JP2005332014A - Portable terminal device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate the selection of a desired translation dictionary from numerous translation dictionaries. <P>SOLUTION: This portable terminal device includes a memory card 3 that stores the numerous translation dictionaries; a language-in-use table 11 in which various areas in various countries and languages used in the various areas are stored in association; and a UIM card 2 that stores translation designation language information indicating the language desired by the user after translation. A body control part 13 searches the table 11 in accordance with the current position of the cellular phone and detects the language used in the area to which the current position belongs. On the basis of the language used in the area and the translation designation language stored in the UIM card 2, the translation dictionaries stored in the memory card 3 are prioritized and a list of translation dictionaries in which the names of the translation dictionaries are arranged in order of priority is created and displayed. The list of translation dictionaries wherein the translation dictionaries more likely to be used at the current position are given priority can be displayed to allow the user to easily select the desired translation dictionary from the numerous translation dictionaries. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a mobile terminal device suitable for application to, for example, a mobile phone, a PHS phone (PHS: Personal Handyphone System), a PDA device (PDA: Personal Digital Assistant), a mobile translator, and the like. The present invention relates to a portable terminal device that displays a list according to the current position and priority.

  Today, for example, a Japanese-English dictionary program that translates Japanese into English, an English-Japanese dictionary program that translates English into Japanese, a Japanese-French dictionary program that translates Japanese into French, a French-Japanese dictionary program that translates French into Japanese, etc. Various translation dictionary programs are known.

  Normally, each of these translation dictionary programs is stored in a program folder in the terminal device in a mixed manner with other application programs. Therefore, in use, the user accesses the program folder as the storage location, displays a list of programs in the folder, and selects and uses a desired translation dictionary program from the displayed list of programs. It is common to do.

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  However, when there are a large number of translation dictionary programs stored in the program folder, it is very complicated and difficult to select a desired translation dictionary program.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and provides a mobile terminal device that creates and displays a translation dictionary list from which a desired translation dictionary program can be easily selected from a large number of translation dictionary programs. Objective.

  The present invention provides, as means for solving the above-mentioned problems, a translation dictionary storage means in which a plurality of translation dictionaries are stored, and a translation designation language storage in which information indicating a translation designation language for designating a translated language is stored. Means, current position detecting means for detecting the current position of the mobile terminal device, area information indicating a geographical area, and regional use language information indicating a language used in each area And a stored regional language table.

  In addition to these means, the region-specific language table is searched based on the current position detected by the current position detecting means, so that the current position detected by the current position detecting means is used in the region to which the current position belongs. Used language detection means for detecting the language being used, the language used in the region to which the current position belongs, detected by the used language detection means, and the translation designation stored in the translation designation language storage means Prioritize each translation dictionary stored in the translation dictionary storage means based on the information indicating the language, and form and display a translation dictionary list in which translation dictionary names are arranged in accordance with this priority And means for controlling display.

  In the present invention, the control means includes the language used in the region to which the current position belongs, detected by the use language detection means, and the translation designation language stored in the translation designation language storage means. Based on the information shown, priority is given to each translation dictionary stored in the translation dictionary storage means. Then, a translation dictionary list in which translation dictionary names are arranged in accordance with the priority order is formed and displayed on the display means.

  Specifically, for example, when the mobile terminal device is located in an English-speaking region, a translation dictionary list is formed with a translation dictionary that translates the native language into English or a translation dictionary that translates English into the native language. As described above, a translation dictionary list with a translation dictionary having a high possibility of being used in a place where the mobile terminal device is located as a higher rank is formed and displayed.

  The present invention can form and display a translation dictionary list with a translation dictionary having a high possibility of being used at a place where the mobile terminal device is located as a higher rank. Thereby, the operation | work which selects a desired translation dictionary from many translation dictionaries can be simplified.

  The present invention can be applied to a mobile phone.

[Configuration of mobile phone]
First, FIG. 1 shows a schematic block diagram of a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 shows a perspective view of the appearance of the mobile phone. As can be seen from FIGS. 1 and 2, the mobile phone according to the embodiment includes a mobile phone body 1 and a UIM card 2 (UIM: User) which is a semiconductor memory that is detachable from the mobile phone body 1. Identity Module) and a memory card 3 that is a semiconductor memory that is also detachable from the mobile phone body 1.

