JP2009230288A - Interactive translation management device, interactive translation processing system, and interactive translation management program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To achieve translation sentence creation and translation instruction with high quality by making it unnecessary for a translator side to upload or download any translation original, and making it possible for a client and a translator to simultaneously edit a translation target by a browser. <P>SOLUTION: This interactive translation management device includes: a creation part (23) for creating target translation document information as partially selectable and editable document information; a first management means (21) for transmitting translation client screen information including the editable document information created by the creation means, and for managing the translation client information by receiving reply information to the translator screen information; a second management means (22) for transmitting translator screen information including the editable document created by the creation means, and for managing translator information by receiving the reply information corresponding to the translator screen information; and a history management means (24a) for managing editing history corresponding to the selected editable document information included in the reply information as history document information by referring to the management content of the first and second management means. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a translation processing technique, and in particular, an interactive translation management device that is realized by a web server or the like and that can be commonly accessed by a translation requester and a translator, and an interactive type that performs translation via this interactive management device The present invention relates to a translation processing system and an interactive translation program.

  Conventionally, as a reproduction technology of this kind, in the language translation management system described in Patent Document 1, an XML (Extensible Markup Language) document is read by the system, and the content is displayed on a terminal with a GUI (graphic user interface) for translation. When the requested language and document range are specified on the screen, a translation request material in XML format is created on the file server. The translator obtains the translation request material from the server with a web browser, creates a translation result manuscript, and uploads it to the file server. The translation result manuscript is taken into the system by operation from the terminal, the translation status and the translated text are reflected in the text data file, and the language-specific management information in the system is updated.

JP 2004-164317 A

  However, in the above prior art, the requester cannot obtain the translation result until the translator uploads the translation result to the server. Further, when the requester changes the request for translation, the requester himself cannot directly edit the translation result. Furthermore, a plurality of translators / requesters cannot process the same document at the same time.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and its purpose is that the translator and the translator can simultaneously edit the translation object in the browser without uploading / downloading the translated manuscript. Another object of the present invention is to provide an interactive translation management device, an interactive translation processing system, and an interactive translation management program capable of creating a high quality translation sentence and instructing translation.

  In order to solve the above problems, in the interactive translation management apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention, a creation unit that creates target translation document information as editable document information that can be partially selected, and the creation unit A first managing unit for managing translation requester information by transmitting translation requester screen information including editable document information created in step 1 and receiving reply information to the translator screen information; and Second management means for managing translator information by transmitting translator screen information including the created editable document and receiving reply information to the translator screen information; and the first and second managers History management means for managing the editing history of the selected editable document information included in the reply information as history document information with reference to the management content of the means. As a result, the translator and the translator can simultaneously edit the translation object in the browser without uploading / downloading the translated manuscript on the translator side.

  In the interactive translation management device according to the second embodiment of the present invention, in contrast to the first embodiment, the creating means includes the selection range specifying information and the analysis of the target translation document information, by It creates a partially selectable editable document. Thereby, the history can be left in the history document information accurately and easily.

  In the interactive translation management device according to the third embodiment of the present invention, the history management means, with respect to the first embodiment, the translation requester for the translation requester screen based on the translation requester screen information, A message exchanged with a translator on the translator screen based on the translator screen information is associated with the selected editable document information as a history. This makes it possible to create a high-quality translation and give a translation instruction using the history.

  In the interactive translation management apparatus according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention, as compared with the first embodiment, the history management means includes the evaluation information of the translator in the unit of selected editable document information. The translator evaluation information is managed as the history document information. As a result, appropriate translation management can be performed.

  The interactive translation management apparatus according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention further includes a search means for searching the history document information translated in the past as compared with the first embodiment. This enables high-quality translation creation and translation instructions.

  The interactive translation management apparatus according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention further comprises analysis means for evaluating and analyzing a translator based on the search result of the search means in addition to the fifth embodiment. This enables high-quality translation creation and translation instructions.

  In the interactive translation management apparatus according to the seventh embodiment of the present invention, as compared to the first embodiment, the history document information has a hierarchical structure, and a document information hierarchy for managing the entire target translation document information; A first hierarchy for managing the selected editable document information in a hierarchy below the document information hierarchy, and a second hierarchy for managing translation history information as an attribute under the first hierarchy, And at least the former of the third hierarchy for managing translation evaluation information. Thereby, a translation requester and a translator can cooperate and perform translation easily and rapidly.

  In the interactive translation management apparatus according to the eighth embodiment of the present invention, the history document information has a tagged hierarchical structure as compared with the first embodiment. Thereby, it is possible to easily and quickly perform translation and translation management with a general-purpose information processing device without using a special device.

  In the interactive translation management device according to the ninth embodiment of the present invention, as compared with the first embodiment, the target translation document information is at least one of general document information including text and word dictionary information including a word list. It is. As a result, similar effects can be obtained not only for general documents but also for word dictionaries.

  In the interactive translation management apparatus according to the tenth embodiment of the present invention, the distribution of at least one of the message type and the translator is analyzed as the evaluation analysis by the analysis unit, as compared with the sixth embodiment. Is. Thereby, an evaluation analysis of an appropriate translator can be performed.

