JPH0467264A - Machine translation device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To evade such a defective case that the retranslation is carried out erroneously and the correction contents are brought to naught and to ensure the effective translation by confirming a user for the final decision of translation when the user instructs the translation of a corrected sentence. CONSTITUTION:When an English sentence is inputted through an input means 1, an editing control part 5 writes the contents of the sentence into an original- translated sentence control table 2. Then the part 5 refers to the table 2 to display the sentence contents on a display means 6. Then a user instruct the translation and a translation mode is set. When the original sentence to be translated is designated, a correction/uncorrection discriminating part 4 refers to a correction flag of the table 2 and discriminates whether the designated sentence is already corrected by the user or not. Then the part 5 refers to the table 2 and transfers the original sentence to a translation execution part 3. The part 3 receives the original sentence and returns the translation result to the part 5. The part 5 displays the translation result on the means 6 by reference to the table 2.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a machine translation device that inputs a sentence in one language such as English and converts it into a sentence in another language such as Japanese.

(Prior Art) In recent years, machine translation devices have been widely used as devices for translating from one language to another. For example, in the case of an English-Japanese machine translation device, two windows are displayed, and the user can select "I saw a girl with a" from the English text editing window.
If you enter "telescope" and instruct translation,
The translation result is displayed in the window for editing the translated sentence: ``I saw a girl with a telescope.''

Additionally, if the user wishes to modify this translated text, he or she can modify the translation result as follows on the translated text correction screen by operating a key such as a screen switching key.

"I saw a girl through a telescope." (Problem to be solved by the invention) However, with the conventional machine translation device described above,
For example, if a user mistakenly instructs to retranslate an original text for which the user has already modified the translation result, the user does not know which original text the translation result has been modified. All modifications made to the
In the example above, the translation result is "I saw a girl with a telescope."

(Means for Solving the Problems) In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention makes a correction to the original/translation pair memory table of the conventional machine translation device that indicates whether or not the user has made corrections to the translated text. The flag information is also stored, and there is a correction/uncorrection judgment section that refers to this information and determines whether the user has corrected the translated text. The present invention is characterized in that it is provided with a display means for displaying that it is invalidated.

(Effect) With the above configuration, even if the user instructs translation of a sentence that has already been corrected, the message "If you continue translating as is, the content of the corrections will be lost. Do you want to translate? (y/n) ) J etc. can be outputted to the display means to prevent the user's corrections from being wasted.

(Example) Hereinafter, an example of an English-Japanese machine translation device for translating an English sentence into Japanese will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of the machine translation device of the embodiment, and 1 in the figure indicates the original text to be translated, correction of the translated text, translation instructions from the original text to the translated text, and selection instructions for inputting the original text or modifying the translated text. 2 is an original translation that associates the original text input from the input means 1 with its translation, and also stores information (correction flag) as to whether or not the machine-translated text has been modified by the user. 3 is a translation execution unit that machine-translates the original text stored in the source/translation pair management table 2; 4 is a translation execution unit that refers to the source/translation pair management table 2 to find out whether the user has already found a translation for the source text currently designated for translation; 5 is the original text input by the user, the machine translation output by the translation execution unit, and the contents of the machine translated text when it is modified by the user. an editing control unit 6 that displays the original text and the translated text stored in the original text/translation text management table 2 in association with each other, and when the original text of the corrected translation receives a translation instruction again; , is a display means for displaying that the previous translation is invalid.

FIG. 2 is a circuit block diagram of the machine translation device of this embodiment, where 7 is a keyboard, 8 is a central processing unit (hereinafter referred to as CPU).
It is abbreviated as. ) 9 is a cathode ray tube display (hereinafter referred to as C
It is abbreviated as RT display. ), 10 is a read-only memory (hereinafter abbreviated as ROM), and 11 is a random access memory (hereinafter abbreviated as RAM).

The input means 1 shown in FIG. 1 uses the keyboard 7, the source-translation pair management table 2 uses the RAM II, and the translation execution unit 3 executes the program stored in the ROM 10 while the CPU 8 exchanges data with the ROM 10 and the RAM 1l. Thus, the display means 6 is realized by a CRT display 9.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart schematically showing an embodiment of the present invention.

First, in step (3-1), the user selects what to do from now on using the input means 1.

In other words, if the user wants to input English text, use "English manual mode", if the user wants to specify a certain English text and perform machine translation, use "translation mode", and if the user wants to make corrections to the translation result Select "translation correction mode", and select "end" if you want to end all processing.

With this selection operation, if the user selects "End", all processing will be finished, and if the user selects anything else, there will be three modes: "English manual mode", "Translation mode", and "Translation correction mode". transition to one state.

When the user completes the work to be done in each state, the process returns to step (3-1).

The operation of the English-Japanese machine translation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention constructed as described above will be described below with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

First, in step (4-1), when the user instructs to input English text, the user is required to input English text.

FIG. 5(a) is a flowchart in the English manual mode. First, in step (5-1), when the user inputs an English sentence from the input means 1, in step (5-2), the editing control unit 5 writes the content into the original text/translation pair management table 2. Next, in step (5-3), the editing control section 5 refers to the original text/translation pair management table 2 and displays it on the display means 6.

When a user says "I saw a girl with a te"
The contents of the original text/translation pair management table 2 when "lescope" and "J" are input are shown in FIG. 5(b). Further, the state of the editing screen at this time is shown in FIG. 5(C).

Since the processing in the original text manual mode is thus completed, the process proceeds to step (4-2) in FIG. 4.

In step (4-2), the user instructs translation and enters translation mode.

FIG. 6(a) is a flowchart in translation mode.

First, in step (6-1), when the user specifies the original text to be translated using the input means 1 using a pointing device such as a cursor key or mouse, or specifying a sentence number, step (6-2 ), the modified/unmodified determining unit 4 refers to the modification flag in the original/translated sentence pair management table 2 and determines whether the specified sentence has already been modified by the user. Here, it is assumed that translation is specified for the sentence input in step (4-1). In this case, since the machine translation of this sentence has not yet been corrected, the process proceeds to step (6-5).

In step (6-5), the editing control unit 5 refers to the original text/translation pair management table 2 and passes the original text to the translation execution unit 3.

The translation execution unit 3 receives the original text, returns the translation result to the editing control unit 5, and proceeds to step (6-6).

In the above example, ``I saw a girl with a telescope.'' The following translation result is obtained.

In step (6-6>), the editing control unit 5
The receiver writes the obtained translation result into the original/translated text pair management table 2. At this time, information indicating that the user has not made any modifications to the translation result for this original text (hereinafter referred to as modification flag=off) is also written.

Next, in step (6-7), the editing control unit 5 refers to the original text/translation pair management table 2 and displays it on the display means 6.

FIG. 6(b) shows the contents of the original/translated sentence pair management table 2 when the user instructs translation of the above example sentence. Further, the state of the editing screen at this time is shown in FIG. 6(C).

Since the processing in the translation mode is thus completed, the process proceeds to step (4-3) in FIG.

In step (4-3), the user selects correction, and the translation correction mode is entered.

FIG. 7(a) is a flowchart in the translation correction mode.

First, in step (7-1), the user corrects the translated text using the input means 1. For example, the translation obtained above, ``I saw a girl with a telescope,'' can be modified as follows.

``I saw a girl through a telescope.'' Next, in step (7-2), the editing control unit 4 writes the revised content into the source/translation pair management table 2.

Furthermore, in step (7-3), information indicating that the user has modified this translated text (hereinafter expressed as modification flag=on) is written into the original-translated text pair management table 2.

Next, in step (7-4), the editing control section 4 refers to the source/translation pair management table 2 and displays it on the display means 5.

FIG. 7(b) shows the contents of the original text/translation pair management table at this time, and FIG. 7(c) shows the state of the editing screen.

