JPH0417470B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Technical Field of the Invention] The present invention relates to an electronic translation device that automatically converts a text written in one language into a text in another language.

[Technical background of the invention and its problems]

In recent years, with the development of computer technology, there has been a growing movement to have computers perform translation work from a foreign language into a native language and vice versa, or between foreign languages. This is a so-called machine translation system, in which a first language sentence is analyzed by a computer, and a second language sentence is also generated by a computer based on the results. The translation obtained in this way is usually 100
It is not 10% accurate, but usually has an error of several to several tens of percent. Therefore, human translators must once compare the original text and the translated text and perform editing work such as corrections, additions, and deletions. However, the machine translation devices that have been developed so far have had problems when correcting the original text during editing work. In other words, when a part of a sentence in the original text is corrected, the translated text corresponding to the corrected original text must also be separately corrected, making it necessary to make corrections to both the original text and the translated text. Alternatively, even when only a part of a sentence in the original text is to be corrected, it is necessary to input the entire sentence anew and obtain a new translation as a result of the translation, which takes time and effort for human editors. It was inefficient from that point of view.

[Purpose of the invention]

An object of the present invention is to provide a translation device that can automatically obtain a correct translation corresponding to the corrected original text when the original text is corrected.

[Summary of the invention]

According to the present invention, when a sentence is input in a first language, it is translated into a second language, both are displayed, and both are stored in correspondence as document information. If a single sentence of this memorized first language text is modified, only this modified sentence is automatically retranslated, and the second language document information is changed based on the result. It is something.

〔Effect of the invention〕

According to the present invention, the editing work between the original text and the translated text can be performed efficiently, so that the fatigue of the editor can be greatly reduced.

[Embodiments of the invention]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of one embodiment.
1 is an input device for inputting the original text in the first language, and is realized by a keyboard or the like. When one sentence of original text has been inputted from the input device 1, it is stored in the original text file 3 via the input control device 2.

The translation control device 4 inputs the original text from the original text file 3, translates it into a second language, and outputs the translated text. This output result is stored in the translation file 5.

Both the original text and the translated text stored in the original text file 3 and the translated text file 5 are guided to the display device 7 via the display control device 6. This display device 7 displays the original text in the first language and the corresponding translated text in the second language in appropriate correspondence, and is realized by a CRT or the like.
8 is an editing input device, and when the editor instructs the editing part and editing content from this editing input device 8,
The editing control device 9 calls the specified sentence from the original text file 3 or the translated text file 5 and edits it by modifying, inserting, deleting, etc. The editing control device 9 also performs control for associating sentences in the original text file 3 and the translated text file 5 on a sentence-by-sentence basis. That is, when storing the translated text obtained as a result of inputting the original text in the original text file 3 into the translation control device 4 in the translation file 5, the editing control device 9 stores the correspondence between the two texts, for example, the address of the original text and the address of the corresponding translated text. remembers.

Next, enter new general information and control flow.
Two methods of editing will be explained step by step. Second
Figures a and b are flow diagrams showing the processing of this embodiment.

) When a new translation is to be performed (FIG. 2a) First, an original text is inputted from the input device 1 via the input control device 2, and is displayed on the display device 7 via the display control device 6. This original text is stored in the original text file 3 after one sentence has been input.
Furthermore, this original text is input to the translation control device 4 and converted into a corresponding translated text.

This translation is stored in translation file 5,
At this time, the editing control device 9 saves the file 5 of the translation.
The addresses in the file 3 and the addresses in the original file 3 are stored in correspondence with each other. The translated text is then displayed on the display device 7 via the display control device 6.

) When editing a document (FIG. 2b) First, the editor inputs a document name for specifying the original text and translated text to be edited from the editing input device 8. The editing control device 9 reads the corresponding sentences in the original text file 3 and the translation file 5 based on the document name, and displays them on the display device 7 via the display control device 6. Next, the editor specifies the part to be edited using the editing input device 8, and edits, inserts, and
Perform editing such as deletion. At this time, if the editor edits only the translated text, the editing control device 9 rewrites the corresponding sentence in the translated text file 5 based on the editing result. Furthermore, when the original text is edited, the original text file 3 is rewritten according to the editing results. At this time, if the editing is within one sentence of the original text, the edited original text (changed text) is written to the original text file 3, then input to the translation control device 4, and the changed text is retranslated and corrected. The translated text will be output. This corrected translation is written into the translation address stored in the translation file 5 by the editing control device 9 in association with the original address. This translated text is then displayed on the display device 7 via the display control device 6.

If the editing involves inserting an entire sentence into the original text, when the inserted sentence is translated by the translation control device 4,
The editing control device 9 saves the translation to the translation file 5.
Insert at the corresponding location. Similarly, in the case of deleting an entire sentence in the original text, the corresponding translated text in the translated text file 5 is deleted.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of changes in display results before and after editing within one sentence of the original and translated texts when performing English-Japanese translation according to this embodiment. This third
As is clear from the figure, when a translation is modified, the corresponding original text remains unchanged and the modified translation is displayed as is. Further, when the original text is modified, the corresponding translated text is automatically modified and displayed faithfully to the modified original text. As is clear from the above, according to the present invention, the editing work of the original text and the translated text can be performed extremely smoothly, so that a practically useful translation device can be realized.

It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments, and can be implemented with various modifications without departing from the gist thereof.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a processing overview of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a diagram showing changes in display results when performing English-Japanese translation in an embodiment of the present invention. 1...Input device, 2...Input control device, 3...
Original text file, 4...translation control device, 5...translation file, 6...display control device, 7...display device, 8...editing input device, 9...editing control device.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. An input means for inputting sentences in a first language; a first storage means for storing sentences in the first language input from the input means; and storage in the first storage means. a translation means for translating the first language text into a second language text; a second storage means for storing the second language text translated by the translation means; and the first storage means. display means for displaying the sentences stored in the first language and the sentences stored in the second storage means in association with each other; and among the sentences in the first language and the second language displayed on the display means. , an editing input means for inserting or deleting a sentence in a first language, and only one sentence of the first language sentence edited by this editing input means, and only this one sentence is subjected to the translation. means for re-translating a sentence into a second language by means of the editing input means; means for re-storing the sentence in the second storage means and displaying the re-translated sentence in the second language on the display means in association with the display position of the edited sentence in the first language; An electronic translation device comprising: