary data after the translation is completed.

The translation transaction queue 24 includes the client terminals 10 and 40 received by the transmitting / receiving unit 27.
It is a queuing system that supports multiple translation requests from. The translation transaction queue 24 passes translation transactions corresponding to a plurality of translation requests to the translation control unit 21 one by one.

The process control unit 25 manages the start and end of the process for each translation transaction. That is, the process control unit 25 controls the stop / restart of the process including the stop / restart of the engine, and changes the execution environment such as the dictionary engine / file during the translation execution.

(Operation of the Embodiment) FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the flow of the operation by the client terminal according to the embodiment of the present invention. The operation of the client terminal according to this embodiment will be described below with reference to FIG. 1 and along FIG.

The case where the client terminal 10 makes a translation request to the translation server 20 will be described below.
Note that other client terminals including the client terminal 40 may make a translation request to the translation server 20.

First, the control unit 11 controls the WEB browser 15
Is activated to make a WEB connection, and a request for transmission of information for displaying the user screen of this system is transmitted to the translation server 20.
(Step S101).

The user screen means that the user has the translation server 20.
It is an input screen of the translation parameter that determines the environment at the time of translation. The client terminal specifies the translation environment (language and dictionary data used at the time of translation) in the translation server 20 by transmitting the translation parameter together with the translation request to the translation server 20. The information for displaying the user screen may be stored in the translation server 20 or may be stored in another WEB server.

After requesting the transmission of the information for displaying the user screen, the display unit 13 displays the user screen (step S).
102). The input unit 14 inputs the translation parameters according to the display on the user screen, and the translation server 20
Inputs information indicating that a translation request is to be made (step S103).

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a user screen in one embodiment of the present invention. The translation parameter input operation in this embodiment will be described below with reference to FIG.

On the user screen, a translation target designation column 51,
Original word designation column 52, translated word designation column 53, first technical term dictionary designation column 54, second technical term dictionary designation column 55, and third
And a technical term dictionary designation field 56.

The input unit 14 inputs the URL of the document to be translated, the file / text name, etc. in the translation target designation field 51. Further, the input unit 14 uses the translation target designation field 5
In 1, the source text to be translated may be directly input.

The input unit 14 inputs the language name (original language) to be translated out of the languages included in the document to be translated into the original language designation field 52. Further, the input unit 14 inputs the language name (translated word) of the translation result in the translated word designation field 53.

For example, when converting English in a document to be translated into Japanese, "English" is entered in the original word designation field 52 and "Japanese" is entered in the translation word designation field 53.

The input section 14 uses the first technical term dictionary designation field 5
In the fourth, second technical term dictionary designation field 55 and the third technical term dictionary designation field 56, the technical term dictionary data name corresponding to the field related to the content of the document to be translated is input.

Further, a priority is set in the technical term dictionary designation field, and the highest priority is set in the technical term dictionary data input in the first technical term dictionary designation field 54. The priority is set in the order of the second technical term dictionary designation field 55 and the third technical term dictionary designation field 56.

Here, the priority in the technical term dictionary designation field will be described by taking the case of translating English "operation" into Japanese as an example. The first technical term dictionary designation field 54 is medical term technical term dictionary data, and the second technical term dictionary designation field 55 is mechanical term technical term dictionary data.
It is assumed that the technical term dictionary data for the military field is designated in the third technical term dictionary designation field 56.

“Operation” means “surgery” for technical term dictionary data in the medical field, “operation” for technical term dictionary data in the mechanical field, and “operation” for technical term dictionary data in the military field. It is assumed that each is registered in the meaning of. In this way, when a plurality of translation results are obtained from one word, the translation result based on the technical term dictionary data with the highest priority is selected. Therefore, in this case, “operation” is translated into “surgery” by the technical term dictionary data of the medical field designated in the first technical term dictionary designation field 54.

The number of technical term dictionary data to be designated is not limited by the figure and may be another number.

