JP2009128929A - Information output method, information output device, and information output program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide: an information output method that can retrieve a web content using a keyword and acquire translation sentences of the retrieved web content; an information output device; and an information output program. <P>SOLUTION: A keyword of a first language is specified (S15). Then the web content containing the keyword specified at S15 is acquired among web contents (Yes at S25, S30). A translation sentence corresponding to the web content acquired at S30 among previously registered translation sentences is acquired (S50). The acquisition result of the web content received at S25 and the acquisition result of the translation sentence at S50 are output while they are made to correspond to each other (S60). <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an information output method, an information output apparatus, and an information output program for outputting a translation sentence obtained by translating web content including a sentence in a first language into a language different from the first language together with a keyword search result. About.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a search service that extracts and presents web content including a keyword specified by a user from web content published on the web is known. In the search service, priority is given to web content including keywords according to a predetermined method. And it displays on a screen in an order from the web content with a high priority as a search result (for example, refer patent document 1).

In the search support program described in Patent Document 1, web content including sentences written in a language other than the native language may be presented as a search result. In such a case, the user uses a translation service as necessary to obtain a translated sentence obtained by translating web content including a sentence written in a language other than the mother tongue into the mother tongue. Translation services include machine translation and human translation. Compared with machine translation, human translation has the advantage that translation that accurately grasps the subject matter of the original document is possible. On the other hand, there is a drawback that the quality of the translated text varies greatly depending on the translator. Accordingly, various translation mediation systems have been proposed that mediate between the translation requester and the translator on the web and support the translation requester selecting an appropriate translator (see, for example, Patent Document 2).
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  However, when obtaining a translation of web content written in a non-native language presented as a search result into a native language, a translation mediation system must be used separately from the web content search, which is cumbersome. Met. Moreover, since the translation mediation system is a system for requesting a new translation, it takes time for the translation and the translation cannot be obtained immediately.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and is an information output capable of easily searching for web content using a keyword and obtaining a translation of the searched web content. It is an object to provide a method, an information output device, and an information output program.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the information output method of the invention according to claim 1 is a translation obtained by translating web content including sentences in a first language into a second language different from the first language. An information output method in which a computer outputs information indicating whether or not a sentence is stored in a storage means, the keyword specifying step for specifying a keyword, and the Web content specifying the keyword specifying step. A content acquisition step for acquiring web content including the keyword, and a translation corresponding to the web content acquired in the content acquisition step is acquired from the translations registered in advance in the storage means. A translated sentence acquisition step, an acquisition result of the web content in the content acquisition step, and the translated sentence In association with the acquisition result of the translation in the resulting step and an output control step of outputting.

  An information output method according to a second aspect of the invention includes a native language identifying step of identifying a user's native language in addition to the configuration of the invention according to the first aspect, wherein the second language is included in the translated sentence acquisition step. And a translated sentence obtained by translating the web content obtained in the content obtaining step into the native language from the translation sentences registered in advance. To do.

  In addition to the configuration of the invention described in claim 2, the information output method of the invention according to claim 3 is information for specifying the native language of the user from the browser used by the user in the native language specifying step. It is characterized by acquiring.

  In addition to the configuration of the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 3, the information output method of the invention according to claim 4 is configured such that, in the keyword specifying step, the keyword is input based on an input signal input by a user. It is characterized by specifying.

  In addition to the configuration of the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 4, the information output method of the invention according to claim 5 includes, as the translated sentence acquisition result in the translated sentence acquisition step, in the output control step, Link information indicating the location of the web content for the user to acquire the translated sentence acquired in the translated sentence acquisition step is output.

  In addition to the configuration of the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 5, the information output method of the invention according to claim 6 includes, in the output control step, as a translation sentence acquisition result in the translation sentence acquisition step, A part of the translated sentence acquired in the translated sentence acquiring step is output.

  According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information output device that stores a translated sentence obtained by translating a web content including a sentence in a first language into a second language different from the first language. An information output device for outputting information indicating whether or not the information is stored, including keyword specifying means for specifying a keyword, and web content including the keyword specified by the keyword specifying means from among the web content A content acquisition unit for acquiring, a translated sentence acquisition unit for acquiring a translation corresponding to the web content acquired by the content acquisition unit from the translations registered in advance in the storage unit; and the content Correspondence between the acquisition result of the web content by the acquisition means and the acquisition result of the translation sentence by the translation sentence acquisition step And an output control means for outputting Te.

  According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, an information output program causes a computer to execute various processing steps of the information output method according to any one of the first to sixth aspects.

  According to the information output method of the invention of claim 1, the acquisition result of the web content including the keyword and the acquisition result of the translated sentence obtained by translating the acquired web content are output in association with each other. Therefore, it is possible to easily grasp whether or not the translation corresponding to the web content presented as the search result is already registered in the storage unit. That is, it is possible to grasp at a glance whether or not there is a translation that can be obtained immediately.

  Further, according to the information output method of the invention of claim 2, in addition to the effect of the invention of claim 1, the acquisition result of the web content including the keyword and the obtained web content are translated into the user's native language The translation result obtained is output in association with it. Therefore, it is possible to easily grasp whether or not a translated sentence obtained by translating web content presented as a search result into a native language has already been registered. That is, it is possible to grasp at a glance whether or not there is a translation that can be obtained immediately.

  According to the information output method of the invention of claim 3, in addition to the effect of the invention of claim 2, the user's native language can be specified based on information obtained from the browser used by the user. it can. Therefore, there is no need for the user to input information for specifying the native language.

  According to the information output method of the invention of claim 4, in addition to the effect of the invention of any of claims 1 to 3, the keyword is specified based on the input signal input by the user. Therefore, it is possible to output a search result using a keyword designated by the user and a translation sentence acquisition result corresponding to the search result.

  According to the information output method of the invention according to claim 5, in addition to the effect of the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 4, when the link displayed as the acquisition result of the translation is selected The web content for the user to purchase or obtain the translation for free is displayed. Therefore, when the translated sentence of the searched web content is required, it is possible to save the trouble of displaying the web content for acquiring the translated sentence.

  According to the information output method of the invention according to claim 6, in addition to the effect of the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 5, as a translation sentence acquisition result, the translation sentence corresponding to the searched web content A part of is presented. Therefore, the user can easily determine the quality of the translation based on a part of the presented translation. Furthermore, even if you look at the web content written in the first language and cannot understand the content, you can determine whether the web content is the necessary web content by looking at a part of the translation. can do.

  According to the information output apparatus of the invention of claim 7, the web content acquisition result including the keyword and the translation result obtained by translating the acquired web content are output in association with each other. Therefore, it is possible to easily grasp whether or not the translation corresponding to the web content presented as the search result has already been registered. In addition, it is possible to grasp at a glance whether or not there is a translation that is readily available.

  According to the information output program of the invention according to claim 8, various processing steps of the information output method according to any one of claims 1 to 6 can be executed by causing a computer to execute the program. The same effect as the information output method described in any of the above can be obtained.

  Hereinafter, as an example to which the present invention is applied, first to third embodiments will be sequentially described with reference to the drawings. First, FIG.1 and FIG.2 is demonstrated about schematic structure of the information presentation system 100 provided with the server 20 common to 1st-3rd embodiment. FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of an information presentation system 100 including a server 20. FIG. 2 is a table stored in the correspondence database 33.

  The information presentation system 100 according to the first to third embodiments is a system that provides a keyword search service for web content published on the web to a user who uses the user terminal 1. And in the information presentation system 100, when the translation corresponding to the searched web content is stored in the server 20, information indicating that the translation is registered in the server 20 is presented together with the search result. .

  As shown in FIG. 1, the information presentation system 100 includes a user terminal 1, a search server 2, a server 20, and a web server 40. Each component can be connected to each other via a network 5 such as the Internet. In FIG. 1, only one component is illustrated, but the number of each component can be changed as appropriate.

  The user terminal 1 is a general-purpose computer that includes display means such as a liquid crystal display and input means such as a mouse and a keyboard. The user terminal 1 is a terminal used by a user who uses the search service. The search server 2 is a general-purpose computer and has a publicly known function for executing a keyword search for web content published on the web. The web server 40 is a general-purpose computer and includes a content database (hereinafter referred to as a “content DB”) 41 that stores web content published on the web.

  Next, the electrical configuration of the server 20 will be described with reference to FIG. The server 20 has a function as an information output device of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the server 20 includes a CPU 10 that controls the main control of the server 20. The CPU 10 is connected to a ROM 11 that stores various programs, set values, and the like, a RAM 12 that temporarily stores various data, and an I / O interface 14 that mediates data transfer. A communication device 15 is connected to the I / O interface 14. The communication device 15 transmits / receives various data to / from the user terminal 1, the search server 2, and the web server 40 via the network 5.

  A hard disk device 30 is further connected to the I / O interface 14. As shown in FIG. 1, the hard disk device 30 includes a program storage area 31, a translated sentence database (hereinafter referred to as “translated sentence DB”) 32, and a correspondence relation database (hereinafter referred to as “correspondence relation DB”) 33. , And other information storage areas 34. In the program storage area 31, various programs executed in the server 20 are stored. The translated sentence DB 32 stores information related to the translated sentence registered in the server 20. As information about a translation sentence, translation sentence ID and a translation sentence are mentioned, for example. The correspondence DB 33 stores a table 330 shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the table 330 is a table in which the translation sentence ID 332 of the translation sentence stored in the translation sentence DB 32 is associated with the original sentence URI 331. The original text URI 331 indicates the URI of the web content that is the original text of the translated text. The translation sentence ID 332 is a character string combining two alphabetic characters for identifying the language (second language) of the translation sentence and a number. For example, when the alphabet included in the translation sentence ID 332 is “JP”, it indicates that the language of the translation sentence is Japanese, and when the alphabet is “FR”, it indicates that the language of the translation sentence is French. . The other information storage area 34 stores various settings necessary for executing the program. The server 20 may be provided with other storage means such as an EEPROM or a flash memory, and various information may be stored therein. Various information may be stored in an external storage means such as a CD-ROM. The method for assigning the translation ID 332 is not limited to the case illustrated in the table 330 and can be changed as appropriate. For example, when storing the translation sentence ID by dividing the table for each language of the translation sentence, it is not necessary to include information for identifying the language of the translation sentence in the translation sentence ID.

  Next, an outline of processing executed in the information presentation system 100 having the above configuration will be described. The server 20 executes the following process on the user terminal 1 connected to the server 20. The server 20 outputs the search result of the web content using the keyword specified by the user terminal 1 to the user terminal 1. At this time, when a foreign language web content is included in the search result, it is determined whether or not a translated sentence obtained by translating the foreign language web content into another language is registered in the translated sentence DB 32 of the server 20. In the first embodiment, if the language of the web content is a language other than Japanese, the web content is determined to be a foreign language web content. If a translated sentence obtained by translating a foreign language (first language) web content into another language (second language different from the first language) is registered in the server 20, the translated sentence is translated. Information indicating that it is registered in the sentence DB 32 is output to the user terminal 1 together with the search result. The keyword search process is executed in the search server 2 that has received a search request from the server 20. In addition, a language (Japanese in the first embodiment) that serves as a reference as to whether or not the language of the web content is a foreign language may be determined in advance and stored in the HDD 30 or the like. May be.

  Next, the main process of the first embodiment executed in the server 20 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 3 is a flowchart of main processing executed in the server 20. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a keyword input screen. FIG. 5 is a flowchart of the data editing process executed in the main process shown in FIG. FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a search result screen. FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a translated text purchase screen. 3 and 5 are stored in the program storage area 31 of the hard disk device 30 of the server 20, and are executed by the CPU 10 shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 3, when the user terminal 1 connects to the server 20, first, the CPU 10 transmits data for displaying the keyword input screen 150 shown in FIG. 4 to the user terminal 1 (S5). In the user terminal 1 that has received the data, the keyword input screen 150 is displayed on the display means. As shown in FIG. 4, the keyword input screen 150 includes a keyword entry field 151 and a search button 152. When the search button 152 is selected on the user terminal 1, the keyword input in the keyword entry field 151 is transmitted from the user terminal 1 to the server 20.

  Subsequently, the CPU 10 determines whether or not the keyword transmitted from the user terminal 1 has been received (S10). If no keyword is received (S10: No), the process waits until a keyword is received. On the other hand, when a keyword is received (S10: Yes), the received keyword is specified as a keyword used for web content search and stored in the RAM 12 (S15). The process of S15 corresponds to the “keyword specifying step” of the present invention. The number of keywords specified in S15 may be one or more.

  Subsequently, the CPU 10 transmits a search request to the search server 2 (S20). The search request includes the keyword specified in S15. In the search server 2 that has received the search request, a process for searching for web content is executed using a keyword included in the search request. A well-known method can be adopted as a method for searching web contents using a keyword. The search result acquired in the process of searching for web content is transmitted from the search server 2 to the server 20. The search result of the first embodiment includes the title of the web content including the keyword, the portion including the keyword in the text included in the web content, and the URI of the web content. The information included in the search result can be changed as appropriate.

  Subsequent to S20, the CPU 10 determines whether or not the search result transmitted from the search server 2 has been received (S25). When the search result is not received (S25: No), it waits until the search result is received. On the other hand, when the search result is received (S25: Yes), the received search result is stored in the RAM 12 as search result display data. Subsequently, one web content included in the search result is acquired and stored in the RAM 12 (S30). The process of S30 corresponds to the “content acquisition process” of the present invention. Subsequently, the language of the web content acquired in S30 is specified (S35). Any method can be adopted as a method of specifying the language of the web content. For example, the web content on the web server specified by the URI is accessed, and an HTML document of the web content is acquired. Then, the language indicated by a predetermined tag (for example, META tag) included in the HTML document is set as the language of the web content.

  Subsequently, the CPU 10 determines whether or not the language specified in S35 is a foreign language (S40). When the language specified in S35 is Japanese (S40: No), it is determined that the language specified in S35 is not a foreign language. In this case, the process of S55 described later is executed (S55). On the other hand, when the language specified in S35 is not Japanese (S40: Yes), it is determined that the language specified in S35 is a foreign language. In this case, it is determined whether or not a translated sentence obtained by translating the web content specified in S30 into a language (second language) different from the language (first language) specified in S35 is registered in the translated sentence DB 32. (S45). In S45, with reference to the correspondence DB 33, it is determined whether or not a translated sentence is registered in the translated sentence DB 32. When the translated sentence is not registered in the translated sentence DB 32 (S45: No), the process of S55 described later is executed. On the other hand, when the translated text is registered in the translated text DB 32 (S45: Yes), the data editing process is executed (S50). In the data editing process, the portion corresponding to the web content specified in S30 is edited in the search result display data output to the user terminal 1.

