JP2005141630A - Translation support dictionary apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a translation support dictionary apparatus conducible to promptness and efficiency of translation work. <P>SOLUTION: The translation support dictionary apparatus comprises: a dictionary database 170 recording a plurality of dictionary data formed by corresponding English to Japanese; an example sentence database 180 recording a plurality of example sentence collection data formed by making English to Japanese corresponding; an input section 10 receiving the input of words and phrases in English; a words and phrases retrieval section 15 retrieving the translation into Japanese corresponding to each word configuring the inputted words and phrases in English from the dictionary database 170; an example sentence retrieval section 16 retrieving an example sentence in English including the inputted words and phrases in English from the example sentence database 180; and a display section 21 simultaneously displaying a retrieval result of the words and phrases retrieval section 15 and that of the example sentence retrieval section 16. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an electronic dictionary device, and more particularly to an electronic dictionary device that supports translation work.

Electronic dictionary devices and electronic dictionary software that have been electronically converted from paper dictionaries in the past have become widespread, and various proposals have been made regarding techniques related to electronic dictionaries.
For example, Patent Document 1 discloses an electronic dictionary that can display not only the translation of an input word but also an example sentence (example) using the word and an explanation.
JP 2003-108552 A

However, in the above conventional electronic dictionary device, as a general rule, only one word can be translated. Therefore, when translating a series of words and sentences composed of a plurality of words, each word is sequentially input. Thus, there is a problem that each translation must be searched and displayed, and the translation work becomes complicated.
In addition, the above-described conventional electronic dictionary device merely displays examples related to words or phrases that are associated in advance, and searches for words and examples from different dictionary data and example data at the same time and displays them on the same screen. There was no display. In addition, in the conventional electronic dictionary device, a search index is set in advance, and a search is performed for items not included in the index, for example, a combination of a plurality of unrelated words or clauses. There is a problem that you can't.

  Furthermore, during translation work, it may be desirable to refer to the meaning of the previously searched word again. However, in the conventional electronic dictionary device, it is necessary to re-search for the previously searched word, thereby speeding up the translation work. It is one factor that prevents it. Here, some conventional electronic dictionary devices hold a history of previously searched words, but even in such conventional electronic dictionary devices, the previously searched words are retrieved from the history and replayed. It can be said that there is no change in the search.

Furthermore, in the conventional electronic dictionary device, it is necessary to input only a word or phrase to be searched. For example, when there are a plurality of words to be searched in one sentence, the search word is It also takes time and effort to input.
Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and reduces the operation burden on the user and presents various information necessary for translation, thereby speeding up and improving the efficiency of translation work. An object of the present invention is to provide a translation support dictionary device that contributes to the transformation.

  To achieve the above object, a translation support dictionary apparatus according to the present invention is a translation support dictionary apparatus for supporting translation work, and a plurality of dictionary data in which a first language and a second language are associated with each other. A database that records a plurality of example data in which a first language example and a second language example are associated with each other, and an input unit that receives an input of a phrase of the first language; Corresponding to bilingual search means for searching a phrase parallel translation that is a translation of a second language corresponding to each word constituting a phrase of the input first language from the dictionary database, an example including the input phrase, and an example thereof An example search means for searching an example parallel translation that is a translation of the second language to be searched from the example database, and a display means for displaying the search result of the parallel translation search means and the example search means. The features. As a result, the parallel translation of each word constituting the phrase specified by the user and the parallel translation of the example and the phrase are searched from a plurality of dictionary data and a plurality of example data (skewed search) and displayed simultaneously. The user can refer to information on a series of phrases and sentences composed of a plurality of words in a single operation, and can perform a quick translation work.

  The translation support dictionary device further includes history holding means for holding a history of search results of the parallel translation search means and the example search means, the input means accepts selection of the history, and the display means includes The selected histories are simultaneously displayed. Thus, the user can refer to the parallel translations and examples of the already searched words with a simple operation, and thus a translation support dictionary device that contributes to the efficiency of translation work is realized.

  Note that the present invention can be realized not only as such a translation support dictionary device but also as a translation support method including steps characteristic of the translation support dictionary device. It can also be realized as a program for causing a computer to execute. Needless to say, such a program can be distributed via a recording medium such as a CD-ROM or a transmission medium such as the Internet.

