JPH05204960A - Machine translation device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To correct a translation sentence by selecting easily a correct word used in a translation, even if a meaning of the original text of an English sentence, etc., is not understood enough. CONSTITUTION:At the time of instructing to select a word used in a translation, a translation control part 8 delivers a retrieved and designated word to an example retrieving means and retrieves an example of its word and a word used in its translation, from a word dictionary 3 having an example storage part, a result of this retrieval is outputted to a display means 7 and displayed thereon, and in the words used in the translation to the word of the retrieved and designated original text which is displayed, by selecting and inputting an arbitrary and appropriate word used in the translation from an input means 1, a translation sentence is subjected to correction processing, therefore, since selection of the word used in the translation, which can be executed only by referring to an English-Japanese dictionary can be executed, while looking at an example together with the word used in the translation, even if a meaning of an English sentence is not understood enough, a correct word used in the translation can be selected.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a machine translation device for converting an original sentence of one language into another language.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related 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 the English-Japanese machine translation device, two windows are displayed, and the user selects "H" from the window for editing the English sentence.
e is clever. When you enter "" to instruct the translation, the translation result "He is wise." Is displayed in the window for editing the translation.

Further, when the translated word for the word in the input sentence is not preferable for the user, the user can select an appropriate translated word from among several translated words by the function of "translated word selection". For example, the English sentence "This
is a spring. Suppose you got a translation of "This is a fountain." If the user wants the translated word "spring" instead of the translated word "izumi", the function "select translated word" is called.
Then, the machine translator will select the translated word: spring 1. Izumi 2. Spring 3. Since a list of translated words is displayed as in spring, the user may select the second translated "spring" with an input means such as a cursor or a mouse. Then, you can change it into the translated sentence "This is a spring."

[0004]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional machine translation device, when the user selects a translated word for a certain word and corrects the translated text, the correct translated word is obtained unless the meaning of the English sentence is understood. It had a problem that it could not be selected.

The present invention solves the above conventional problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a machine translation apparatus capable of selecting a correct translated word and correcting the translated sentence even if the meaning of the English sentence is not fully understood. Is.

[0006]

In order to solve the above problems, a machine translation apparatus of the present invention is a machine translation apparatus for translating an original sentence of a language into another language, and an input capable of inputting a translation word selection instruction. Means, a word dictionary having an example storage unit that stores information about translated words and examples for the words in the original sentence, and an example search means for searching the word dictionary for translated words and examples using the words in the original sentence as keys. In the case of the translation word selection instruction by the input means, in addition to displaying the original sentence and the translation sentence in association with each other, the display means for displaying the translation word and the example in association with the word of the original sentence specified by the search, and the translation word selection instruction , The specified search word is passed to the example search means to cause a translation and an example of the word to be searched, and the search result is output and displayed on the display means, and the display is performed. Is obtained by a control means for controlling so that any translation of the translation for the word of the original which is the search specification displayed on the stage to correct processing the translation is selection input from said input means.

[0007]

With the above configuration, in the case of the translation word selection instruction, the control means passes the search-designated word to the example retrieval means to retrieve the translation word and the example of the word from the word dictionary having the example storage section, and perform this retrieval. The result is output to the display unit and displayed, and any appropriate translated word of the displayed translated word of the original sentence is selected and input from the input unit and the translated sentence is corrected, so refer to the English-Japanese dictionary. Since it is possible to select a translated word that can only be done while looking at the example along with the translated word, it is possible to easily select the correct translated word even if you do not fully understand the meaning of English sentences, which is a burden on the user. Is reduced.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A machine translation device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of a machine translation device according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, an input unit 1 inputs an original sentence such as English and gives a translation instruction, a translation word selection instruction, and a translation sentence correction instruction. The original sentence / translated sentence pair management table 2 stores the original sentence input by the input means 1 and the translation result in association with each other. The word dictionary 3 contains grammatical information about English words necessary for analyzing English, typical examples of each example of English words, translations for this English word, and Japanese words and their grammatical information. Store. The translation rule dictionary 4 stores English grammar, English-Japanese syntax correspondence information, and Japanese grammar. The translation execution unit 5 translates the original sentence stored in the original sentence translated sentence pair management table 2 into the word dictionary 3
And the translation rule dictionary 4 is referred to. The example searching means 6 searches the word dictionary 3 for an example and a translated word for each usage of the English word using the English word as a key. The display means 7 is
The original sentence and the translated sentence stored in the original sentence-translated sentence pair management table 2 are displayed in association with each other, and when the user selects a translated word, the translated word and the example are displayed in association with each other as a result. further,
The translation control unit 8 stores the original sentence input by the input unit 1 in the original sentence translated sentence pair management table 2, and when the translation instruction is input by the input unit 1, the content of the original sentence translated sentence pair management table 2 is stored. The result is passed to the translation execution unit 5, and the result translated by the translation execution unit 5 is stored in the original text translated text pair management table 2. When the translation word selection instruction is input from the input unit 1, the translation control unit 8 passes the search-designated word to the example search unit 6 and displays the example search result by the example search unit 6 on the display unit 7. It is output and displayed, and any appropriate translated word out of the translated words for the original sentence specified by the search displayed on the display means 7 is selected and input from the input means 1 to correct the translated text.

FIG. 2 is a circuit block diagram of a machine translation device according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 2, the keyboard 9 is connected to a central processing unit (hereinafter referred to as CPU) 10, and the CPU 10 is connected to a cathode ray tube display (hereinafter referred to as CRT) 11. The CPU 10 is also connected to a read only memory (hereinafter referred to as ROM) 12 and a random access memory (hereinafter referred to as RAM) 13.

The relationship between the elements shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 will now be described. The input means 1 is a keyboard 9, the source text translated text pair management table 2 is a RAM 13, and the word dictionary 3 and the translation rule dictionary 4 are a ROM 13. In the translation execution unit 5, the example retrieval means 6 and the translation control unit 8, the CPU 12 exchanges the data in the ROM 12 and the RAM 13 with the ROM 12
The display means 8 is further realized by the CRT 11 by executing the program stored in.

The operation of the machine translation apparatus configured as described above will be described below with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, in step S1, the user inputs an original English sentence from the input means 1. At this time, the translation control unit 8 writes the input character string in the original text translated text pair management table 2. Here, it is assumed that the English sentence "He run a hotel." Is input. FIG. 4 shows the contents of the original translated text pair management table 2 at this time.

Next, in step S2, the user gives a translation instruction from the input means 1. Then, the translation control unit 8 passes the contents of the original text translated text pair management table 2 to the translation execution unit 5. The translation execution unit 5 executes translation of the passed English sentence while referring to the word dictionary 3 and the translation rule dictionary 4, and writes the result in the original sentence translated sentence pair management table 2. FIG. 5 shows the contents of the original translated text pair management table 2 at this time. Further, in step S3, the translation control unit 8 refers to the contents of the original sentence / translated sentence pair management table 2 and causes the display unit 7 to display the original sentence and the translated sentence in association with each other. The appearance of the screen at this time is shown in FIG.

Here, it is assumed that the user does not know whether or not the translated sentence he has just obtained is correct. At this time, step S4
Then, the user uses the input means 1 to search for a word for which a translation is to be selected. Then, the translation control unit 8 passes the instructed English word to the example retrieval means 6 now. FIG. 7 shows a state of the screen of the display means 7 at this time.

Further, in step S5, the example retrieval means 6 refers to the word dictionary 3 and returns the translated word and its typical example to the translation control unit 8. FIG. 8 shows the contents of the word dictionary 3 at this time. Further, in step S6, the translation control unit 8 causes the display unit 7 to display the translated word and the example in association with each other. Figure 9
Is the appearance of the screen at this time. Further, step S7
Then, the user selects and inputs the correct translated word by the input means 1 while looking at the example displayed on the display means 7. Here, it is assumed that the user has selected the third translated word “run”. Then, in step S8, the translation execution unit 5 refers to the translated word part-of-speech for the translated word designated by the translation control unit 8 by the input means 1, and reproduces a correct translated sentence. FIG. 10 shows the state of the screen at this time.

Therefore, in the case of translating using a machine translator, if it is not known whether the translated text output by the machine translator is correct, the translated word is selected. Since the typical examples for each usage can be displayed together, the user can easily select the correct translation while referring to the usage without using an English-Japanese dictionary.

In this embodiment, the case of translating English into Japanese has been described, but the same effect can be obtained when translating another certain language into another language.

[0018]

As described above, according to the present invention, a word dictionary having an example storage unit, an example search means for searching an example from this word dictionary, and a proper translation word selected from the searched example are selected. By providing the control means capable of correcting the translated sentence, the user can select the translated word while referring to the example, so that the correct translated word can be easily selected even if the meaning of the English sentence is not fully understood. Therefore, the burden on the user is reduced and post-editing can be efficiently performed.

[Brief description of drawings]

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 a machine translation device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an outline of the operation of the machine translation device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the contents of an original sentence character string input in an original sentence translated sentence management table 2.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the content of a translation result of the original text translated text pair management table 2.

FIG. 6 is a screen diagram of a display unit 7 showing a state in which an original sentence and a translated sentence are displayed in association with each other.

FIG. 7 is a screen diagram of a display unit 7 showing a state in which a word search instruction is given.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing translated words obtained by referring to the word dictionary 3 and contents of typical examples thereof.

FIG. 9 is a screen diagram of a display unit 7 showing a state in which translated words and examples are displayed in association with each other.

FIG. 10 is a screen diagram of the display unit 7 corrected to a correct translated sentence.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Input Means 3 Word Dictionary 4 Translation Rule Dictionary 5 Translation Execution Unit 6 Example Searching Means 7 Displaying Means 8 Translation Controlling Means

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A machine translation device for translating an original sentence of a language into another language, comprising input means capable of inputting a translated word selection instruction, and an example storage unit storing information about a translated word and an example of the word of the original sentence. And a word dictionary having, an example retrieval means for searching the word dictionary for translated words and examples of the word by using the word of the original sentence as a key, displaying the original sentence and the translated sentence in association with each other, and selecting the translated word by the input means. In the case of an instruction, display means for displaying the translated word and the example corresponding to the word of the original text specified by the search, and in the case of the translated word selection instruction, the word specified by the search is passed to the example searching means and the translated word of the word and An example is searched for, the search result is output to the display unit and displayed, and any of the translated words for the word of the original sentence designated by the search displayed on the display unit is selected. Machine translation and control means for controlling such translation is correct processing the translation is selection input from said input means.