This completes the correction mode processing, and the process proceeds to step (4-4) in FIG.

Step (4-4) is a case where the user mistakenly specifies translation again for a sentence whose translation result has already been corrected. In this case, shift to translation mode. That is, FIG. 6(a)
Proceed to step (6-1).

r I saw a girl with a
Suppose that telescope, J is instructed to translate again. Then, in step (6-2), the modified/unmodified determining unit 4 refers to the original text/translation pair management table 2, and this time determines that "the modification has already been made". Therefore, the program proceeds to step (6-3) and outputs a message such as ``If you continue to translate, the contents of the revised translation will be lost.'' ``Do you want to translate?'' ).

In step (6-4), if "translation is to be performed" according to the user's instruction, the process proceeds to step (6-5), and if "translation is not to be performed", the translation mode is immediately terminated.

In step (6-5), the editing control unit 5 refers to the original text/translation pair management table 2 and passes the original text to the translation execution unit 3.

The translation execution section 3 receives the original text, returns the translation result to the editing control section 5, and proceeds to ζ step (6-6).

In the above example, ``I saw a girl with a telescope.'' The following translation result is obtained.

In step (6-6), the editing control unit 4 writes the translation result received from the translation execution unit into the original-translation pair management table 2. At this time, information indicating that the translator has not made any modifications to the translation result for this original text (hereinafter referred to as modification flag=off) is also written.

Next, in step (6-7), the editing control unit 5 refers to the original text/translation pair management table 2 and displays it on the display means 6.

(Effects of the Invention) As explained above, in the present invention, when a user instructs translation of a revised sentence, re-translation may be performed by mistake in order to confirm with the user whether he/she really wants to translate the sentence. You can perform efficient translation work without wasting the contents of corrections.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of a machine translation device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a circuit block diagram of the same device, and FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an outline of the operation of an embodiment of the present invention. Figure 4 is a flowchart showing the user's work procedure, Figure 5 (a) is a flowchart in the original text manual mode, and Figure 5 (b) shows the contents of the original text/translation pair management table at the time the original text manual processing is completed. An explanatory diagram showing Fig. 5 (c
) is an explanatory diagram showing the display of the editing screen when the original text is completed, Figure 6 (a) is a flowchart diagram in translation mode, and Figure 6 (b) is the source/translation pair management at the time the translation is completed. An explanatory diagram showing the contents of the table, FIG. 6(c) is an explanatory diagram showing the display of the editing screen when translation is completed,
FIG. 7(a) is a flowchart in the translated text correction mode, FIG. 7(b) is an explanatory diagram showing the contents of the original/translated text pair management table at the time when translation correction is completed, and FIG. 7(c)
FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing the display of the editing screen at the time when the correction of the translated text is completed. Input means 2: M sentence translation pair management table 3: Translation execution section 4: Modified/unmodified judgment section 5: Edit control section 6: Display means 7: Keyboard 8: CPU 9: CRT 10': ROM 11: RAM Special Applicant Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. Certificate (0) Figure (B) Figure (C) Figure (G) (0) ■ Figure (b) Figure (C) Figure (b) Figure (C)

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1) input means for inputting an original text to be translated, correction of the translated text, translation instructions from the original text to the translated text, and instructions for selecting whether to input the original text or correct the translated text; an original/translation pair management table that stores the original text and the translated text in association with each other, and further stores information for identifying whether the translated text is modified by inputting a correction input into the machine translated text or is unmodified; A translation execution unit that machine-translates the original text stored in the same-source-translation pair management table, a correction/uncorrection determination unit that determines whether the translation of the original text to be translated has already been corrected, and the input original text. , an editing control unit that reflects the machine translated text output by the translation execution unit and the modified translation when the machine translated text is modified in the original text/translation pair management table; and the original/translated text pair management table. display means for displaying the original text and the translated text stored in the machine in association with each other, and further displaying that if the original text that has already been corrected is specified for translation in the machine translated text, the corrected translation becomes invalid; A machine translation device characterized by: