JPH0514937B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Technical Field of the Invention] The present invention relates to a text editing device that has a word correction function that is effective when translating a foreign language into Japanese.

[Technical background of the invention and its problems]

When translating a foreign language such as English into Japanese, translation errors often occur due to the presence of polysemous words.

For example, "computer terminal" is correct, but "non-terminal" is correct.
It is incorrect to translate "language" as "non-terminal language". If such a mistranslation occurs, it will be necessary to correct the entire sentence, but in the case of a noun like this one, it is possible to correct it using the correction functions provided in current word processors. be.

However, things that change the ending, such as verbs, etc.
The function to correct the entire text including conjugated forms is
It does not exist in current word processors. For example, if the word ``drew'' should be translated as ``extracted,'' but it is translated as ``pulled.''
Corrections will have to be made not only for ``tsuburi tsuta'' but also for words with different conjugations such as ``tsuburi tsuta.'' Therefore, in order to make corrections using existing word processors, each word with a different conjugation must be found separately and corrected one by one, which puts a lot of burden on the user.

[Purpose of the invention]

When correcting a word or phrase, the present invention searches for related words or phrases in the entire text, including words with different conjugations, and corrects the entire text of the searched word or phrase by correctly conjugating the ending of the word. The purpose is to provide an editing device.

[Summary of the invention]

The present invention saves the user the trouble of finding each word one by one by providing means for searching the entire text for the same word as the specified word, its original form, and its conjugated form when a word to be corrected is specified. Furthermore, by providing a means for making corrections to the words obtained by the search means in accordance with the content of the corrections made to the specified words, it is possible to search for words including conjugated forms. Corrections can be made with simple operations.

〔Effect of the invention〕

According to the present invention, when correcting a word or phrase, it is possible to search for related words or phrases in the entire text, including words with different conjugations, and then correct the whole text by correctly conjugating the word ending of the searched word or phrase. Therefore, when correcting a word or phrase, the user can reliably correct the word without any oversight and without much effort, which greatly reduces the burden on the user.

[Embodiments of the invention]

Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram for explaining an embodiment of a text editing device according to the present invention. This text editing device includes an input section 1 consisting of a keyboard device, etc., a display section 2 consisting of a CRT display device, etc.
It is equipped with a storage section 3 that stores dictionaries and the like, an external storage device 4 consisting of a magnetic disk device, etc., and an information management section 5 that controls these sections and performs control for text editing processing.

A text to be edited is input via the input unit 1 or the external storage device 4 . The input text is supplied to the display section 2 via the information management section 5 and displayed as a character pattern string. Control information regarding editing, such as specifying a word or phrase or instructing a search, is input via the input unit 1. Second
In the sentence shown in the figure, the word ``tsuretsuta'' is inappropriate as a translation of ``drew.''
Consider the case where this is corrected to "extracted." First, if you specify "Tsu tension tsuta" using input section 1,
For example, the display may be reversed to indicate that the portion has been designated. On the other hand, the information management unit 5 searches the word stem dictionary stored in the storage unit 3 for the word “tsuburitsuta”. FIG. 3 is an example of storage in the word stem dictionary. Matching is done in order from the front: ``Hiki'', ``Tsu'', ``Zhang'', ``Tsu'', and ``Ta''. In this way, “tension”
A match can be obtained up to this point, but no matching can be obtained after this point, so the search on the word stem dictionary is stopped at this point, and ``Tsubari'' is recognized as the word stem.

Next, the information management unit 5 searches the text for a phrase that matches "tensuri". In this way, it becomes possible to search for the underlined portion in FIG. 2 as a phrase related to ``tsuburitsuta''.

As described above, since it is possible to search for all the original forms and conjugated forms of a word, the user can save the trouble of finding each word one by one, and can search without missing anything.

In the above embodiment, when searching for a certain word, it is possible to mechanically search all of the original and conjugated forms of the word, but it is also possible to automatically search for all of the word's original forms and conjugations, but it is also possible to automatically search for all of the word's original forms and conjugated forms. If the text can be corrected correctly, the text editing task will be extremely convenient for the user.

In order to make this possible, in the second invention, the storage unit 3 includes a word stem conjugation dictionary that stores not only word stems but also word endings and conjugation types, and a temporary memory for temporarily storing correction contents. A section will be established.

