JP2905209B2 - Document shaping apparatus and method - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Object of the Invention] (Industrial application field) The present invention relates to a document shaping device that can effectively support shaping according to a document structure by performing a translation process.

(Prior Art) In a current word processor, a document is formatted by directly inputting layout codes such as tabs and indents in order to lay out the document according to a document structure such as a title or a chapter or section. Also, in shaping systems such as Scribe,
Document formatting is performed by inputting macro control codes that are expanded into layout codes such as tabs and indents.

In papers and the like, it is often required that key points such as headings and titles of figures and tables be translated into English in order to help people who do not understand Japanese to understand the contents and increase their spread.

In order to create such a dissertation using current word processors and word processing systems, English headings and titles must be created separately from Japanese headings and titles.

In practice, it is often the case that a user has forgotten to convert a notice written in English into English, for example, by skipping a notice.

Also, the parts that refer to the figures and tables have different numbers of characters in English, so it was necessary to reformat them all, which was a great deal of trouble.

In addition, the same figures and tables are often reused, but conversely, it is often the case that a chart whose headings and the like are created in English is desired to be converted to Japanese and used. In such a case, in the current system, it is necessary to re-create a new headline in Japanese, which is quite troublesome.

Furthermore, when character data in a chart is translated from, for example, Japanese to English, the word length is different, so the layout of the chart must be redone in accordance with this, which takes considerable time and effort. I was

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) As described above, current word processors and document shaping systems require considerable time and effort to translate a part of a document into another language and perform document shaping. I had to.

In particular, when translating sentences in a chart, the layout of the chart had to be corrected due to the difference in character length, which was very troublesome.

An object of the present invention is to provide a document shaping device that can translate only necessary portions and perform document shaping by specifying a language to be translated into format data based on such facts.

[Configuration of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) The present invention provides an input unit for inputting document data, and analyzes the document data input from the input unit, or obtains the data by directly instructing the user. Title, chapter / section,
A storage unit for storing a document structure such as a chart heading or a reference to a table in association with document data, and for storing format data including an instruction for performing formatting according to the document structure and an output language instruction. A format storage unit, and a translation processing unit for performing translation into an output language specified by the format data;
A formatter for shaping document data and a portion of the document data translated by the translation processor in accordance with the format data; and an output unit for displaying and outputting a shaped result, a translation result, a message, and the like. It is characterized by.

(Operation) According to the present invention, when a document structure specified by a user or a document structure analyzed by an analysis unit is developed based on format data, only necessary parts are translated into a specified output language, and Since the shaping process can be performed, the user can obtain a reliable and clear formatted document without any trouble.

Furthermore, the layout of the chart can be re-arranged according to the word length of the translated result, so that the burden on the user can be greatly reduced.

Example 1 Example 1 Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a document shaping apparatus according to the present embodiment. An input unit 1 composed of, for example, a keyboard for inputting document data or designating a document structure, a document storage unit 2 for storing document data input from the input unit 1, and an instruction from the input unit 1. There is a document structure storage unit 3 for storing a document structure such as a reference to a chapter / section or a chart in association with document data. Here, an example in which the user specifies the document structure will be described. However, it is also possible to analyze the document structure using the morphological characteristics of the document data.

FIG. 2 is an example of the document data input from the input unit 1. FIG. 3 shows an example of storage in the document structure storage unit 3 having a document structure corresponding to the document data shown in FIG. FIG. 3 shows that sentence number 1 is Japanese (J), which is “title” and is composed of “noun phrases”, and that sentence number 2 is “author name”. . Neither of these includes a reference to a chart, so both the reference attribute and the form pattern are “null”. Sentence number 31
Is a “paragraph” and refers to “FIG. 1”, so that the reference attribute is “figure reference” and the reference destination is the sentence number 48. The reference sentence number 48 is “figure heading”, and the portion other than the noun phrase of the form pattern matches the reference form pattern of the reference source sentence number 31. (Reserved word (figure) + symbol + numerical part (1) The format storage unit 5 stores the document data stored in the document storage unit 2 with the document structure storage unit 3 as shown in FIG. Frames for allocating to pages and expansion rules for allocating each attribute to each frame, which are necessary for performing the shaping process based on the structure, are, for example, frames in the format shown in FIG. The rules of each attribute are stored in a format as shown in Fig. 5. Specifically, the frame shown in Fig. 4 is as shown in Fig. 6. The frame 1 includes Japan. The title of the word, the name of the author in Japanese language and affiliation in Frame 2 are in Frame 5, the title in English is English, the author's name and affiliation are in Frames 3 and 4,
This is shown in the permissible attribute of FIG. However, the figure headings and table headings are also shown in English.

Here, the translation processing unit 6 performs translation from Japanese to English, and comprises a Japanese morphological analysis unit, a syntax analysis unit, an English generation unit, and a Japanese-English dictionary required for these. Noun phrases (non-sentences) such as titles and chart headings
The grammar of the parsing unit and the generating unit has been adjusted so as to translate the object.

The shaping processing unit 4 performs shaping processing on the document data in the document storage unit 2 along the document structure of the document structure storage unit 3 based on the format data as shown in FIGS. The result is
For example, an output unit 7 such as a display
It is displayed as shown in FIG. The figure heading, the reference point of the figure, the title at the lower left, etc. are in English.

Next, the operation of the present invention will be specifically described. FIG. 8 shows an outline of the flow of the shaping process in the shaping processor 4.

First, format data as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 is read from the format storage unit 5 (step a), and a statement number i and an attribute check j are initialized (step a '). The data of the document number 1 is read from the document storage unit 2 and the attribute is read from the document structure storage unit 3. The hierarchical attribute “title” of the sentence number 1 is set to L, and the reference attribute “null” is set to R (step d). R is
Since it is unll (step e), a search is made as to whether the "title" is in the permissible attribute of the format data (step k). 4th
As can be seen from the figure, since the attribute is in the allowable attribute of frame 1 of page 1, the attribute check j is set to 1 (step 1), and the language is checked (step m).

Since the language is the same for Japanese (J), the expansion rule shown in FIG. 5 is searched (step o). Since the rule of the title (J) is shown in FIG.
At the center (step p), and shaped like the frame 1 in FIG.

Returning to step k again, the permissible attribute search is performed, and the permissible attribute of frame 5 on page 1 includes "title (E)".
However, because the languages do not match this time (step m),
The translation processing section 6 translates the document data of the sentence number 1 (step n). After the translation, when the expansion rule is searched (step o), there is a rule of the title (E), and the translation is performed as shown in the first and second lines of the frame 5 in FIG. English `` Trend of the Computer Graphics
“Hardware” is shaped (step p). At this time, it goes without saying that processing such as word wrapping is performed as an English sentence. Next, returning to step k again,
Since there is no allowable attribute and the value of the attribute check j is 2 (step r), the value of j is initialized (step t), and the statement number 2
(Step b).

If there is no expansion rule (step o) or the value of j is 0 (step r), there is an error in the specification of the attribute or the format data, and an error message is sent to inform that fact. Output (step q, s).

The processing of sentence number 2 is the same as that of sentence number 1, and is expanded as shown in the third row of frame 2 and frame 5 in FIG.

Next, the processing of statement number 31 will be described. In step d, “paragraph” is set in the hierarchy attribute L and “figure reference” is set in the reference attribute R. Since R is not "unll" (step e),
The hierarchical attribute “drawing heading” of the reference destination sentence number 48 is set to 1 (step f). When the allowable attribute is searched for 1 (step g), the figure 3 (E) is located in the frame 3 of the page 1. Since the languages are not the same (step i), a translation process is performed on the reference location “FIG. 1” (step j). Next, the process proceeds to step k, and thereafter, the same processing as sentence number 1 is performed. As shown in the center of the frame 4 in FIG. Since the frames 3 and 4 have the same permissible attribute, character data that cannot be accommodated in the frame 3 is allocated to the frame 4 as it is.

The same processing is performed for the sentence number 48 as for the sentence number 1. However, since the sentence number 48 is “drawing heading”, it is treated as one with the figure main body, and is assigned to the top of the figure frame 4 (accordingly, assigned above the sentence number 31).

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the user has a part of the original sentence in a language different from the original sentence such as English, and even if the number of characters is different, it is not necessary to perform the reshaping, and the effect is great.

[Second Embodiment] In the first embodiment, the shaping process of a portion that is not directly related to the chart data, such as a chart headline or a title, works without any problem.

However, the contents of the table directly related to the chart data and the characters in the chart will not correspond to the chart if the Japanese language is simply converted to English because the number of characters is different. The second embodiment solves such a problem, and its outline is as shown in FIG.

In FIG. 1, a chart storage unit 9 for storing the correspondence between chart data and character data is added.

The storage format is, for example, as shown in FIG. The correspondence between the chart data and the character data is directly input by the user from the input unit 1 according to a fingering such as grouping. Or,
It is also possible to analyze the correspondence between the chart data and the character data by using the positions and the inclusion relationships between the chart data and the character data. The flow of the processing of the shaping processing unit 4 is almost the same as that of FIG. 8, but the processing of step p for developing the chart becomes the flow as shown in FIG.

For example, the flow of FIG. 10 will be described with reference to a diagram as shown in FIG.

Since FIG. 11 is the main figure (step p1), the character data 1 (= 1) in the figure is read out (steps p2, p3, p).
4) Looking at the corresponding chart data type (step p
Five). Since it is a circle that corresponds to "host computer",
The translation sentence "host Computer" selects a character size that fits in the circle (step p7) and arranges it (step p8). Hereinafter, the same operation is performed. Finally, lines connecting the circles and rectangles are arranged (step p9).

In FIG. 10, the size is determined according to the character in the case of a rectangle, and the size of the character is determined according to the figure in the other cases. However, this method is not necessarily limited to this method. Since there is a balance in overall size, it is possible to determine the size and arrangement while interacting with the user.

In short, the gist of the present invention is that, even when translated, the character data can be shaped so as to be balanced with the chart data.

Also, the storage format and the like are not necessarily limited to the formats described in the first and second embodiments.

〔The invention's effect〕

As described above, according to the present invention, the user can freely translate a part of the original text into another language and create a formatted document without having to redo the layout by himself / herself due to the difference in the number of characters.
The effect is great.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIGS. 1 to 8 are diagrams for explaining a document shaping apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 9 to 13 are diagrams for explaining a document shaping device according to another embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 9 is a schematic configuration diagram, and FIG.
FIG. 7, FIG. 11, FIG. 11, and FIG. 12 are diagrams showing an example of a display form, FIG. 3, FIG. 4, FIG. 5, FIG. FIG. 4 is a view for explaining the storage format of FIG. 4, and FIG. 8 and FIG. 1 input unit 2 character storage unit 3 document structure storage unit 4 shaping processing unit 5 format storage unit 6 translation processing unit 7 output unit 8 ... Control unit.

Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Mika Fukui 1 Toshiba Research Institute, Komukai-ku, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture (72) Inventor Koji Yamaguchi 1 Toshiba Town, Komukai Toshiba-cho, Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture (56) References JP-A-61-201369 (JP, A) JP-A-62-284461 (JP, A) JP-A-62-284458 (JP, A) JP-A-63-221457 (JP, A) JP-A-61-228572 (JP, A) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁶ , DB name) G06F 17/20-17/28

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A document structure storing means for storing a document structure of document data to be formatted in association with each sentence of the document data, frame information for allocating the document data to a page,
Format storage means for storing expansion rules for assigning attributes of a document structure to each frame; and shaping based on frame information stored in the format storage means and the document structure stored in the document structure storage means. Determining means for determining whether to translate each sentence of the document data to be translated; translation means for performing translation processing only on the sentence determined to be translated by the determining means; The sentence translated by the translation means and the sentence determined not to be translated by the determination means are converted based on the expansion rule stored in the format storage means corresponding to the document structure of the sentence stored in the document structure storage means. And a shaping processing means for shaping the document. 2. Translating each sentence of the document data to be formatted based on the frame information stored in the format storage means in advance and the document structure of each sentence of the document data to be formatted stored in the document structure storage means in advance. The determination means determines whether or not to perform the translation. Only the sentences determined to be translated by the determination means are translated by the translation means. Of the document data to be formatted, the sentence translated by the translation means and the An expansion rule for assigning an attribute of a document structure to each frame stored in the format storage unit corresponding to the document structure stored in the document structure storage unit of the sentence determined not to be translated by the determination unit A document shaping method characterized in that shaping is performed by a shaping processing unit based on the document.