  In the interactive translation processing system according to the eleventh embodiment of the present invention, creation means for creating target translation document information as editable document information that can be partially selected, and editable document information created by the creation means And a first management means for managing the translation requester information by receiving reply information for the translator screen information and an editable document created by the creation means. A second management means for managing the translator information by transmitting the translator screen information and receiving reply information to the translator screen information; and referring to the management contents of the first and second management means; An interactive translation management device comprising: history management means for managing editing history of selected editable document information included in the reply information as history document information; and the translation request Interactive translation processing on the translation requester side that receives the screen information, displays the translation requester screen based on the translation requester screen information, and transmits the input information on this screen as the reply information to the interactive translation management device The translation requester side that receives the device and the translator screen information, displays the translator screen based on the translator screen information, and transmits the input information to the screen as the reply information to the interactive translation management device And an interactive translation processing apparatus. As a result, the translator and the translator can simultaneously edit the translation object in the browser without uploading / downloading the translated manuscript on the translator side.

  In the interactive translation management program according to the twelfth embodiment of the present invention, the creation unit creates the target translation document information as editable document information that can be partially selected. A second step of managing translation requester information by a first management means by transmitting translation requester screen information including editable document information and receiving reply information to the translator screen information; A third step in which translator information is managed by a second manager by transmitting translator screen information including an editable document created by the means and receiving reply information to the translator screen information; and The management contents of the selected editable document information included in the reply information are managed as history document information by referring to the management contents of the first and second management means. And a fourth step. Thereby, the translator and the translator can simultaneously edit the translation object in the browser without uploading / downloading the translated manuscript on the translator side.

  According to the present invention, the translator and the translator can simultaneously edit the target translation document with a browser or the like without uploading / downloading the translation manuscript on the translator side, and the client and the translator cooperate with each other. High quality translation and management.

  DESCRIPTION OF EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration example of an information processing apparatus used in an interactive processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The information processing apparatus 100 includes an input device 51, a display device 52, a main storage device 53, a storage device 54, a central processing unit (CPU) 55, a communication control device 56 that communicates with an external device via a network, and connects them. And an information processing apparatus such as a PC (personal computer) including the bus 57.

An input device 51 cooperates with a display device 52 together with a keyboard on which a user inputs execution instruction (command) information and various information for instructing execution of an application program (software) by key operation, and this keyboard. A position indicating device such as a mouse constituting the interface may be included, and an optical reading device (scanner) that optically reads a document or the like written on a document may be included.

  The display device 52 includes a visual display device that displays a document to be translated and a message on a display screen, and an audible display device that includes an audible display device that displays information such as audio information corresponding to a slide image. A permanent visual display device that displays information on a sheet-like medium such as a permanent visual display may also be included. Permanent visible display is equivalent to printing as a record, and is a high-level term indicating the display concept, and the display period only needs to be displayed on the recording medium within a period corresponding to the type of recording to be used. There is no point in limiting the period to a specific period.

  The main storage device 53 includes a ROM or a RAM and stores a program for performing translation processing, data calculated by the CPU 55, and the like in a work area. More preferably, an image buffer for displaying an image on display device 52 is included. The storage device 54 includes a large-capacity storage device such as a hard disk device, for example, and may store a large amount of data collected via a network or the like.

A CPU (Central Processing Unit) 55 controls each unit according to a program stored in the main storage device 53.

The communication control device 56 includes a communication interface that connects to external devices via a network such as the Internet and inputs / outputs data (information) to / from them.

As described above, the information processing apparatus 100 is realized by being configured with one or more information processing apparatuses in a basic configuration, but may be distributedly processed using a plurality of information processing apparatuses. Note that the interactive translation processing system described below is realized by a client-server model in which the information processing apparatus 100 is used as a client apparatus and a server apparatus, and these apparatuses are connected via a network. The translation requester and the translator each use a client device as an interactive translation processing device and a server device as an interactive translation management device.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the interactive translation processing system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The interactive translation processing system 200 is configured by connecting the interactive translation processing devices 10 and 11 as Klein and devices and the interactive translation management device 20 as a server device via a network (communication network) such as the Internet. The interactive translation processing devices 10 and 11 are devices on the requester side and the translator side, respectively. There is no particular difference between them, and a general-purpose information processing apparatus can be used as described in FIG. As a function, a browser such as a web browser may be used. The client side and the translator side can be distinguished from each other by, for example, registering the user in advance with the interactive translation management device 20 to recognize their positions. By sending the translation requester screen information from the translation management device 20, and by sending the translator screen information to the translator side device, they are received and displayed on the browser, and communication is performed via the browser. Those devices can be realized. Here, for the sake of simplicity, the interactive translation processing device 10 is referred to as a requester side device, and the interactive translation processing device 11 is referred to as a translator side device. The interactive translation management apparatus 20 includes a request management unit 21, a translation management unit 22, a management unit 24 including a history management unit 24a, a creation unit 23, and a storage unit 25.

  Under the management of the management unit 24, the request management unit 21 accepts access from the client side by the interactive translation processing device 10 on the client side, and sends translation requester screen information to the interactive translation processing device 10 on the client side. The received information is sent to the management unit 24.

  The translation management unit 22 accepts the translator side access by the interactive translation processing device 11 on the translator side, sends the translator screen information to the interactive translation processing device 11 on the translator side, and receives the received information in response to the management unit Send to 24.

  The creation unit 23 can select a partial range for each predetermined unit such as a paragraph, chapter, or one or more sentences, or for each user-specified range by analyzing the translation target document passed from the management unit 24. The data is separated and stored in the storage unit 25.

  The management unit 24 manages all the components in the apparatus, receives the reception information from the request management unit 21 and the translation management unit 22, and refers to the history document as information corresponding to the received information. Create screen information and translator screen information. This is transferred to the request management unit 21 and the translation management unit 22, and a common translation situation is given to the requester side and the translator side interactive translation processing devices 10 and 11 via the request management unit 21 and the translation management unit 22. This enables editing of a common translated document by both parties. The history management management unit 24a creates history information based on an XML document (also referred to as a history document in this specification) under the management of the management unit 24, and allows the management unit 24 to refer to and save the history information. Stored in section 25.

  FIG. 3 is a schematic flow of interactive translation management processing in the interactive translation management apparatus according to the first embodiment, and FIG. 4 is a schematic view seen from the interactive translation processing apparatus on the client side and the translator side. This is a flow of translation processing. FIG. 5 is a schematic sequence chart viewed in the relationship between the client side and the translator side interactive translation processing device and the interactive translation management device. The translation processing operation of the interactive translation management system 200 will be described with reference to these.

  The requester logs in beforehand using the interactive translation processing apparatus 10 and receives from the interactive translation management apparatus 20 the translation requester screen information for registration for registering the target translation request document. This is displayed on the display screen, and the target translation request document is sent to the interactive translation management device 20 by the translation requester screen for registration, and registered in the interactive translation management device 20 (step S1, S20, S21). At this time, in the interactive translation management apparatus 20, the history management unit 24 a of the creation unit 23 and the management unit 24 creates a history document in XML by associating the translation request document and stores it in the storage unit 25.

  First, the client logs in using the interactive translation processing apparatus 10 (step S20). On the other hand, in the interactive translation management apparatus 20, the request management unit 21 receives this and transmits it to the management unit 24. As a result, the management unit 24 via the request management unit 21 creates translation requester screen information (UI) with reference to the history document stored in the storage unit 25 and transmits it to the interactive translation processing apparatus 10 ( Steps S1, S20, S21).

  Upon receiving this, the interactive translation processing apparatus 10 displays the translation requester screen on the display screen. On the displayed translation requester screen, the requester first designates the target translation document and transmits this designation information to the interactive translation management apparatus 20 (step S2). For communication including the contents of XML document information, communication using SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) is performed (the same applies hereinafter).

  In the interactive translation management device 20, the designation information is received via the request management unit 21, and the history management unit 24a of the management unit 24 searches for the target document from the history document (the data structure will be described in detail later). Then, the translation request screen information capable of displaying the corresponding translation part peripheral portion is created. The management unit 24 transmits this to the interactive translation processing apparatus 10 via the request management unit 21 (steps S1 to S4).

  The interactive translation processing apparatus 10 receives this and displays it on the display screen. Thereby, the requester as a user transmits, to this interactive translation management device 20, designation information specifying a translator and the like for each translation part and translation part unit. It should be noted that the user can log out after completing the registration of the document to be translated and the designation of the translator (step S25).

  In the interactive translation management device 20, the management unit 24 receives the designation information via the request management unit 21 and reflects it in the history document by the history management unit 24a (step S5). As a result, in the interactive translation management apparatus 20, if the management unit 24 does not lock and the other user has not edited the designated portion, the translation requester screen information that can be edited by the requester himself / herself is displayed in the interactive translation processing apparatus. 10 (step S6). If there is a lock and another user is editing, translation requester screen information including information to that effect is transmitted to the interactive translation processing apparatus 10 (step S12). At that time, the editing portion is locked.

  On the other hand, when the requester designates a translator, a translation request mail is sent from the interactive translation management device 20 to the translator by the translator's interactive translation processing device 11 (step S31). Therefore, when the translator logs in according to the received mail, the translator screen information is sent from the interactive translation management apparatus 20 with reference to the common history document, as in the case of the requester user. The translator screen is displayed on the display screen of the processing device 11 (steps S1S, 32). The translator refers to the translator screen, designates the translation document and designates the editing portion, and transmits it to the interactive translation management apparatus 20 (steps S33 to S35). On the other hand, as in the case where the user is the requester, the translation management device 20 receives the translator screen information in which the designated portion can be edited unless another user is editing, and interactive translation processing. It is displayed on the display screen of the device 11 (steps S2 to S7). At this time, messages such as instructions from the client are also referred to.

  The translator designates a translation location on the translator screen on the display screen of the interactive translation processing apparatus 11, translates the designated location on the translator screen, and transmits the translation result when the translation is completed (step S8). .

  In the interactive translation management device 20, when the translation result is received, the history management unit 24a reflects the translation result in the history document, and when the management unit 24 indicates that the translation is complete, if other users are not editing, A mail to the effect is sent to the interactive translation processing apparatus 10 on the requester side, and the translation target document including the normal corresponding part is unloaded (steps S8 to S10, S13, S37). If another user is editing, log off and exit.

  On the other hand, when the client side receives a translation completion mail by the interactive translation processing apparatus 10, the requester side downloads the unloaded document.

  On the other hand, if there is a correction item in the translation result, the requester side also logs in by the interactive translation processing apparatus 10 as described above, receives the translation requester screen information created by the common history document, and the result For the displayed translation requester screen, the translation content is directly edited or a correction instruction is issued and sent to the interactive translation management device 20, and that fact is recorded in the interactive translation management device 20. Reflected in the document. Translator screen information with the reflected contents is created and displayed on the display screen of the interactive translation processing apparatus 11 so that it can be corrected. At this time, for example, if the requester or the translator is logged in, the interactive translation management apparatus 20 displays a visual indication on the translation requester screen or the translator screen, and an audible display such as a buzzer. If so, it is notified by e-mail so that each other's information such as messages and correction results are not delayed.

  In this way, since the requester side and the translator side interactively edit and communicate with the common history document, the target translation document can be efficiently and quickly transmitted without downloading and uploading the target document on the translator side. Can be translated into

  In FIG. 6, a history document in XML is referred to on the memory (main storage device) by the management unit 24 of the interactive translation management device 20, and translation instructions and edits in the interactive translation processing devices 10 and 11 are stored in the history document. It is reflected sequentially and reflected on each screen of the interactive translation processing devices 10 and 11. As described later, the requester and the translator use the SOAP in the <sentence> tag data around the designated location from the screen of the interactive translation processing devices 10 and 11 as their client devices. Communicate and edit. Since the interactive translation management device 20 as the server device and the interactive translation processing devices 10 and 11 as the client devices are automatically synchronized periodically, the requester and the translator always acquire the latest translation state. be able to.

  In this way, an optimal translation can be generated in a short time by interactively exchanging the situation regarding translation.

7 and 8 are examples of the translation requester screen based on the translation requester screen information.
9 and 10 are examples of translator screens based on translator screen information.

  The translation requester screen 60 of FIG. 7 has a pull-down menu 61 for selecting a translation document from the requested translation documents, “1” original sentence “2” original sentence, and the translated sentence “3” only below or above it. 4) “Translated document display” display area 63, which has a pull-down menu 62 for selecting a display form of a translation document such as an unedited original text + translation text, a scroll bar 63a, and displays a translation document selected and selected. In order to synchronize with a document such as a history document of the interactive translation management apparatus (server) 20 in an effective manner, a “translation history” display area 64 and a “translation history” display area that allow the latest display to be always viewed. A display area 65 for referring to the details of the translation designated at 64 and a display area 66 for displaying a correction message from the translator are included. In the display area 65, when the cursor is moved to the correction message from the translator, the display area 63 on the left "display translated document" is automatically moved to the position corresponding to the message. When the translation result is OK, the box is checked (not shown in the figure).

  In addition to these display areas, various buttons are displayed. In other words, the translation requester screen 60 selects the location where the instruction is to be given (see frame 63b), and the translation instruction edit button 60a for shifting to the translation instruction editing screen. Translation edit button 60b and a separate window are opened, the requested translation registration device (server device) 20 is selected by selecting the requested translation document (electronic document) in the interactive translation processing device 10 and registering the requested document. A button 60c and a download 60d button.

  The translation requester screen 70 in FIG. 8 includes an “original sentence” display area 71 for displaying a designated portion in the original sentence of the target translation document, a “translation sentence” display area 72 for editing the translated sentence, and a change “2” of the sentence structure “2”. "Correcting typographical errors and omissions" "3" Changing the terminology "4" Semantic difficulty "5" From the message type of the translation requester to the translator, a pull-down menu 73 for selecting the message type, and a message text display The area 74 includes a scroll bar 75a, and includes a “designated place edit history” display area 75 for displaying an edit history of a designated place, and a display area 76 for displaying an added message. The translation requester screen 70 also includes an “OK” button 70a for confirming the input to the screen, a cancel button 70b for canceling, a display area 70c for inputting the translation satisfaction of the designated portion, and the translation satisfaction of the entire target document. A display area 70d for inputting the message, an add button 70 for adding the message input in the display area 73 to the display area 76 as a transmission message, and a delete button 70d for deleting the added message.

9 includes a pull-down menu 81 for selecting a target translation document from a translation order list sent from the client, a pull-down menu 82 similar to the pull-down menu 62, and a “translated document display” similar to the display area 63. ”Display area 83, a scroll bar 84 a, a“ translation history ”display area 84 similar to the“ translation history ”display area 64, and a display area 85 displaying details of the translation history similar to the“ translation history ”display area 64, A display area 86 for displaying messages from the requester and other translators is included.
When the cursor is moved to the message from the client in the display area 86, the message automatically moves to the corresponding place in the “display translated document” display area 83 on the left. When a specific color part (link) is clicked in the display area 86, the process proceeds to translation editing of the corresponding part (not shown). Further, the translator screen 80 includes a translation edit button 80a similar to the translation edit button 70a, and a translation completion button 80b for notifying the requester of completion of translation by an e-mail message.

  The translator screen 90 of FIG. 10 has an “original text” display area 91 similar to the “original text” display area 71, a display area 92 for displaying a message from the translation requester to the translator, and an input sentence for editing. A “translation” display area 93, a scroll bar 94 a, and a “designated part edit history” display area 94 similar to the “designated part edit history” display area 75, and a display area 95 for displaying the evaluation of the translated document are included. The display area 95 includes a display area 95a for inputting the degree of translation satisfaction at the designated location, and a display area 95b for inputting the degree of translation satisfaction of the entire target document. The presence or absence of display can be selected by the requester. The translation requester screen 90 includes an “OK” button 90 a for confirming input to the screen, and a cancel button 90 b for canceling.

  Next, registration of target translation documents and data structure of history documents. First, the registration of the target translation document will be described.

  FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram for extracting text region information when creating a target translation document that can be partially selected by the creation unit 23 of the translation management apparatus 20. There are two methods for extracting text area information that can be associated with a history document for a target translation document uploaded from a client. One is a method of analyzing the target translation document. The other is a method specified by the user. As an analysis in the first case, when the target translation document can analyze a data structure such as a structured document, the data structure is analyzed to extract text area information that can be associated with the history document. When the target translation document is a document image by an optical character recognition device (OCR) or the like, text area information is extracted by the layout analysis. When specified by the user, if the user specifies the text area (coordinate information) of the target translation document, it can be associated with the history document based on the specification information (coordinate information of the area) of the target translation document by the user. Extract text area information. The example shown in FIG. 11 indicates that four text area information has been extracted from a document called a product technical manual. The text area information includes a text area ID (identifier), coordinates of the upper left corner of the area (XY coordinates), and coordinates of the lower right edge of the area (XY coordinates). In FIG. 11, the third text area is expressed as 03, (20, 90) (250, 110) in order from the left in correspondence with these formats.

  Next, the sentence to be translated in the text area extracted in this way is extracted and registered. FIG. 12 shows how sentence information to be translated is extracted from the text area. The creation unit 23 of the interactive translation management apparatus 20 extracts sentence information to be translated from the text area using a line feed or a terminal symbol (period or the like). In the case of user designation, when the user drags the specified location in the displayed target translation document and right-clicks to “sentence identification” by the interactive translation processing device 10, the designated sentence becomes the interactive translation management device 20. To the creation unit 23 and added as sentence information.

  In this way, the target translation document created by the creation unit 23 is associated with the history document by the history management unit 24a and incorporated in the data structure of the history document.

  FIG. 13 shows a part of a structure example of a history document by XML description. In the drawing, a description example of a portion corresponding to the “product technology explanation document” which is an example of the translation target document described above is described. The “Product Technology Description Document” has a hierarchical structure with tags of <Document>, <TextArea>, <Sentence>, <TransLog>, and <ClientAssessment> in order from the top.

  The <Document> tag is document information. In this example, it is identified by Document id = “011”. In addition, a category (category = “technology”), title (title = “product technical description”), and translation satisfaction Degree (satisfaction = "70"), presence / absence of editing status (state = "accessor present"), and the like are described. In the <TextArea> tag, a description corresponding to the previously extracted text area information is made.

  In the <Sentence> tag, an identifier (ID) of a sentence, an original sentence (source), and the like are described. The <TransLog> tag describes the history of the translation (log), and for each translation date, its identifier, translator (translator), translation (destination), etc. are described until the client's satisfaction is confirmed. , The history is taken. The translation history for each translation date includes a client's evaluation tag (<ClientAssessment>) and a description such as a message and a description of satisfaction.

  FIG. 14 is a structural diagram schematically showing an example of a hierarchical data structure of a history document in XML that is created by the history management unit 24a of the interactive translation management apparatus 20 by monitoring the translation status under the management of the management unit 24. is there. As shown in the figure, in order from the bottom of the route, there is a hierarchical structure of customer information, document information, text area information, sentence information, translation information, and customer evaluation.

The customer information is information about the customer, here, the translation requester (the same applies hereinafter), and includes information on the customer ID (identifier), the native language, and the category of the main requested translation document. Next, the document information corresponds to the <Document> tag described with reference to FIG. 13, and similarly includes a document ID (identifier), a category, a title, a translation satisfaction level, presence / absence of editing status, and the like. Next, the text area information corresponds to the <TextArea> tag and is the same as described above, and the sentence information corresponds to the <Sentence> tag and is the same as described above. Examples of the structure of sentence information include sentence ID (identifier), original text, translation information ID (identifier) adopted by the customer, and presence / absence of editing status.
Below that is translation information, which corresponds to the <TransLog> tag described above, and similarly to translation history ID (identifier), date, translator ID (identifier), translation, and customer Includes comments. As shown in the figure, below the history for each date, there is a customer evaluation, which corresponds to the <ClientAssessment> tag described above, and includes a message type, translation satisfaction, and a comment.

  Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described.

FIG. 15 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the interactive translation processing system 210 according to the second embodiment of the present invention. Differences from the interactive translation processing system 210 according to the first embodiment described in FIG. 2 will be described. Only the interactive translation management apparatus 20 is different, and a search unit 26 and an analysis unit 27 are added.
The processing routine will be described in detail below.

  The search unit 26 searches for a history document under the management of the management unit 24. The search screen information created by the management unit 24 with reference to the history document is sent to the users of the interactive translation processing devices 10 and 11 to be displayed on the display screen. Based on the input result such as the search expression for the screen, the history By searching for a document and returning the result to the search screen or the like, the convenience of the translation requester or translator is improved. For the translation requester, for example, translator candidate extraction is performed, and for the translator, for example, translation support based on past translation history is performed.

