JPH0223901B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Technical Field of the Invention] The present invention relates to a Japanese-English machine translation processing device, and particularly to a Japanese-English machine translation device that selects synonymous but different translation words for the same translated word. Regarding processing method.

[Conventional technology and problems]

Conventional machine translation processing methods include methods in which words are always translated in a fixed order, and methods in which the most recently used words appear first. In these methods, the same word always appears the first time, the second time, and even the nth time.

When trying to translate Japanese into English, I learned that proficient English writing means using a variety of phrases instead of repeating the same word over and over again, even when writing words with the same meaning. has been done. However, in the conventional method mentioned above, the same words always appear, so it is convenient for using the same word over and over again, but it is not suitable for creating English sentences using various phrasings. You have to give conversion instructions multiple times and choose different words. Therefore, the conventional method has the disadvantage that it is not suitable for translating Japanese into higher-level English sentences that use various phrases.

[Purpose of the invention]

The present invention eliminates the above-mentioned drawbacks, and is a Japanese-English machine translation process that can more efficiently create English sentences with different phrasings one after another when converting the same Japanese into English. The purpose is to provide a method.

[Structure of the invention]

To this end, the Japanese-English machine translation processing method of the present invention is
A converted word part in which a converted word is written, a converted word part in which one or more converted words corresponding to the converted word are written, and one or more converted words in the converted word part. A dictionary file having a plurality of word tables, each consisting of a selected word address section that specifies one address of the word, and a converted word count section that indicates the number of written converted words, and a word table that corresponds to the converted word data. Converted word information retrieval means that retrieves the converted word information from the dictionary file, converted word selection means that selects and outputs the converted word specified in the selected word address section of the retrieved word table from the word table, and the retrieved word. The present invention is characterized by comprising control information updating means for updating the contents of the selected word address section of the table.

[Embodiments of the invention]

The present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a dictionary structure for each word to be converted used in the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the dictionary structure for each word to be converted used in the present invention. FIG. It is a figure showing one example of.
In the figure, 1 is a word table, 1' is a word table storage area, 2 is a converted word section, 3 is a control information section, 4 is a converted word section, 5 is a converted word storage section, 6
Reference numeral 1 denotes a converted word information extraction circuit, 7 a dictionary file, 8 a converted word selection circuit, 9 a control information update circuit, and 10 a converted word output unit. A plurality of word tables 1 are stored in the dictionary file 7.
As shown in FIG. 1, the word table 1 includes a converted word section 2 in which the Japanese word to be converted is written, and a converted word section 4 in which a plurality of converted words (English) corresponding to the converted word are written. and a control information section 3 indicating the number of converted words (converted word count) written in the converted word section 4 and the converted word address. The converted word address indicates the number of words to be extracted from the converted word group. Now, the converted word is "write" in Japanese, and the converted word in English is, for example, "write", "describe", ... "put",
If there are n pieces of "compose", address "1" of the conversion word part 4 has "write", address "2" has "describe", ... address "n-1" has "put", “compose” is written to the address “n”, and “n” is written to the converted word count of the control information section 3. The selected word address "2" in the control information section 3 is "describe" in the converted word section 4.
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Next, an embodiment for converting Japanese into English using the dictionary file 7 having the word table 1 as shown in FIG. 1 will be described with reference to FIG. 2. When attempting to translate Japanese into English, Japanese word data to be converted is set in the word to be converted storage section 5. The converted word information extraction circuit 6 is
The corresponding word table 1 is taken out from the dictionary file 7 based on the converted word data. The extracted word table 1 is stored in the word table storage area 1'. Among the contents of the control information section 3 of this word table 1, the selected word address and the contents of the converted word section 4 are sent to the converted word selection circuit 8. Further, the extracted contents of the control information section 3 of the word table 1', ie, the converted word count and the selected word address, are sent to the control information update circuit 9. The converted word selection circuit 8 selects the converted word at the address specified by the selected word address of the control information section 3 from among the words in the converted word section of the word table 1 and sends it to the converted word output section 10. The control information update circuit 9 updates the selected word address in the dictionary file 7 and the control information section 3 of the word table 1 in the word table storage area 1'. When updating the selected word address, if the value of the selected word address and the value of the converted word count are the same, the updated selected word address becomes the initial value, ie, "1". Therefore, the word table 1 having n converted words returns to the initial selected address when the selected word address is updated n times by the control information update circuit 9. In the case of the word table 1 in which the word to be converted is "write" shown in FIG. 1, the selected word address of the control information unit 3 is "2", so the converted word selection circuit 8 uses is read and the converted word "describe" is selected, and the selected converted word is sent to the converted word output section 10. In addition, the control information update circuit 9
As a result, the selected word address in the control information section 3 of the word table 1 is updated to "3". In this way, the word table 1 "written" is used repeatedly, and the selected word address is updated each time to "n". Next time, the converted word is "compose" by the converted word selection circuit 8. The selected word address is updated to "1" by the control information update circuit 9. As a result, the conversion word selected for the same converted word will be different each time, and the same Japanese sentence can be translated into English sentences with different phrasing one after another.
You can efficiently create higher-quality English texts.

[Efficiency of invention]

As is clear from the above description, according to the present invention, a control section is provided for each word table, control information of the control section is inputted to the conversion mechanism section, and the control information is updated every time. Since a word different from the word used (converted) is extracted, when converting the same Japanese to English, different expressions can be used automatically one after another.
You can efficiently create higher-quality English sentences.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a dictionary structure for each word to be converted used in the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the dictionary structure for each word to be converted used in the present invention. FIG. It is a figure showing one example of. 1... Word table, 1'... Word table storage area, 2... Converted word section, 3... Control information section,
4... Converted word section, 5... Converted word storage section, 6
. . . converted word information extraction circuit, 7 . . . dictionary file, 8 . . . converted word selection circuit, 9 .

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1 A converted word section in which a converted word is written, a converted word section in which one or more converted words corresponding to the converted word are written, and one or more converted words in the converted word section. A dictionary file that has a plurality of word tables, each consisting of a selected word address section that specifies one of the addresses and a converted word count section that indicates the number of converted words that have been written, and a word table that corresponds to the converted word data. converted word information extraction means for extracting the converted word information from the dictionary file, converted word selection means for selecting and outputting the converted word specified in the selected word address field of the extracted word table from the word table, and the extracted word table. A Japanese-English machine translation processing method, comprising: a control information updating means for updating the contents of a selected word address field of a word table.