  Details of the data editing process will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 5, in the data editing process, first, the CPU 10 refers to the translation sentence DB 32 and the correspondence relation DB 33, identifies the translation sentence corresponding to the web content identified in S30, and stores it in the RAM 12 (S65). The process of S65 corresponds to the “translation sentence acquisition step” of the present invention. Subsequently, the following two data are added to the part of the web content specified in S30 in the search result display data (S66). One is data for displaying that a translation for the web content is registered in the server 20, and the other is data for inserting a link to the web content for purchasing the translation. It is. Data indicating that the translated text for the web content is registered in the server 20 may be determined in advance, and in the first embodiment, the text “There is translation for this page [click]” is displayed. It is data of. The above two data are data indicating the “web content acquisition result” of the present invention. Subsequently, the data editing process shown in FIG. 5 is terminated, and the process returns to the main process shown in FIG.

  Next, the main process of the server 20 will be described with reference to FIG. Subsequent to S50, the CPU 10 determines whether or not all web contents included in the search result received in S25 have been acquired in S30 (S55). When all the web contents have not been acquired (S55: No), the process returns to S30 and is repeated. In S30 that is repeatedly executed, any web content that has not yet been acquired in S30 is acquired from the Web content included in the search result acquired in S25. On the other hand, when all the web contents have been acquired (S55: Yes), the search result display data is transmitted to the user terminal 1 (S60), and the main process is terminated. The process of S60 corresponds to the “output control process” of the present invention.

  In the user terminal 1 that has received the search result display data, for example, a search result screen 200 shown in FIG. 6 is displayed on the display means. On the search result screen 200, search results 211 to 215 for each web content are displayed. The search results 211 to 215 are displayed based on the search result display data acquired in S25 of the main process shown in FIG. On the right side of the search results 212, 214, and 215, sentences 201 to 203 indicating that the translated sentence is registered in the server 20 are displayed. The web contents indicated by the search results 212, 214, and 215 are web contents that are determined to be foreign language web contents in S40 of FIG. 3 and that the translated sentence is determined to be registered in the translated sentence DB 32 in S45. In each of the sentences 201 to 203, a link to a web content for purchasing a translated sentence is inserted. For example, when the sentence 201 is selected on the user terminal 1, the translated sentence purchase screen 230 shown in FIG. 7 for purchasing the translated sentence of the search result 212 is displayed. The items and layout displayed on the search result screen 200 and the translated text purchase screen 230 can be changed as appropriate.

  As described above, the CPU 10 of the server 20 illustrated in FIG. 1 executes the main process of the first embodiment. Note that the CPU 10 shown in FIG. 1 that specifies the keyword transmitted from the user terminal 1 in S15 of the main process shown in FIG. 3 functions as the keyword specifying means of the present invention. Moreover, CPU10 which performs the process of S25 and S30 which acquires the web content containing the keyword specified in S15 from web content functions as a content acquisition means of this invention. In S65 of the data editing process shown in FIG. 5, the CPU 10 that acquires the translation corresponding to the web content acquired in S30 of FIG. 3 from the translations registered in advance in the translation DB 32, Functions as a translation acquisition means. Further, in S60 of the main process shown in FIG. 3, the CPU 10 that transmits the search result acquired in S25 and the translation sentence acquisition result in association with each other to the user terminal 1 functions as an output control unit of the present invention. .

  According to the server 20 and the information presentation system 100 of the first embodiment, the acquisition result of the web content including the keyword and the acquisition result of the translated sentence obtained by translating the acquired web content are output in association with each other. Therefore, it is possible to easily grasp whether or not the translated sentence corresponding to the web content presented as the search result is already registered in the server 20. That is, it is possible to grasp at a glance whether or not there is a translation that can be obtained immediately.

  When a link displayed as a result of acquiring a translation is selected, web content for the user to purchase or acquire a translation for free is displayed. Therefore, when the translated sentence of the searched web content is required, it is possible to save the trouble of displaying the web content for acquiring the translated sentence.

  By the way, in the said 1st Embodiment, when the web content contained in a search result is a web content of a foreign language, the presence or absence of the translation sentence which translated the web content into another language was output with the search result. In this case, the translated text output together with the search result is not always a translated text translated into the language desired by the user. On the other hand, when the web content included in the search result is a foreign language web content as in the main process of the second embodiment described below, the translated text is translated into the user's native language. The presence or absence of may be displayed together with the search result.