  The mobile phone body 1 is based on wireless communication systems such as GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications), W-CDMA (W-CDMA: Wideband Code Division Multiple Access), and PDC (PDC: Personal Digital Cellular). An antenna 4 for transmitting / receiving data to / from the base station, a transmission / reception control unit 5 for transmitting / receiving the data via the antenna 4, a microphone unit 21 for collecting voice such as the voice of the receiver, and a transmission The voice input / output unit 6 includes a speaker unit 22 that generates voice such as a speaker's voice.

  The mobile phone body 1 includes a display unit 7 for displaying a translation dictionary list, a map corresponding to the current position, which will be described later, various application programs such as a communication application program, a number of translation dictionary programs, map images, And an internal memory 8 in which character information for maps and the like are stored.

  The mobile phone body 1 includes a UIM card interface 9 (UIM card I / F) to which the UIM card 2 is connected, a memory card interface 10 (memory card I / F) to which the memory card 3 is connected, Used language table 11 in which area information indicating the area of each area and area-specific language information indicating the language used in each area are stored in association with each other, a telephone number and character input operation, and a desired translation dictionary An operation unit 12 for performing a program selection operation and the like and a main body control unit 13 for controlling the operation of the entire mobile phone are provided.

[Configuration of UIM Card 2]
As shown in FIG. 3, the UIM card 2 is unique to the input / output unit 27 that transmits / receives data to / from the UIM I / F 9 of the mobile phone body 1 and the user who owns the UIM card 2. A PIN code (PIN: Personal Identity Number) that is an assigned identification number, an authentication program for this PIN code, a communication program with the mobile phone body 1, telephone contract information such as a telephone number and user identification information, and a telephone In addition to personal information such as a book, address book, schedule book, etc., when the first language is translated into the second language using the translation dictionary program, the translated language desired by the user (= the second language described above) And a UIM storage unit 28 in which a translation designated language list and the like which are information indicating the

  The UIM card 2 performs communication control with the mobile phone body 1 based on the communication program stored in the UIM storage unit 28, and performs user authentication control based on the PIN code authentication program. And a UIM control unit 29 for controlling the entire operation of the UIM card 2.

  The translation designation language list stored in the UIM storage unit 28 is formed by designating languages after translation in the order desired by the user and listing them.

  As an example, the user of the UIM card 2 is Japanese, the first priority language is “Japanese”, the second priority language is “English”, and the third priority language is “ When designated as “French”, a translation designation language list having a priority order of “Japanese”, “English”, and “French” is formed and stored in the UIM storage unit 28.

  Similarly, the user of the UIM card 2 is American, the first priority language is “English”, the second priority language is “France”, and the third priority language is “German”. Is specified, the translation specification language list in the order of “English”, “French”, and “German” is formed and stored in the UIM storage unit 28.

[Configuration of memory card 3]
Whereas the UIM card 2 is an external storage device having the UIM control unit 29 (so-called control IC chip), the memory card 3 is a normal semiconductor memory having no control IC chip. In the storage area, a large number of translation dictionary programs, map images, and character information (map characters) corresponding to the map images are stored.

  In FIG. 1, the “translation dictionary program, map image, and map characters” are illustrated as if they are stored in the internal memory 8 and the memory card 3 of the mobile phone body 1, respectively. “Translation dictionary program, map image, map character” may be stored in either the internal memory 8 or the memory card 3.

  Hereinafter, “translation dictionary program, map image, map character” will be described as being stored in the memory card 3.

[Translation dictionary list formation]
One feature of this cellular phone is that it forms and displays a translation dictionary list with the translation dictionary program highly likely to be used at the location where the cellular phone is located as a higher rank. The flowchart of FIG. 4 shows the flow of processing including the translation dictionary list forming operation.

  First, the flowchart of FIG. 4 starts when the display of the translation dictionary list is designated by the user via the operation unit 12, and the process proceeds to step S1.

  In step S1, the main body control unit 13 extracts the position information included in the broadcast information from the base station received via the antenna 4 and the transmission / reception control unit 5, thereby detecting the current position of the mobile phone. Do.

  In this example, the current position is detected based on the broadcast information from the base station. This is done by a GPS sensor 50 (GPS: Global Positioning System) as shown by a dotted line block in FIG. The current position may be detected.

  Next, in step S2, the main body control unit 13 detects the language used in the region to which the current position detected in step S1 belongs from the language table 11 used. Specifically, as described above, the use language table 11 stores the area information indicating the geographical area and the use language information for each area indicating the language used in each area in association with each other. ing. For this reason, when the current position is located in the United States, it is detected based on this language table 11 that the language-based language is “English”. Similarly, when the current position is located in France, it is detected based on the use language table 11 that the use language for each region is “French”.

  Next, the main body control unit 13 acquires a translation designation language list of the user of the UIM card 2 registered in the UIM card 2 in step S3. In step S4, based on the language used in the region to which the current position detected in step S2 belongs and the user's translation designation language acquired in step S3, the location (region) where the mobile terminal device is located. A translation dictionary list having a higher level of translation dictionaries that are likely to be used is formed and displayed on the display unit 7.

  FIG. 5 conceptually shows such a translation dictionary list forming operation. In the example of FIG. 5, the UIM card 2 is registered with the specified language in the order of priority in the order of “Japanese” and “English”, and the current position is detected as “Shanghai in China”. It is.

  In this case, in Shanghai, China, which is detected as the current position, the Shanghai language is a common language, and the use language table 11 stores the location information of this Shanghai and the use language being associated with the Shanghai language. Has been.

  Note that the language used in association with the position information and stored in the language-of-use table 11 is stored not only in one language but also in a language that may be communicated with priority. For example, in the case of Shanghai in this example, “Shanghai”, which is a common language, is stored as the first priority language, but it is highly likely that “English” will be used next. "English" is stored as the second priority language.

  For this reason, when the main body control unit 13 searches the used language table 11 based on the detected position information, the used language is detected in the order of “Shanghai”, “English”, “French”,. It becomes.

  Next, in this example, the main body control unit 13 specifies the translation designation language list registered in the UIM card 2 in the priority order of “Japanese” and “English”. A translation dictionary that translates the highest priority "Japanese" registered in the language list into the highest priority "Shanghai" retrieved from the language table 11 is the highest priority translation. A dictionary (Japanese → Shanghai).

  Also, a translation dictionary that translates “Shanghai” having the highest priority retrieved from the language table 11 into “Japanese” having the highest priority registered in the UIM card 2 as a translation designation language list. Is the translation dictionary with the second highest priority (Shanghai → Japanese).

  Similarly, the translation dictionary that translates “English” having the second priority registered in the UIM card 2 as the translation designation language list into “Shanghai” having the highest priority retrieved from the language table 11 to be used. Is the translation dictionary with the third highest priority (English → Shanghai).

  Also, a translation dictionary that translates “Shanghai” having the highest priority retrieved from the language table 11 into “English” having the second highest priority registered in the UIM card 2 as a translation designation language list. Is the translation dictionary with the fourth highest priority (Shanghai → English).

  In addition, since “English” is a language that has a high possibility of being used all over the world, “Japanese” having the highest priority registered in the UIM card 2 as a translation designation language list is designated as “world”. The translation dictionary that translates into "English", which is a language that is likely to be communicated with, is the fifth priority translation dictionary (from Japanese to English), and this "English" is registered in the UIM card 2 as a translation-designated language list The translation dictionary translated into “Japanese” having the highest priority is set as the sixth translation dictionary (English → Japanese).

  Then, as shown in FIG. 5 as “translation dictionary list (after rearrangement)”, the main body control unit 13 forms a translation dictionary list in which the translation dictionary names stored in the memory card 3 are arranged in this order of priority. Then, display control is performed on the display unit 7. As a result, a translation dictionary list with higher translation dictionaries likely to be used at the location where the mobile phone is located is displayed on the display unit 7.

  Note that the method of assigning priorities when forming such a translation dictionary list is an example. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 6, “Japanese” having the highest priority registered in the UIM card 2 as the translation designation language list is searched for “Shanghai” having the highest priority retrieved from the use language table 11. The translation dictionary to be translated into “Language” is the translation dictionary with the highest priority (Japanese → Shanghai), and “English” with the second highest priority registered as the translation designation language list in the UIM card 2 is In the UIM card 2, the translation dictionary that is translated from the language table 11 to be translated into “Shanghai” with the highest priority is used as the translation dictionary with the second highest priority (English → Shanghai). Priorities may be given to the respective translation dictionaries so that translation dictionaries for translating registered translation-designated languages into languages used in the region to which the current position belongs are sequentially displayed. .

  Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 7, “Shanghai” having the highest priority retrieved from the language table 11 is used and “Japan” having the highest priority registered in the UIM card 2 as a translation designation language list. The translation dictionary to be translated into “Language” is the translation dictionary with the highest priority (Shanghai → Japanese), and “Shanghai” with the highest priority retrieved from the language table 11 is translated into the UIM card 2 The translation dictionary that translates to “English” having the second highest priority registered as the designated language list is set to the translation dictionary having the second highest priority (Shanghai → English), and the priority retrieved from the language table 11 is used. The translation dictionary that translates “Shanghai”, which is the highest ranking, into “French (French)”, which is the third highest priority registered in the UIM card 2 as a translation-designated language list, has the third highest priority. A translation dictionary that translates the language used in the region to which the current position belongs into the translation-designated language registered in the UIM card 2, such as a high translation dictionary (Shanghai → French), etc. As described above, priorities may be assigned to the respective translation dictionaries.

  Next, as shown in FIGS. 5 to 7, the main body control unit 13 controls the display unit 7 to display a cursor CR for selecting a desired translation dictionary together with such a translation dictionary list. The user operates the operation unit 12 to move the cursor CR, and when the cursor CR moves to the display position of the desired translation dictionary name, the user operates the operation unit 12 to select the translation dictionary to be used. A selection operation (= decision operation) is performed.

  The main body control unit 13 controls to move and display the cursor CR displayed on the display unit 7 in accordance with the movement operation of the cursor CR. When the selection operation is detected, the translation dictionary displayed in the display area where the cursor CR is positioned is recognized as being selected by the user. In step S5 of the flowchart of FIG. 4, the main body control unit 13 determines whether or not a translation dictionary that the user desires to use is selected by such an operation (= whether or not a translation dictionary that the user desires to use is specified). Is detected.

  Then, when a translation dictionary desired to be used is designated by the user, the designated translation dictionary program is read from the memory card 3 (or the internal memory 8), and thereafter, the operation is performed in accordance with the translation dictionary program. In S6, the character input from the user is translated using the designated translation dictionary and displayed on the display unit 7.

[Translation display operation of characters on the map]
Next, the map information provided in each region of each country is generally written with the characters on the map image in the language used in that region, and the language used in this region. For users who are unfamiliar with the map, the map may be difficult to see. For this reason, the cellular phone of this embodiment translates characters on the map into a translation designation language registered in the UIM card 2 and displays the translated text on the map image.

  The flowchart in FIG. 8 shows the flow until the translated characters on the map are displayed superimposed on the map image. This flowchart starts when the main power supply of the mobile phone is turned on. The main body control unit 13 monitors whether the display of the map is specified by the user by monitoring the operation state of the operation unit 12, and confirms that the display of the map is specified by the user in step S11. The process proceeds to step S12 at the detected timing.

  In step S12, the main body control unit 13 accesses the communication server device operated by the communication company in the area via the transmission / reception control unit 5, and the map information of a predetermined range including the current position or the desired area (range). Import map information. In this case, the map information is managed separately by the communication server device into map image information and character information on the map image. The main body control unit 13 temporarily stores and controls the map image information and the character information captured from the communication server device in the memory card 3 or the internal memory 8.

  Next, in step S13, the main body control unit 13 takes in the list of translation designation languages registered in the UIM card 2 in order of priority. In step S14, the main body control unit 13 stores the list in the memory card 3 or the internal memory 8. The language of the stored character information is detected, and in step S15, the translation arranged in the priority order as described above based on the language of the character information and the translation designation language registered in the UIM card 2 A dictionary list is formed and displayed on the display unit 7.

  In step S16, the characters on the map image are translated using the translation dictionary selected by the user from the translation list, and based on the translated character information and the notification information or by the GPS sensor 50. A mark indicating the detected current position is superimposed on the map image and displayed on the display unit 7.

  Specifically, using the example described above, the current location is Shanghai, China, and as a result of importing the map information, Shanghai characters are used for the characters of the map, and are registered in the UIM card 2. When the translation designation language with the first priority is Japanese, the main body control unit 13 forms a translation dictionary list according to the priority, as described with reference to FIGS. Display control is performed on the display unit 7.

  Then, the translation dictionary selected by the user from the translation dictionary list is read from the memory card 3 or the internal memory 8, and for example, the Shanghai characters on the map are converted into Japanese characters using the translation dictionary program. And is displayed on the display unit 7 by superimposing it on the map image.

  Thereby, the character displayed on a map can be translated into the character of the language which a user desires, and can be displayed. For this reason, when displaying a map in any area of each country, it can be made easy to recognize a map.

  In this example, the map information is taken from the communication server device in the area. However, the map information of each area where characters are displayed in a predetermined language such as English is stored in the memory card 3 or the internal memory 8. May be stored in advance. In this case, the main body control unit 13 translates and displays the characters in the predetermined language into the translation designation language registered in the UIM card 2.

[Effect of the embodiment]
As is clear from the above description, the mobile phone of this embodiment detects the current position of the mobile phone, and gives priority to the language used in the region to which the current position belongs and the UIM card 2. A priority order is assigned to each translation dictionary stored in the memory card 3 or the internal memory 8 based on the registered translation designated language. Then, a translation dictionary list in which translation dictionary names are arranged in accordance with the priorities is formed and displayed on the display unit 7.

  Thereby, it is possible to form and display a translation dictionary list with a translation dictionary having a high possibility of being used in a place where the mobile phone is located. Therefore, even when there are a large number of translation dictionaries stored in the memory card 3 or the internal memory 8, the operation of selecting a desired translation dictionary from the many translation dictionaries can be simplified. The convenience of the mobile phone can be improved.

  The translation designation language desired by the user is registered in the UIM card 2. The UIM card 2 can be attached to and detached from any mobile phone as long as it is a compatible mobile phone. Therefore, if the mobile phone is compatible with the UIM card 2, the translation dictionary list can be formed and displayed on the mobile phone.

  In addition, it is possible to translate characters used in a map captured in the area using a translation dictionary selected by the user from the translation dictionary list, and to superimpose it on a map image. For this reason, when displaying a map in any region of each country, the characters on the map can be displayed as characters that can be recognized by the user, and the displayed map can be easily recognized by the user.

[Modification]
In the above description of the embodiment, the present invention is applied to a mobile phone. However, the present invention can also be equipped with a UIM card 2 such as a PHS phone, a PDA device, and a notebook personal computer device. Any terminal device can be used as long as it is a simple terminal device.

  Finally, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment disclosed as an example, and other than the above-described embodiment, as long as it does not depart from the technical idea according to the present invention, It should be added that various changes can be made according to the design and the like.

1 is a block diagram of a mobile phone according to an embodiment to which the present invention is applied. It is a perspective view which shows the external appearance of the mobile telephone of embodiment. It is a block diagram of UIM card with which the cellular phone of an embodiment is attached. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the formation operation | movement of the translation dictionary list | wrist of the mobile telephone of embodiment. It is a figure which shows notionally the formation operation | movement of the translation dictionary list | wrist in the mobile telephone of embodiment. It is a figure which shows notionally the formation operation | movement of the translation dictionary list | wrist of the other form in the mobile telephone of embodiment. It is a figure which shows notionally the formation operation | movement of the translation dictionary list | wrist of another form in the mobile telephone of embodiment. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the operation | movement which translates the character of a map into the character of a desired language, and displays it in the mobile telephone of embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Mobile phone body, 2 UIM card, 3 Memory card, 4 Antenna, 5 Transmission / reception control part, 6 Voice input / output part, 7 Display part, 8 Internal memory, 9 UIM card interface (UIM card I / F), 10 Memory card Interface (memory card I / F), 11 language table, 12 operation unit, 13 main body control unit, 21 microphone unit, 22 speaker unit, 27 UIM input / output unit, 28 UIM UIM storage unit, 29 UIM card UIM control unit, 50 GPS sensor

Claims (5)

