JP2018190350A - Translation support system and translation support method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent inconsistency from arising in translation work.SOLUTION: A translation support system comprises: a work client terminal; a text management server for managing texts; and an element management server for managing elements in the texts. The work client terminal extracts each element constituting a text file, and stores the elements in an element database managed by the element management server. The element management server acquires a combination of elements appearing simultaneously in translation work, from among the elements stored in the element database, and stores the combination of elements in an inter-element correspondence database. In the translation support system, the element management server retrieves, upon request by the work client terminal, a collection of elements corresponding to the translation work from the inter-element correspondence database, and presents at least either combinations of elements that are in a correspondence relationship, or a network structure of elements to the work client terminal.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a translation support technique.

  Conventionally, systems that support translation work have been proposed. For example, the translated word list creating means described in Patent Document 1 extracts the content word from the words included in the first language document and corresponds to the content word in the first language from the sentence translated by the translator. Content words in two languages are extracted, a translated word list in which the content words in the first language and the content words in the second language are associated with each other is created and stored in the storage device. Further, the translated word predicting means, when there is a content word included in a sentence of the first language to be translated by the translator in the translated word list, a content word of the second language corresponding to the content word of the first language. Display on the derived display device.

  In this way, it is possible to improve work efficiency and labor saving by minimizing the number of input operations that need to be performed by an operator who manually translates from English to Japanese.

JP 2012-190166 A

  In translation work, the same meaning may be expressed in different words by a translator. For example, in business documents such as specifications, instruction manuals, pamphlets, contracts, etc., there is a problem that a person who reads a translated sentence may be confused if the document is expressed in different words or words.

  An object of the present invention is to prevent the occurrence of fluctuations in translation work. Another object is to improve the consistency of translation work between different translators and at different times.

  According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a translation support system including a business client terminal, a document management server that manages documents, and an element management server that manages text elements. Each element constituting the file is extracted and stored in an element database managed by the element management server, and the element management server includes elements of the elements stored in the element database that simultaneously appear in translation work. A set is acquired, the set of elements is stored in an inter-element correspondence database, and in response to a request from the business client terminal, the element management server searches the inter-element correspondence database for a set of elements corresponding to the translation work. And at least one of a set of corresponding elements and a network structure of the elements is the business client terminal Translation support system, characterized in that it presented is provided.

The element management server may present a set of elements in the correspondence relationship and an appearance frequency of the network structure of the elements to the business client terminal. Thereby, the user of the business client terminal can receive support related to the selection of the translation word in the translation work.
Note that, for example, a word can be extracted with a space or the like as a delimiter.

  The range regarded as the simultaneous appearance may be changed to an arbitrary range. In the same document, by adding a relationship between elements while changing the range of elements regarded as co-occurrence, it is possible to receive support for more accurate translation with respect to selection of translation words in translation work.

  The element management server may present similar translations in the past and similar translations of others including many of the same elements to the business client terminal. For example, the relationship in which the elements appear simultaneously in the translation is supported by connecting the elements with a line and displaying them on the screen so that the translation is accurate.

  Furthermore, if the correspondence relationship and the appearance frequency of the newly used elements are stored in the inter-element correspondence database, the contents of the inter-element correspondence database corresponding to a dictionary can be expanded.

  The user can modify the translation work so that it is consistent with past work and similar work. Alternatively, past translation work affected by the new translation work and other products of the translation work can be corrected.

  The element management server may store the elements in the element database separately for each field of documents. In this way, it is possible to build the relationship between elements in a specific field, and the accuracy in building the relationship between elements is improved.

  According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a translation support method in a translation support system having a business client terminal, a document management server that manages documents, and an element management server that manages text elements. The client terminal extracts each element constituting the document file and stores it in the element database managed by the element management server. The element management server simultaneously performs translation work among the elements stored in the element database. Acquire a set of appearing elements, store the set of elements in an inter-element correspondence database, and in response to a request from the business client terminal, the element management server sets a set of elements corresponding to the translation work between the elements A search is made from the correspondence database, and at least one of a group of elements and a network structure of elements corresponding to each other is selected. Translation support method characterized in that it presented on the screen of the client terminal is provided.

  The present invention may be a program for causing a computer to execute the translation support method, or a computer-readable storage medium storing the program.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to prevent the translation operation from occurring. In addition, the consistency of translation work can be improved.

It is a functional block diagram which shows the example of 1 structure of the translation assistance system by this Embodiment. It is a flowchart figure which shows an example of the flow of the document registration process which registers a document in a document database. It is a flowchart figure which shows the flow of the relationship extraction process in all the data. It is a flowchart figure which shows an example of the flow of the consistency check process in 1 document. It is the figure which showed the correspondence of an element (word), and connected the element which often appears simultaneously with the line.

  Hereinafter, a translation support system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing a configuration example of a translation support system according to this embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the translation support system A includes, for example, a business client terminal 1 such as a personal computer, a document management server 3 and an element management server 5 that are connected to the business client terminal 1 through a network.

  The business client terminal 1 is, for example, a general personal computer (PC), a smartphone, or the like, and includes a consistency check processing unit 1-1 that checks consistency of translation work.

  The document management server 3 is associated with a document database 11 that stores documents. The document database 11 stores, for example, document files created by the user.

  The element management server 5 is associated with an element database 15 that stores sentence elements and an element correspondence database 17 that stores correspondence data between elements. The document management server 3 and the element management server 5 are provided with processing units 3a and 5a, respectively.

  The configuration in FIG. 1 is an example, and for example, all the configurations may be provided in the business client terminal 1.

  FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an example of the flow of document registration processing for registering a document in the document database 11.

  When the processing is started (Start), in response to a request from the business client terminal 1, the processing unit 3a of the document management server 3 stores, for example, one document file A created by the user in the document database in step S1. 11 and sent to the business client terminal 1.

  In step S2, the consistency check processing unit 1-1 of the business client terminal 1 extracts each element constituting the document file A, for example, a word with a space (in the case of English or the like) as a delimiter. In the case of a Japanese document file, elements based on phrases such as noun phrases, verb phrases, and adjective phrases, and elements based on kanji words can be extracted.

  In step S <b> 3, the business client terminal 1 sends each element extracted in step S <b> 2 to the element management server 5. The processing unit 5a of the element management server 5 stores each extracted element in the element database 15 in association with the document file ID (for example, A).

  The above processing (S2-S3) is continued until the processing is completed (No in step S4). When the process ends (Yes in step S4), the document registration process ends.

  FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the flow of the relationship extraction process for all data. Loop through each element stored in the element database 15.

  When the processing is started (Start), the following processing is performed for each element stored in the element database 15.

  First, in step S11, the processing unit 5a of the element management server 5 acquires a set of elements that appear at the same time among the elements constituting the document. The group of elements that appear at the same time is, for example, an element that has a parallel translation relationship.

  Next, in step S12, a set of one element that simultaneously appears in the elements constituting the document is stored in the element correspondence database 17. A specific example will be described in the first embodiment.

  The above processing (S11-S12) is continued until the processing is completed (No in step S13). When the process ends (Yes in step S13), the relationship extraction process for all data ends.

  The element management server 5 may store the elements separately for each document field (category). In this way, it is possible to construct the relationship of elements in a specific field by dividing the elements for each field. This has the advantage that the accuracy in building the relationship between elements is improved.

With the above processing, the relevance between elements in all data in the document can be established.
For example, one sentence in translation work
Japanese: "Functions responsible for management related to inventory movement"
English translation: “The function of controlling activities related to the movement of inventories”
An example will be described.

In many cases of simultaneous appearance, that is, in the example of “a set of adjacent elements”, the elements are as follows.
Japanese: “Inventory”, “Transfer”, “Management”, “Work”, “Function”
English: inventory, movement, control, activity, function

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an example of the flow of consistency check processing in one document. Consistency is checked for the translation of one document file B created by the user.

  When the process is started (Start), in step S21, in response to a request from the business client terminal 1, a check process is started for the document file B to be created by the user. In step S22, a set of elements corresponding to one document file B is searched and extracted in the element database 15. This element set retrieval and extraction processing may be performed, for example, in the current operation, or may be applied when a plurality of translation operations relating to the same original sentence are performed simultaneously. In step S <b> 23, the processing unit 5 a of the element management server 5 searches the element correspondence database 17 for a set (set) of elements corresponding to one translation work of the document file B. In step S 24, the element set, the element network structure, and the appearance frequency are presented to the business client terminal 1. If the process does not end in step S25 (No), the process returns to step S21 and the process is continued until the process ends. When the loop process is finished (Yes), the process is finished (End).

  For example, when a user performs a new translation work (document file B), the system presents past similar translations containing many of the same elements and similar translations of others. For example, a relationship in which elements appear simultaneously in translation is connected and shown with a line indicating that the relevance of each element is high. For example, the elements are connected with a line and displayed on the screen.

  Thereby, translation work can be performed accurately. In addition, it is possible to prevent the translation work from occurring.

[Example 1]
In the first embodiment, one specific example of translation work is shown.

  For example, in Japanese translation, a process of creating a sentence in English from a sentence in Japanese is performed. The parallel translation database of Japanese and English stores past similar translation processing and similar translation processing.

  On the other hand, in English translation, a process of creating a Japanese sentence from an English sentence is performed. The parallel translation database of English and Japanese stores past similar translation processing and similar translation processing.

Hereinafter, the contents of the process shown in step S24 of FIG. 4 will be described in more detail.
1) Elements in translation work A are represented by ai (i = 1, 2,..., N,...), Past translation / same translation work for translation work A is represented by Bj, and elements of translation work Bj are represented by bjk. It is expressed by the following formula.

A = {a1, a2, ..., ai, ...}
Bj = {bj1, bj2, ..., bjk, ...}

  The frequency at which each element (a1, a2,..., Ai,..., Bj1, bj2,..., Bjk,...) Appears at the same time is presented to the business client terminal 1.

  Furthermore, elements that frequently appear (high frequency) may be connected to each other by, for example, a line indicating high relevance and presented to the business client terminal 1.

  By referring to the inter-element correspondence database 17 for information indicating the relationship between the elements as described above, the user of the business client terminal 1 can receive correct support in the translation work. Further, the user of the business client terminal 1 can correct the translation work so as to be consistent with the past work / same work.

  Further, the user of the business client terminal 1 can correct the past translation work affected by the new translation work and the products of the translation work of others.

  It should be noted that any range may be used as the range regarded as simultaneous appearance. For example, as a work range, words, idioms, sentences, adjacent lines, paragraphs, and the like can be used in translation work. When appearing in several different ranges at the same time, it is preferable to give a higher frequency.

  A specific example of such a work will be described by taking, for example, a translation work for translating “a function responsible for a management work related to inventory transfer” into English.

1) Present past English translations of similar Japanese sentences.
2) Japanese: “Functions responsible for management related to inventory movement”
3-1) English translation of similar Japanese 1: “The function of controlling activities related to the movement of inventories”
3-2) English translation of similar Japanese 2: “The function of managing activities related to the movement of inventories”

In this way, there are many options for translation work.
Therefore, a frequency score is given to words that appear at the same time, for example, a higher score is given as they appear at the same time, and is stored in the inter-element correspondence database 17. For example, the following relationship is stored in the inter-element correspondence database 17 for {management} translation.

  In order to be able to find the appearance frequency as the same word even if the usage form is different, the noun is singular, the verb / adjective is the original form, for example, if it is controlling, it is managed as a control. Also good.

Frequency score 90: control-movement
Frequency score 90: control-inventory
Frequency score 80: manage-project
Frequency score 10: manage-movement
Frequency score 10: manage-inventory

  Then, in a new translation work or the like, a correspondence relationship of elements (words) is obtained based on a relationship with a high frequency score as shown in FIG. Thus, adjacent elements, that is, elements that frequently appear at the same time can be connected with a line.

From this relationship,
Japanese: When translating “management” in “functions responsible for work related to inventory movement (payment and payment)”
English translation: It turns out that the possibility of "The function of controlling activities related to the movement of inventories" is high.

Therefore, it is possible to indicate to the user that there is a high possibility that 3-1) is a translated sentence instead of 3-2).
On the other hand, if it is manage, it can be said that there is a high possibility that project etc. will appear at the same time.

  In this way, translation work can be supported by referring to elements that are likely to appear simultaneously. In addition, when a plurality of users are involved in translation work, the consistency of translation work can be improved by presenting the possibility of objective correct translation.

  The processing and control can be performed by software processing by CPU (Central Processing Unit) or GPU (Graphics Processing Unit), ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) or FPGA (Field Programmable Gate) hardware hardware.

  In the above-described embodiment, the configuration and the like illustrated in the accompanying drawings are not limited to these, and can be changed as appropriate within the scope of the effects of the present invention. In addition, various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the object of the present invention.

  Each component of the present invention can be arbitrarily selected, and an invention having a selected configuration is also included in the present invention.

  The present invention can be used in a translation support system.

A ... Translation support system, 1 ... Business client terminal, 3 ... Document management server, 3a, 5a ... Processing unit, 5 ... Element management server, 11 ... Document database, 15 ... Element database, 17 ... Inter-element correspondence database.

Claims (7)

A translation support system having a business client terminal, a document management server that manages documents, and an element management server that manages text elements,
The business client terminal
Extract each element constituting the document file and store it in the element database managed by the element management server,
The element management server
Of the elements stored in the element database, obtain a set of elements that appear simultaneously in translation work, store the set of elements in an inter-element correspondence database,
In response to a request from the business client terminal, the element management server retrieves a set of elements corresponding to the translation work from the inter-element correspondence database, and at least one of a set of elements and a network structure of elements corresponding to each other One of them is displayed on the screen of the business client terminal.   The translation support system according to claim 1, wherein the element management server displays on the screen of the business client terminal a set of elements in the correspondence relationship and an appearance frequency of the network structure of the elements.   The translation support system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the range regarded as the simultaneous appearance is changed to an arbitrary range.   4. The element management server according to claim 1, wherein the element management server displays past similar translations including many of the same elements and similar translations of others on the screen for the business client terminal. The translation support system according to item 1.   The translation support system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the correspondence relationship and the appearance frequency of the newly used elements are stored in the inter-element correspondence database. The element management server
The translation support system according to claim 1, wherein the elements are stored in the element database separately for each field of the document. A translation support method in a translation support system having a business client terminal, a document management server that manages documents, and an element management server that manages text elements,
The business client terminal
Extract each element constituting the document file and store it in the element database managed by the element management server,
The element management server
Of the elements stored in the element database, obtain a set of elements that appear simultaneously in the translation work, store the set of elements in the inter-element correspondence database,
In response to a request from the business client terminal, the element management server retrieves a set of elements corresponding to the translation work from the inter-element correspondence database, and at least one of a set of elements and a network structure of elements corresponding to each other One of them is displayed on the screen of the business client terminal.

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