  Hereinafter, the main process of the server 20 of the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 8 is a flowchart of the main process of the server 20 according to the second embodiment. In FIG. 8, the same step numbers are assigned to processes that perform the same processes as the main process of the server 20 of the first embodiment shown in FIG. 8 is stored in a program storage area 31 (see FIG. 1) of the HDD 30, and is executed by the CPU 10 shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the main process of the server 20 of the second embodiment is that the first process is performed in that S41 is performed instead of S40, S46 is performed instead of S45, and S3 is performed before S5. This is different from the main processing of the server 20 in the embodiment. Description of processing that performs the same processing as in the first embodiment will be omitted, and processing S3, S41, and S46 that are different from the first embodiment will be described below.

  In S3, the native language of the user who uses the user terminal 1 connected to the server 20 is specified and stored in the RAM 12 (S3). The process of S3 corresponds to the “native language specifying step” of the present invention. An arbitrary method can be adopted as a method for identifying the native language. For example, in the user terminal 1, the language used is acquired from the browser displayed on the display means, and this is used as the native language of the user of the user terminal 1.

  In S41, it is determined whether the language of the web content acquired in S30 is a foreign language (S41). If the language of the web content acquired in S30 is a language other than the native language specified in S3, it is determined that the language of the web content acquired in S30 is a foreign language (S41: Yes). On the other hand, when the language of the web content acquired in S30 is the native language specified in S3, it is determined that the language of the web content acquired in S30 is not a foreign language (S41: No).

  In S46, the correspondence DB 33 is referred to, and a translated sentence obtained by translating the web content including the foreign language (first language) sentence specified in S30 into the native language (second language) specified in S3 is stored in the translated sentence DB 32. It is determined whether it is registered (S46). In S46, the correspondence DB 33 is referred to, and it is determined whether or not the translated sentence is registered in the translated sentence DB 32. An arbitrary method can be adopted as a method for specifying the language of the translated sentence registered in the translated sentence DB 32. In the second embodiment, the language of the translated sentence is specified based on the alphabet included in the translated sentence ID 332 of the table 330 shown in FIG. Then, it is determined whether or not the specified language is the mother language specified in S3. When the translated sentence is registered in the translated sentence DB 32 (S46: Yes), the process of S50 is executed. On the other hand, if it is not registered in the translated sentence DB 32 (S46: No), the process of S55 is executed. The processes of S50 and S55 are the same as the main process of the first embodiment shown in FIG.

  As described above, the CPU 10 of the server 20 illustrated in FIG. 1 executes the main process of the second embodiment. According to the server 20 and the information presentation system 100 of the second embodiment, the acquisition result of the web content including the keyword is associated with the acquisition result of the translated sentence obtained by translating the acquired web content into the user's native language. Output. Therefore, it is possible to easily grasp whether or not a translated sentence obtained by translating web content presented as a search result into a native language has already been registered. That is, it is possible to grasp at a glance whether or not there is a translation that can be obtained immediately. In addition, the user's native language can be specified based on information obtained from the browser used by the user. Therefore, there is no need for the user to input information for specifying the native language.

  By the way, in the said 1st and 2nd embodiment, in S60, the presence or absence of the translation sentence which translated the web content was shown to the user terminal 1 with the search result using the keyword. On the other hand, as in the third embodiment described below, in addition to the presence / absence of a translated sentence, the web content is displayed together with the search result using the keyword, and a part of the translated sentence is presented to the user terminal 1. May be.

  Hereinafter, data editing processing according to the third embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 9 and 10. FIG. 9 is a flowchart of the data editing process executed in the main process of the server 20 of the third embodiment. FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a search result screen. 9 is stored in a program storage area 31 (see FIG. 1) of the HDD 30, and is executed by the CPU 10 shown in FIG. The data editing process of the third embodiment is executed in S50 of the main process similar to that of the first or second embodiment. As an example, a case where the data editing process of the third embodiment is executed in S50 of the main process of the first embodiment shown in FIG. 3 will be described. However, the main process of the second embodiment shown in FIG. May be executed in S50.

  As shown in FIG. 9, in the data editing process of the third embodiment, first, the CPU 10 refers to the translation sentence DB 32 and the correspondence relation DB 33, and translates corresponding to the web content acquired in S30 of the main process shown in FIG. A sentence is specified (S71). The process of S71 is a process corresponding to the “translation sentence acquisition step” of the present invention. Hereinafter, the translated sentence specified in S71 is also referred to as an output target translated sentence.

  Subsequently, the keyword specified in S15 of the main process shown in FIG. 3 is specified as a keyword of the first language and stored in the RAM 12 (S81). Subsequently, the CPU 10 specifies a keyword in the second language corresponding to the keyword in the first language specified in S81 and stores it in the RAM 12 (S82). Specifically, the second language keyword is specified by referring to a dictionary storing the correspondence between the first language and the second language. The dictionary storing the correspondence between the first language and the second language is stored in the other information storage area 34.

  Subsequently, the CPU 10 refers to the RAM 12 and the translated sentence DB 32, acquires the appearance position in the output target translated sentence of the keyword of the second language specified in S82, and stores it in the RAM 12 (S83). Then, based on the keyword appearance position of the second language acquired in S83, a part of the output target translated sentence is extracted as an extracted translated sentence (S84). Specifically, first, the keyword appearance position is specified with reference to the keyword appearance position acquired in S83. Then, the extraction range is set so that the keyword is included in the extraction range. The length of the extracted translation sentence (hereinafter referred to as “extraction amount”) is a predetermined ratio (for example, 5%), which is the ratio of the extracted translation sentence amount to the output target translation sentence amount before extraction. However, when the extraction amount is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, the extraction amount is set to the constant value. For example, when the translated sentence covers 10,000 lines, if a 5% translation sentence is extracted as a part of the output target translated sentence, 500 extracted translated sentences are extracted. The extracted translation sentence of 500 lines is too much as an evaluation translation sentence. Therefore, in the first embodiment, when the amount of the extracted translated sentence is a certain value (for example, 50 lines) or more, the amount of extraction is set to a certain value (for example, 50 lines). In addition, the calculation method of the amount of output object translation sentences and extraction translation sentences can be changed suitably. For example, the number of characters, the number of words, the number of lines, the number of paragraphs, and the number of sections may be calculated as the amounts of the output translation sentence and the extracted translation sentence. In the first embodiment, the amounts of the output target translated sentence and the extracted translated sentence are obtained from the number of lines. In S83, the extraction range when a plurality of keyword appearance positions are acquired based on one or a plurality of keywords is determined so as to include, for example, any of the keywords.

  Furthermore, the extraction start position and the extraction end position may be determined according to a predetermined method. Examples of the predetermined method for determining the extraction start position include a method for setting the extraction start position to the beginning of a sentence and a method for setting a paragraph start. Further, as a predetermined method for determining the extraction end position, there are a method of setting the extraction end position as the end of a sentence and a method of setting the end of a paragraph.

  Subsequently, the CPU 10 refers to the translated text DB 32 and the content DB 41 to identify the web content corresponding to the translated text identified in S71, that is, the web content acquired in S30 of FIG. 3 (S85). In the third embodiment, the web content corresponding to the translated sentence is acquired based on the URI of the web content stored in the translated sentence DB 32 and stored in the RAM 12. When the web content corresponding to the translated text is stored in the server 20, the web content stored in the server 20 may be specified.

  Subsequently, the CPU 10 refers to the RAM 12, acquires the appearance position in the web content of the keyword in the first language specified in S81, and stores it in the RAM 12 (S86). Subsequently, based on the first language keyword appearance position acquired in S85, a portion including the first language keyword is extracted as extracted content from the web content (S87). The process of extracting a part of the web content is performed by a method similar to the process of S84, for example.

  Subsequently, the CPU 10 adds screen data for displaying the extracted translation sentence extracted in S84 and the extracted content extracted in S87 as a pair to the search result display data (S88). Further, the following two data are added to the web content data specified in S30 of the main process shown in FIG. 3 (S89). Similar to S66, the two data are data indicating that the translated text for the web content is registered in the server 20, and the other is the web for purchasing the translated text. This is data for inserting a link to content. The process of S89 is the same as S66 of the data editing process of the first embodiment shown in FIG. Subsequently, the data editing process shown in FIG. 9 is terminated, and the process returns to the main process shown in FIG.

  In the user terminal 1 that has received the search result display data transmitted from the server 20 in S60 of the main process shown in FIG. 3, for example, a search result screen 250 shown in FIG. 10 is displayed on the display means. On the search result screen 250, search results 261 to 265 are displayed for each web content. In the search result screen 250, the search results 262, 264, and 265 include sentences 271 to 273 indicating that the translated sentences are registered in the server 20. In each of the sentences 201 to 203, a link to a web content for purchasing a translated sentence is inserted. Further, the search result 262 includes the extracted content 251 extracted in S87 of the data editing process shown in FIG. 9 and the extracted translated sentence 252 extracted in S84. Similarly, the search result 264 includes the extracted content 253 and the extracted translated sentence 254, and the search result 265 includes the extracted content 255 and the extracted translated sentence 256.

  As described above, the CPU 10 of the server 20 illustrated in FIG. 1 executes the data editing process of the third embodiment. According to the server 20 and the information presentation system 100 of the third embodiment, a part of the translated sentence corresponding to the searched web content is presented as an extracted translated sentence as a translation sentence acquisition result. Furthermore, in the third embodiment, the extracted content obtained by extracting the part corresponding to the extracted translated sentence from the web content is displayed together with the extracted translated sentence. Therefore, the user can easily determine the quality of the translation based on a part of the presented translation. Furthermore, even if you look at the web content written in the first language and cannot understand the content, you can determine whether the web content is the necessary web content by looking at a part of the translation. can do.