  The analysis unit 27 searches the history document under the management of the management unit 24 and performs an evaluation analysis of the translator based on the search result. Similar to the search unit 26, search screen information for evaluation analysis created by the management unit 24 with reference to the history document is sent to the user of the interactive translation processing devices 10 and 11 and displayed on the display screen. The history document is searched based on the input result such as a search expression for, the evaluation analysis of the translator is performed, and the result is returned to the translation requester as the user. The search for the previous history document at the time of analysis is performed by the search unit 26, and the search unit 26 and the analysis unit 27 cooperate with each other by receiving the search result. A search for the history document in the previous stage at the time of analysis is described as being performed by the analysis unit 27.

  FIG. 16 illustrates a definition example of a search condition expression. In the same figure, for example, Saturation = S means a document, that is, a document having a satisfaction level with respect to the translated text of S (the same applies to other “documents”). (Technology / Technology)> = 200 means that the word “technology” is translated into “Technology” 200 (specified value) times or more.

FIG. 17 explains information retrieval using the data structure of a history document, and is an example in the case of extracting translator candidates, for example. For example, if the search expression is
(Category technology) *
(SentenceSatisfaction> = 70)
In the customer information hierarchy, a customer who requests a technical document is searched, and then a technical document is searched in the document information hierarchy. Using the translation information and customer evaluation hierarchy, the level of satisfaction of sentence translation is averaged for each translator, and translators satisfying the satisfaction of conditions are extracted. For example, in the drawing, “Satisfaction of Mr. B” = (70 + 80 + 90) / 3 = 80> 70, and it can be seen that the condition is satisfied.

  FIG. 18 shows search screen information for extracting translator candidates. The search screen 110 based on the search screen information in FIG. 11 has a display area 111 for inputting a search expression, a search button 112 for executing a search, a scroll bar 113a, a display area 113 for displaying translators that satisfy the search conditions, and a scroll bar. 114a, a display area 114 for displaying a translator candidate list, a scroll bar 115a, a display area 115 for displaying the translation history of candidates selected in the display area 113, and registration of candidates selected in the display area 113 , A delete button 117 for deleting from the translator candidate list, an OK button 118 for confirming the contents of the screen, and a cancel button 119 for canceling. The search expression field may be a UI (user interface) indicating the same contents of the search expression on the next page.

  As a search result, for example, when a cursor is placed on a translator that satisfies the search condition displayed in the display area 113, the translation history of the translator can be checked in the display area 115.

FIG. 19 shows a processing flow at the time of retrieval. Here, it is assumed that the interactive translation processing device 10 that has received the search screen information from the interactive translation management device 20 displays the search screen on the display screen. The translation requester inputs a search expression in the display area 111 in the search screen displayed on the display screen in the interactive translation processing apparatus 10 (step S20). In the example of FIG.
(Technology / Technology) * (Satisfaction> = 70)
Is entered.

  Next, the interactive translation processing apparatus 10 transmits this search input information to the interactive translation management apparatus 20. In the interactive translation management apparatus 20 that has received this transmission information from the interactive translation processing apparatus 10, the management unit 24 In response to the instruction, the search unit 26 searches the history document stored (stored) in the storage unit 25 in the interactive translation management apparatus 20 and extracts information that satisfies the conditions (step S21). As a result, the management unit 24 sends the extracted translation history of the previous translator as information on the translator candidate to the interactive translation processing apparatus 10 (step S22).

  In the interactive translation processing apparatus 10, information on the translator candidate sent from the interactive translation management apparatus 20 is listed in the display area 113 of the search screen 110. The translation requester performs a selection operation on the translator satisfying the search conditions displayed in the display area 113 with a mouse or the like, and confirms the translation history of the translator selected in the display area 113 in the display area 115. This result can be easily created in the display area 114 using the candidate registration button 116 and the delete button 117.

  Thus, it is possible to easily and quickly list translator candidates using the translation history of past translators stored (stored) in the storage unit 23 in the interactive translation management device (server device) 20. it can.

  Next, a case where a translator is supported by a search using a history document will be described.

  FIG. 20 shows an example of a search screen for assisting translators in translation by searching using a history document. The search screen 120 in FIG. 11 includes a “search condition” display area 121 for inputting a search result, a search button 122, a “search result” display area 123 for displaying the search result, an OK button 124, and a cancel button 125.

  A reference sentence is displayed in the translation history of all translation documents registered in the interactive translation management device 20 when the translator edits. As a usage example, “1” displays a sentence with a high degree of satisfaction of the client, and “2” searches for a word in the original sentence to find out how it has been translated in past translations. “3” A word in a certain field and satisfaction may be specified, and another translator who understands the field may be searched.

  As in the case of searching for translator candidates, the search screen is displayed by the processing flow of FIG. The difference is that the user device is changed to the interactive processing device 11. By this similar processing, the search screen 120 is displayed on the display screen of the interactive processing apparatus 11. In FIG. 20, “technology” is translated as “technical” after 2005/3/26, and a search expression for searching a translated sentence with a satisfaction level of 70 or more is input to the display area 121, and the search result is displayed in the display area 123. It is displayed.

  Next, a translator's evaluation analysis using a history document will be described.

  In the history document, as a translator's past evaluation history, a satisfaction level, a message type, a message sentence, and the like are held. An evaluation analysis using these can be considered as an evaluation analysis of the translator. As an example, distribution by message type can be seen. This example is described below.

  FIG. 21 is an evaluation analysis screen showing the translator's evaluation analysis based on distribution by message type. In the evaluation analysis screen 130 shown in the figure, a display area 131 for inputting a search condition expression, a display area 132 for selecting a display method, a display area 133 for displaying an analysis result, a pull-down menu 134 for selecting a target translator, a search button 135 is included.

