JPH0251764A - Index production system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To realize the production of an index with high efficiency by replacing again the production item of a produced index with the original language and obtaining a desired index. CONSTITUTION:The original sentences, i.e., the index production subjects and the index production items are translated into a processing language for an index production means 4. At the same time, the special symbols are put into the positions corresponding to the breaks of pages. The means 4 checks whether a prescribed index production item is included in a document or not via a translation means 3. If so, the number of emerging pages is acquired by the special symbol and based on the original sentence for production of an index. The index production items of the produced index are replaced again with the original language for production of an index where the correspondence is secured between the index production items expressed in the original language and the number of pages.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention generates an index indicating the number of pages (page number) on which the index generation item is located for a predetermined item (index generation item) in a document. This relates to an index generation method.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, this type of index generation method imports the target document into a computer as a character string, performs processing such as searching for a predetermined index generation item, and calculates the number of pages in which the index generation item appears. was generating an index. That is, if the document is in Japanese, it is processed in Japanese, and if it is in English, it is processed in English.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

By the way, in the above-mentioned search for generating an index, processing differs depending on the language of the target document, and there is a drawback that depending on the language, very inefficient processing must be performed.

For example, in English, when searching for a word, the words are separated by spaces, so matching starts from the beginning of the word, and if a different letter is found, skipping to the beginning of the next word. It can perform simple processing, and even if there is a suspicious pattern inside a word, it can perform processing at high speed without being confused by it.
In Japanese, there are no breaks between words, so this type of processing cannot be performed, and a more complex process must be performed.

As described above, the processing speed varies depending on the character characteristics of each language, and there is a drawback that stable and efficient index generation cannot be performed.

The present invention has been proposed in view of the above points, and its purpose is to provide an index generation method that can efficiently generate an index regardless of the language of the document.

[Means to solve the problem]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention translates the original text of a document to be indexed and index generation items into a processing language that is easy to process, and also adds special symbols at positions corresponding to page breaks in the original text. Search for the translation means to insert and whether or not the translated text contains index generating items, and if it is included, obtain the number of pages where the index generating items appear based on the original text using special symbols. The apparatus also includes an index generation means for generating an index and replacing the index generation items of the generated index with the language of the original text again.

[Effect]

In the index generation method of the present invention, the translation means translates the original text of the document to be indexed and the index generation items into a processing language that is easy to process, and also translates the original text of the document to be indexed and the index generation items into a processing language that is easy to process, and at the same time The index generation means searches whether or not the index generation item is included in the translated text, and if it is included, the number of pages in which the index generation item appears is displayed in the original text using the special symbol. An index is generated based on the index, and the index generation items of the generated index are replaced again with the language of the original text to obtain a desired index.

〔Example〕

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

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of an index generation device which is an embodiment of the index generation method of the present invention. In FIG. 1, numeral 1 is an original human input means such as a keyboard, from which the documents to be indexed are input manually. #2 is a bilingual translation storage means, from which documents input from the original human input means 1 are input. The original text and the translated text translated by the translation means 3, which will be described later, are stored. The translation means 3 executes translation between predetermined languages using a well-known translation mechanism, and in the present invention, in particular, the original text of the document to be indexed and the index generation items can be easily processed by the index generation means 4, which will be described later. In addition to translating the translated text into a language (processing language), it also inserts special symbols that are not used elsewhere in the translated text at positions corresponding to page breaks in the original text. Note that inserting special symbols at positions corresponding to page breaks in the original text is difficult because the amount of documents in the original text and the translated text are different.
This is to make it possible to recognize the page number of the original text from the translated text, since the number of pages will be different. Further, in order to enhance the effects of the present invention, it is preferable that the translation means 3 can translate between as many languages as possible.

On the other hand, the index generation means 4 determines whether or not a predetermined index generation item (translated into the same language as the document) is included in the document to be indexed which has been translated into the processing language by the translation means 3. At the same time, if it is included, the number of pages in which the index generation item appears is obtained based on the original text using special symbols, an index is generated, and the index generation item of the generated index is converted back into the original language. This is to generate an index in which the index generation items in the language of the original text correspond to the number of pages. Further, 5 is a display/editing means for displaying processing results and instructing editing, and 6 is an outputting means for printing out the generated index, translated text, etc.

The operation of the above embodiment will be described below in accordance with the flowchart of the index generation procedure shown in FIG.

It is assumed that the document to be indexed has already been input from the original human resource means 1 and stored in the bilingual translation storage means 2.

Now, consider the case where an index is created for the original text (for example, Japanese) of an input document. Note that when an index is generated for a translated text translated into a language different from the original text, the translated text may be used as the [original text] described below.

Now, when the processing starts, the translation means 3 first sends the original text to the later index generation means 4 in a processing language (
At the same time, a special symbol (for example, "*") is inserted in the translated text at the position corresponding to the page break in the original text (step 11).A specific example is shown in the upper part of Figure 3. It is.

Next, the translation means 3 translates the predetermined index generation items into the same processing language (step 12). Note that since the translation is performed by the same translation means 3 as the original text of the document, the The same terms are translated into the same words. This state is shown in the middle part of FIG.

Thereafter, the index generation means 4 searches the translated text using the translated index generation items, and obtains the number of pages in which the index generation items appear based on the original text using special symbols (step 13), in FIG. 3, the index generation item rexLended memory
uniJ exists on the second page (P2) in the translation, but the special symbol "*" makes it appear on the first page (PI) of the original text.
The number of pages is r 1 .

It is said that Note that the special symbol is converted into a line feed symbol or the like that can be recognized by the page counting program used by the index generating means 4. Through these processes, an index on the translated text is generated.

Next, the index generation means 4 replaces the index generation items of the generated index with the three words of the original text again, and generates an index for the original text (step 14). This state is shown in the lower part of FIG.

Then, the generated index is printed out using the output means 6 or the like (step 15), and the process ends. Note that the translated text can also be displayed and output by the display/editing means 5, the output horn means 6, etc., but in that case, it is necessary to convert the special symbols so that they are not displayed or output.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, in the index generation method of the present invention, in order to execute index generation processing in the language that can be performed most easily, processing characteristics existing in each language are taken into consideration. This has the effect of making it possible to utilize the most convenient properties of the language without having to do so, resulting in faster processing. In particular, when generating indexes at the same time when translating a source text into multiple languages in a multilingual translation system, etc., it is possible to select the most suitable language from the translated text and execute index generation. The required processing time can be further reduced.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an index generation device which is an embodiment of the index generation method of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the procedure of index generation, and FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a specific example of index generation. . In the figure, 1... Original human resource means, 2... Bilingual translation storage means, 3... Translation means, 4... Index generation means, 5.
・・Display・&H collection means 6 ・・Output means, 11 to 15
...step. Configuration diagram of the example Fig. 1

Claims (1)

[Claims] Translation means that translates the original text of a document to be indexed and index generation items into a processing language that is easy to process, and inserts special symbols at positions corresponding to page breaks in the original text. , searches to see if the translated text contains an index generating item, and if it does, generates an index by obtaining the number of pages in which the index generating item appears using special symbols based on the original text; An index generation method comprising an index generation means for replacing the index generation items of the generated index with the language of the original text again.