JPH05257974A - Machine translator - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a machine translator capable of easily editing after a translation is performed when a word referring to the front such as a pronoun in an original sentence appears and when 'a translated word corresponding after referring to the front' appears in front of 'a translated word corresponding to a word to be referred' in the translated sentence as the translation result. CONSTITUTION:The machine translator is constituted of a translation execution part 3 outputting the location information on 'a translated word corresponding to a word to be referred to the front' appeared in front of 'a translated word corresponding to a word to be referred' when a discordance occurs in the word order between an original sentence and a translated sentence, a translated sentence information control table 4 storing the translated sentence to be the execution result by the translation execution part 3 and the location information on 'the translated word corresponding to the word to be referred to the front' and a display part 5 performing the featuring display of 'the translated word corresponding to the word to be referred to the front' from the location information stored in this translated sentence information control table 4, in addition to a conventional machine translator.

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.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, machine translation devices have been widely used as devices for translating one language into another.

Here, in an English-Japanese machine translation device, the original sentence "The expression isn't evaluated correctly if it be
Consider the case of translating "Comes false."

In this text, the demonstrative pronoun "it" refers to the forward "expression", and "expression" must be referenced to interpret the meaning of "it". However, in the conventional machine translation device, when the original sentence was translated, the translated sentence was "if it is wrong, the expression is not evaluated correctly". That is, even if there is a word in the original text, such as “it”, whose meaning should be interpreted by referring to another, the conventional machine translation device simply translates “it” into “it”. There wasn't.

In this specification, the forward reference word means a word having a word to be referred to before the word appears in the original sentence (such as "it" in the original sentence), and the referred word. , Refers to a word that should be referenced by a forward reference word (such as "expression" in the original text). In addition, the forward-reference translation word is a translation word (such as "that" in the above translation) corresponding to the forward reference word, and the referenced translation word is a translation word (such as "expression" in the above translation sentence) corresponding to the referenced word. Say.

[0006]

By the way, in the above translation result, since the word order of the main clause and the subordinate clause is exchanged in the original sentence and the translated sentence, the forward-referenced translation word "that" is better than the referenced translation word "expression". Appearing before.

[0007] Therefore, if it is left as it is, it will be inappropriate as a translated sentence. However, even if only looking at this translated sentence, the user is wondering if this forward-referenced translation "that" points to a certain word before this original text and does not need to be corrected, or if this forward-referenced translation ""It" refers to the "expression", and it is not possible to suddenly judge whether it should be corrected.

As described above, in the conventional machine translation device, when the translated sentence includes the forward-referenced translated word, it is unclear whether or not the forward-referenced translated word is correct, and it is difficult to improve the efficiency of post-editing. was there.

[0009]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above problems, the present invention translates the source text input from the input means, translates the source text input from the input means to generate a translated text, and translates the translated text. When the forward-reference translated word appears in front of the referenced word in, the translation execution unit that generates the position information of the forward-reference translated word and the forward-reference translated word for which the position information is generated are characterized on the display unit. And a translation control unit for displaying.

[0010]

With the above structure, if the user pays attention to the characteristic display, it becomes possible to judge at a glance whether or not the forward reference translated word in the translated sentence should be corrected, and the efficiency of post-editing is improved. To do.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS 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 apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which 1 is an input means for inputting an original sentence, a translation instruction and correction of a translated sentence, and 2 is an original sentence input by the input means 1. The input storage unit 3 for storing the translated text outputs the translated text by translating the original text input from the input means 1, and the word order of the forward reference word and the referenced word in the original text is
The translation execution unit 4 outputs the position information of the forward reference translation word that appears in front of the referenced translation word when the forward reference translation word and the referenced translation word appear in a different order from the translation result. A translated text information management table for storing position information of the translated text and the forward-referenced translated word, and a display section for displaying the original text of the input storage section 2 and the translated text of the translated text information management table 4 and the forward-referenced word in the translated text, 6 Operates the translation execution unit 3, stores the original sentence in the input storage unit 1, and stores the position information of the translated sentence and the forward reference translated word in the translated sentence information management table 4,
The translation control unit controls the display on the display unit 5.

FIG. 2 is a circuit block diagram of the machine translation apparatus of this embodiment. 7 is a keyboard, 8 is a central processing unit (hereinafter abbreviated as CPU), 9 is a cathode ray tube display (hereinafter abbreviated as CRT). Reference numeral 10 is a random access memory (hereinafter abbreviated as RAM), and 11 is a read only memory (hereinafter abbreviated as ROM).

The input means 1 shown in FIG. 1 is a keyboard 7, the input storage section 2 and the translated text information management table 4 are RAM.
10, the display unit 5 displays the CRT 9 and the translation execution unit 3 displays.
In the translation control unit 6, the CPU 8 has a RAM 10 and a ROM.
It is realized by executing a program stored in the ROM 11 while exchanging data with the memory 11.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing the flow of processing in one embodiment of the present invention. Below, referring to this flow chart, taking an English-Japanese machine translation device as an example,
The flow of processing will be described.

First, in step A, the user inputs the original sentence to be translated by the input means 1, and the process proceeds to step B. Here, the English sentence "The expression isn't evaluated corre
ctlyif it becomes false. ”is input.

Next, in step B, the English sentence input by the input means 1 is stored in the input storage unit 2, and the process proceeds to step C.

In step C, the user gives an instruction to execute translation from the input means 1, and the translation process of step D is started.

Next, in step D, the translation control unit 6 operates the translation execution unit 3 to perform translation processing. In the process of translation, if the word order shift occurs between the forward-referenced target word and the referenced target word, and the forward-referenced translated word appears before the referenced target word, the position information of the forward-referenced translated word in the translated sentence is translated. Control unit 6
And proceed to step E.

The above example sentence is a conditional clause (dependent clause) "if it b
ecomes false. ”is the main clause“ The expression isn't eva
It is a compound sentence that appears after "luated correctly".

Then, in the process of translating the original sentence including the conditional clause, the conditional clause of the translated sentence moves to the front of the main clause of the translated sentence. Therefore, the conditional clause "if it is wrong" of the translation is moved to the front of the main clause "expression is not evaluated correctly" of the translation. As a result, the forward-referenced translation "it" appears before the referenced-word "expression". Therefore, the translation execution unit 3 says that the start position of the forward reference word "that" in the translated sentence "if it is incorrect, the expression is not evaluated correctly" is the third character and the end position is the fourth character. The position information is transmitted to the translation control unit 6. FIG. 4 shows the output contents of the translation execution unit 3 at this time.

Next, in step E, the translation control unit 6 stores the translated text as a result of the translation execution unit 3 in the translated text information management table 4, and proceeds to step F. FIG. 5 shows a state of the translated text information management table at this time.

In step F, the translation control unit 6 determines whether or not there is the position information of the forward reference translated word which is the output result of the translation execution unit 3. That is, it is determined whether or not the forward-referenced translated word is characterized and displayed. If there is a translated word that is the target of the characterizing display, go to step G, otherwise go to step H.

Next, in step G, the position information of the forward-reference translated word that is the target of the characterizing display is stored in the translated text information management table 4, and the process proceeds to step H. FIG. 6 shows the state of the translated text information management table at this time.

Next, in step H, as shown in FIG.
The translation control unit 6 displays the translated texts stored in the translated text information management table 4 in the translated text display column I of the display screen 5a of the display unit 5 and the original texts in the original text display column O, respectively, and proceeds to step I. At this time, if there is position information of the forward-referenced translated word to be characterized and displayed in the translated text information management table 4, the translated sentence is displayed, and based on the positional information of the translated text management table 4, the corresponding forward-referenced translated word (in the translated text Characterized display E such as highlighting on a forward reference translation that is located ahead of the reference translation.
Do M. In this example, the third to fourth characters (forward reference translated word "that") in the translated sentence are highlighted (underlined).

In step I, the user refers to this highlighted display, is informed that this forward reference translation is to be corrected, and the input means 1 inputs the highlighted forward reference translation "that" in the translated text. Is modified as "expression". Figure 8
Shows the state of the screen at this time.

In the present embodiment, the characterizing display is made by underlining the forward reference word that is ahead of the referenced translation word in the translated sentence, but the present invention is not limited to this. It suffices if the forward reference word can be clearly distinguished from other translated words, and it does not matter even if it is shaded.

[0028]

As described above, according to the present invention, an input means for inputting an original sentence, a source sentence input from the input means is translated to generate a translated sentence, and in this translated sentence, a forward-referenced translated word is more than a referenced translated word. Also includes a translation execution unit that generates position information of this forward-reference translated word when it appears forward, and a translation control unit that characterizes the forward-reference translated word whose position information is generated and displays this translated sentence on the display unit. Since the machine translation device is configured as described above, the user can determine at a glance whether or not the forward reference translated word in the translated sentence is to be corrected, based on the presence or absence of the characterization display. As a result, the user can easily perform post-editing by focusing on the characterized forward reference word,
The efficiency of post-editing can be improved.

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

FIG. 4 is a view showing an example of output contents of a translation executing unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a translated text information management table according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of a translated text information management table according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a display example of a screen in an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a display example of a screen in an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 input means 3 translation execution unit 5 display unit 6 translation control unit

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An input unit for inputting an original sentence, and a translated sentence is generated by translating an original sentence input from this input unit,
When the forward reference translation word appears in front of the referenced translation word in this translation, the translation execution unit that generates the position information of this forward reference translation word and the display unit characterize the forward reference translation word for which this position information is generated, A machine translation device comprising a translation control unit for displaying the translated text.