As described above, according to the translation support dictionary apparatus according to the present invention, a plurality of dictionary data and a plurality of examples can be obtained by using independent search formulas for parallel translation of each word constituting the phrase specified by the user and examples of the phrase. Since the collection data is skewed and displayed at the same time, the user can acquire information necessary for the translation work with a single operation, and the translation work can be speeded up.
In addition, since the search results such as bilingual phrases and examples searched in the past are held and displayed according to a predetermined operation from the user, the user can immediately translate the bilingual phrases and examples of the previously searched phrases. It is possible to refer to the above, and the efficiency of translation work can also be realized.

Hereinafter, the best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described in detail.
FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing a configuration of a translation support dictionary apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
This translation support dictionary device 1 is a device that searches and displays bilingual translations and examples of words and phrases input by a user, and bilingual examples, and includes an input unit 10, a bilingual search unit 11, a dictionary DB storage unit 17, and an example. A storage unit 18, a display screen creation unit 19, and a display unit 21 are provided. In the following, what is shown as “example” includes a translation of the example unless otherwise specified.

The input unit 10 is an input device such as a keyboard and a mouse that accepts input of words, phrases, etc., and input of instructions such as search execution from the user.
The bilingual search unit 11 is a processing unit that searches for bilingual input phrases and examples, and controls other units constituting the translation support dictionary device 1, and includes a basic dictionary setting unit 12 and a designated dictionary setting unit. 13, a search condition setting unit 14, a phrase parallel translation search unit 15, and an example parallel translation search unit 16.

  The basic dictionary setting unit 12 uses a preset dictionary or example book (hereinafter referred to as “basic dictionary” or “basic example book”) as a dictionary or example book that is always referred to when searching for word translations and examples. This is a memory or RAM (Random Access Memory) having a storage area for holding the identifier. Note that the basic dictionary and the basic examples are not limited to one dictionary or examples, but may be plural.

  The specified dictionary setting unit 13 searches a dictionary or example specified by the user via the input unit 10 (hereinafter referred to as “specified dictionary” or A RAM or the like having a storage area for holding an identifier of “designation example collection”. Note that the number of designation dictionaries and designation examples are not limited to one, and may be plural.

The search condition setting unit 14 is a RAM or the like having a storage area for holding conditional expressions for searching for word translations and examples.
The phrase search unit 15 is a processing unit that searches for parallel translations of phrases. The phrase search unit 15 determines the break of the phrase, and for each word constituting the phrase, the identifier of the basic dictionary held in the basic dictionary setting unit 12 and the specified dictionary held in the specified dictionary setting unit 13 With reference to the identifier, in accordance with the conditional expression held in the search condition setting unit 14, the translation of each word from the dictionary database (hereinafter referred to as “dictionary DB”) 170 stored in the dictionary DB storage unit 17 is translated. Search and read. Here, the word break is determined by, for example, the presence or absence of a space or the presence or absence of a comma.

  The example search unit 16 is a processing unit that searches for phrase examples. The example search unit 16 determines phrase breaks, and for each word constituting the phrase, an identifier of the basic example set held in the basic dictionary setting unit 12 and a specification example held in the designation dictionary setting unit 13 By referring to the identifier of the collection and in accordance with the conditional expression held in the search condition setting unit 14, each word is selected from an example database (hereinafter referred to as “example DB”) 180 stored in the example DB storage unit 19. Search for examples and read them.

The dictionary DB storage unit 17 is a storage device such as a hard disk for storing a dictionary DB 170 in which dictionary data is recorded. The dictionary DB 170 will be described in detail later.
The example DB storage unit 18 is a storage device such as a hard disk for storing the example DB 180 in which the example collection data is recorded. The example DB 180 will be described in detail later.

The display screen creation unit 19 is a processing unit that creates a display screen based on the search result output from the parallel translation search unit 11 and outputs the display screen to the display unit 20, and includes a search result history holding unit 20.
The search result history holding unit 20 is a VRAM (Video Random Access Memory) having a recording area for holding a plurality of search result display screens.
The display unit 21 is a display device such as a CRT display or a liquid crystal display that displays the screen created by the display screen creation unit 19.

Here, data recorded in the dictionary DB 170 will be described.
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a data structure of the dictionary DB 170.
As shown in FIG. 2, the dictionary DB 170 includes a plurality of table files in which dictionary data is recorded. Each table file is a table file in which any dictionary data is recorded. In order to indicate this, a tag in which a dictionary identifier is described is provided. In this figure, since this tag describes “medical basic dictionary”, the frontmost table file in this figure is a table file in which dictionary data of “medical basic dictionary” is recorded.

Further, as shown in the figure, in each table file, English words and bilingual words are recorded in pairs.
Next, data recorded in the example DB 180 will be described.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the data structure of the example DB 180. As shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3, the example DB 180 is composed of a plurality of table files in which data of example books are recorded, and each example file is recorded in each table file. In order to indicate whether the file is a table file, a tag describing an identifier of the example book is provided. In this figure, this tag describes "general medical examples", so the foremost table file in this figure is a table file in which "general medical examples" is recorded. .

In addition, as shown in this figure, each table file is recorded with a pair of English examples and their translations, and the presence / absence of a favorite flag indicating that the example has a high reference frequency is also recorded. ing.
Further, as one of the table files, it is preferable to provide a table file that records example data of a user-defined example book that can be freely added and deleted by the user, instead of existing example book data.

  As shown in this figure, this table file does not record an example in association with a specific headword (index), but separately stores a table file in which an example associated with an index is recorded. You may prepare. In the case of indexed table files, only the index is searched, so the user can set which type of table file to search, so that the user can handle search speed as well. Will be able to.

The processing operation of the translation support dictionary device 1 configured as described above will be described below.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the processing operation of the translation support dictionary device 1.
First, the translation support dictionary apparatus 1 receives an input of a phrase that the user wants to search for parallel translations and examples from the user via the input unit 10 (S10).

  Next, the translation support dictionary device 1 specifies which dictionary and which example book to refer to when searching for parallel translations and examples from the user via the input unit 10, that is, designation of the dictionary and the example book to be searched. Is received (S12). Here, the designated dictionary and the example book are used as the designated dictionary and the designated example book, and their identifiers are held in the designated dictionary setting unit 13.

Subsequently, the translation support dictionary device 1 receives a setting of a conditional expression for searching for a parallel translation and an example from the user via the input unit 10 (S14). Here, the set conditional expression is held in the search condition setting unit 14. The conditional expressions may be common to the bilingual search and the example search, but may be separate conditional expressions.
Then, the translation support dictionary device 1 refers to the identifier of the designated dictionary held in the designated dictionary setting unit 13 according to the conditional expression held in the search condition setting unit 14 in the phrase search unit 15, and the dictionary DB The parallel translation of the phrase is searched from the designated dictionary stored in the storage unit 17. In addition, the translation support dictionary apparatus 1 uses the example search unit 16 in accordance with the conditional expression stored in the search condition setting unit 14, referring to the identifier of the specification example stored in the specified dictionary setting unit 13. The example of the phrase is searched from the specification examples stored in the DB storage unit 18 (S16).

Thereafter, the translation support dictionary device 1 outputs the search result to the display screen creation unit 19 in the parallel translation search unit 11 (S18), and creates a display screen based on the output search result in the display screen creation unit 19. Then, the data is displayed on the display unit 21 and the processing operation is terminated.
In the following, these procedures will be described with reference to examples of screens that are output and displayed for the user.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a parallel translation search screen.
The parallel translation search screen 100 shown in FIG. 5 is an example of a screen that displays the initial screen and the search result output display screen in the processing operation of the translation support dictionary device 1 together.
The translation support dictionary device 1 creates such a screen in the display screen creation unit 19 and outputs it from the display unit 21, and inputs a phrase from the user via the input unit 10, a designated dictionary, a collection of designation examples, and While receiving the setting of the search conditional expression, etc., it is created based on the search result in the bilingual search unit 11, output and displayed via the display unit 21, and presents the bilingual translation of the specified word and phrase and the search result of the example.

  As shown in FIG. 5, this bilingual search screen 100 includes a phrase search block 110, a basic dictionary search block 120, an example book search block 130, and a work field block 140. In addition, each of these blocks can be freely changed in size in the direction of the arrow shown in the figure, so that the user enlarges only the portion where necessary information is displayed according to the translation work. Or, by reducing only the portion where unnecessary information is displayed, more efficient translation work can be performed. Here, the fact that the size can be freely adjusted includes non-display.

The phrase search block 110 includes a field 111 for inputting a phrase to be searched, a phrase parallel translation headline window 112 that is a search result headline, a phrase parallel translation window 113 that indicates a parallel translation of the phrase that is the search result, and a phrase And a search condition setting button 114 for setting the search conditions.
Here, the translation support dictionary apparatus 1 accepts an operation for inputting a word / phrase in the field 111 from the user via the input unit 10 and receives an operation for pressing one of the search condition setting buttons 114. By accepting an operation of pressing the word search button located below, the bilingual search is performed for the word, the search result heading is displayed in the word parallel translation heading window 112, and the search result is displayed in the word parallel translation window 113. .

  In this figure, the phrase translation window 113 shows the result of searching for the translation of each word constituting the phrase for the phrase “Cell membrane receptors” input in the field 111. Thereby, the user can know not the translation of one word but the translation of each word constituting the phrase by one operation. Here, all the search results in each dictionary are described in the word / phrase translation window 113, and the user scrolls the word / phrase translation window 113 or displays the search result heading in the word / phrase translation heading window 112. By performing a selection operation (for example, clicking with a mouse), the search results in each dictionary can be grasped. The translation support dictionary device 1 displays a plurality of word translation windows 113. The search results in each dictionary may be sorted and displayed in the word / phrase parallel translation window 113. Accordingly, the user can grasp the search results in all the dictionaries on one screen without performing an operation of selecting a search result heading. In addition, the search result of each word constituting the phrase may be sorted and displayed in the phrase parallel translation window 113. Thus, the user can grasp the meaning of each word constituting a phrase or sentence on one screen without performing an operation of selecting a headline of the search result.

  In addition, when an operation for pressing the back / forward button located below the field 111 is received from the user via the input unit 10, the display screen creation unit 19 determines the words and phrases held in the search result history holding unit 20. Using the bilingual search result history, for example, it is possible to switch to a screen that displays the bilingual search result of the word searched for immediately before. Further, when an operation for pressing a net search button located below the field 111 is received from the user via the input unit 10, the parallel search unit 11 starts a web browser and searches the Internet using an Internet search engine. The display screen creation unit 19 may switch to a screen that displays the search result. Note that the Internet search may be set so that the search is always performed without pressing the net search button and stored in the search condition setting unit 14.

The basic dictionary search block 120 includes a field indicating a basic dictionary name, a field 121 indicating a word to be searched, and a word / phrase parallel translation window 122 showing a parallel translation of a word / phrase as a search result.
Here, when the translation support dictionary device 1 accepts an operation of inputting another word / phrase in the field 111 of the word / phrase search block 110 and receives an operation of pressing a word example search button or the like located below the field 111, In conjunction with this, the basic dictionary is searched for the word, and the search result is displayed in the word parallel translation window 122 of the basic dictionary search block 120. Note that it is also possible to independently input a phrase different from the phrase input in the field 111 of the phrase search block 110 into the field of the basic dictionary search block 120. In this case, the search for the different phrase in the basic dictionary is possible. And the search result is displayed in the word / phrase parallel translation window 122 of the basic dictionary search block 120. In this way, by displaying the basic dictionary search result in a separately provided block, the user can immediately know the search result of the dictionary that he / she always wants to refer to, thereby realizing faster translation work. it can. Needless to say, when a plurality of basic dictionaries are set, the number of basic dictionary search blocks 120 is displayed.

  In the example collection search block 130, an example parallel translation window 131 showing the searched examples and their translations, a sort button 132 for rearranging the display of the examples, a favorite button 133 for setting a favorite flag, An example button 134 for registering or deleting an example in user-defined example data, a search condition setting button 135 for setting an example search condition, and a plurality of histories related to phrase example search results (books) In the figure, a history tag 136 indicating 5 generations) is included.

  Here, the translation support dictionary apparatus 1 accepts an operation for inputting a word in the field 111 of the word search block 110 and an operation for pressing one of the search condition setting buttons 135 from the user via the input unit 10. Thereafter, by accepting an operation of pressing an example search button located below the field 111 of the phrase search result block 110, an example search is performed for the phrase, and the search result is displayed in the example parallel translation window 131.

In this example parallel translation window 131, the search target word is clearly indicated by underlining.
Here, when the translation support dictionary device 1 accepts an operation of pressing a button indicated as a favorite of the sort button 132 from the user via the input unit 10, the display screen creation unit 19 adds a favorite flag. The screen in which the examples of the example parallel translation window 131 are rearranged is created in the order in which they are displayed, and output from the display unit 21 and displayed. When an operation for pressing the button indicated as the example classification of the sort button 132 is accepted, the display screen creation unit 19 creates a screen in which the examples of the example parallel translation window 131 are rearranged for each example collection name. An output is displayed from the display unit 21. Further, when an operation of pressing the button indicated as the matching degree of the sort button 132 is received, the display screen creation unit 19 arranges the examples of the example parallel translation window 131 in descending order of the degree of matching between the search target phrase and the example. The changed screen is created and output from the display unit 21.

  In addition, when the translation support dictionary apparatus 1 receives an operation of pressing a button indicated as adding a favorite button 133 after selecting an example of the example parallel translation window 131 from the user via the input unit 10, the translation search unit 11, the example DB 180 is updated so that a favorite flag is set for the selected example. On the other hand, after selecting an example in the example parallel translation window 131, upon receiving an operation of pressing a button indicated as deletion of the favorite button 133, the parallel translation search unit 11 sets the favorite flag set for the selected example. The example DB 180 is updated so as to be deleted. When the translation support dictionary device 1 accepts an operation for pressing the button indicated as the display of the favorite button 133 from the user via the input unit 10, the display screen creation unit 19 displays the favorite bilingual window 131 in the favorite bilingual window 131. A screen that displays only the example in which the flag is set is created and output from the display unit 21 and displayed.

  Further, when the translation support dictionary device 1 accepts an operation of pressing any one of the history tabs 136 in which past search phrases are displayed from the user via the input unit 10, the display screen creation unit 19 causes the search result to be displayed. Using the history of the example search results for the phrases held in the history holding unit 20, the screen is switched to a screen for displaying the example search results. As for the display of the search result history, for example, a new window may be separately created and displayed by receiving an operation of dragging the history tab 136 with a mouse from the user. Thereby, since the user can grasp | ascertain the log | history of a plurality of search results simultaneously, the efficiency of translation work is achieved.

  The work field block 140 includes a work field for the user to perform translation work. When the translation support dictionary device 1 receives selection of an example parallel translation displayed in the example parallel translation window 131 and a predetermined operation (for example, an operation of clicking a mouse) from the user via the input unit 10, the display screen is displayed. The creation unit 19 displays the example translation in this work field. By doing so, the user does not have to input the translated sentence by operating the keyboard himself, and it is not necessary to take a memo by starting a word processing software or a text editor. Can be translated. Here, when a predetermined operation is accepted after selecting a part of the example parallel translation, it is more preferable to display the selected example parallel translation in the work field. As a result, the user can select only expressions that are likely to be used from a plurality of examples and create a translation sentence. Therefore, even a user who is not used to the translation work can easily perform the translation work. Labor can be reduced. Needless to say, the translation support dictionary device 1 may display the text input from the user via the input unit 10 in this work field.

As another example of this parallel translation search screen, a screen as shown in FIG. 6 may be used.
FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating another example of the parallel translation search screen.
As shown in FIG. 6, this bilingual search screen 100a is similar to the bilingual search screen 100 shown in FIG. 5. The phrase search block 110a, the basic dictionary search block 120a, the example book search block 130a, and the work field block 140a.

A phrase range designation button is added to the search condition setting button 114a of the phrase search block 110a, and an example range designation button is similarly added to the search condition setting button 135a of the example search block 130a.
Here, the translation support dictionary device 1 inputs an English sentence from the user via the input unit 10 into the input field 111a, presses a phrase range designation button, and then designates a phrase for which a parallel translation is to be searched (for example, When an operation of dragging a word with a mouse is accepted, the display screen creation unit 19 highlights the word specified as a parallel translation search target. Here, the specified word “membrane” is clearly shown by shading, but the specified word or phrase may be indicated by reverse display.

  Also, the translation support dictionary apparatus 1 accepts an operation for designating a phrase for which an example is to be searched from English text input in the input field 111a after the user presses the example range designation button via the input unit 10. In the display screen creation unit 19, words designated as search targets for examples are highlighted. Here, the specified phrase “Cell membrane receptors” is clearly indicated by underlining.

In this case, the translation support dictionary apparatus 1 searches the parallel translation search unit 11 for the parallel translation of the word “membrane” designated as the search target of the parallel translation according to the conditions set in the designated dictionary. For the phrase “Cell membrane receptors” specified as the search target, the example of the phrase is searched according to the conditions set from the specification examples.
In this way, even if the phrases for searching for word translations and examples are different from each other, the input operation can be performed only once, thereby reducing the burden on the user and improving the efficiency of the translation work. Can be planned.

  When the translation support dictionary device 1 accepts an operation of pressing a button indicated as parallel translation of the example button 134a from the user via the input unit 10, the phrase search unit 11 causes the field of the phrase search block 110a to be displayed. The sentence described in 111a and the translation of the sentence described in the work field of the work field block 140a can be associated with each other and added to the user-defined example collection in the example DB 180. In this way, by making it possible to register user-created examples in user-defined example data on the spot, unlike in the past, the results of translation work can be used immediately for the next translation work. Become. When a plurality of sentences (for example, the entire paragraph) are described in the field 111a, for example, one sentence in English and Japanese is associated with each other by using a period and a punctuation mark or by a user setting. do it.

Furthermore, the translation support dictionary apparatus 1 accepts an operation of selecting a predetermined sentence from the example parallel translation window 131a and pressing the button indicated as delete parallel translation of the example collection button 134a from the user via the input unit 10. In the phrase search unit 11, the sentence can be deleted from the user-defined example book.
Heretofore, the description has been given mainly for the case where the Japanese translation (English-Japanese) is searched from English, but the translation support dictionary device 1 according to the present invention searches for Japanese-English or the parallel translation between other national languages ( It can also be applied to search for Japanese, German, French, Japanese, Russian, English and French.

For example, in the case of Japanese-English search, the parallel translation search screen is as shown in FIG.
FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a bilingual search screen for Japanese-English search.
As shown in FIG. 7, the bilingual search screen 200 includes a phrase search block 210, a basic dictionary search block 220, an example book search block 230, and a work field block 240, as in FIGS. include.

  In this figure, the “random” parallel translation shaded in the field 211 is searched, the search result headline is displayed in the word / phrase parallel translation heading window 212, and the search result is displayed in the word / phrase parallel translation window 213. The example of the phrases “patient” and “randomly assigned” displayed in the field 211 is searched, and the search result is displayed in the example parallel translation window 231.

The translation support dictionary device 1 may display a screen as shown in FIG. 8 as the initial screen of the processing operation.
FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a parallel translation search initial screen.
A parallel translation search initial screen 300 shown in FIG. 8 is an example of an initial screen in the above processing operation of the translation support dictionary device 1.

The translation support dictionary device 1 creates such a screen in the display screen creation unit 19 and outputs it from the display unit 21, and inputs a phrase from the user via the input unit 10, a designated dictionary, a collection of designation examples, and Accepts search condition formulas and other settings.
As shown in FIG. 8, the parallel translation search initial screen 300 includes a search target setting block 310, a dictionary example collection setting block 320, a search condition setting block 330, and a parallel translation search button 340. In the target setting block 310, an input field 311 for inputting a phrase to be searched for bilinguals and examples, or whether to search for a phrase and an example at the same time, search for only a phrase, or only an example are selected. A radio button is provided.

  Further, the dictionary example collection setting block 320 is provided with buttons for displaying the currently set basic dictionary and a screen for changing the basic dictionary setting. In addition, a radio button for selecting whether the designated dictionary is all dictionary data stored in the dictionary DB storage unit 170 or dictionary data designated by the user. A button for displaying a screen to be received and a radio button for selecting whether to specify all the example data stored in the example DB storage unit 180 or the example data specified by the user. In addition, a button for displaying a screen for accepting selection of the example book in the case of user designation is provided. In this way, by making it possible to search only a specified dictionary or example book according to user settings, for example, when searching for all dictionaries or example books is expected to take time Thus, the search processing time can be shortened, and the translation work can be speeded up.

The search condition setting block 330 is provided with a radio button for selecting a conditional expression for searching for a parallel translation of a word and a radio button for selecting a conditional expression for searching for an example of a word. . As described above, by allowing the conditional expression for the phrase search and the conditional expression for the example search to be performed by an operation on one screen, the operation burden of setting the conditional expression for the user is reduced.
Then, the translation support dictionary apparatus 1 receives the setting of items in the search target setting block 310, the dictionary example setting block 320, and the search condition setting block 330 from the user via the input unit 10, and then selects the parallel translation search button 340. When an operation of pressing is accepted, the parallel translation search unit 11 searches the word input in the input field 311 for the word / phrase translated from the designated dictionary and the designated example collection according to the set condition. .

The search target setting unit 310 of the parallel translation search initial screen may be configured as shown in FIG.
FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating another example of the parallel translation search initial screen.
The search target setting block 310a included in the parallel translation search initial screen 300a is provided with a word range specification button 312 and an example range specification button 313 in addition to the input field 311, as described with reference to FIG. In addition, it is possible to designate each part to be searched for the phrase search and the example search.

  As described above, according to the translation support dictionary device 1 according to the present embodiment, a parallel translation of each word constituting a phrase designated by the user and an example of the phrase are skewed and searched using a plurality of dictionary data and example data. Since the search results are simultaneously displayed on one screen, the user can acquire information necessary for the translation work with only one operation, and the translation work can be speeded up.