  In addition, this invention is not limited to the 1st-3rd embodiment explained in full detail above, You may add a various change in the range which does not deviate from the summary of this invention. For example, the following modifications (1) to (10) may be added as appropriate.

  (1) Although the information presentation system 100 was provided with the user terminal 1, the search server 2, the server 20, and the web server 40 in the said embodiment, it is not limited to this. For example, when the server 20 has a search function, the information presentation system 100 may not include the search server 2. Similarly, when the server 20 or the search server 2 has a function as the web server 40, the information presentation system 100 may not include the web server 40. Further, the translated sentence DB 32 and the correspondence relation DB 33 may be stored in a server different from the server 20.

  (2) In the main process shown in FIG. 3 of the first embodiment, when the web content specified in S35 is a foreign language (S40: Yes), the process of S45 is performed. However, the present invention is not limited to this. . For example, the process of S45 may be performed regardless of the language of the web content. In this case, the user can grasp at a glance whether or not the translated sentence obtained by translating the web content included in the search result into another language is already registered in the server 20. . In this case, the processes of S35 and S40 in FIG. 3 can be omitted.

  (3) In the second embodiment, as the process of specifying the user's native language, the user terminal 1 obtains the language used from the browser displayed on the display means, and this is obtained from the user terminal 1. Although it was a user's native language, it is not limited to this. For example, an input field for inputting the user's native language may be provided on the keyword input screen so that the user can specify the user's native language. In that case, CPU10 of server 20 should just specify a user's mother tongue based on information transmitted from user terminal 1 with a keyword. Further, for example, the user's native language may be specified using the domain information transmitted by the user terminal 1. In this case, for example, the following process may be performed. When the user terminal 1 accesses the information presentation system 100, domain information transmitted by the user terminal 1 is acquired. Then, by specifying which country the user is accessing from, the main language of that country is set as the mother tongue. Furthermore, for example, when the user wants to know the presence or absence of a translated sentence obtained by translating the web content included in the search result into a language other than the user's native language, the user is prompted for the translated sentence language (second language). You may specify.

  (4) In the third embodiment, in S81 of the data editing process shown in FIG. 9, the keyword specified in S15 of the main process shown in FIG. 3 is specified as the keyword of the first language. However, the language of the keyword does not always match the language of the web content specified in S35 of the main process shown in FIG. For this reason, in S81, you may specify the keyword specified in S15 of the main process shown in FIG. 3 as a keyword used for extraction of a web content.

  (5) In the said embodiment, although the acquisition result of the translation sentence was output to the search result screen, it is not limited to this. For example, the translation result may be output on a pop-up screen that is displayed separately from the search result screen. In addition, for example, a process of causing a printing unit such as a printer included in the general-purpose computer to print the search result and the acquired translation result may be performed.

  (6) In the first embodiment, the sentences 201 to 203 with the link to the translation sentence purchase screen added to the search result screen 200 shown in FIG. Further, in the third embodiment, as the translation sentence acquisition result, sentences 271 to 273 with the link to the translation sentence purchase screen added to the search result screen 250 shown in FIG. 10 and the extracted contents 251, 253, 255. In addition, the extracted translated sentences 252, 254, and 256 are output. However, items to be displayed can be appropriately changed as a result of acquiring the translation. For example, an icon with a link to the translated text purchase screen may be output.

  (7) In the above embodiment, the keyword is specified based on the input signal transmitted from the user terminal 1 in the main process shown in FIG. 3 or FIG. 9 (S15), but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the word having the highest number of appearances in the text included in the web content displayed on the user terminal 1 may be specified as the keyword. In this case, for example, the following processing may be performed. First, the URI of the web content displayed on the user terminal 1 is acquired from the user terminal 1. And the character string contained in the web content which can be represented by the acquired URI is analyzed, and the word with the highest appearance number is specified as a keyword.

  (8) In the third embodiment, in the data editing process of FIG. 9, the extracted translated sentence is extracted based on the keyword appearance position of the second language acquired in S83 (S84). The method can be changed as appropriate. For example, an arbitrary portion that does not include the second language keyword acquired in S83 may be extracted as an extracted translation sentence. For example, in the third embodiment, the ratio of the amount of the extracted translated sentence to the amount of the translated sentence before extraction is set to a predetermined ratio, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the extraction amount may be a constant value that is smaller than the translation amount. Moreover, in the said embodiment, when the quantity of the extracted translation sentence is more than a fixed value, the extracted quantity was made into the fixed value, However, It is not limited to this. The extraction amount may be determined so that the ratio of the amount of the extracted translation sentence to the amount of the translation sentence before extraction becomes a predetermined ratio regardless of whether the amount of the extracted translation sentence is equal to or greater than a certain value. Also in these cases, it is possible to save time for the translation requester to extract a part of the translated sentence in order to determine the quality of the translated sentence as compared with the case where the entire translated sentence is output. In addition, what is necessary is just to determine the value below 100% suitably as a predetermined ratio.

  (9) In the third embodiment, the extracted translated sentence of the same translated sentence is extracted without considering whether or not the extracted translated sentence has been output in the past. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, it is possible for the same user to output an extracted translated sentence corresponding to a translated sentence a plurality of times using different keywords. However, most or all of the translated sentences can be obtained by combining the extracted translated sentences. In a system that mediates the sale and sale of translated texts, if all or most of the translated texts corresponding to the same web content are output free of charge, the translator receives compensation for presenting the translated text. The translator's interests may be impaired. In order to avoid such a situation, a user who has output an extracted translated sentence in the past for the same translated sentence may extract the same part as the extracted translated sentence output in the past. . To do this, for example, the process may be executed as follows. Each time the extracted translated sentence is output, information for identifying the translated sentence, the extracted portion, and the user is stored as an output history. Then, when extracting the extracted translated sentence, the output history is referred to and it is determined whether the user has output the extracted translated sentence corresponding to the translated sentence in the past. If the extracted translated sentence has been output a predetermined number of times or more in the past, the part output in the past is acquired based on the output history and output.

  In addition, multiple users can output the translated sentence corresponding to the translated sentence using different keywords multiple times, and avoid obtaining most or all of the translated sentence by combining these extracted translated sentences. May be. To do this, for example, the process may be executed as follows. Each time the extracted translated sentence is output, the translated sentence and the extracted portion are stored as an output history. Then, when extracting the extracted translated sentence, the output history is referred to and it is determined whether or not the extracted translated sentence corresponding to the translated sentence has been output in the past. If the extracted translated sentence has been output a predetermined number of times or more in the past, the part output in the past is acquired based on the output history and output.

  (10) In the third embodiment, the extracted translated sentence and the extracted content are output. However, only the extracted translated sentence may be output. Even in this case, the user can check the quality of the translated sentence based on extracting the extracted translated sentence.

1 is a system configuration diagram of an information presentation system 100 including a server 20. It is a table stored in the correspondence database 33. 4 is a flowchart of main processing executed in the server 20. It is explanatory drawing which illustrates a keyword input screen. It is a flowchart of the data edit process performed in the main process shown in FIG. It is explanatory drawing which illustrates a search result screen. It is explanatory drawing which illustrates a translation text purchase screen. It is a flowchart of the main process of the server 20 of 2nd Embodiment. It is a flowchart of the data edit process performed in the main process of the server 20 of 3rd Embodiment. It is explanatory drawing which illustrates a search result screen.

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1 User terminal 2 Search server 5 Network 10 CPU
11 ROM
12 RAM
20 server 30 hard disk device 32 translation database 33 correspondence database 34 other information storage area 40 web server 41 content database 100 information presentation system

Claims (8)

The computer outputs information indicating whether or not the translated text obtained by translating the web content including the text in the first language into the second language different from the first language is stored in the storage means. Information output method,
A keyword identification process for identifying keywords;
A content acquisition step of acquiring web content including the keyword specified in the keyword specification step from the web content;
A translation sentence acquisition step of acquiring a translation sentence corresponding to the web content acquired in the content acquisition step from the translation sentences registered in advance in the storage unit;
An information output method comprising: an output control step of outputting the web content acquisition result in the content acquisition step and the translated sentence acquisition result in the translation acquisition step in association with each other. It has a native language identification process that identifies the user's native language,
In the translated sentence acquisition step, the second language is the native language specified in the native language specifying step, and the web content acquired in the content acquisition step is selected as the native language from the translations registered in advance. The information output method according to claim 1, wherein a translated translation is acquired.   The information output method according to claim 2, wherein in the native language specifying step, information for specifying the native language of the user is acquired from a browser used by the user.   4. The information output method according to claim 1, wherein in the keyword specifying step, the keyword is specified based on an input signal input by a user.   In the output control step, link information indicating the location of the web content for the user to acquire the translated sentence acquired in the translated sentence acquiring step is output as a translated sentence acquisition result in the translated sentence acquiring step. The information output method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein   6. The output control step outputs a part of the translated sentence acquired in the translated sentence acquisition step as a translated sentence acquisition result in the translated sentence acquisition step. Information output method. Information output for outputting information indicating whether or not a translated sentence obtained by translating web contents including sentences in the first language into a second language different from the first language is stored in the storage means. A device,
A keyword identification means for identifying a keyword,
Content acquiring means for acquiring web content including the keyword specified by the keyword specifying means from among the web content;
A translation sentence acquisition means for acquiring a translation sentence corresponding to the web content acquired by the content acquisition means from the translation sentences registered in advance in the storage means;
An information output device comprising: output control means for outputting the web content acquisition result by the content acquisition means and the translation sentence acquisition result by the translation sentence acquisition step in association with each other.   The information output program for making a computer perform the various process steps of the information output method in any one of Claims 1 thru | or 6.

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