JP2009053761A - Translation content providing method, translation content providing server, and translation content providing program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a translation content providing method, a translation content providing server, and a translation content providing program, for calculating a proper translation fee corresponding to evaluation corresponding to translation. <P>SOLUTION: The number of page views when translation content is browsed from a user terminal and the number of registration when the URL of the translation content is bookmark-registered are stored in a server configuring a translation system, and those numbers are totaled about each translation content at the end of the month (S21), and the translation content is ranked (S22), and a translation fee corresponding to the rank is calculated (S23). Afterwards, the translation fee as a reward is totaled for every translator (S24), and payment processing is operated (S25). <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a translated content providing method, a translated content providing server, and a translated content providing program.

  In recent years, with the spread of the Internet, users can obtain information that meets their needs from all over the world by searching Web content that is information on the WWW. However, in the case of Web content written in a language other than the native language, the user is not necessarily familiar with the language, and it is often difficult to understand the content. Therefore, various types of software called so-called machine translation systems are known. Alternatively, if necessary, the user requests translation from a specialized translator.

However, in the so-called machine translation system, there is a problem that the translation accuracy is not good, and there is a problem that the cost generally increases when a specialized translator is requested to translate. Therefore, a translation service system has been proposed in which translation content is first provided by a machine translation system when requested, and then replaced by manual translation content when the translation is performed manually (for example, Patent Document 1).
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-6455

  However, the translation service system described in Patent Document 1 provides translation content by hand, but does not evaluate the translation itself. Therefore, the reward for the translator may reflect the evaluation of the translation itself. could not. As a result, there was no incentive for translators and improvement in translation quality could not be expected.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and provides a translated content providing method, a translated content providing server, and a translated content providing program capable of calculating an appropriate translation fee according to the evaluation for translation. The purpose is to provide.

  In order to achieve the above object, a translated content providing method of the invention according to claim 1 is a translated content providing method processed by a server that provides translated content to a client terminal connected via a network. A translation content acquisition step of acquiring and storing a translation content that is a content translated into a language different from the original content, and the translation content acquisition step in response to a browsing request for the translation content from a client terminal The translated content providing step of providing the requested translated content to the client terminal among the translated content stored in step (b), the browsing amount when the translated content is browsed on the client terminal, and the translated content Attached for viewing The browsing status acquisition step of acquiring and storing at least one of the number of identification information, and for each of the translation contents, the browsing amount and the identification information stored in the browsing status acquisition step for each predetermined period A translation fee calculating step for calculating the translation fee to be paid to the translator based on at least one of the numbers.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a translated content providing method in addition to the configuration of the first aspect of the present invention, in addition to a plurality of previously stored translation contents that are requested to be browsed by the client terminal. The translation requesting step for requesting translation to at least one translator among the translators of the above, and the translation content acquisition step requesting browsing when the translation content requested to be browsed is acquired A browsing enable notification step for notifying the client terminal that the browsing is possible;

  In the translated content providing method of the invention according to claim 3, in addition to the configuration of the invention of claim 1 or 2, the original content is content published on the network, and in the translated content providing step, Providing the translated content requested by notifying the location or name of the translated content on the network, the amount of browsing being the number of accesses from the client terminal to the translated content via the network, It is at least one of the number of pages accessed and the residence time, and the number of the identification information is the number of times the location or name of the translated content is registered by the client terminal. And

  In the translated content providing method of the invention according to claim 4, in addition to the configuration of the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 3, in the translation fee calculation step, the number of the identification information is larger than the browsing amount. And calculating the translation fee.

  In the translated content providing method of the invention according to claim 5, in addition to the configuration of the invention according to any one of claims 2 to 4, in the translation requesting step, the same original text content is provided to a plurality of translators. The client terminal that requested translation and requested browsing in a plurality of translated contents for the same original text content that was translated by the plurality of translators and acquired in the translated content acquiring step in the browsing enabled notification step Is notified of the availability of browsing.

  The translated content providing server of the invention according to claim 6 is a translated content providing server that provides translated content to a client terminal connected via a network, and is translated into a language different from the original content. A translated content storage means for acquiring and storing the translated content that is a content, and requested among the translated contents stored in the translated content acquisition means in response to a browsing request for the translated content from a client terminal Of the translated content providing means for providing the translated content to the client terminal, the browsing amount when the translated content is browsed on the client terminal, and the number of identification information attached to re-view the translated content , Get and remember at least one The translation to be paid to the translator based on at least one of the browsing amount and the number of identification information stored in the browsing status storage unit for each of the status storage unit and the translated content for each predetermined period Translation fee calculation means for calculating a fee.

  A translated content providing program according to a seventh aspect of the invention causes a computer to execute various processing steps of the translated content providing method according to any of the first to fifth aspects.

  In the translated content providing method of the invention according to claim 1, the translator is based on at least one of the browsing amount when the translated content is browsed on the client terminal and the number of identification information for re-browsing the translated content. The translation fee to be paid is calculated. The browsing amount when the translated content is browsed indicates that the translated content was actually browsed by the client, and the identification information for re-browsing indicates that the translated content was evaluated as useful. is there. That is, since the quantitative evaluation result of the translated content of the client is reflected, a translation fee that is fair to the translator can be calculated. In addition, since the reward varies depending on the evaluation, it becomes an incentive for translators to make efforts to improve the quality of translation.

  In the translated content providing method of the invention according to claim 2, when the translated content requested to be browsed is not stored, a translation request is made to the translator, and when the translated content is translated, the browse is requested. The client terminal is notified that browsing is possible. Therefore, in addition to the effect of the invention described in claim 1, the client can browse the translated content even if the content has not been translated so far.

  In the translated content providing method of the invention according to claim 3, when the translated content is provided via the network and the translated content is viewed from the client terminal, at least one of the number of accesses, the number of pages, and the residence time is acquired. The When the location or name of the translated content on the network is registered at the client terminal, the number of registrations is acquired. Therefore, in addition to the effect of the invention described in claim 1 or 2, quantitative evaluation of translated content can be easily obtained.

  In the translated content providing method of the invention according to claim 4, the translation fee is calculated by weighting the number of identification information given for re-browsing larger than the browsing amount. Since the identification information for re-browsing is attached by the client evaluating the translated content as useful, in addition to the effect of the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 3, the weighting is performed. The translation fee that accurately reflects the evaluation of the client can be calculated.

  In the translated content providing method of the invention according to claim 5, translated content by a plurality of different translators is provided for the same original content. Therefore, since the quality of translation is clearly reflected in the translation fee, in addition to the effect of the invention according to any one of claims 2 to 4, further improvement in translation quality can be expected.

  In the translated content providing server of the invention according to claim 6, the translator is based on at least one of the browsing amount when the translated content is browsed on the client terminal and the number of identification information for re-browsing the translated content. The translation fee to be paid is calculated. The browsing amount when the translated content is browsed indicates that the translated content was actually browsed by the client, and the identification information for re-browsing indicates that the translated content was evaluated as useful. is there. That is, since the quantitative evaluation result of the translated content of the client is reflected, a translation fee that is fair to the translator can be calculated. In addition, since the reward varies depending on the evaluation, it becomes an incentive for translators to make efforts to improve the quality of translation.

  A translated content providing program according to a seventh aspect of the invention causes a computer to execute various processing steps of the translated content providing method according to any of the first to fifth aspects. Therefore, the effect of the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 5 can be achieved.

  Hereinafter, a translation system 1 which is one embodiment embodying the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The drawings to be referred to are used for explaining the technical features that can be adopted by the present invention, and the configuration of the apparatus described, the flowcharts of various processes, etc., unless otherwise specified. It is not intended to be limited to that, but merely an illustrative example.

  First, the configuration of translation system 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing a schematic configuration of the translation system 1. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the server 10.

  As illustrated in FIG. 1, the translation system 1 includes a server 10 and a plurality of user terminals 20 connected to the server 10 via the Internet 3. Note that the server 10 and the user terminal 20 are so-called personal computers, which are general-purpose devices. Although only three user terminals 20 are shown in FIG. 1, it is needless to say that the number may be other than this. In the translation system 1, the user of the user terminal 20 pays a monthly usage fee to the management company of the translation system 1, so that the translated text of the Web content (hereinafter simply referred to as content) published on the Internet 3 is sent. Provision can be made to the server 10. That is, the member user of the translation system 1 does not have to pay the translation fee for each content each time. The server 10 stores the original content and the translated content, and provides the translated content in response to a request from the user terminal 20. If the server 10 does not store the translated content at the time of the request from the user terminal 20, the server 10 requests the translator to translate, and after the translated content is provided by the translator, Provided to the user terminal 20. A translation fee, which is a reward for the translator, is calculated monthly by the server 10 according to the browsing status of the translated content, and paid to the translator. The above process will be described in detail later. Also, in the following description, the original text content described in the first language published on the Internet is called “original text content”, and the original text content is translated into a second language different from the first language. This is called “translated content”.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the server 10 includes a CPU 11, a ROM 12, a RAM 13, a hard disk device (HDD) 14, a display 15, a keyboard 16, a mouse 17, and a communication I / F 18 that are connected to each other via a bus. . The ROM 12 stores various programs for operating the server 10 such as BIOS, and the CPU 11 controls the operation of the server 10 according to the programs stored in the ROM 12. The RAM 13 is a storage element for temporarily storing various data. The communication I / F 18 is for connecting to the Internet 3 and transmitting / receiving data to / from an external device such as the user terminal 20.

  Here, details of the HDD 14 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of user information. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of the original text content information. FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of translation content information. FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of page view information. FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of bookmark information.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the HDD 14 serving as a storage device includes a program storage area 141, a user database (DB) storage area 142, a source text content database (DB) storage area 143, a translation content database (DB) storage area 144, a page view. A plurality of storage areas including a storage area 145 and a bookmark storage area 146 are provided. The program storage area 141 stores various programs for causing the server 10 to execute various processes including a main process (see FIG. 8) described later. The user DB storage area 142 stores a user DB that stores information related to users of all user terminals 20 connected to the server 10 (hereinafter referred to as user information). The original text content DB storage area 143 stores an original text content DB that stores information related to the original text content (hereinafter referred to as original text content information) that is a base of translated content provided to the user terminal 20. The translated content DB storage area 144 stores a translated content DB that stores information related to translated content provided to the user terminal 20 (hereinafter referred to as translated content information). In the page view storage area 145, the total number of page views when each translated content is browsed is stored as page view information for each month. In the bookmark storage area 146, bookmark information of translation content registered in the user terminal 20 is stored as bookmark information.

  Here, the user information stored in the user DB of the user DB storage area 142 (see FIG. 2) will be described with reference to FIG. The user information is information created for each user of the user terminal 20 that is a member of the translation system 1, and includes a user ID, name, classification, bank code, and account information, as shown in FIG. In FIG. 3, only the user information for seven people is shown, but actually, the user information on the number of members of the translation system 1 exists in the user DB. The “user ID” is an identification code unique to each user of the user terminal 20 that is a member of the translation system 1. “Name” is the name of the user. “Classification” is information for identifying whether the user is a general user or a translator. Here, the “general user” corresponds to a user who only requests the server 10 to provide translated content. On the other hand, the “translator” not only requests provision of translated content, but also responds to a user who translates the original text content in response to a request from the server 10 or voluntarily and provides the translated content to the server 10. To do. When the category is a translator, information indicating what language the user can translate into is also stored. For example, “Jiro Sato” with user ID “002” shown in FIG. 3 is a translator who can translate into Japanese, and “Saburo Suzuki” with user ID “003” can translate into Chinese. A good translator. In addition, although the classification of “general user” and “translator” may be stored in the user DB in this way, each may be a separate DB such as “general user DB” and “translator DB”. Is possible. The “bank code” and “account information” are, as will be described later, a debit account for collecting the usage fee of the translation system 1 from general users and translators, or a transfer destination for paying translation fees to translators. Account information. Although not shown in FIG. 3, the user information registered in the user DB includes the user's address, telephone number, mail address, and the like in addition to the above-described information.

  Next, the text content information stored in the text content DB will be described with reference to FIG. Original text content information is information that is created when there is a request to provide translated content from the user terminal 20, or when a translator voluntarily registers the translated content in the server 10, and as shown in FIG. The original text ID, URL (Uniform Resource Locator), original text content, requester ID, and language are included. The “original text ID” is a unique identification code given by the server 10 for each record when the original text content information is created. “URL” is information for specifying the location of the original content on the Internet. The “original text content” is an HTML document downloaded from a URL specified by the user, and includes a title and a body. The “requester ID” is the user ID of the requester stored when the translation content is not registered at the time when the provision of the translation content corresponding to the original content is requested. This is because in such a case, after a translation request is made as will be described later, the requester is notified when the translation content is registered. That is, when the translated content already exists at the time of the request, the requester ID is not stored, so that not all the original text content information includes the requester ID. For example, in the example of FIG. 4, the requester ID is included only in the original content information of the original ID “E002” on the second line. Therefore, it can be seen that there is already translated content for the original content information of the other original IDs “E001”, “E003”, “E004”, and “E005”. Furthermore, “language” stores the language requested as the translated language by the user when translation content corresponding to the original text content is requested and the translation content is not registered. Therefore, for the original text content of the original text ID “E002” in FIG. 4, Hanako Ono (see FIG. 3) with the user ID “005” is requested to provide translated content translated into Japanese. It turns out that the corresponding translated content has not been registered yet.

  Next, the translated content information stored in the translated content DB will be described with reference to FIG. The translation content information is information that is registered in response to a request from the user or when the translator spontaneously translates the original text content. As shown in FIG. 5, the translation ID, the original text ID, the translation Includes content, language, URL, and translator ID. The “translation ID” is a unique identification code given by the server 10 when the translation content information is registered. “Original text ID” is the original text ID of the original text content information corresponding to this translated content information. For example, in the translated content information shown in FIG. 5, the original text ID of the translated content information with the translation ID “T001” is “E005”. That is, the translated sentence with the translation ID “T001” is created corresponding to the original sentence content with the original sentence ID “E005” in FIG. The “translated content” is an HTML document in which the title (title) and the body (body) of the original text (see FIG. 4) are replaced with translated texts. “Language” is a language in which a translation is described. In FIG. 5, “JP” indicates Japanese, “CN” indicates Chinese, and “KR” indicates Korean. That is, the translation sentence created based on the original sentence is not limited to one language, and translation sentences in various languages may be created for one original sentence. For example, in the example of FIG. 5, all three pieces of translated content information with translation IDs “T001”, “T007”, and “T008” include “E005” as the original text ID, but the language is “JP (Japan)”. Word) ”,“ CN (Chinese) ”, and“ KR (Korean) ”. That is, the original content of the original ID “E005” is translated into three languages. “URL” is information indicating a location where the translated content is provided on the Internet 3, and is given by the server 10 when the translated content information is registered. Note that when the translated content extends over a plurality of Web pages, the URL of the first page is stored. Further, the “translator ID” is the ID of the user who performed the translation.

  Next, the page view information stored in the page view storage area 145 (see FIG. 2) will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 6, the page view information is composed of a translation ID, a count, and a year and month, and the cumulative number of page views counted each time one page of translation content of each translation ID of the month is read. It is shown. For example, in the example of FIG. 6, in June 2007, the cumulative number of page views is 143PV of the translation content with the translation ID “T002”, and the smallest is the translation ID “T009”. 0PV. The count value of the page view is used as a calculation base for a reward (translation fee) for the translator, as will be described later.

  Next, bookmark information stored in the bookmark storage area 146 (see FIG. 2) will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 7, the bookmark information includes a translation ID, a user ID, and a date. Each time the translated content URL is registered in the user terminal 20, the translated ID of the translated content, the user ID of the registered user, and the registration date are stored as bookmark information. Like the page view information, the bookmark information is used as a calculation base for a reward (translation fee) for the translator.

  Below, with reference to FIG. 8 and FIG. 9, the process performed in the server 10 which comprises the translation system 1 of this embodiment is demonstrated. FIG. 8 is a flowchart of the main process of the server 10. FIG. 9 is a flowchart of the month-end process performed in the main process. 8 and 9 is executed by the CPU 11 in accordance with a program stored in the program storage area 141 (see FIG. 2) of the HDD 14.

  The main process shown in FIG. 8 is started when the power of the server 10 is turned on, and the determinations of S1, S3, S10, S17, and S19 are repeatedly performed until the power is turned off. When the condition is satisfied, processing corresponding to the condition is performed. When the main process is started, first, the CPU 11 determines whether or not the current date is the last date of the month (S1). If the current date is the end of the month (S2: YES), the CPU 11 determines the end of the month. Processing is performed (S2, FIG. 9). On the other hand, if the current date is not the end of the month (S1: NO), it is determined whether there is a request for providing translated content corresponding to the original content from any user terminal 20 (S3). When the user terminal 20 is connected to the server 10, a menu screen (not shown) transmitted from the server 10 is displayed on the display of the user terminal 20. When “browsing translated text” is selected from the items displayed on the menu screen, a translated text browsing screen (not shown) is displayed on the display of the user terminal 20. Here, when the URL indicating the location of the original text content that the user of the user terminal 20 desires to view the translated text and the translated language are entered in the input field provided on the screen, the input URL and language are displayed. The described browsing request is transmitted to the server 10. The server 10 that has received this determines that there is a request for providing a translation (S3: YES), and stores the received browsing request in the RAM 13.

  Thereafter, the CPU 11 determines whether or not the translated content that has received the provision request is registered in the translated content DB (see FIG. 5) stored in the translated content DB storage area 144 of the HDD 14 (S4). For this purpose, the CPU 11 first determines whether or not the original text content information including the URL described in the browse request is registered in the original text content DB (see FIG. 4) stored in the original text content DB storage area 143. For example, it is assumed that the URL “http: //aaa.aaa.aa” is included in the browsing request. In this case, as shown in FIG. 4, since the URL included in the original text content information with the original text ID “E001” matches this, it is determined that there is registration. Further, the CPU 11 determines whether or not translation content information including the original text ID of the corresponding original text content information and the requested language is registered in the translation content DB (see FIG. 5). In the above example, as shown in FIG. 5, two pieces of translation content information with translation IDs “T004” and “T006” include the original sentence ID “E001” and are translated into Japanese. If the language described in the browsing request is Japanese, it is determined that two translated contents are registered in the translated content DB (S4: YES). In this case, the CPU 11 transmits a URL indicating the location of the corresponding translated content to the user terminal 20 (S5). In the above-described example, the URL “http: //yxxxxzz.zzzz.zz” of the translation ID “T004” and the URL “http: //zzyzyxx.zzzz.zz” of the translation ID “T006” are transmitted. Then, on the user terminal 20, the URL transmitted from the server 10 is displayed on the display. By clicking this URL, the translated content is displayed. In the above example, the translation content of the translation ID “T004” with the title “NBA play-off 4th game” and the text “NBA play-off has no reverse win from 0 wins and 3 losses. V probability 0%.” , "NBA play-off 4th game" title, "NBA play-off has never been reversed from 0 wins and 3 losses. Translated content of translation ID" T006 "with text V probability 0 from past results Are displayed. Note that the processing in the server 10 at this time will be described later. After transmitting the URL of the translated content to the user terminal 20 (S5), the CPU 11 of the server 10 returns to determining whether it is the end of the month (S1).

  On the other hand, it is assumed that the original text content information including the URL described in the received browsing request is not registered as a result of the CPU 11 referring to the original text content DB. Alternatively, it is assumed that original content information is registered, but translated content information including the original ID of the original content information is not registered. In any case, it is determined that the translated content that has received the provision request is not registered (S4: NO). Therefore, the CPU 11 determines whether or not translation of the original text content that has been requested this time is already requested based on a provision request from another user (S6). As described above, when a translation request has already been made (S6: YES), the original content information is registered in the original content DB (see FIG. 4), and the user ID and request of the requester of the translated content. Language is stored. In such a case, there is no need to request duplicate translations. Therefore, the CPU 11 adds the ID of the user of the user terminal 20 that has transmitted the browsing request this time and the desired language to the corresponding original text content information stored in the original text content DB. Then, the CPU 11 transmits to the user terminal 20 of the current requester a notification that “the translation of the requested content is currently being arranged” (S9), and returns to S1.

  On the other hand, if translation of the requested original text content has not been requested yet (S6: NO), the translator must be requested to translate. Therefore, the CPU 11 first refers to the browsing request stored in the RAM 13, accesses the described URL, and downloads the HTML document of the original text content. Then, a new text ID is generated, and the URL of the text content described in the browsing request, the HTML document of the downloaded text content, the user ID of the requester, and the desired language are set as one record (text content information). Then, it is registered in the original text content DB (S7). Thereafter, the CPU 11 extracts users whose “classification” is a translator of the desired language from the user DB (see FIG. 2) stored in the user DB storage area 142 of the HDD 14. Then, the URL of the original text content and the original text content are transmitted to the extracted translator's e-mail address to request translation (S8). At this time, if there are a plurality of corresponding translators, all translators are requested. That is, as a result, a plurality of translated contents are created for the same original text content. This is because translations created by translators are slightly different, and the translation system 1 of the present embodiment enables the user to read and compare a plurality of translation contents. Although the quality of the translated sentence varies depending on the skill of the translator, as described later, in this embodiment, a reward reflecting the user's evaluation is paid to the translator. After the translation request (S8), as described above, the CPU 11 transmits a notification that the translated content is being arranged to the requester's user terminal 20 (S9), and returns to S1.

  When the CPU 11 is not at the end of the month (S1) and has not received a request for providing translated content from the user terminal 20 (S3: NO), the CPU 11 determines whether or not a translation has been received from any of the user terminals 20. (S10). Here, there are two types of translated sentences transmitted from the user terminal 20 to the server 10. As described above, as a result of the request for translation from the server 10 in response to a browsing request from one of the user terminals 20 as described above (S8), This is a case of transmission to the server 10. The other is a case where a translator who has viewed the original text content on the Internet 3 spontaneously creates the translated text by thinking that it is useful to other users, and transmits it to the server 10. In this embodiment, in any case, on the translated sentence registration screen (not shown) that is displayed when the translator selects “translate sentence registration” from the menu screen (not shown), the URL of the original sentence content is displayed. Suppose that the title and text of the translated content translated by the user are input. When the registration button is selected, these data are transmitted from the translator user terminal 20 to the server 10.

  When the CPU 11 of the server 10 receives the translated text (S10: YES), the user ID (translator ID) of the translator who is the sender, the URL of the received original text content, the title of the translated content, and the body text are received. It is temporarily stored in the RAM 13. Further, the CPU 11 determines whether or not the original text content information including the URL stored in the RAM 13 is already registered in the original text content DB (S11). If the original text content information is not registered (S11: NO), it means that the translator did not request translation in response to a request from any of the user terminals 20, but the translator translated it spontaneously. In this case, the CPU 11 generates a new text ID and registers it in the text content DB together with the text content URL stored in the RAM 13 and the text content HTML document downloaded from this URL (S12). Further, the CPU 11 converts the translated content title and body data stored in the RAM 13 into an HTML format to create an HTML document of the translated content, and also creates a URL indicating the location. Then, a new translation ID is generated, and the source text ID of the source text registered in S12, the HTML text of the translation content, the language of the translation content, the URL, and the translator ID are set as one record (translation content information). (S13) and return to S1.

  On the other hand, when the original text content information including the URL stored in the RAM 13 is already registered in the original text content DB (S11: YES), it is not necessary to register the original text content information in duplicate. Therefore, the CPU 11 creates an HTML document of the translated content from the title and text data of the translated content stored in the RAM 13, and creates a URL indicating the location. Then, a new translation ID is generated, the original text ID of the original text content information including the URL stored in the RAM 13 is acquired from the original text DB, and the HTML document of the translated content, the language of the translated content, the URL, and the translator ID At the same time, it is registered in the translated content DB (S14). Thereafter, the CPU 11 refers to the original text content DB and makes a translation request based on whether or not the original text content information corresponding to the currently registered translated content includes the same language as the requester ID and the translated content. It is determined whether or not it has been (S15). Even if one or more translation contents corresponding to the original sentence content already exist, a translator may spontaneously create a new translation sentence in order to provide a better translation sentence. In such a case, since a translation request has not been made, the original content information does not include the requester ID of the user who has requested the translation and the desired language (S15: NO). Therefore, the CPU 11 returns to S1 as it is. On the other hand, when the requester ID and the language are included in the original text content information, a translation request is made (S15: YES), and there is a user waiting for the translation content to be provided. Therefore, the CPU 11 transmits a URL indicating the location of the newly registered translation content to the user terminal 20 of the user having the requester ID included in the original text content information (S16). For example, if the newly registered Japanese translation content corresponding to the original text content with the original text ID “E002” shown in FIG. 4 is Ono, who is the user corresponding to the requester ID “005”. The translated content URL is transmitted to the user terminal 20 used by Hanako (see FIG. 3). After transmitting the URL to the corresponding user terminal 20 (S16), the CPU 11 returns to S1 and determines again whether it is the end of the month (S1).

  As described above, the user terminal 20 of the user who wishes to view the translated text immediately receives the translated content, and if the translated content is provided to the server 10 in response to the translation request, the translated content URL Is transmitted (S5 or S16). Then, since the transmitted URL is displayed on the display of the user terminal 20, the user can easily browse the translated content by selecting this URL. At this time, in the server 10, the page of the translated content browsed on the user terminal 20 is recognized by the CPU 11 (S17: YES). Then, the count of page view information stored in the page view storage area 145 is updated (S18). As described above, in this embodiment, the number of page views is counted every month for each translated content (see FIG. 6). For example, assume that the page view information is in the state shown in FIG. 6, and on a certain user terminal 20, on June 25, 2007, the translated content with the translation ID “T001” is browsed over three pages. Then, the count of the page view information with the translation ID “T001” is updated from “123” to “126”. In this way, every time the translated content is viewed on various user terminals 20, the page 10 count is increased in the server 10. After updating the page view information (S18), the CPU 11 returns to S1.

