JPH05298351A - Machine translating device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve translation processing work by providing this machine translating device with a translation order determining means for determining the order of batch translation processing of plural original files and a translation order display means for displaying the determined content so as to display the translation order of files to be translated. CONSTITUTION:At the time of inputting an English character string from an input means 1, a translation processing control part 4 is driven and translation processing is executed by a translation kernel 3. A translated sentence is stored in a translated sentence storing part 8 and outputted from an output part 9. When a user inputs batch processing information such as files to be translated through a user interface part 6, a batch translation processing control part 7 determines the files to be translated and the order of their translation based upon the information obtained from the user, the translation order display part 5 displays the files to be translated and the order of translation and the control part 4 executes translation processing.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to machine translation used in information processing and automatically translating an input original sentence into a different language such as another language, and more particularly to a machine translation apparatus having a batch translation function.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, machine translation for automatically translating original text as information data has been put into practical use in information processing apparatuses. This conventional machine translation device has an interactive translation function for interactively obtaining a translated sentence (for example, a Japanese sentence) from an original sentence (for example, an English sentence) input by a user through an input means, and an inputted original sentence file at once. Some have a function to automatically perform batch translation processing.

The interactive translation function translates the original text file one sentence at a time, and when the user judges that the file is inappropriate, he / she corrects it and selects a translation word to proceed with the work. On the other hand, the batch translation processing function automatically and collectively translates all the sentences in one designated original text file among the input original text files or the original text files input and stored in advance.

The use of this batch translation processing function saves the user from having to constantly interact with the apparatus, but
The quality of translation is not always good, and when a plurality of source text files are present and a plurality of files are designated as the translation target files, the translation order of the translation target files becomes uncertain.

[0005]

As described above, when a plurality of files are translated in the batch translation processing in the conventional machine translation apparatus, if the translation processing order is not displayed, the translation processing is started from which file. Since it is not known to the user whether to perform it, the time when the processing is completed is not known at all, which is inconvenient in business processing. The present invention has been made in consideration of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a machine translation device that facilitates determination and confirmation of the translation order when there are a plurality of files to be translated.

[0006]

To achieve the above object, a machine translation apparatus of the present invention determines a translation processing order of a plurality of files in a machine translation apparatus having a function of batch translation processing of a plurality of source text files. And a translation order display means for displaying the file names determined by the translation order determination means and the translation order thereof, and the translation order display means displays the translation order of the files to be translated in the batch translation process. Is done.

[0007]

In the machine translation apparatus of the present invention having the above-described structure, the user has previously given the order or the superiority to the files to be translated as the default by the translation order determining means, or the priority order is input from the input means at the time of registration. The translation processing order is determined based on the information to be displayed, and the result is displayed to the user by the translation order display means. Therefore, the user can know the progress of the translation processing work and the business processing can be improved.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described 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. As shown in FIG. 1, as the constituent elements, 1 is an input means for inputting a character string of an original sentence, 2
Is an input character string storage unit for storing a character string to be translated, such as English, input from the input means 1, 3 is a translation core for translating an original character string, and 4 is a translation process for controlling the processing of the translation core 3. A translation unit is composed of the translation nucleus 3 and the translation processing control unit 4, which is a control unit. 5 is a translation order display section for displaying batch translation information such as translation file name and translation order, 6 is a user interface section which is one of input means for interacting with the user, and 7 is batch translation as a translation order determining means. The processing control unit executes and controls the batch translation, and together with the translation processing control unit 4 constitutes a batch translation processing control means. Reference numeral 8 is a translated text storage unit that stores a translated text, and 9 is an output unit that outputs a translation result.

The related operation of the above components will be described. First, the translation processing control unit 4 is operated for the English character string input by the input means 1, and the translation kernel 3
To process the translation. The translated translated text is stored in the translated text storage unit 8 and output by the output unit 9. When batch translation processing is operated on such a device, first,
When the user inputs batch processing information such as files to be translated through the user interface unit 6, the batch translation processing control unit 7 determines the files to be translated and their translation order based on the information obtained from the user, The translation order display unit 5 displays the files to be translated and their translation order, and the translation processing control unit 4 is used to perform translation processing.

The batch translation process, in particular, the display of the translation order of translation files will be described below with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, in step A, information necessary for batch translation processing is input. Next, in step B, the translation translation control unit 7 sorts the translation ranks. If the priority of the file is designated in step A, the file is prioritized. Files that have no priorities specified are ordered according to a certain rule as default processing. The translation order is displayed by the translation order display unit 5 in step C, and when the user input is completed, the translation process is performed according to the translation order in step D.

Further, the actual processing will be described with a specific example. As an example when the default for determining the translation order when specifying the file is alphabetical order, "Reibu
Specify the file "n.txt". The number to the right of the file name is the priority display.

Reibun.txt 1 Next, specify the file "Test.txt".

Reibun.txt 1 Test.txt 2 Next, a file "memo.txt" is specified.

Reibun.txt 2 Test.txt 3 Memo.txt 1 In this way, the priority order is determined in alphabetical order according to the initials of the designated file.

FIG. 3 is a display example of a screen displayed by the translation order display unit 5 when these three files are designated.
That is, the six files shown in FIG. 3 are stored in the storage means (not shown, but the input character string storage unit 2 may be used together), and three of the files with diamond marks are translated. It is designated as a target, and its translation order is shown by numbers.

In the following example, the case where the default for determining the translation order is the user's input order will be described. First, specify the file "Reibun.txt". The number on the right side of the file name indicates the priority order.

Reibun.txt 1 Next, specify the file "Test.txt".

Reibun.txt 1 Test.txt 2 Next, a file "memo.txt" is specified.

Reibun.txt 1 Test.txt 2 Memo.txt 3 In this way, the priority order is determined in the order input by the user. FIG. 4 is a display example of a screen displayed by the translation order display unit 5 when these three files are designated. That is, since the batch processing content based on the user's instruction can always be recognized by the translation order display unit 5, it is possible to improve the efficiency of batch translation processing when there are a plurality of original text files.

[0020]

As is apparent from the above description, the machine translation apparatus of the present invention comprises a translation order determination means for determining the order of batch translation processing of a plurality of source text files, and a translation order display means for displaying the determined content. By providing the, it becomes possible to display the translation order of the files to be translated in the batch translation process, and the user can know at a glance in which order the translation process is performed. Therefore, improvement of translation processing work can be achieved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a machine translation device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an operation of a batch translation process in the machine translation device of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a pattern diagram showing a display example on a screen in the machine translation device of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a pattern diagram showing a display example on a screen in the machine translation device of the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 input means 2 input character string storage unit 3 translation kernel 4 translation processing control unit 5 translation order display unit 6 user interface unit 7 batch translation processing control unit 8 translation sentence storage unit 9 output unit

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An input unit for inputting an original sentence to be translated and various instructions, a storage unit for storing the original sentence to be translated for each file, and a translating unit for translating the original sentence.
When there are a plurality of files, a translation order determining unit that determines the order of translation processing, and a batch translation process that performs batch translation of the files using the translation unit according to the order determined by the translation order determining unit A machine translation device comprising a control means and a translation order display means for displaying the file name and translation order determined by the translation order determination means, so that the translation process is executed according to an instruction from the input means. .. 2. The machine translation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the translation processing order of the files is determined by the translation order determining means by an instruction from the input means.