JP3136038B2 - Interpreting device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an interpreting apparatus, and more particularly, to an interpreting apparatus with a stylistic adjustment function for supporting a dialog between two people who speak different languages.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional translator has a built-in two-way machine translator as it is, and translates a sentence inputted by the user independently of the style of the sentence inputted by the other party.

[0003]

In such a conventional interpreter, a situation occurs in which the input is translated in a normal body or a spoken body while the other party uses a polite body.
It had a drawback that it hindered mutual communication.

[0004] It is an object of the present invention to provide an interpreting device that can assist a dialogue between two people who speak different languages.

[0005]

Means for Solving the Problems] interpretation apparatus of the present invention, the
First language grammar rules in which grammar rules of one language are stored
File and the second word in which the grammar rules of the second language are stored
A grammar rule file and a structure and vocabulary of the two languages.
Correspondence is described, from first language to second language or second language
Between two languages that can be used to convert both words to the first language
A conversion dictionary and the first language grammar rule file or
To the grammar of the language of the sentence specified in the bilingual grammar rule file
Therefore, language analysis means for analyzing the input sentence,
The structure of the analysis result according to the translation dictionary between the two languages
In the internal structure of the other language different from the language of the input sentence
Language conversion means for converting, and the conversion result
Output specified in the language grammar rule file corresponding to the
A language generating means for generating a sentence according to the grammar of the power language;
Is provided in advance, and further input in the first language or the second language.
Style management means for managing the style of each input sentence
A translator device including the style management means, sentences
Said language analysis means and language according to the presence or absence of body instructions
A dialogue control unit for instructing the generating means on a translation process, and an input
Stores various information at the time of translation including the style and output style.
And a dialog storage unit, wherein the dialog control unit
If there is, use the designated style as the style of the output sentence.
To the language generator so that there is no stylistic instruction
In this case, the style information of the sentence
Obtained from the language analysis means, and the obtained stylistic information
The stylistic information of the sentence previously stored by the other party
Information from the dialog storage unit, and the read stylistic information
To output the report as the output of the sentence
Instructs the language generation means to relate any of the translated sentences
The translation language and style information for the input sentence
It is characterized in that it is stored in a conversation storage unit .

[0006]

[0007]

The stylistic management means includes a dialogue control unit and a dialogue storage unit.
This dialogue control unit has a stylistic instruction
State that the specified style is the style of the output sentence.
Instruct the word generator, and if there is no stylistic instruction,
The stylistic information of the sentence input by the user is analyzed by language analysis means.
And store the obtained stylistic information in the dialog storage unit.
Then, the style information of the sentence input by the other party
Reads out the read style information and the sentence
Instructs the language generator to output
For any sentence translated based on the presence or absence of body instructions
Dialogue with the translation language for the input sentence
Since stored in the storage unit, the mechanical interpretation is performed in accordance with the designated style, Ru can communicate for business mutual interest is Nau line smoothly.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of an interpreter according to the present invention is a translator for translating between two languages using machine translation in order to assist a dialogue between two people speaking different languages. An interpreting apparatus characterized by having a style management section for managing the style of the sentence, and matching the style of the sentence output by the translation section with the style of the sentence input by the other party.

In another embodiment, a mechanism is provided for detecting the style of the input sentence of the other party, and has a function of designating the style to the machine translation module when the sentence input by the user is translated. If the user does not want to automatically adjust the style, a mechanism that can directly specify the style is provided.If the style of the sentence input by the other party fluctuates, the latest The feature is that the style can be matched to the style, and the user can directly specify the style when he / she wants to say violently on purpose.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an interpreter between Japanese and English according to an embodiment of the interpreter of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an internal structure of a style manager, and FIG. 3 is a style manager. Is a flowchart for explaining the flow of processing of the dialogue control unit. In this embodiment, the mediation is performed between two users. In the following description, one of the two users is referred to as “user” and the other is referred to as “partner”. Call.

FIG. 1 shows a general bidirectional translator between Japan and the UK.
It can be broadly divided into the style management unit 4 newly added.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a language analysis unit for analyzing an input sentence in accordance with the grammar of the language of the sentence specified in the Japanese grammar rule file 6 or the English grammar rule file 7, and 2 denotes a structure of the analysis result. Is converted into an internal structure of another language according to a bilingual conversion dictionary 5 described later, and the language conversion unit 3 according to the grammar of the output language specified in the Japanese grammar rule file 6 or the English grammar rule file 7 A language generation unit for creating a sentence, a style management unit for managing styles in a two-party dialogue (a core part of this embodiment, which will be described in detail later), and a structure and vocabulary between Japanese and English Japanese-English translation dictionary that can be used for both Japanese-to-English or English-to-Japanese conversion. 6 is a Japanese grammar rule file that is shared for Japanese parsing and generation. Le, 7 is the English grammar rules files that are shared by the generation and English of the analysis. The language analysis unit 1, language conversion unit 2, language generation unit 3, Japanese-English conversion dictionary 5, Japanese grammar rule file 6, and English grammar rule file 7 constitute a translation unit.

The present embodiment is a vocabulary-driven bidirectional translation system, which is described in Colling 92, Peter Whi.
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In FIG. 2, the style management section 4 informs the language generating section 3 that the specified style is used as the style of the output sentence when the style is specified, and sets the language when the style is not specified. A dialogue control unit 41 for acquiring the style of the sentence input from the analysis unit 1 and transmitting the style to the style of the output sentence to the language generation unit 3; a speech number, a speaker, an input language, an output language, and an input Dialogue storage unit 42 for storing styles and output styles
It is composed of The arrow in FIG.
1 and the dialog storage unit 42, the dialog control unit 41 and the user, the dialog control unit 41 and the language analysis unit 1, and the data exchange between the dialog control unit 41 and the language generation unit 3.

The interpreting apparatus having the above-mentioned configuration operates as follows.

When the user designates a style, the dialog control unit 41 instructs the language generating unit 3 to use the designated style as an output style. When the user does not specify the style, the dialogue control unit 41 acquires the style of the sentence input from the language analysis unit 1 and instructs the language generation unit 3 to use the style as the style of the output sentence. The language analyzer 1 analyzes the input sentence according to the grammar of the language of the sentence specified in the Japanese grammar rule file 6 or the English grammar rule file 7. The language conversion unit 2 converts the structure of the analysis result into an internal structure of another language according to the conversion dictionary 5 between the two languages. The language generation unit 3 creates a sentence from the converted internal structure according to the grammar of the language to be output specified by the Japanese grammar rule file 6 or the English grammar rule file 7 and the style specified by the dialog control unit 41.

Table 1 is a table for explaining an example of a dialog using the present embodiment.

[0019]

[Table 1]

Table 1 shows an example of a dialogue between the British A and the Japanese B, and shows the input and output of the interpreter. In Table 1, at the starting point of the dialogue, the style of the sentence to be translated is "da", but by detecting that the input of the Japanese sentence is "wa, mas", the translation is performed. The style of the sentence has been changed to “is, mas”.

Table 2 shows a dialog storage section 42 relating to the dialog shown in Table 1.
3 is a table for explaining the stored contents of FIG.

[0022]

[Table 2]

Table 2 shows that an utterance number, a speaker, an input language, an output language, an input style, and an output style are stored for each utterance.

The processing flow of the dialog control unit 41 of the style management unit 4 will be described with reference to FIG.

In step S1, it is determined whether or not the user has given an instruction to directly designate a style.
When there is an instruction from the user, the process proceeds to step S5, and when there is no instruction from the user, the process proceeds to step S2.
Proceed to.

In step S2, the designated style is transmitted to the language generator 3, and the flow advances to step S9.

In step S3, the language and style of the sentence input by the user are acquired from the language analysis unit 1.

In step S4, the language and style of the sentence input by the user this time are stored in the dialog storage unit 42.

Next, in step S5, the style of the sentence previously input by the other party is obtained from the dialog storage unit 42.

Next, in step S6, the language generation unit is instructed to output the style of the sentence previously input by the other party as the output of the sentence input by the current user.

In step S7, the language and style of the translation for the input sentence of the user are stored in the dialog storage unit 42.

Next, the flowchart described above is shown in Table 2.
This will be described using the example shown in FIG. In the current state, the utterance number is 1, the speaker is A, the user is A, and the partner is B. Since the style is not specified, the process proceeds from step S1 to step S3. In step S3, the language "English" and the style "normal" of the sentence "Are you writing a paper?" Next, in step S4, the language “English” and the style “normal” of the sentence input by the user A this time are stored in the dialog storage unit 42. Next, in step S5, the style of the sentence previously input by the partner B is acquired from the dialog storage unit 42. Next, step S
In step 6, the language generation unit 3 sets the style of the sentence input by the other party to the style of the output of the sentence input by the user this time.
To instruct. In this case, there is no last time, so the default value is'
Is the style of the output. Then, the language generation unit 3 generates a sentence “Do you write a dissertation?”. Next, in step S7, the language “Japanese” and the style “translation” of the translation of the input sentence of the user are stored in the dialog storage unit 42.
To save.

Next, the utterance number is 2, the speaker is B, the user is B, and the partner is A. Since the style is not specified,
The process proceeds from step S1 to step S3. In step S3, the language "Japanese," and the style "Masu," of the sentence "Yes, yes." Next, in step S4, the sentence language “Japanese” and style “Masu,” which is input by the user B this time, is stored in the dialog storage unit 42. Next, in step S5, the style “normal” of the sentence previously input by the partner A is acquired from the dialog storage unit 42. Next, in step S6, the language generation unit 3 is instructed to set the style of the sentence “normal” of the sentence previously input by the other party as the style of the output of the sentence input by the user this time. The language generation unit 3 generates the sentence 'Yes, I am.'
Next, in step S7, the language “English” and the style “normal” of the translation for the input sentence of the user are stored in the dialog storage unit 42.

Next, the utterance number is 3, the speaker is A, the user is A, and the partner is B. Since the style is not specified,
The process proceeds from step S1 to step S3. In step S3, the sentence 'What i
s Get the language 'English' and style 'normal' of the subject? ' Next, in step S4, the language “English” and the style “normal” of the sentence input by the user A this time are stored in the dialog storage unit 4.
Save to 2. Next, in step S5, the style of the sentence previously input by the partner B, "Masuru,"
Get more. Next, in step S6, the language generating unit 3 is instructed to set the style of the sentence 'masu' of the sentence previously input by the other party to the style of the output of the sentence input by the user this time. The language generation unit 3 generates a sentence "What is it?" Next, in step S7, the translation language 'Japanese' and style 'Masuru' for the input sentence of the user is stored in the dialog storage unit 42.

Next, the utterance number is 4, the utterer is B, the user is B, and the other party is A. Since the style is not specified,
The process proceeds from step S1 to step S3. In step S3, the language "Japanese" and the style of the sentence "About Japanese history" input by the user B by the language analysis unit 1 are
Get you. Next, in step S4, the sentence language "Japanese" and the style of the sentence input by the user B this time are as follows.
Is stored in the dialog storage unit 42. Next, step S
In step 5, the style “normal” of the sentence previously input by the partner A is acquired from the dialog storage unit 42. Next, in step S6, the language generation unit 3 is instructed to set the style of the sentence “normal” of the sentence previously input by the other party as the style of the output of the sentence input by the user this time. The language generator 3 uses the sentence 'It is about Japa
nesehistory 'is generated. Next, in step S7, the language “English” and the style “normal” of the translation for the input sentence of the user are stored in the dialog storage unit 42.

Next, the utterance number is 5, the speaker is A, the user is A, and the partner is B. Since the style is not specified,
The process proceeds from step S1 to step S3. In step S3, the sentence 'Oh, it input by the user A by the language analysis unit 1
seems interesting to me. 'language' English 'and style
To get 'normal'. Next, in step S4, the language “English” and the style “normal” of the sentence input by the user A this time are stored in the dialog storage unit 42. Next, in step S5, the style "mass" of the sentence previously input by the partner B is acquired from the dialog storage unit 42. Next, in step S6, the language generation unit 3 is instructed to set the style of the sentence previously input by the other party, 'masu', to the style of the output of the sentence input by the user this time. The language generation unit 3 generates a sentence "It sounds interesting." Next, in step S7,
Translation language 'Japanese' and style for user's input sentence
So, save 'mass' in 42 in the dialog storage.

As described above, in the embodiment, since the sentence input by the user is translated according to the style of the sentence input by the other party, there is an advantage that mutual communication becomes smooth.

[0038]

【The invention's effect】In the interpreter of the present invention, style management
The unit has a dialogue control unit and a dialogue storage unit.
However, if there is a stylistic instruction, the specified style is output.
Instruct the language generation means to use the stylistic style, and
If there is no instruction, the sentence entered by the user this time
The style information is acquired from the language analysis unit, and the acquired style information is obtained.
Information is stored in the dialog storage unit, and the style of the sentence entered by the other party last time
The information is read from the dialog storage unit, and the read stylistic information is read.
Language to output information as the output of the sentence this time
Instructs the generator and translates based on the presence or absence of stylistic instructions.
Translated words for any sentence entered
Since the words and style information are stored in the dialog storage unit,Instructed
Mechanical interpretation according to the styleAnd profitUser mutual
CommunicationButLine smoothlyCan
You.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a translator between Japanese and English according to an embodiment of the translator of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an internal structure of a style management unit.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of processing of a style management unit.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Language analysis part 2 Language conversion part 3 Language generation part 4 Style management part 5 Conversion dictionary 6 Japanese grammar rule file 7 English grammar rule file 41 Dialog control part 42 Dialog storage part

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A method according to claim 1 , wherein grammar rules of a first language are stored.
One language grammar rule file and second language grammar rule are stored
A second language grammar rule file that is
The structure and vocabulary correspondence of the language are described.
Used to convert both words or from a second language to a first language
A bilingual conversion dictionary and a first language grammar rule file.
File or second language grammar rules file
A language solution that analyzes input sentences according to the grammar of the sentence language
Analyzing means, and converting the structure of the analysis result between the two languages
The other language is different from the language of the input sentence
Language conversion means for converting the language into an internal structure;
Result into a language grammar rule file corresponding to the language of the conversion result.
Create a sentence according to the grammar of the output language specified in the
Language generating means in advance, and further comprising the first language.
Or manage the style of each sentence entered in the second language
An interpreting apparatus comprising a style management unit, wherein the style management unit determines whether or not the style is specified.
Instructs the language analysis means and language generation means to perform translation processing.
At the time of translation including the dialogue control unit and input style and output style
And a dialog storage unit for storing various types of information, wherein the dialog control unit outputs an instructed style when there is a style designation.
Instructs the language generating means to use the style of
Obtaining the style information of the sentence from the language analyzing means,
The style information is stored in the dialog storage unit,
The style information of the input sentence is read from the dialog storage unit,
The read style information is output as the output of the sentence
Instructs the language generating means to input a sentence for any of the translated sentences.
An interpreting apparatus , wherein a translation language and style information to be stored are stored in the dialog storage unit .