In the example shown in FIG. 2, consider a case where ``tsuretsuta'' is corrected to ``extracted'' and the same correction is made to the entire text. In the same manner as in the first invention, when the input unit 1 specifies ``tsubaritsuta'', the word stem conjugation dictionary in the storage unit 3 searches for the stem ``tsubaritsuta''. As shown in FIG. 4, this word stem conjugation dictionary stores, in addition to word stems, word endings and conjugation types. In the example of ``tensubari'', it is ``godan conjugation'' and the ending is ``ru''. In other words, it is shown that the ending of the word changes to ``ra (ro), ri (tsu), ru, ru, re, re''. For words such as ``negation'' where a noun is combined with ``suru'' to form a verb, the column for the end of the word is left blank. In other words, it is shown that the ending of the word changes to ``shi (sa, se), shi, suru, suru, sure, shiro.''

Next, when ``tsubaritsuta'' is corrected to ``extracted'', the information management unit 5 corrects the word ``extracted'' to ``extracted'' in the same way as it did for ``tsubaritsuta''. Search in the dictionary and get the result that the stem is ``extracted'' and the ending is conjugated as a verb. As shown in FIG. 5, the results obtained in this manner are stored separately in a temporary storage section provided in the storage section 3, including corrections between word stems and corrections between word endings.

In the example in Figure 2, when searching for ``tsubari'' in ``...tsuturi tomo'', the ending ``ru'' will be read, but the 5-step conjugation of ``ru'' results in ``ru''. The thing is,
This is when it is in the final form and the conjunctive form. The conjugated ending of the corresponding sa verb is ``suru'', so the stem ``tsuburi'' is replaced with ``extract'' and the ending ``ru'' is replaced with ``suru'' through the temporary storage unit. When you do
is corrected. For the following ``...Tensuriba'', the ending ``re'' is used in the hypothetical and imperative forms, and the corresponding endings for ``extraction'' are ``sure'' and ``shiro.'' There are two types, so for example, the 6th
As shown in the figure, two candidates are shown for the word ending, and the user's choice is left to the user.
The same applies when there are multiple candidates for the corresponding inflected form. For example, when correcting ``extracted'' to ``tsuretsuta'', as mentioned above, the stem ``extract'' and the conjugated ending ``shi'' (unnatural form,
The conjugated form) is searched and the root word ``tensbari'' to be corrected.
The endings ``ra, ro (unnatural form), ri, tsu (conjugated form)'' are added to the words, and four candidates are shown. Also in this case,
It is up to the user to choose which one. Thereafter, in the same way, ``tsuretsuta'' was corrected to ``extracted'', and it became possible to automatically make the same correction to the entire text.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram for explaining one embodiment of a text editing device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a display example of a text to be edited, FIG. 3 is an example of storing a word stem dictionary, and FIG. The figure shows an example of memory of a word stem conjugation dictionary, part 5.
The figure shows an example of storage in a temporary storage device, and FIG. 6 shows an example of a display after correction processing has been performed on the text shown in FIG. In the figure, 1...input section, 2...display section, 3
... Storage section, 4 ... External storage device, 5 ... Information management section.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. An input means for inputting a sentence, a display means for displaying the sentence input by the input means, and a designation means for specifying a word in the sentence displayed on the display means. a storage means that stores word stems in advance; and extraction for extracting a portion of the word stem character string specified by the specifying means that matches the word stem character string in the storage means as a word stem in the specified word phrase. and a search means for searching the text for a word having the same stem as the word stem extracted by the extraction means, and capable of distinguishing the word searched by the search means in the text from other parts. A text editing device characterized by displaying and indicating as follows. 2 Display the input sentence on the display section, specify a word or phrase in the displayed sentence using the specifying means, input a word or phrase to be corrected for the specified word, and change the input word or phrase to the specified word or phrase. In the text editing method, a portion of the character string of the specified word that matches a character string of the word stored in advance in the storage means is displayed on the display unit in place of the specified word.
Extracting the specified word as a word stem, searching the text for a word having the same stem as the extracted word, detecting information regarding the conjugation form of each searched word, and searching in the text. A text editing method characterized in that, in place of each word/phrase that has been corrected, words/phrases obtained by transforming the word/phrase to be corrected based on information regarding the conjugated form are displayed on the display section.