The original word designation column 52, the translated word designation column 53,
In the first technical term dictionary designation field 54, the second technical term dictionary designation field 55, and the third technical term dictionary designation field 56, the corresponding information may be directly input, or the corresponding information may be pulled down. You may select and specify.

Although not shown in FIG. 3, the input unit 1
As the translation parameter 4, information indicating ON / OFF of use of user dictionary data may be input. In that case, in order to suppress the use of the dictionary by users other than the user who registered the word in the user dictionary data, it may be necessary to input a password using a predetermined character string or the like when using the user dictionary data.

Here, the description will proceed again with reference to FIG. After inputting the translation parameters, the transmission / reception unit 12 changes the input unit 1
4 and translation server input by 4 and translation server 2
A translation request for 0 is transmitted to translation server 20 (step S104).

When the transmitting / receiving unit 27 receives the translation request and the translation parameter from the client terminal 10, the translation server 20 performs the translation process based on the translation parameter and sends the created translation result to the client terminal 10. The translation process performed by the translation server 20 will be described in detail later.

When the transmission / reception unit 12 receives the translation result from the translation server 20, the display unit 13 displays the received translation result (step S105). Thus, the client terminal 10 ends the operation.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing the flow of the translation operation by the translation server 20 according to the embodiment of the present invention. The translation operation by the translation server 20 according to the present embodiment will be described below with reference to FIG. 1 and along FIG.

The case where the client terminal 10 makes a translation request to the translation server 20 will be described below.
Note that other client terminals including the client terminal 40 may make a translation request to the translation server 20.

First, when the transmission / reception unit 27 receives a translation request and a translation parameter from the client terminal 10 (step S201), it temporarily passes the translation transaction corresponding to the received translation request to the translation transaction queue 24.

The translation transaction queue 24 spools the passed translation transaction (step S).
202). The spooled translation transaction is processed by the process control unit 2 in the translation transaction queue 24.
Waiting for turn is performed in a state in which data can be taken out by 5 (READY) or in a state of waiting for execution (WAIT).

Next, the process control unit 25 prepares the environment in which the translation transaction in the execution waiting state, which is scheduled to transit to the execution state (RUN), can be executed.
(Step S203).

When the translation control unit 21 receives the translation environment preparation request from the process control unit 25, it refers to the translation parameter corresponding to the translation transaction to be executed. The translation control unit 21 uses a dictionary engine, based on the source language designation information from the user, translation language designation information such as a translation word, and technical term dictionary designation information corresponding to the translation target field.
The file control unit 26 is instructed to assign the dictionary data (dictionary file), etc., and the execution environment of the translation transaction is prepared (step S204).

The dictionary engine / file control unit 26 assigns the technical term dictionary file and the user dictionary file of the dictionary unit 30 based on the instruction from the translation control unit 21 (step S205).

The process control unit 25 determines whether or not the translation transaction execution environment has been established by the dictionary engine / file control unit 26 assigning the dictionary file or the like (step S206). When it is determined that the execution environment of the translation transaction is not established (step S206 / No), the process of step S206 is repeated.

When it is determined that the execution environment has been prepared (step S206 / Yes), the process control unit 25 puts out the translation transaction in the waiting state (WAIT) in the ready state (READY) and takes it out. Process control unit 2
5 instructs the translation control unit 21 to execute the extracted translation transaction process (step S207).

The translation control unit 21 allocates the translation transaction to the CPU in the translation server 20 and starts translation as an execution process. Here, the translation control unit 21
The contents of the assigned standard dictionary, technical term dictionary, and user dictionary files are loaded and expanded in the process space of the memory in the translation server 20, and the vocabulary information of these standard dictionary, technical term dictionary, and user dictionary is stored. Control the translation process used.

The translation engine 22 is controlled by the translation control unit 21, and the dictionary engine / file control unit 2
6, the language of the dictionary unit 30 assigned by 6, the standard dictionary,
The translation is executed using the technical term dictionary and the user dictionary (step S208).