In addition, since the translation of the words searched in the past and the search results of the example are held and displayed according to a predetermined operation from the user, the user clicks the history tab or clicks and drags. With a simple operation, it is possible to instantly refer to parallel translations and examples of previously searched words, and to improve the efficiency of translation work.
Furthermore, even in the case of a combination of a plurality of unrelated words, a search is performed for a case in which the combination is included in the full text of the example, so that an example that is the same as or similar to the sentence to be translated may be obtained as a search result. . In this case, it can be said that the translation support dictionary apparatus 1 has also achieved a search in terms of content.

The translation support dictionary apparatus according to the present invention has been described based on the embodiment. However, the present invention is not limited to this embodiment.
For example, the screen example in the above embodiment is merely an example of display, and it goes without saying that the present invention is not limited to this.
Moreover, as data of the dictionary and example book in the above embodiment, data such as a dictionary related to medicine is illustrated, but data such as a sentence collection of English letters and a collection of business English letter sentences is also stored. It is also possible to adopt a configuration that can handle translation work in various fields.

  Further, in the bilingual search screen of the above embodiment, the history of the bilingual phrase search result is switched by the back / forward button, but may be switched by a history tab similar to the history of the phrase example search result. Good.

  The translation support dictionary apparatus according to the present invention can be applied as an electronic dictionary apparatus, and is particularly suitable for an electronic dictionary apparatus used during translation work.

It is a functional block diagram which shows the structure of the translation assistance dictionary apparatus concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the data structure of dictionary DB. It is a figure which shows the data structure of example DB. It is a flowchart which shows the processing operation of a translation assistance dictionary apparatus. It is a figure which shows an example of a parallel translation search screen. It is a figure which shows another example of a parallel translation search screen. It is a figure which shows an example of the bilingual search screen of a Japanese-English search. It is a figure which shows an example of a parallel translation search initial screen. It is a figure which shows another example of a parallel translation search initial screen.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Translation assistance dictionary apparatus 10 Input part 11 Parallel search part 12 Basic dictionary setting part 13 Designated dictionary setting part 14 Search condition setting part 15 Phrase searching part 16 Example search part 17 Dictionary DB storage part 18 Example DB storage part 19 Display screen creation part 20 Search result history storage unit 21 Display unit 100, 100a, 200 Bilingual search screen 110, 110a, 210 Phrase search block 111, 111a, 121, 121a, 211, 221 Field 112, 112a, 212 Phrase translation heading window 113, 113a, 122, 122a, 213, 222 Word parallel translation window 114, 114a, 135, 135a, 214, 235 Search condition setting button 120, 120a, 220 Basic dictionary search block 130, 130a, 230 Example search block 131, 131a, 23 Parallel text window 132,132a, 232 sort button 133,133a, 233 Favorites button 134,134a, 234 examples collection button 136,136a, 236 History tab 140,140a, 240 work field block 150 dictionary DB
160 Example DB
300, 300a Parallel translation search initial screen 310, 310a Search target setting block 311 Input field 312 Phrase range specification button 313 Example range specification button 320 Dictionary example collection setting block 330 Search condition setting block 340 Parallel translation search button

Claims (15)