  In addition, if the user determines that the translated content is useful as a result of browsing the translated content, the URL of the translated content may be registered in the bookmark at the user terminal 20 in order to facilitate re-browsing. In this case, in the server 10, the CPU 11 recognizes which URL of the translated content is registered in the bookmark on which user terminal 20 (S19: YES), and new bookmark information is additionally stored in the bookmark storage area 146. (S20). As described above, in the present embodiment, the bookmark information is composed of the translation ID of the translation content, the user ID of the user terminal 20 for which bookmark registration has been performed, and the registration date (see FIG. 7). For example, in the example shown in FIG. 7, on June 3, 2007, the URL of the translation content with the translation ID “T004” is bookmarked on the user terminal 20 used by Shiro Hayashi (see FIG. 3) with the user ID “004”. Bookmark information indicating registration is stored. In addition, the URL of the translated content with the same translation ID “T004” is registered on June 7, 2007 by Mitsuko Nakata with the user ID “007”. In this way, each time the URL of the translated content is registered in the bookmark at various user terminals 20, new bookmark information is added in the server 10. That is, as the translated content is more popular and frequently registered in the bookmark, the bookmark information also increases. After updating the bookmark information (S20), the CPU 11 returns to S1.

  Next, at the end of the month (SS1: YES), the end-of-month process performed in S2 of the main process will be described with reference to FIG. This process calculates the remuneration (translation fee) paid to the translator of each translation content based on the page view information (see FIG. 6) and the bookmark information (see FIG. 7) described above for each month. It is a payment process.

  As shown in FIG. 9, when the month end processing is started, the CPU 11 firstly stores the page view information stored in the page view storage area 145 (see FIG. 6) and the bookmark information stored in the bookmark storage area 146 (FIG. 7). From the reference), the points of each month of the translated content are totaled and stored in the RAM 13 (S21). For example, 1 point is assigned per 1 PV for page view count, and 2 points are assigned per registered number for bookmark registration. Specifically, for example, as shown in FIG. 6, the page view count value in June 2007 of the translated content with the translation ID “T005” is “10”. As a count, 10 points (= 10 × 1) are given. Further, as shown in FIG. 7, the number of bookmarks registered in June 2007 for the translated content having the translation ID “T005” is “2” in the same way. (= 2 × 2) is given. Accordingly, the total number of acquired points of the translated content in June 2007 with the translation ID “T005” is 14 points (= 10 + 4). Similarly, the total number of acquired points is totaled for all the translation contents registered in the translation content DB (S21).

  In the present embodiment, as described above, more points are given to bookmark registration in the page view count and bookmark registration. In general, the page view is an index indicating the number of pages that have been browsed. In particular, when the content covers several pages, it can be determined that the user has browsed with interest as the number increases. . However, the same count value will be obtained whether the page is just a trial or read with high interest. On the other hand, bookmarks are generally considered to be registered for the user to evaluate the content as useful and facilitate re-browsing. Therefore, as described above, by increasing the points for bookmark registration rather than the page view count, it is possible to calculate the total number of acquired points that accurately reflects the user's evaluation of the translated content.

  When the total number of points acquired for each translation content for the month is counted in S21, the CPU 11 ranks all the translation contents based on the total number of points acquired and stores the ranking in the RAM 13 (S22). In the following, for convenience, the number of member users as of the end of June 2007 of the translation system 1 is 1 million, the system usage fee paid by the member users is 100 yen per month (fixed amount), and is registered in the translation content DB. Description will be made based on a specific example in which the number of translated contents is 100. In the present embodiment, ranking is performed by dividing 100 translated contents into 10 ranks. Specifically, first, 100 translated contents are ranked in order from 1 to 100 in descending order of the total number of points acquired in S21. The rankings are further divided into 10 ranks, 1-10, 11-20,..., 91-100, and rank 1, rank 2,. Is done.

After ranking the translated content (S22), the CPU 11 calculates a translation fee for each translated content and stores it in the RAM 13 (S23). Various methods can be adopted as a method for calculating the translation fee. For example, in this embodiment, the higher the rank assigned in S22, the higher the translation fee. For the ten translated contents belonging to the same rank, The same translation fee shall be set. Also, by increasing the translation fee in a geometric progression as the rank increases, the user's evaluation of the translated content can be reflected more significantly in the translation fee. For example, if a geometric sequence is used in which the translation fee is doubled every time the rank is increased, when the translation fee of each translation content belonging to rank 10 is 1, the translation fee of each translation content belonging to rank n is 1 × 2 ^10-n . That is, for example, the translation fee for the translated content belonging to rank 1 is 1 × 2 ⁹ = 512, which is 512 times the translation fee for the translated content belonging to rank 10. Here, if the operating cost of the translation system 1 is 20% of the total revenue, the remaining 80% of the funds that can be allocated to the translator as a translation fee are. As mentioned above, translation system 1 collects a monthly system usage fee of 100 yen from 1 million member users, so the total revenue in January is 100 million yen, of which 80% is 80 million yen It becomes a resource that can be allocated as a fee. Therefore, the translation fee per translation content belonging to rank 10 is calculated as a unit translation fee by dividing the amount of 80,000,000 yen by the total amount Sn of the translation fees of ranks 1 to 10 described above. Can do. In the above example, since Sn = 10,230, the unit translation fee is calculated as 80 million yen ÷ 10,230 = 7,820 yen. Accordingly, the translation fee per translation content belonging to rank n can be expressed as 1 × 2 ¹⁰⁻ⁿ × 7,820 yen. In S23, the CPU 11 calculates the translation fee per translation content for all ranks, determines the translation fee for each translation content according to the rank, and stores it in the RAM 13. In this way, in this embodiment, the translation fee to be allocated is set higher for the translated content that is highly evaluated by the user.