After the translation is completed, the transmitting / receiving unit 27 sends the translation result created by the translation engine 22 to the client terminal 1
0 (step S209).

Upon receiving the translation result, the client terminal 10 displays the translation result. Client terminal 1
The user who operates 0 confirms the displayed translation result,
Determine if the proper translation was performed. When the translation result includes disorder of syntax or misunderstanding of meaning, the user re-specifies the technical term dictionary data in the technical term dictionary specification field. Further, the user may register the word in the user dictionary of each language, or may change the word to another user dictionary. The client terminal 10 transmits the input translation request and translation parameters to the translation server 20 again. In this way, the client terminal 10 repeats the translation request until an appropriate translation result is obtained.

After the execution of the translation transaction is completed, the translation control unit 21 initializes the execution environment of the translation transaction (step S210). The translation control unit 21 instructs the dictionary engine / file control unit 26 to release the assignments of various dictionary files and the like, and also releases the CPU from the process of the translation transaction assigned to the CPU, thereby executing the initialization.

The translation control unit 21 determines whether all the resources have been released and the initialization of the execution environment of the translation transaction has been completed (step S211). When it is determined that the initialization is not completed (step S211 /
No), the process of step S211 is repeated.

When it is judged that the initialization of the execution environment of the translation transaction is completed (step S211 / Ye).
s), the translation control unit 21 notifies the process control unit 25 that the initialization is completed (step S212).

When the process control unit 25 receives the notification that the initialization is completed, the translation transaction queue 2
It is determined whether there is a translation transaction waiting to be executed (WAIT) in step 4 (step S2).
13).

When it is determined that there is a translation transaction waiting to be executed (step S213 / Y)
es), transiting to step S203, translation server 20
Performs switching processing of technical term dictionary data used for translation.

When it is determined that there is no translation transaction waiting to be executed (step S213 /
No), the translation server 20 ends the operation.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the user uses the client terminal to explicitly specify the translation parameter and request the translation server 20 to translate. The dictionary engine / file control unit 26 assigns the technical term dictionary and the user dictionary used by the translation engine 22 based on the translation parameters. In addition, the user checks the translation result output by the translation server 20, and if an ambiguous translation result is obtained, changes the technical term dictionary or the user dictionary to be used to obtain an appropriate translation result. Repeatedly request translation until requested. Therefore, even if a vocabulary or a technical term of a specific genre that is rarely used is encountered, the translation can be easily realized.

Further, even when a vocabulary that does not exist in the dictionary is encountered during machine translation, it is possible to avoid the interruption of the syntactic analysis and the significant reduction in translation accuracy resulting from the disturbance of the translation-generated sentence. .

Further, it becomes possible to use appropriate terms in a specific genre, and the technical terms can be translated into more accurate translations.
It can be expressed, and it is possible to finish the translation with higher accuracy in terms of meaning.

Further, according to this embodiment, the translation transaction queue 24 queues a plurality of translation transactions. The process control unit 25 also controls the process for each translation transaction. Also,
The dictionary engine / file control unit 26 assigns / releases each dictionary data. Therefore, even when a plurality of translation requests are concentrated on the translation server 20 (including the dictionary data switching request of the same user in a short time), it is possible to easily switch the dictionary data used in machine translation. Become.

Further, the client terminals 10 and 40 execute a process of requesting translation, a process of inputting a translation parameter designating a translation environment, a process of transmitting a translation parameter, a process of transmitting and receiving data, and a translation parameter. The process of displaying the input screen, the translation result, and the WEB page, and the process of extracting the WEB page are performed.

Further, the translation server 20 performs a process of transmitting and receiving data, a process of preparing a translation environment based on translation parameters, a process of assigning dictionary data, and a process of translating based on the assigned dictionary data. , The process of queuing the translation transaction and the process of initializing the translation environment are performed.

