JP7502761B2 - Information processing device and information processing program - Google Patents

Description

This disclosure relates to an information processing device and an information processing program.

There are known devices that translate information expressed in a specific language into another language. In particular, there are devices such as the one disclosed in Patent Document 1 that allow the user to select one language from multiple languages as the translated language.

JP 2011-53922 A

When translating information expressed in a pre-translation language into multiple languages, the above-mentioned device requires a translation operation for each post-translation language. This creates a problem in that the operations required for translating into multiple languages are cumbersome.

Therefore, the information processing device and information processing program disclosed herein aim to enable translation into multiple languages with simpler operations.

An information processing device (1) according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes a pre-translation information acquisition unit (10) capable of acquiring pre-translation information of a pre-translation language included in a plurality of pre-translation language candidates, and a translation unit (11) that translates the pre-translation information acquired by the pre-translation information acquisition unit (10) into each of a plurality of post-translation languages to acquire a plurality of pieces of post-translation information.

An information processing program according to one aspect of the present disclosure causes a computer (C) to function as a pre-translation information acquisition unit (10) capable of acquiring pre-translation information of a pre-translation language included in a plurality of pre-translation language candidates, and a translation unit (11) that translates the pre-translation information acquired by the pre-translation information acquisition unit (10) into each of a plurality of post-translation languages to acquire a plurality of pieces of post-translation information.

With this information processing device (1) and/or information processing program, pre-translation information in a pre-translation language included in multiple pre-translation language candidates can be translated in parallel into multiple post-translation languages to obtain multiple pieces of post-translation information. In other words, there is no need to perform translation operations for each language. Therefore, translation into multiple languages can be achieved with simpler operations.

The information processing device (1) according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a language detection unit (12) that detects a pre-translation language of the pre-translation information from the pre-translation information, and the pre-translation language candidates and the post-translation language candidates into which the pre-translation information can be translated by the translation unit (11) are the same in number and in the same language, and the translation unit (11) may translate the pre-translation information into each of the post-translation languages excluding the pre-translation language detected by the language detection unit (12) from the post-translation language candidates. In this way, the pre-translation language is automatically detected and translated into another language, so that translation into multiple languages can be made possible by simpler operations. Moreover, since the pre-translation language candidates and the post-translation language candidates into which the pre-translation information can be translated by the translation unit (11) are the same in number and in the same language, it is possible to avoid a situation in which translation from one language to another language is possible but reverse translation from the other language to the one language is not possible.

The information processing device (1) according to one embodiment of the present disclosure may include a translated information output unit (13) that outputs multiple pieces of translated information acquired by the translation unit (11). This makes it possible to make the translated information publicly available or to store it as data.

In the information processing device (1) according to one aspect of the present disclosure, each of the multiple pieces of translated information may be made public on a network. This makes it possible for the translated information to be made available to an unspecified number of other people.

The information processing device (1) according to one embodiment of the present disclosure may include a search engine optimization unit (14) that executes search engine optimization processing for each of the plurality of pieces of translated information. With this, when the translated information is made public on an external network such as the Internet, it becomes possible to make the translated information available to an unspecified number of other people more effectively.

The information processing device (1) according to one embodiment of the present disclosure may include a classification unit (15) that classifies multiple pieces of translated information into classification items. This allows the translated information to be appropriately classified without the need for complicated operations.

The information processing device (1) according to one embodiment of the present disclosure may include a classification unit (15) that classifies some of the multiple pieces of post-translation information into classification items. This allows the post-translation information to be suitably classified without performing complicated operations. In particular, since some of the post-translation information is classified while the remaining post-translation information is not classified, it is possible to reduce the processing load for classification.

The information processing device (1) according to one embodiment of the present disclosure may include a comment receiving unit (16) that receives comments on multiple pieces of translated information from a user terminal (2). This makes it possible to collect the opinions of users viewing the translated information.

The information processing device (1) according to one embodiment of the present disclosure may include a comment receiving unit (16) that receives comments on some of the translated information from a user terminal (2). This makes it possible to collect the opinions of users viewing the translated information. In particular, by receiving comments on some of the translated information while not accepting comments on the remaining translated information, it becomes possible to manage comments in accordance with the intentions of the administrator of the information processing device (1).

In an information processing device (1) according to one aspect of the present disclosure, the translation unit (11) may translate the comments accepted by the comment acceptance unit (16) into each of a plurality of translated languages. This makes it possible to translate the comments into a plurality of languages with simpler operations or without performing any particular operations.

The information processing device (1) according to one embodiment of the present disclosure may include a comment provision request unit (17) that requests a viewing user who views the translated information to provide a comment. This makes it possible to request the provision of a comment through a simpler operation.

The information processing device (1) according to one embodiment of the present disclosure may include a correction request unit (18) that requests correction of the translated information. This makes it easier to ensure the accuracy of the translated information.

The information processing device (1) according to one embodiment of the present disclosure may include a language designation unit (19) that designates the translated language of the translated information that is to be made viewable by the viewing user, among the multiple pieces of translated information output by the translated information output unit (13). This makes it possible to select the translated language of the translated information to be viewed by the viewing user, for example, according to the attributes of the viewing user.

In an information processing device (1) according to one aspect of the present disclosure, the translation unit (11) may translate the pre-translation information according to a layer that matches the content of the pre-translation information among a plurality of layers set in advance. This can improve the quality of the translation.

An information processing device (1) according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes a search information receiving unit (20) that receives input of search information for searching translated information, and a search result acquisition unit (21) that acquires search results according to the search information input received by the search information receiving unit (20), and the search results may be translated information in a translated language corresponding to the search language of the search information. This makes it possible to present the translated information in the translated language corresponding to the search language of the search information to the viewing user, thereby improving convenience.

An information processing device (1) according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes an input information acquisition unit (22) that acquires input information input to a search engine to search for external information, and an external information acquisition unit (23) that acquires external information searched by the search engine based on information related to the input information acquired by the input information acquisition unit (22), and the translation unit (11) may translate the input information acquired by the input information acquisition unit (22) into each of a plurality of translated languages to acquire a plurality of pieces of translated input information, and the external information acquisition unit (23) may acquire the external information searched by the search engine based on the plurality of translated input information. This makes it possible to acquire search results in a plurality of languages by a single search, thereby improving convenience.

Note that the reference numerals in parentheses above are intended to indicate the reference numerals of components in the embodiments described below as an example of the present disclosure, and are not intended to limit the present disclosure to the aspects of the embodiments.

In this way, the information processing device and information processing program disclosed herein can translate into multiple languages with simpler operations.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the translation process performed by the information processing device. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a search process performed by the information processing device.

Below, exemplary embodiments will be described with reference to the drawings. Note that the same or equivalent parts in each drawing are given the same reference numerals, and duplicate explanations will be omitted.

[overall structure]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an information processing device 1 according to the present embodiment. The information processing device 1 shown in FIG. 1 is a device that translates various contents into multiple languages simultaneously. The "content" is information expressed in a specific language, and may be, for example, words, sentences, sounds, videos, etc. "Expressed in a specific language" means that the specific language is mainly used, and may include, for example, a part that uses another language. "Translating simultaneously" means that all or part of the processing or user operation for the translation is common to each other. In other words, "translating simultaneously" is not necessarily limited to translation being performed at exactly the same time.

The information processing device 1 automatically detects the language of the content before translation and automatically translates it into multiple languages other than that language. Therefore, according to the information processing device 1, the user does not need to specify either the language of the content before translation or the language of the content after translation. However, the user may specify both the languages before and after translation.

The information processing device 1 also translates content expressed in a specific language into multiple languages and manages each of the translated contents. The information processing device 1 can classify and store the translated content, or output it to the outside. For example, the information processing device 1 collects and translates content expressed in various languages from users who use various languages, and classifies and publishes the translated content according to its content. As an example, when a specific website is registered as content, the content of the website is automatically translated, and the content is classified and published. In this way, the content may be the website itself, or may be individual articles posted on the website. The content may also be the content posted on various SNSs (Social Networking Services).

In the following description, the content before being translated by the information processing device 1 is referred to as "pre-translation information," and the language expressing the pre-translation information is referred to as the "pre-translation language." Additionally, the content after being translated by the information processing device 1 is referred to as "post-translation information," and the language expressing the post-translation information is referred to as the "post-translation language."

The pre-translation language is any language included in the pre-translation language candidates. The "pre-translation language candidates" are a group of languages that are preset in the information processing device 1 and can be selected as the pre-translation language. The post-translation language is a group of languages that are preset in the information processing device 1 and can be selected as the post-translation language. The "post-translation language candidates" are a group of languages that are preset in the information processing device 1 and can be selected as the post-translation language. Here, the pre-translation language candidates and the post-translation language candidates are the same in number and in the same language. More specifically, the pre-translation language candidates and the post-translation language candidates into which the pre-translation information can be translated by the translation unit 11 are the same in number and in the same language (details will be described later). As an example, the pre-translation language candidates are Japanese, English, Chinese, and Korean, and the post-translation language candidates are also Japanese, English, Chinese, and Korean. Setting a combination of the pre-translation language candidates and the post-translation language candidates in this way is also called "mapping". In the following description, the pre-translation language is Japanese, and the post-translation languages are English, Chinese, and Korean.

The information processing device 1 is composed of a computer C (server) capable of communicating with a user terminal 2, a search server 3, a web server 4, etc. via a network N. The information processing device 1 is physically configured with a control arithmetic unit, a storage device, and an input/output device. The control arithmetic unit is composed of a controller such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit), and executes arithmetic processing and controls the storage device and the input/output device. The storage device has, for example, a main storage device and an auxiliary storage device. The main storage device is composed of, for example, a RAM (Random Access Memory). The auxiliary storage device is composed of, for example, a ROM (Read Only Memory). The input/output device has, for example, an input device that receives data from the outside and transmits it to the storage device, and an output device that outputs to the outside the calculation results that have been calculated by the control arithmetic unit and stored in the storage device.