  FIG. 22 shows a flow for performing the translator's evaluation analysis process according to the distribution for each message type, and the flow will be described below.

  First, the management unit 24 of the interactive translation management device 20 sends evaluation analysis screen information to the interactive translation processing device 10 to display the evaluation analysis screen. On the other hand, a translator name is designated, and a search condition and a display method are input (step S30). This result is sent to the interactive translation management device 20 and passed to the analysis unit 27 via the management unit 24. The translation history created by the designated translator is extracted from the history document in the storage unit 25, and is classified according to the type of requester message assigned to the translation history (steps S31 and S32). Further, those that satisfy the conditions are statistically processed, and the result is passed to the management unit 24 (step S33). The management unit 24 sends this information as display information to the interactive translation processing apparatus 10 and displays it on the display area 133 of the evaluation analysis screen 130 (step S34).

  Next, an example will be described in which analysis is performed for each translator using the translator's past evaluation history (satisfaction level, message type, message text, etc.) as the translator's evaluation analysis. This analysis can be seen by the translator or client. In this case, the evaluation analysis service may not be provided to the translator, and may be limited to only the translation requester.

  FIG. 23 is an evaluation analysis screen showing the evaluation analysis of translators by distribution by translator. In the evaluation analysis screen 140 shown in the figure, a display area 141 for inputting a search condition expression, a pull-down menu 142 for selecting a message type as a display item, a display area 143 for selecting a display method, a display area 144 for displaying an analysis result, A pull-down menu 145 for selecting the target translator and a search button 146 are included. In this case, the pull-down menu 145 is not used.

  FIG. 24 is a flowchart showing the process of evaluation analysis based on the distribution by translator. Here, a case where a search is performed using a message type as a display item will be described as an example.

  First, the management unit 24 of the interactive translation management device 20 sends the evaluation analysis screen information as a user device to, for example, the interactive translation processing device 10 to display the evaluation analysis screen. On the other hand, a search condition expression, a display item, a display method, and the like are input as designated conditions (step S40). In FIG. 23, a period is set as a search condition expression, and a message type of “document structure” is set as a display item. The resulting specified condition information is sent to the interactive translation management device 20 and passed to the analysis unit 27 via the management unit 24. The translation history created by the translator who satisfies the specified condition is extracted from the history document in the storage unit 25 and classified by the translator assigned to the translation history (steps S41 to S43). Those that satisfy the conditions are statistically processed for each translator (A to F in FIG. 23), and the result is passed to the management unit 24 (step S43). The management unit 24 sends this information as display information to the interactive translation processing apparatus 10 and displays it in the display area 144 of the evaluation analysis screen 140 (step S4).

  Next, the access restriction of the interactive translation management apparatus 20 will be described.

“1” Regarding the access restriction from the requester to the translator, the following may be considered.
For the translator screen information described above, only the designated part is displayed / edited. Or vice versa, the screen should be relatively unrestricted and let the translator choose.
Specific keywords and unique names are converted to *** for display and editing.
Limit the display of translation history.
(Example) The translation history of other users is not displayed.
(Example) Display only the latest translation results.
“2” Regarding the access restriction from the translator to the client, the following may be considered.
A specified period is provided for document storage and requester download in the storage unit of the server device.
Limit the display of translation history.
(Example) The translation history of other users is not displayed.
(Example) Display only the latest translation results.
The above “1” term and “2” term may be combined.

  In the embodiment described above, the target translation document has been described as a document including general text, but a word list used in a word dictionary or the like may be used.

  FIG. 25 is an example of a word list consisting only of words, and FIG. 26 is an example of a word list with words and explanations. In both cases, as in a normal document, the data structure may be analyzed to extract a word part, or the word part may be extracted by user designation. Similar to a normal document, a word part is extracted from the word list by the creation unit 23 and created as a history document, which can be referred to by the management unit 24, and a similar service is possible.

  FIG. 27 shows an example of the data structure of a history document to which a word dictionary is applied as a target translation document. The major difference from the data structure example of the history document to which the general document of FIG. 14 described above is applied is that the data structure example of the history document of the general document includes text area information and sentence under the hierarchy of the document information. While it has two layers of information, it has a structure having a layer of word information below a layer of word dictionary information. The word information information includes a word ID (identifier), the original language, translation information IDs (plurality) adopted by the customer, and presence / absence of editing status.

  In the embodiment described above, the interactive translation processing system has been described. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the present invention can be applied to a translation processing system that performs similar translation.

  The present invention is used in an interactive translation management apparatus, an interactive translation processing system, and an interactive translation management program that manage translation of target translation document information.

It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the hardware of the information processing apparatus used with the interactive type processing system which concerns on the Example of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the functional structure of the interactive translation processing system which concerns on 1st Example of this invention. It is a schematic flow of the interactive translation management process of the interactive translation management apparatus which concerns on 1st Example of this invention. It is the flow of the rough translation process seen from the interactive translation processing apparatus of a requester side and a translator side. 6 is a schematic sequence chart seen in the relationship between the client side and the translator side interactive translation processing device and the interactive translation management device. FIG. 5 is a relational diagram showing how changes in translation instructions and editing are reflected in the history document (XML) and the translation status display between the requester side and the translator side interactive translation processing device and the interactive translation management device. is there. It is a screen figure which shows an example of the translation requester screen including the translation status display by translation requester screen information. It is a screen figure which shows an example of the translation requester screen containing the translation instruction | indication edit by translation requester screen information. It is a screen figure which shows an example of the translator screen containing the translation status display by translator screen information. It is a screen figure which shows an example of the translator screen containing the translation edit by translator screen information. It is explanatory drawing in the case of extracting the text area information at the time of creating the target translation document which can be selected partially in a preparation part. It is explanatory drawing which shows a mode that the sentence information which should be translated from the text area is extracted. It is explanatory drawing which shows a part of example of a data structure by the XML description of a historical document. It is a structure figure which shows typically the hierarchical data structure example of the log | history document (XML) produced in the log | history management part of an interactive translation management apparatus. It is a block diagram which shows the functional structure of the interactive translation processing system which concerns on 2nd Example of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of a definition of a search conditional expression. It is explanatory drawing explaining the information search using the data structure of a historical document. FIG. 18 is a screen diagram illustrating an example of a search screen based on search screen information for extracting translator candidates. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the process at the time of a search. It is a screen figure which shows the example of a search screen which assists the translator's translation support by the search using a history document. It is a screen figure which shows the example of an evaluation analysis screen which shows the translator's evaluation analysis by distribution according to message type. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the translator's evaluation analysis process by distribution according to message type. It is a screen figure which shows the example of an evaluation analysis screen which shows the translator's evaluation analysis by distribution according to translator. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the process of the evaluation analysis by distribution according to translator. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of the word list which consists only of a word. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of a word list with a word and description. It is a structural diagram which shows the example of a data structure of the log | history document to which the word dictionary was applied as an object translation document.

Explanation of symbols

10, 11: Interactive translation processing device 20: Interactive translation management device 21: Request management unit 22: Translation management unit 23: Creation unit 24: Management unit 24a: History management unit 25: Storage unit 26: Search unit 27: Analysis Unit 51: Input device 53: Main storage device 55: CPU
56: Communication control device 57: Bus 100: Information processing device 200, 210: Interactive translation processing system

Claims (12)

Creating means for creating target translation document information as editable document information that can be partially selected;
First managing means for managing translation requester information by transmitting translation requester screen information including editable document information created by the creating means and receiving reply information to the translator screen information;
A second management means for managing the translator information by transmitting the translator screen information including the editable document created by the creating means and receiving reply information to the translator screen information;
History management means for referring to the management contents of the first and second management means and managing the edit history of the selected editable document information included in the reply information as history document information;
An interactive translation management device comprising:   2. The interactive translation management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the creating means creates the partially selectable editable document by at least one of selection range designation information and analysis of the target translation document information.   The history management means selects the message exchanged between the translation requester for the translation requester screen based on the translation requester screen information and the translator for the translator screen based on the translator screen information. The interactive translation management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the interactive translation management apparatus is a history associated with editable document information.   2. The interactive translation management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the history management means manages translator evaluation information including evaluation information of the translator as a unit of selected editable document information as the history document information.   2. The interactive translation management apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising search means for searching for the history document information translated in the past.   6. The interactive translation management apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising analysis means for evaluating and analyzing a translator based on a search result of the search means.   The history document information has a hierarchical structure, a document information hierarchy for managing the entire target translation document information, and a first hierarchy for managing selected editable document information in a hierarchy below the document information hierarchy. 2. The dialogue according to claim 1, comprising at least the former of a second hierarchy for managing translation history information as an attribute and a third hierarchy for managing translation evaluation information under the first hierarchy. Type translation management device.   8. The interactive translation management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the history document information has a hierarchical structure with a tag.   2. The interactive translation management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the target translation document information is at least one of general document information including text and word dictionary information including a word list.   7. The interactive translation management apparatus according to claim 6, wherein at least one of the message type and the translator is analyzed as the evaluation analysis by the analyzing means. Creating means for creating target translation document information as editable document information that can be partially selected;
First managing means for managing translation requester information by transmitting translation requester screen information including editable document information created by the creating means and receiving reply information to the translator screen information;
A second management means for managing the translator information by transmitting the translator screen information including the editable document created by the creating means and receiving reply information to the translator screen information;
History management means for referring to the management contents of the first and second management means and managing the edit history of the selected editable document information included in the reply information as history document information;
An interactive translation management device comprising:
The translation requester screen that receives the translation requester screen information, displays the translation requester screen based on the translation requester screen information, and transmits input information for this screen to the interactive translation management apparatus as the reply information. An interactive translation processing device;
And receiving the translator screen information, displaying the translator screen based on the translator screen information, and transmitting the input information on the screen to the interactive translation management apparatus as the reply information. A translation processing device;
An interactive translation processing system comprising: A first step created by the creation means as editable document information that can partially select the target translation document information;
A second managing unit that manages translation requester information by transmitting translation requester screen information including editable document information created by the creating unit and receiving reply information to the translator screen information; And the steps
A third step in which the second management means manages the translator information by transmitting the translator screen information including the editable document created by the creating means and receiving the reply information to the translator screen information; ,
A fourth step of referring to the management contents of the first and second management means and managing history management means as history document information with respect to the editing history of the selected editable document information included in the reply information;
An interactive translation management program.

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