The above processing is executed by a computer program included in the client terminal 10, the client terminal 40, or the translation server 20, and the above program is an optical recording medium, a magnetic recording medium, a magneto-optical recording medium, or a semiconductor. It may be recorded in a recording medium such as the above and loaded from the above recording medium, or may be loaded from an external device connected through a predetermined network.

The above embodiment is an example of the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and the embodiment of the present invention is not limited to this, and various modifications may be made without departing from the gist of the present invention. It becomes possible to carry out.

[0107]

As described above, in the present invention, the user uses the client terminal device to explicitly specify the field of the technical term dictionary information to be used for translation, and translate the translation into the translation server. Request. The translation server assigns technical term dictionary information used for translation based on the designated information. Therefore, even if a vocabulary or a technical term of a specific genre that is rarely used is encountered, the translation can be easily realized.

Further, even when a vocabulary that does not exist in the dictionary is encountered during machine translation, it is possible to avoid the interruption of the syntactic analysis and the significant reduction in translation accuracy resulting from the disturbance of the translation-generated sentence. .

Further, it becomes possible to use a suitable term in a specific genre, so that the technical term can be translated into a more accurate translation.
It can be expressed, and it is possible to finish the translation with higher accuracy in terms of meaning.

Further, according to the present invention, the client terminal device can repeatedly obtain a translation result until a proper translation result is obtained, thereby obtaining a more accurate translation result.

Also, according to the present invention, the translation server queues translation transactions. Also, the translation server expands the translation transaction on the memory,
It is assigned to the CPU as an execution process and translated. After the translation process is completed, the translation server releases the assigned technical term dictionary information and initializes the translation environment. Therefore, even when a plurality of translation requests are concentrated on the translation server, it becomes possible to easily switch the dictionary data used in machine translation.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of an online machine translation system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a flow of operations performed by a client terminal according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a user screen according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a flow of a translation operation by the translation server according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols] 10, 40 Client terminal 11, 41 Control unit 12, 42 Transmitter / receiver 13, 43 Display 14,44 Input section 15, 45 WEB browser 20 translation server 21 Translation control unit 22 Translation engine 23 Translation Environment Control Department 24 Translation Transaction Queue 25 Process control unit 26 Dictionary engine / file controller 27 Transmitter / receiver 30 dictionary 31 English dictionary data 31a English standard dictionary data 31b English technical term dictionary data 31c English user dictionary data 32 Japanese dictionary data 32a Japanese standard dictionary data 32b Japanese technical term dictionary data 32c Japanese user dictionary data 33 dictionary data for languages other than English and Japanese 33a Standard dictionary data in languages other than English and Japanese 33b Technical term dictionary data other than Japanese-English 33c User dictionary data in languages other than English and Japanese 51 Translation target designation field 52 Original language specification field 53 translated word designation column 54 First technical term dictionary designation field 55 Second technical term dictionary designation field 56 Third Technical Term Dictionary Designation Field

   ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued front page    (72) Inventor Hiroki Murayama             5-7 Shiba 5-1, Minato-ku, Tokyo NEC Corporation             Inside the company (72) Inventor Shoji Shibasaki             5-7 Shiba 5-1, Minato-ku, Tokyo NEC Corporation             Inside the company (72) Inventor Hiroaki Sano             18-6, Shinkiba, Koto-ku, Tokyo N             Within Easesoft Co., Ltd. F-term (reference) 5B091 CC02 CD03 EA17