The information processing device 1, for example, loads a program stored in ROM into RAM and executes the program loaded into RAM with a CPU to perform a predetermined process. Specifically, the information processing device 1 loads an information processing program stored in ROM into RAM and executes the information processing program loaded into RAM with a CPU to perform a translation process and a search process, which will be described later. Note that the computer C constituting the information processing device 1 may have a physical configuration different from that described above.

The user terminal 2 is configured to be able to communicate with the information processing device 1, the search server 3, the web server 4, and the like. The user terminal 2 is operated by, for example, a user. The user terminal 2 may be, for example, a smartphone, a tablet, a notebook computer, a desktop computer, and the like, and here, a smartphone is exemplified as the user terminal 2. "User" includes a user who inputs pre-translation information to the information processing device 1 (i.e., a posting user who posts content) and a user who obtains post-translation information from the information processing device 1 (i.e., a viewing user who views content). A posting user becomes a viewing user when viewing content that the posting user has posted. These users are not limited to users in a specific country.

The user terminal 2 has, as its physical configuration, a control and arithmetic unit, a storage device, and an input/output device. The control and arithmetic unit is configured with a controller such as a CPU, and executes arithmetic processing and controls the storage device and the input/output device. The storage device has, for example, a main storage device and an auxiliary storage device. The main storage device is configured with, for example, a RAM. The auxiliary storage device is configured with, for example, a ROM. The input/output device has, for example, an input device that receives data from the outside and transmits it to the storage device, and an output device that outputs to the outside the calculation results that have been calculated by the control and arithmetic unit and stored in the storage device.

The user terminal 2 executes a predetermined process, for example, by loading a program stored in a ROM into a RAM and executing the program loaded into the RAM by a CPU. Note that the user terminal 2 may have a physical configuration different from the configuration described above.

The search server 3 is a server that searches for external information based on input information, for example, when input information is input from the user terminal 2. "Input information" is information that is the subject of a search engine search for information related to the search engine, such as search words. "External information" is information that is searched by the search engine, such as information stored in the web server 4. In other words, the search server 3 is equipped with a search engine having an algorithm for searching for external information based on the input information, and searches for external information using the search engine. The search server 3 is equipped with, for example, an input device and an output device, and is configured to be capable of communicating with another device, such as the user terminal 2.

The web server 4 is a server (website server) that holds information about a website linked to a specific URL. The web server 4 is equipped with, for example, an input device and an output device. The web server 4 is configured to be able to communicate with other devices, such as the information processing device 1, the user terminal 2, and the search server 3. The web server 4 transmits website information to the user terminal 2 that has accessed the web server 4.

Next, the functions of the information processing device 1 will be described. Functionally, the computer C of the information processing device 1 includes a pre-translation information acquisition unit 10, a translation unit 11, a language detection unit 12, a post-translation information output unit 13, a search engine optimization unit 14, a classification unit 15, a comment acceptance unit 16, a comment provision request unit 17, a correction request unit 18, a language designation unit 19, a search information acceptance unit 20, a search result acquisition unit 21, an input information acquisition unit 22, and an external information acquisition unit 23.

The pre-translation information acquisition unit 10 is configured to be able to acquire pre-translation information of a pre-translation language included in a plurality of pre-translation language candidates. The pre-translation information acquisition unit 10 acquires pre-translation information of any one of a plurality of pre-translation language candidates that can be acquired for each process. The pre-translation information acquisition unit 10 may receive pre-translation information from, for example, a user terminal 2, or may acquire pre-translation information collected by a so-called aggregator.

The translation unit 11 translates the pre-translation information acquired by the pre-translation information acquisition unit 10 into each of the multiple post-translation languages to acquire multiple pieces of post-translation information. Specifically, the translation unit 11 translates the pre-translation information into each of the multiple post-translation languages excluding the pre-translation language detected by the language detection unit 12 described below from the multiple post-translation language candidates. In other words, the translation unit 11 translates the content into multiple languages other than the language of the content before translation. When the translation is performed by the translation unit 11, the translation unit 11 may link the pre-translation language, pre-translation information, post-translation language, and post-translation information to one another and store them in the storage device of the information processing device 1.

The translation unit 11 translates the comments accepted by the comment acceptance unit 16 (described later) into each of the multiple translation languages to acquire the translated comments. Similarly, the translation unit 11 translates the input information acquired by the input information acquisition unit 22 (described later) into each of the multiple translation languages to acquire multiple pieces of translated input information. In this case, the comments and the input information may be expressed in any of the languages included in the multiple pre-translation language candidates. The translated comments and the translated input information may also be expressed in any of the languages included in the multiple translation language candidates, and in particular, may be expressed in multiple languages excluding the language of the comments or the input information from the multiple translation language candidates. By translating the comments into multiple translation languages in this way, even if the comments are in English, for example, a user who uses Japanese can read the translated comments in Japanese, and similarly, a user who uses another language can read the translated comments in the other languages.