A translation dictionary storage means for storing a plurality of translation dictionaries;
A translation designation language storage means for storing information indicating a translation designation language for designating a translated language;
Current position detecting means for detecting the current position of the mobile terminal device;
A regional language table in which regional information indicating geographical regions and regional language information indicating languages used in each region are stored in association with each other;
Use of detecting a language used in an area to which the current position detected by the current position detection means belongs by searching the language-based language table based on the current position detected by the current position detection means Language detection means;
The translation dictionary storage based on the language used in the region to which the current position belongs, detected by the language usage detection means, and information indicating the translation designation language stored in the translation designation language storage means A mobile terminal device having control means for assigning priorities to the respective translation dictionaries stored in the means, forming a translation dictionary list in which the translation dictionary names are arranged in accordance with the priorities, and controlling display on the display means . A translation dictionary storage means for storing a plurality of translation dictionaries;
A translation designation language storage means for storing information indicating a translation designation language for designating a translated language;
Map information storage means for storing map image information and map character information displayed on the map image of the map image information;
A character language detection means for detecting the language of the map character information stored in the map information storage means;
Based on the language detected by the character language detection means and the translation designation language stored in the translation designation language storage means, a priority is assigned to each translation dictionary stored in the translation dictionary storage means. A translation dictionary list forming unit that forms a translation dictionary list in which translation dictionary names are arranged in accordance with the priority order and controls display on the display unit;
The translation dictionary selected by the user is read from the translation dictionary storage means from the translation dictionary list formed by the translation dictionary list formation means, and stored in the map character storage means using the read translation dictionary. And a control unit that translates the character information of a predetermined language and superimposes the translated character information on the map image and controls display on the display unit. The portable terminal device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein
In the translation designation language storage means, information indicating a translation designation language for designating the translated language is registered in order of priority.
The control means, or the translation dictionary list forming means,
A first priority is assigned to a translation dictionary that translates a language used in the region to which the current position belongs into a translation designated language registered in the translation designated language storage means with the highest priority, A second priority is given to a translation dictionary that translates a language used in the region to which the current position belongs into a translation designation language having the second highest priority registered in the translation designation language storage means. In the translation dictionary list, the priority of the translation designated language registered in the translation designated language storage means is associated with the priority of translation dictionaries that translate the language used in the region to which the current position belongs. Or
A first priority is given to a translation dictionary that translates a translation designated language registered in the translation designated language storage means with the highest priority into a language used in the region to which the current position belongs, and A second priority is given to a translation dictionary that translates a translation designation language having the second highest priority registered in the translation designation language storage means into a language used in the region to which the current position belongs. For the translation dictionary that translates the translation designation language into the language used in the region to which the current position belongs so as to correspond to the priority of the translation designation language registered in the translation designation language storage means. A portable terminal device characterized in that the translation dictionary list is formed with priorities. The portable terminal device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein
In the translation designation language storage means, information indicating a translation designation language for designating the translated language is registered in order of priority.
The control means, or the translation dictionary list forming means,
A first priority is assigned to a translation dictionary that translates a language used in the region to which the current position belongs into a translation designated language registered in the translation designated language storage means with the highest priority, A second priority is assigned to the translation dictionary that translates the translation designated language registered in the translation designated language storage means into the language used in the region to which the current position belongs, and the current A third priority is assigned to a translation dictionary that translates a language used in the region to which the position belongs into a translation designation language having the second highest priority registered in the translation designation language storage means, A fourth priority is given to the translation dictionary that translates the second highest translation designation language registered in the translation designation language storage means into the language used in the region to which the current position belongs. A translation dictionary for translating the language used in the region to which the current position belongs to the translation designation language so as to correspond to the priority of the translation designation language registered in the translation designation language storage means, Priority that is formed in the translation dictionary list by alternately arranging translation dictionaries that translate the translation designated language into the language used in the region to which the current position belongs, or registered in the translation designated language storage means Is assigned a first priority to the translation dictionary that translates the highest translation designation language into the language used in the region to which the current position belongs, and the language used in the region to which the current position belongs A second priority is assigned to the translation dictionary that is translated into the translation designation language having the highest priority registered in the translation designation language storage means, and is registered in the translation designation language storage means. The third highest priority is assigned to the translation dictionary that translates the second highest priority language into the language used in the region to which the current location belongs, and is used in the region to which the current location belongs. By assigning a fourth priority to the translation dictionary that translates the registered language into the translation designation language having the second highest priority registered in the translation designation language storage means. A translation dictionary that translates the translation specification language into the language used in the region to which the current position belongs, and the region in which the current position belongs, so as to correspond to the priority of the translation specification language registered in the means A portable terminal device characterized in that the translation dictionary list is formed by alternately arranging translation dictionaries for translating translated languages into the translation designated language. The mobile terminal device according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
The mobile terminal device, wherein the translation designation language storage means is an external storage device that is detachable from the main body of the mobile terminal device.

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