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[Claims] 1. A translation server, which is connected to a client terminal device via a network and performs translation using technical term dictionary information that is translation information of technical terms managed according to fields, wherein the client terminal A translation server, which outputs a translation result based on field information of the technical term dictionary information designated by a user who operates the apparatus. 2. A client terminal device operated by a user to make a translation request, and a dictionary information storage device for storing technical term dictionary information which is translation dictionary information of technical terms managed by field, via a network. A translation request receiving unit that receives the translation request for a predetermined document and the field information of the technical term dictionary information designated by the user from the client terminal device, Based on the field designation information received by the information receiving means, the technical term dictionary assigning means for assigning the technical term dictionary information of the designated field, and the technical term dictionary information assigned by the technical term dictionary assigning means are used. A translation means for translating the requested translation document, and a translation result created by the translation means. Translation server, characterized in that it has a translation result sending means for sending to the client terminal device. 3. The translation server according to claim 2, further comprising a translation environment initialization unit that releases the assigned technical term dictionary information when the translation result is created by the translation unit. 4. A translation transaction queuing unit for queuing a translation transaction corresponding to the translation request received by the translation request receiving unit, wherein the technical term dictionary assigning unit is provided by the translation transaction queuing unit. When the translation transaction corresponding to the translation request is in a waiting state, the technical term dictionary information of the designated field is assigned based on the field designation information corresponding to the translation request, When the technical term dictionary information of the specified field is assigned by the dictionary assigning means, the translation transaction in the waiting state is expanded on the memory of the own server and assigned to the CPU of the own server as an execution process, 3. The method according to claim 2, wherein translation is performed. The translation server of the third aspect. 5. A genre-based online machine translation method for performing translation using technical term dictionary information which is technical term translation dictionary information managed by field, wherein the technical term dictionary information specified by a user is used. An online machine translation method by genre, which outputs a translation result based on field information. 6. A genre-based online machine translation method for performing translation using technical term dictionary information, which is technical term translation dictionary information managed by field, which is specified by a translation request of a predetermined document and a user. A translation request receiving step of receiving field information of the technical term dictionary information, and a technical term dictionary assigning the technical term dictionary information of the specified field based on the field specification information received by the translation information receiving step. Assigning step, a translation step of translating the document requested for translation using the technical term dictionary information assigned by the technical term dictionary assigning step, and a translation result of transmitting the translation result created by the translation step. An online machine translation method according to genre, comprising a transmitting step. 7. The genre-based online machine according to claim 6, further comprising a translation environment initialization step of releasing the assigned technical term dictionary information when the translation result is created by the translation step. How to translate. 8. A translation transaction queuing step of queuing a translation transaction corresponding to the translation request received by the translation request receiving step, wherein the technical term dictionary assigning step is performed by the translation transaction queuing step. When the translation transaction corresponding to the translation request is in a waiting state, the technical term dictionary information of the designated field is assigned based on the field designation information corresponding to the translation request, and the translation step includes the technical term. When the technical term dictionary information of the specified field is assigned by the dictionary assigning step, the translation transaction in the waiting state is expanded on the memory and assigned to the CPU as an execution process to perform translation. Online machines by genre according to Item 6 or 7. Translation method. 9. A program for causing a computer to execute a process of outputting a translation result, using translation dictionary information of a technical term whose technical field is designated by a user. 10. A program for causing a computer to perform translation using technical term dictionary information, which is technical term translation dictionary information managed by field, which is specified by a translation request of a predetermined document and a user. A translation request receiving process for receiving field information of the technical term dictionary information, and a technical term dictionary for assigning technical term dictionary information of the specified field based on the field specifying information received by the translation information receiving process. Assignment processing, translation processing for translating the document requested for translation using the technical term dictionary information assigned by the technical term dictionary assignment processing, and translation result for transmitting the translation result created by the translation processing A program that causes the computer to execute the transmission process. 11. The program according to claim 10, which causes a computer to execute a translation environment initialization process for releasing the assigned technical term dictionary information when the translation result is created by the translation process. 12. A computer is caused to execute a translation transaction queuing process for queuing a translation transaction corresponding to the translation request received by the translation request receiving process, and the technical term dictionary assigning process is the translation transaction queuing process. When the translation transaction corresponding to the translation request is in a standby state, the technical term dictionary information of the designated field is assigned based on the field designation information corresponding to the translation request. When the technical term dictionary information of the designated field is assigned by the technical term dictionary assigning process, the translation transaction in the waiting state is expanded on the memory and assigned to the CPU as an execution process to perform translation. The method according to claim 10 or 11, Program.