The translation unit 11 may translate the pre-translation information according to a hierarchy that matches the contents of the pre-translation information among a plurality of hierarchies that have been set in advance. In other words, the translation unit 11 may perform a hierarchical translation according to the contents of the pre-translation information. The "hierarchy" is, for example, the range of the community in which each content is viewed. In other words, if each content is to be widely viewed by the general public, the hierarchy of the content is "general", and the translation unit 11 translates such content within the range of general terms (without including industry terms and corporate terms). If each content is to be viewed within a specific industry, the hierarchy of the content is the "industry", and the translation unit 11 translates such content within the range including industry terms of the industry (without including corporate terms). If each content is to be viewed within a specific company, the hierarchy of the content is the "company", and the translation unit 11 translates such content within the range including corporate terms of the company.

The language detection unit 12 detects the language. That is, the language detection unit 12 detects the language in which the target content, etc. is expressed. For example, the language detection unit 12 detects the pre-translation language of the pre-translation information from the pre-translation information acquired by the pre-translation information acquisition unit 10. The language detection unit 12 may analyze text data, audio data, image data, etc. included in the content, etc., and detect the language of the content using known technology. Note that the language detection unit 12 may detect the language of the comments accepted by the comment acceptance unit 16 and the language of the input information acquired by the input information acquisition unit 22.

The translated information output unit 13 outputs the plurality of pieces of translated information acquired by the translation unit 11. "Output" includes transmitting data (files) as the translated information to an external server or the like via the network N, recording it in a storage medium, or displaying it on a display or the like. The translated information output unit 13 may automatically upload the translated information to the web server 4 to make it public on a website (platform) as an article. That is, each of the plurality of pieces of translated information may be made public on a network. The "network" may be, for example, an external network such as the Internet, or an internal network (such as an intranet) with a limited scope of publication. By being published on an external network such as the Internet, each piece of translated information is made available for indexing by a crawler linked to a search engine. Note that each piece of translated information may be published on a network and stored in a storage device of the information processing device 1.

The search engine optimization unit 14 executes search engine optimization processing for each of the multiple pieces of translated information. "Search engine optimization processing" is processing that allows information published on an external network such as the Internet to be highly evaluated by search engines. Search engine optimization processing is processing that performs so-called SEO (Search Engine Optimization). As part of the search engine optimization processing, the search engine optimization unit 14 may, for example, automatically add meta tags corresponding to the translated language to the translated information, or may publish comments on each article, which is the translated information.

The classification unit 15 classifies the multiple pieces of post-translation information into classification items. A "classification item" is a viewpoint for classifying the content of the post-translation information, and may be, for example, an item such as a technical field or industry. A plurality of items are registered in advance as candidates for classification items, and the classification unit 15 selects a classification item suitable for each piece of post-translation information from these candidate classification items and classifies the post-translation information into the classification item. The classification unit 15 may classify the post-translation information by analyzing the content of the post-translation information and, for example, adding a tag related to the content. The classification unit 15 may also classify the post-translation information based on a tag that is a result of a trend analysis of words used by the posting user (i.e., based on a created word cloud), or based on a tag that the posting user specified or created when posting the pre-translation information. The classification unit 15 may classify all of the multiple pieces of post-translation information into classification items. Alternatively, the classification unit 15 may classify a part of the post-translation information among the multiple pieces of post-translation information into classification items. For example, the classification unit 15 may classify only two pieces of translated information expressed in the translated languages of Chinese and Korean, out of three pieces of translated information expressed in the translated languages of English, Chinese, and Korean, into a classification item.

The comment receiving unit 16 receives comments on the multiple pieces of translated information from the user terminal 2. A "comment" is an opinion expressed by a user such as a viewing user on the translated information, and may be, for example, an opinion in favor of the translated information, an opinion against the translated information, an explanation, a request, a question, a proposal, a report, or the like. The comment receiving unit 16 may receive comments on all of the multiple pieces of translated information from the user terminal 2. Alternatively, the comment receiving unit 16 may receive comments on some of the multiple pieces of translated information from the user terminal 2. For example, the comment receiving unit 16 may receive only comments on the translated languages of Chinese and Korean from the user terminal 2 of three pieces of translated information expressed in the translated languages of English, Chinese, and Korean, respectively.

The comment request unit 17 requests a viewing user viewing the translated information to provide a comment. The comment request unit 17 notifies a specific viewing user or unspecified viewing users of a comment request linked to the translated information acquired by the translation unit 11. For example, the comment request unit 17 may request the viewing user to provide a comment by sending a message as a comment request to the user terminal 2 of the viewing user.

The viewing user who is requested to provide a comment by the comment requesting unit 17 may be an expert on the translated information. As an example, if the translated information is information related to blockchain technology, the comment requesting unit 17 may request a blockchain engineer to provide a comment. Note that, since the comment provided by the viewing user as a result of the comment request by the comment requesting unit 17 is also translated by the translation unit 11, the comment requesting unit 17 can request the viewing user to provide a comment regardless of the language that the viewing user can use.