  When the translation fee for each translation content is calculated as described above (S23), the CPU 11 calculates a reward for each translator for this month and stores it in the RAM 13 (S24). Specifically, referring to the translated content DB, the translator ID of the translated content for which the translation fee has been generated (not 0) is read, and the translation fees for the same translator ID are totaled. That is, for example, as shown in FIG. 5, when a plurality of translation contents (T001, T003, T004) are created by one translator (0002) and a translation fee for these translation contents is generated. These are summed up. Thereafter, the CPU 11 reads the user information of the user ID that matches the translator ID stored in the RAM 13 as a reward payment target from the user DB into the RAM 13, and based on the read bank code and account information, the bank of the translator Transfer processing to the account is performed (S25). Specifically, for example, the CPU 11 creates transfer processing data from the bank code and the account information. The created data may be transferred to a corresponding bank computer device (not shown) through a dedicated line, or stored in a recording medium such as a CD and mailed. Further, the CPU 11 reads out user information of all users from the user DB, and performs usage fee deduction processing based on the read bank code and account information (S26). Specifically, for example, the CPU 11 creates data for withdrawal processing from the bank code and account information. The created data may be transferred to a corresponding bank computer device (not shown) through a dedicated line, or stored in a recording medium such as a CD and mailed. Alternatively, instead of the withdrawal process, credit card information may be stored as user information, and a billing process may be performed with a computer device of a credit card company using this information. When the month-end process in FIG. 9 ends in this way, the CPU 11 returns to S1 of the main process in FIG.

  As described above, in the translation system 1 according to the present embodiment, the user of the user terminal 20 who wants to browse the translated text (translated content) of the content published on the Internet 3 translates the server 10. Send a content viewing request. Since the URL of the translated content is transmitted from the server 10 to the user terminal 20 in response to the request, the user terminal 20 can specify the URL and browse the desired translated content. The server 10 stores the number of page views when the translated content is browsed on the user terminal 20 and information when the URL of the translated content is bookmarked, and based on these, once a month, the information to the translator is stored. A reward (translation fee) is calculated. The translation fee is calculated based on a page view indicating how much the user actually browsed and a bookmark registered on the premise of re-browsing. That is, since the quantitative evaluation result for the user's translated content is reflected, a translation fee that is fair to the translator can be calculated. Further, since the reward varies according to the evaluation, it can be expected that the translator makes an effort to improve the quality of the translation, and the quality of the translation content provided by the translation system 1 can be improved as a whole. In particular, when translated content by a plurality of different translators is provided for the same original text content, the quality of the translation is clearly reflected in the translation fee, so further improvement in the quality of the translation can be expected.

  Moreover, in the translation system 1, when the translation content is requested to be browsed when the translation content is not stored in the server 10, the translation request is made to the translator and the translation is browsed. The URL of the translated content is notified to the user who requested Therefore, the user can also browse the content that has not yet been translated after it has been translated. Since the translation system 1 is a flat-rate system, the user can make a browse request for translated content without worrying about the burden of translation fees.

  In the present embodiment, the main processing (FIG. 8) performed by the CPU 11 of the server 10 corresponds to the “translated content providing method” of the present invention. The step of registering the translated content information in S13 or S14 of FIG. 8 corresponds to a “translated content acquisition step”. The step of notifying the URL of the translated content in S5 or S16 corresponds to the “translated content providing step”. The step of updating the page view information in S18 or the step of registering the bookmark information in S20 corresponds to a “browsing status acquisition step”. The step of making a translation request in S8 corresponds to a “translation request step”. The step of notifying the URL of the translated content in S16 corresponds to the “browsing enable notification step”. Further, the step of calculating the translation fee based on the page view and the bookmark in S21 to S24 in FIG. 9 corresponds to the “translation fee calculation step”. Further, the server 10 corresponds to a “translation content providing server”, and the CPU 11 registers translation content information in S13 or S14 in FIG. 8, and notifies the URL of the translation content in S5 or S16. The CPU 11 that updates information and registers bookmarks, and the CPU 11 that calculates translation fees based on page views and bookmarks in S21 to S24 in FIG. 9, respectively “translation content storage means”, “translation content provision means”, “ It corresponds to “browsing status storage means” and “translation fee calculation means”.

  The configuration of the translation system 1 shown in the above-described embodiment is an exemplification, and it goes without saying that the present invention can be variously modified. For example, the translation system 1 has been described on the assumption that the web content published on the Internet 3 is translated. However, although the scale is reduced, it is also possible to construct a similar system on the LAN, for example.

  In the above-described embodiment, the original text content information (see FIG. 4) stored in the original text content DB of the server 10 includes the HTML text of the downloaded original text content together with the URL of the original text content. If the HTML document is stored, there is an advantage that it is possible to cope with the case where the original content cannot be obtained only by the URL stored by changing the URL. However, the original content need not always be downloaded and stored in the DB, but only the URL may be stored, and only the URL of the original content may be notified when a translation request is sent to the translator. Thereby, when the original text content is updated, the translated content based on the latest original text content can be provided.

  In the above-described embodiment, the translated content is provided to the user by notifying the user terminal 20 of a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) that is information indicating the location on the network. However, the information for specifying the translated content on the network is not limited to the URL, and URN (Uniform Resource Name) that is an identifier for identifying the name of the resource on the network may be used. Alternatively, instead of notifying the user terminal 20 of the URL or URN and displaying it on the network, the title of the translated content and the text data of the text may be transmitted directly to the user terminal 20.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, the number of page views is used as the information indicating the browsing amount of the translated content. However, the number of accesses to the translated content and the residence time can be employed. In addition, as an example of the identification information attached for re-browsing the translated content, a bookmark has been described as an example. However, similar identification information called by a different name such as “favorite” is used by a Web browser. Of course it is good. Furthermore, as an index indicating the user's evaluation of the translated content, for example, a message “Did you find it useful?” And a selection button “Yes” are displayed on the translation content page, and “When this selection button is selected, You may memorize | store and use this information for the server 10. In this case, the translation fee reflecting the user's candid evaluation can be calculated.

  In the above-described embodiment, when calculating the translation fee, both the information indicating the browsing amount of the translated content and the identification information attached for re-browsing are used, and the identification given for re-browsing is further used. A large weight was given to the bookmark which is information. However, it is not always necessary to use both of them when calculating the translation fee, and only one of them may be used. Moreover, although the identification information given for re-browsing is an index that directly reflects the evaluation of the user's translated content rather than a simple browsing amount, it is not always necessary to differentiate the weights of the two. On the contrary, in the above-described embodiment, the weight of the identification information (bookmark) attached for re-browsing is doubled the browsing amount (page view), but this is further increased to 3 times, 4 times, etc. May be.

  In the above-described embodiment, when calculating the translation fee for the translated content, the translated content is divided into a plurality of ranks, and the same translation fee is set for the translated content belonging to the same rank. It is not necessary to. In addition, although a geometric sequence was used so that more translation fees were set for translated content of higher rank, other methods such as a simple direct proportional relationship between rank and translation fees were adopted. Of course it is also possible to do. In addition to user evaluation, it deals with advanced technology such as medical science, which changes the translation fee according to the amount of translation (number of words and pages), increases if the translator corresponding to the translation language is scarce, Other factors may be taken into consideration, such as increasing the cost in a specialized field.

  Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, the month-end process for calculating the translation fee is performed once on the last day of every month, but the frequency and timing for calculating the translation fee are not limited to this. For example, the processing may be performed once every three months or once every half month, or may be performed at the beginning of the month or on the 15th of every month.

1 is a system configuration diagram showing a schematic configuration of a translation system 1. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of a server 10. FIG. It is explanatory drawing of user information. It is explanatory drawing of original text content information. It is explanatory drawing of translation content information. It is explanatory drawing of page view information. It is explanatory drawing of bookmark information. 4 is a flowchart of main processing of the server 10. It is a flowchart of the month end process performed in the main process.

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1 Translation System 3 Internet 10 Server 11 CPU
14 Hard disk device 20 User terminal

Claims (7)

A translated content providing method processed by a server that provides translated content to a client terminal connected via a network,
A translated content acquisition step of acquiring and storing translated content that is content translated into a language different from the original content;
A translation content providing step of providing the requested translated content to the client terminal among the translated content stored in the translated content acquisition step in response to a browse request for the translated content from a client terminal;
A browsing status acquisition step of acquiring and storing at least one of the browsing amount when the translated content is browsed on the client terminal and the number of identification information attached to re-browse the translated content;
For each of the translation contents, a translation that calculates the translation fee to be paid to the translator based on at least one of the browsing amount and the number of identification information stored in the browsing status acquisition step for each predetermined period A translated content providing method comprising: a charge calculating step. A translation requesting step for requesting translation to at least one translator among a plurality of translators stored in advance when the translation content requested to be browsed from the client terminal is not stored;
A browsing enabled notification step of notifying the client terminal that requested browsing when the translated content requested to be browsed is acquired in the translated content acquiring step; The translated content providing method according to claim 1, wherein: The original content is content published on the network,
The translated content providing step provides the translated content requested by notifying the location or name of the translated content on the network;
The browsing amount is at least one of the number of accesses from the client terminal to the translated content through the network, the number of accessed pages, and the residence time,
3. The translated content providing method according to claim 1, wherein the number of the identification information is the number of times the location or name of the translated content on the network is registered by the client terminal.   The translation content providing method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein in the translation fee calculation step, the translation fee is calculated by weighting the number of the identification information larger than the browsing amount. In the translation requesting step, a plurality of translators are requested to translate the same original text content,
In the browsing enabled notification step, the client terminal that has requested browsing of the plurality of translated contents for the same original text content translated by the plurality of translators and acquired in the translated content acquisition step is browsed. 5. The translated content providing method according to claim 2, wherein the possibility is notified. A translated content providing server that provides translated content to a client terminal connected via a network,
Translated content storage means for acquiring and storing translated content that is content translated into a language different from the original content;
Translation content providing means for providing the requested translated content to the client terminal among the translated contents stored in the translated content acquisition means in response to a browse request for the translated content from a client terminal;
Browsing status storage means for acquiring and storing at least one of a browsing amount when the translated content is browsed in the client terminal and the number of identification information attached to re-browse the translated content;
For each of the translation contents, a translation for calculating the translation fee to be paid to the translator based on at least one of the browsing amount and the number of identification information stored in the browsing status storage means for each predetermined period A translation content providing server, comprising: a fee calculation means.   A translated content providing program for causing a computer to execute various processing steps of the translated content providing method according to claim 1.

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