A translation support dictionary device for supporting translation work,
A dictionary database storing a plurality of dictionary data in which the first language and the second language are associated;
An example database that records a plurality of example data in which examples of the first language and examples of the second language are associated;
Input means for receiving an input of a phrase of the first language;
Bilingual search means for searching a phrase parallel translation that is a translation of the second language corresponding to each word constituting the input phrase of the first language from the dictionary database;
An example search unit that searches the example database for an example parallel translation that is a translation of the second language corresponding to the example including the input word and phrase,
A translation support dictionary apparatus comprising: a display means for displaying a search result of the parallel translation search means and the example search means. The input means accepts the setting of the first search expression in the parallel translation search means and the second search expression in the example search means,
The bilingual search means searches for the phrase parallel translation according to the set first search formula,
The translation support dictionary apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the example search unit searches the example and the parallel translation of the example according to the set second search expression. The input means accepts selection of dictionary data to be referenced from the dictionary database and selection of example data to be referenced from the example database;
The parallel translation search means searches for the phrase parallel translation from the dictionary data selected from the dictionary database,
The translation support dictionary apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the example search unit searches for the example and the parallel translation of the example from the selected example collection data in the example database. The input means accepts selection of dictionary data that is always referenced from the dictionary database and selection of example data that is always referenced from the example database;
The translation support dictionary device further includes:
Basic dictionary setting holding means for holding an identifier of the selected dictionary data and an identifier of the selected example data,
The bilingual search means identifies the selected dictionary data by an identifier of the dictionary data and searches the phrase parallel translation,
The said example search means identifies the said selected example book data with the identifier of the said example book data, and searches the said example and example parallel translation, The any one of Claims 1-3 characterized by the above-mentioned. Translation support dictionary device. The translation support dictionary device further includes:
A history holding means for holding a history of search results of the parallel translation search means and the example search means;
The input means accepts the selection of the history,
The translation support dictionary apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the display means simultaneously displays the selected histories. The input means accepts designation of a part to be searched by the bilingual search means from an input first language word and designation of a part to be searched by the example search means from an inputted first language word ,
The parallel translation search means searches for the phrase parallel translation of the specified part,
The translation support dictionary apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the example search unit searches the example and the parallel translation of a specified part. The said display means is provided with the parallel translation display part which displays the search result of the said parallel translation search means, and the example display part which displays the search result of the said example search means, The any one of Claims 1-6 characterized by the above-mentioned. The translation support dictionary device according to item. The display means further displays a basic search result when the parallel translation search means searches the phrase parallel translation by identifying the selected dictionary data by the identifier held in the basic dictionary setting holding means. A dictionary translation display,
A basic example display unit for displaying a search result when the example search unit identifies the selected example collection data by the identifier held in the basic dictionary setting holding unit and searches the example and the parallel translation of the example; The translation support dictionary apparatus according to claim 7, comprising: The input means accepts the selection of the phrase parallel translation displayed on the parallel translation display unit or the basic dictionary translation display unit, or the example parallel translation displayed on the example display unit or the basic example display unit,
The translation support dictionary apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the display unit further includes a work content display unit that separately displays the selected word parallel translation or example parallel translation. 10. The translation according to claim 9, wherein the display size of each of the parallel translation display unit, the example display unit, the basic dictionary parallel translation display unit, the basic example display unit, and the work content display unit is adjustable. Support dictionary device. The translation support dictionary device further includes:
The translation according to claim 9 or 10, further comprising registration means for associating the input phrase of the first language with the content displayed on the work content display unit and adding it to the example database. Support dictionary device. A translation support dictionary device for supporting translation work,
A dictionary database storing a plurality of dictionary data in which the first language and the second language are associated;
Input means for receiving an input of a phrase of the first language;
Bilingual search means for searching a phrase parallel translation that is a translation of the second language corresponding to each word constituting the input phrase of the first language from the dictionary database;
A translation support dictionary apparatus comprising: a display unit configured to display a search result of the parallel translation search unit for each word. A translation support dictionary device for supporting translation work,
A dictionary database storing a plurality of dictionary data in which the first language and the second language are associated;
Input means for receiving an input of a phrase of the first language;
Bilingual search means for searching a phrase parallel translation that is a translation of the second language corresponding to each word constituting the input phrase of the first language from the dictionary database;
A translation support dictionary apparatus, comprising: a display unit that displays a search result of the parallel translation search unit for each referenced dictionary data. A translation support method for supporting translation work,
An input step for receiving an input of a phrase of the first language;
A phrase parallel translation that is a translation of the second language corresponding to each word constituting a phrase of the input first language is obtained from a dictionary database that records a plurality of dictionary data in which the first language and the second language are associated with each other. A parallel translation search step to search;
A plurality of example data in which an example of the first language and an example of the second language are associated with the example including the input phrase and an example parallel translation that is a translation of the second language corresponding to the example are recorded. An example search step for searching from an example database;
A translation support method comprising: a display step of displaying a search result in the parallel translation search step and the example search step. A program for a translation support dictionary device for supporting translation work,
An input step for receiving an input of a phrase of the first language;
A phrase parallel translation that is a translation of the second language corresponding to each word constituting a phrase of the input first language is obtained from a dictionary database that records a plurality of dictionary data in which the first language and the second language are associated with each other. A parallel translation search step to search;
A plurality of example data in which an example of the first language and an example of the second language are associated with the example including the input phrase and an example parallel translation that is a translation of the second language corresponding to the example are recorded. An example search step for searching from an example database;
A program causing a computer to execute a display step of displaying a search result in the parallel translation search step and the example search step.

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