The correction request unit 18 requests the post-translation information to be corrected. More specifically, the correction request unit 18 requests, for example, a viewing user viewing the post-translation information or a translation expert to correct and add to mistranslations in the post-translation information. Specifically, the correction request unit 18 notifies the viewing user or the expert of a correction request linked to the post-translation information. For example, the correction request unit 18 may request the viewing user to correct the translated information by sending a message as a correction request to the user terminal 2 of the viewing user.

The language designation unit 19 designates the translated language of the translated information that is to be viewable by the viewing user, among the multiple pieces of translated information output by the translated information output unit 13. That is, the language designation unit 19 can designate the translated language that is to be viewable for each viewing user (or for each condition such as the attributes of the viewing user) among the multiple pieces of translated information expressed in each translated language. In other words, the language designation unit 19 can designate the translated language of the translated information that is to be displayed on the website (platform) when the viewing user views the translated information.

The translated language specified by the language designation unit 19 may be specified by a user, such as a posting user or a viewing user, or may be automatically set by the language designation unit 19. The language designation unit 19 may set the translated language according to the user's account. For example, if the language used in the user's account is set to Japanese, or if the nationality of the user's account is set to Japan, the language designation unit 19 may set the translated language to Japanese. Note that the language designation unit 19 can also change the translated language once it has been specified.

The search information receiving unit 20 receives input of search information for searching translated information. "Search information" is information for searching translated information obtained by translating pre-translation information by the information processing device 1, and may be, for example, a search word. The search information receiving unit 20 receives input of search information from, for example, the user terminal 2.

The search result acquisition unit 21 acquires search results according to the search information inputted and accepted by the search information acceptance unit 20. The "search result" is information on post-translation information acquired by the information processing device 1 translating pre-translation information, which is relatively highly related to the search information inputted and accepted by the search information acceptance unit 20. The search result may be one piece of pre-translation information, or may be multiple pieces of pre-translation information. The search result acquisition unit 21 may search for pre-translation information stored in a storage device provided in the information processing device 1, or may acquire search results received from the search server 3 in response to sending search information to the search server 3.

The search result acquisition unit 21 acquires translated information in a translated language corresponding to the search language of the search information inputted and accepted by the search information acceptance unit 20. In other words, the search results are translated information in a translated language corresponding to the search language of the search information. The "search language" is the language in which the search information is expressed. For example, if the search language of the search information is English, the search result acquisition unit 21 acquires translated information in which English is the translated language. Similarly, if the search language of the search information is Chinese, the search result acquisition unit 21 acquires translated information in which Chinese is the translated language. The search result acquisition unit 21 may transmit the acquired translated information to the user terminal 2.

The input information acquisition unit 22 acquires input information to be input to a search engine. "Input information" is information to be input to a search engine to search for external information, and may be, for example, a search word. The input information acquisition unit 22 may acquire input information to be input to the search engine of the search server 3, for example, by performing system integration with the search server 3, such as API integration.

The input information acquired by the input information acquisition unit 22 is translated by the translation unit 11 into each of the multiple translation languages and acquired as multiple pieces of translated input information. Each piece of translated input information is then transmitted to the search server 3, and a search based on each piece of translated input information transmitted is performed by the search engine of the search server 3.

The external information acquisition unit 23 acquires external information searched by the search engine. The "external information" is information searched by the search engine of the search server 3 based on information related to the input information acquired by the input information acquisition unit 22. The external information may include not only information published on an external network such as the Internet, but also information stored in a company's own server (e.g., the server of the information processing device 1) (e.g., information whose scope of publication is limited to a specific organization or member, etc.). Specifically, the external information may include information stored in a company's own server (platform) such as an owned media, or information on an internal network (intranet). Here, the "information related to the input information" is a plurality of pieces of translated input information obtained by translating the input information into each translated language by the translation unit 11. Therefore, the external information acquisition unit 23 acquires external information searched by the search engine based on these multiple pieces of translated input information. In other words, the external information acquisition unit 23 can acquire external information corresponding to each language searched by the search server based on the input information translated into the translated language in a lump.

[Translation processing]
The following describes the translation process executed by the information processing device 1. Fig. 2 is a flowchart showing the translation process by the information processing device 1. As shown in Fig. 2, the translation process includes, for example, translating various contents into multiple languages at the same time.

In step S10, the pre-translation information acquisition unit 10 of the information processing device 1 acquires pre-translation information of a pre-translation language included in the multiple pre-translation language candidates. Then, in step S12, the language detection unit 12 of the information processing device 1 detects the pre-translation language of the pre-translation information from the pre-translation information acquired by the pre-translation information acquisition unit 10. After that, the translation process proceeds to step S14.

In step S14, the translation unit 11 of the information processing device 1 translates the pre-translation information acquired by the pre-translation information acquisition unit 10 into each of the multiple post-translation languages to acquire multiple pieces of post-translation information. Specifically, the translation unit 11 translates the pre-translation information into each of the multiple post-translation languages excluding the pre-translation language detected by the language detection unit 12 from the multiple post-translation language candidates. At this time, the translation unit 11 translates the pre-translation information according to a layer that matches the content of the pre-translation information, out of multiple preset layers. In addition, the translation unit 11 links the pre-translation language, pre-translation information, post-translation language, and post-translation information to each other and stores them in the storage device of the information processing device 1. After that, the translation process proceeds to step S16.

In step S16, the classification unit 15 of the information processing device 1 classifies the multiple pieces of translated information into classification items. The classification unit 15 may classify all of the multiple pieces of translated information into classification items. Alternatively, the classification unit 15 may classify some of the multiple pieces of translated information into classification items. Next, in step S18, the search engine optimization unit 14 of the information processing device 1 executes search engine optimization processing for each of the multiple pieces of translated information. After that, the translation processing proceeds to step S20.

In step S20, the language designation unit 19 of the information processing device 1 designates the translated language of the translated information that is to be viewable by the viewing user, among the multiple pieces of translated information. The translated language designated by the language designation unit 19 may be designated by a user, such as a posting user or a viewing user, or may be automatically set by the language designation unit 19. The language designation unit 19 may set the translated language according to the user's account. After that, the translation process proceeds to step S22.

In step S22, the translated information output unit 13 of the information processing device 1 outputs the multiple pieces of translated information acquired by the translation unit 11. Here, the translated information output unit 13 automatically uploads the translated information to the web server 4, thereby making it public on the website (platform) as an article. In other words, the translated information output unit 13 makes each of the multiple pieces of translated information public on the network. After that, the translation process proceeds to step S24.

In step S24, the comment request unit 17 of the information processing device 1 requests the viewing user to provide a comment by notifying the viewing user of a comment request linked to the translated information acquired by the translation unit 11. Next, in step S26, the comment acceptance unit 16 of the information processing device 1 accepts comments on the translated information from the user terminal 2 of the viewing user. Note that the comment acceptance unit 16 may accept comments on all of the multiple pieces of translated information from the user terminal 2. Alternatively, the comment acceptance unit 16 may accept comments on some of the multiple pieces of translated information from the user terminal 2. Thereafter, the translation process proceeds to step S28.

In step S28, the translation unit 11 of the information processing device 1 translates the comments accepted by the comment acceptance unit 16 into each of the multiple translation languages to obtain translated comments. The translated comments obtained by the translation unit 11 are output by the translated information output unit 13. Here, the translated information output unit 13 automatically uploads the translated comments to the web server 4, thereby making them publicly available on the website (platform) as user comments on the article. This completes the translation process by the information processing device 1.

[Search process]
The following describes the search processing executed by the information processing device 1. Fig. 3 is a flowchart showing the search processing by the information processing device 1. As shown in Fig. 3, the search processing is a process for acquiring information obtained by performing a search in multiple languages, in contrast to a search operation performed by a search engine in one language.

In step S30, the input information acquisition unit 22 of the information processing device 1 acquires input information to be input to the search engine. The input information acquisition unit 22 may acquire the input information to be input to the search engine of the search server 3, for example, by performing system integration such as API integration with the search server 3. Thereafter, the search process proceeds to step S32.

In step S32, the translation unit 11 of the information processing device 1 translates the input information acquired by the input information acquisition unit 22 into each of the multiple translated languages to acquire multiple pieces of translated input information. When the multiple pieces of translated input information are acquired, the search engine of the search server 3 searches for information (external information) based on the multiple pieces of translated input information. After that, the search process proceeds to step S34.

In step S34, the external information acquisition unit 23 of the information processing device 1 acquires the external information searched by the search engine. In other words, the external information acquisition unit 23 acquires all the external information corresponding to each language searched by the search server based on the input information translated into the post-translation language. This completes the search process by the information processing device 1.

[Information processing program]
A description will now be given of an information processing program for causing the computer C to function as the information processing device 1. The information processing program is a program for causing the computer C to execute a process of translating various contents into multiple languages simultaneously.

The information processing program includes a main module, a pre-translation information acquisition module, and a translation module. The main module provides overall control of computer C. The functions realized by executing the pre-translation information acquisition module and the translation module are similar to the functions of the pre-translation information acquisition unit 10 and the translation unit 11, respectively. In other words, the information processing program is a program that causes computer C to function as the pre-translation information acquisition unit 10 and the translation unit 11.

The information processing program may also include at least one of a language detection module, a translated information output module, a search engine optimization module, a classification module, a comment acceptance module, a comment request module, a correction request module, a language designation module, a search information acceptance module, a search result acquisition module, an input information acquisition module, and an external information acquisition module. The functions of the information processing program realized by executing each of the language detection module, the translated information output module, the search engine optimization module, the classification module, the comment acceptance module, the comment request module, the correction request module, the language designation module, the search information acceptance module, the search result acquisition module, the input information acquisition module, and the external information acquisition module are similar to the functions of the language detection unit 12, the translated information output unit 13, the search engine optimization unit 14, the classification unit 15, the comment acceptance unit 16, the comment request unit 17, the correction request unit 18, the language designation unit 19, the search information acceptance unit 20, the search result acquisition unit 21, the input information acquisition unit 22, and the external information acquisition unit 23.

[Action and Effect]
As described above, the information processing device 1 includes a pre-translation information acquisition unit 10 capable of acquiring pre-translation information of a pre-translation language included in multiple pre-translation language candidates, and a translation unit 11 that translates the pre-translation information acquired by the pre-translation information acquisition unit 10 into each of multiple post-translation languages to acquire multiple pieces of post-translation information.

The information processing program causes the computer C to function as a pre-translation information acquisition unit 10 capable of acquiring pre-translation information for a pre-translation language included in a plurality of pre-translation language candidates, and a translation unit 11 that translates the pre-translation information acquired by the pre-translation information acquisition unit 10 into each of a plurality of post-translation languages to acquire a plurality of pieces of post-translation information.

According to at least one of the information processing device 1 and the information processing program, pre-translation information of a pre-translation language included in multiple pre-translation language candidates can be translated in parallel into multiple post-translation languages to obtain multiple pieces of post-translation information. In other words, there is no need to perform translation operations for each language. Therefore, translation into multiple languages can be achieved with simpler operations.

The information processing device 1 includes a language detection unit 12 that detects a pre-translation language of the pre-translation information from the pre-translation information, and the pre-translation language candidates and the post-translation language candidates into which the pre-translation information can be translated by the translation unit 11 are the same in number and in the same language, and the translation unit 11 translates the pre-translation information into each of the post-translation languages obtained by excluding the pre-translation language detected by the language detection unit 12 from the post-translation language candidates. In this way, the pre-translation language is automatically detected and translated into another language, making it possible to translate into multiple languages with simpler operations. Moreover, because the pre-translation language candidates and the post-translation language candidates into which the pre-translation information can be translated by the translation unit 11 are the same in number and in the same language, it is possible to avoid a situation in which translation from one language to another language is possible but reverse translation from the other language to the one language is not possible.

The information processing device 1 includes a translated information output unit 13 that outputs multiple pieces of translated information acquired by the translation unit 11. This makes it possible to make the translated information publicly available or to store it as data.

In the information processing device 1, each of the multiple pieces of translated information is made public on the network. This makes it possible for the translated information to be made available to an unspecified number of other people.

The information processing device 1 includes a search engine optimization unit 14 that executes search engine optimization processing for each of the multiple pieces of translated information. This makes it possible to make the translated information more effectively available to an unspecified number of other people when the translated information is made public on an external network such as the Internet.

The information processing device 1 includes a classification unit 15 that classifies multiple pieces of translated information into classification items. This allows the translated information to be appropriately classified without the need for complicated operations.

The information processing device 1 includes a classification unit 15 that classifies a portion of the plurality of pieces of translated information into classification items. This allows the translated information to be appropriately classified without performing complicated operations. In particular, since some of the translated information is classified while the remaining translated information is not classified, it is possible to reduce the processing load for classification.

The information processing device 1 includes a comment receiving unit 16 that receives comments on multiple pieces of translated information from the user terminal 2. This makes it possible to collect the opinions of users viewing the translated information.

The information processing device 1 includes a comment receiving unit 16 that receives comments from the user terminal 2 on some of the translated information. This makes it possible to collect the opinions of users viewing the translated information. In particular, since comments on some of the translated information are received while comments on the remaining translated information are not received, it becomes possible to manage comments in accordance with the intentions of the administrator of the information processing device 1.

In the information processing device 1, the translation unit 11 translates the comments accepted by the comment acceptance unit 16 into each of the multiple translated languages. This makes it possible to translate comments into multiple languages with simpler operations or without performing any specific operations.

The information processing device 1 includes a comment request unit 17 that requests a viewing user who views the translated information to provide a comment. This makes it possible to request the provision of a comment through a simpler operation.

The information processing device 1 includes a correction request unit 18 that requests correction of the translated information. This makes it easier to ensure the accuracy of the translated information.

The information processing device 1 includes a language designation unit 19 that designates the translated language of the translated information that is to be viewable by the viewing user among the multiple pieces of translated information output by the translated information output unit 13. This makes it possible to select the translated language of the translated information to be viewed by the viewing user, for example, according to the attributes of the viewing user.

In the information processing device 1, the translation unit 11 translates the pre-translation information according to a layer that matches the content of the pre-translation information among multiple preset layers. This can improve the quality of the translation.

The information processing device 1 includes a search information receiving unit 20 that receives input of search information for searching for translated information, and a search result acquisition unit 21 that acquires search results according to the search information input received by the search information receiving unit 20, and the search results are translated information in a translated language that corresponds to the search language of the search information. This makes it possible to present the translated information in the translated language that corresponds to the search language of the search information to the viewing user, thereby improving convenience.

The information processing device 1 includes an input information acquisition unit 22 that acquires input information input to a search engine to search for external information, and an external information acquisition unit 23 that acquires external information searched by the search engine based on information related to the input information acquired by the input information acquisition unit 22, the translation unit 11 translates the input information acquired by the input information acquisition unit 22 into each of a plurality of translated languages to acquire a plurality of pieces of translated input information, and the external information acquisition unit 23 acquires the external information searched by the search engine based on the plurality of translated input information. This makes it possible to acquire search results in a plurality of languages with a single search, thereby improving convenience.

[Modifications]
The above-described embodiment can be implemented in various forms with modifications or improvements made based on the knowledge of those skilled in the art.

For example, in the above-described embodiment, the pre-translation language candidates and the post-translation language candidates are mapped so that they are the same in number and in the same language. However, the pre-translation language candidates and the post-translation language candidates do not have to be the same in number, and they do not have to be the same language. As an example, the pre-translation language candidates may be Japanese and English, and the post-translation language candidates may be Japanese, Chinese, and Korean. Furthermore, the number of each of the pre-translation language candidates and the post-translation language candidates may be set to any number.

REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 Information processing device 2 User terminal 3 Search server 4 Web server 10 Pre-translation information acquisition unit 11 Translation unit 12 Language detection unit 13 Post-translation information output unit 14 Search engine optimization unit 15 Classification unit 16 Comment acceptance unit 17 Comment provision request unit 18 Correction request unit 19 Language designation unit 20 Search information acceptance unit 21 Search result acquisition unit 22 Input information acquisition unit 23 External information acquisition unit C Computer N Network

Claims (13)

a pre-translation information acquisition unit capable of acquiring pre-translation information of a pre-translation language included in a plurality of pre-translation language candidates;
a translation unit that translates the pre-translation information acquired by the pre-translation information acquisition unit into a plurality of post-translation languages according to a layer that matches the content of the pre-translation information among a plurality of preset layers, thereby acquiring a plurality of pieces of post-translation information;
a post-translation information output unit that outputs the plurality of pieces of post-translation information acquired by the translation unit;
a search engine optimization unit that executes a search engine optimization process for each of the plurality of pieces of translated information;
The hierarchical level is a range of a community in which the content of the pre-translation information is viewed,
The translation unit translates within a range of general terms if the hierarchy is "general", translates within a range including industry jargon of the industry if the hierarchy is "industry", translates within a range including in-house jargon of the company if the hierarchy is "company",
An information processing device , wherein each of the plurality of pieces of translated information is made public on a network . a language detection unit that detects the pre-translation language of the pre-translation information from the pre-translation information,
the plurality of pre-translation language candidates and the plurality of post-translation language candidates into which the pre-translation information can be translated by the translation unit are the same in number and in the same language;
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the translation unit translates the pre-translation information into each of the plurality of post-translation languages obtained by excluding the pre-translation language detected by the language detection unit from the plurality of post-translation language candidates. The information processing device according to claim 1 , further comprising a classification unit that classifies the plurality of pieces of translated information into classification items. The information processing device according to claim 1 , further comprising a classification unit configured to classify a part of the plurality of pieces of translated information into classification items. 5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a comment receiving unit that receives comments on the plurality of pieces of translated information from a user terminal. 5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a comment receiving unit configured to receive, from a user terminal, a comment on a part of the plurality of pieces of translated information. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the translation unit translates the comment accepted by the comment acceptance unit into each of a plurality of the post-translation languages. 8. The information processing device according to claim 5 , further comprising a comment provision requesting unit that requests a browsing user who browses the translated information to provide the comment. 9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a correction request unit that requests correction of the translated information. The information processing device according to any one of claims 1 to 9 , further comprising a language designation unit that designates the translated language of the translated information that is to be viewable by a viewing user among the plurality of pieces of translated information output by the translated information output unit. a search information receiving unit that receives input of search information for searching the translated information;
a search result acquisition unit that acquires search results according to the search information inputted and received by the search information receiving unit,
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the search result is the translated information in the translated language corresponding to a search language of the search information. an input information acquisition unit that acquires input information to be input to a search engine in order to search for external information;
an external information acquisition unit that acquires the external information searched by the search engine based on information about the input information acquired by the input information acquisition unit,
the translation unit translates the input information acquired by the input information acquisition unit into each of the plurality of post-translation languages to acquire a plurality of pieces of translated input information;
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the external information acquisition unit acquires the external information searched for by the search engine based on a plurality of pieces of translated input information. Computer,
a pre-translation information acquisition unit capable of acquiring pre-translation information of a pre-translation language included in a plurality of pre-translation language candidates;
a translation unit that translates the pre-translation information acquired by the pre-translation information acquisition unit into a plurality of post-translation languages according to a layer that matches the content of the pre-translation information among a plurality of preset layers, thereby acquiring a plurality of pieces of post-translation information;
a post-translation information output unit that outputs the plurality of pieces of post-translation information acquired by the translation unit;
a search engine optimization unit that executes a search engine optimization process for each of the plurality of pieces of translated information;
The hierarchical level is a range of a community in which the content of the pre-translation information is viewed,
The translation unit translates within a range of general terms if the hierarchy is "general" , translates within a range including industry jargon of the industry if the hierarchy is "industry" , translates within a range including in-house jargon of the company if the hierarchy is "company" ,
An information processing program , wherein each of the plurality of pieces of translated information is made public on a network .