JPH06215027A - Translated sentence example editing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide translated sentence example editing device which can correct a retrieved translated sentence example in a second language to a desired sentence and can insert it to a translated sentence in the second language under preparation later. CONSTITUTION:This translated sentence example editing device is provided with a retrieval character string input part 11 for inputting the character string in a first language to be a retrieval key, dictionary part 12 for storing the translated sentence example in the second language corresponding to the retrieval key and the information of a specified word, for which it is possible to be changed, in this translated sentence example, retrieval part 13 for retrieving the dictionary part 12 based on the retrieval key and extracting the translated sentence example corresponding to the retrieval key, replace character string input part 14 for inputting and displacing a character string suitable for the designated specified word, and retrieved result output part 17 for displaying the edited result.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is a translation in which a character string in a first language is input as a search key, a translation example sentence in a second language corresponding to the search key is searched and edited to create a desired translation sentence. The present invention relates to a configuration of an example sentence editing device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, document processing by computers has become widespread, and opportunities for inputting documents in a computer-readable format have increased dramatically. Therefore, various devices that support document input by a computer have been developed. One of such input support devices is a translation device that can convert an input character string of a first language into a character string of a second language to support translation work. As a conventional translation device, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No.
There is a device disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. -15869. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the translation device described in this publication. As shown in the figure, the conventional translation apparatus includes a search character string input unit 31 for inputting a search key, a dictionary unit 33 storing translation example sentences, a search unit 32 for searching the dictionary unit 33, and a search result. And a search result display unit 34 for displaying.

This translation device has a dictionary unit 33 which stores various example sentences in the second language in association with headline information corresponding to the search key in the first language. Then, when the user inputs the search character string in the first language from the search character string input unit 31, the search unit 32 searches the dictionary unit 32 using the input character string as a search key. Then, a translation example sentence in the second language corresponding to the content of the search key is extracted. The extracted translation example sentence is displayed on the search result display unit 34 and presented to the user.

[0004]

However, the conventional translation device as described above, the searched word in the second language,
Alternatively, the example sentence is displayed as it is, or the second sentence is being created.
It is inserted as it is in the translated document of the language. However, in practice, it is rare that the retrieved translation example sentence can be diverted as it is, and it is generally practiced to use the translation example sentence with some modification. In such a case, it is necessary to search for an example sentence in the translation example sentence search mode, insert it into the created sentence, and then repeat the operation of making corrections in the character edit mode. there were.

Therefore, the present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and after correcting the searched translation example sentence in the second language to a desired sentence, the translated document in the second language being prepared is prepared. It is an object of the present invention to provide a translation example sentence editing device that can be inserted into the inside.

[0006]

A translation example sentence editing device according to a first aspect of the present invention includes a search character string input means for inputting a character string of a first language as a search key, and a second language corresponding to the search key. Translation example sentence and a translation example sentence storing means for storing information of a specific word that may be changed in this translation example sentence, and a translation example sentence corresponding to the search key A translation example sentence search means for extracting the translation example sentence, a display means for displaying the translation example sentence in a form in which the specific word can be identified based on the specific word information of the extracted translation example sentence, and a specific word in the extracted translation example sentence The display means displays the translation example sentence edited by the editing means.

The editing means of the translation example sentence editing apparatus according to the second aspect of the present invention includes a specific word designation section for designating a specific word in the extracted translation example sentence as an editing target, and a character string suitable for the designated specific word. And a replacement character string input unit for replacing and inputting. Further, the translation example sentence editing apparatus according to the invention of claim 3 stores history of the character string input from the replacement character string input unit, and further includes history storage means for outputting the stored character string to the replacement character string input unit. Further prepared.

[0008]

The translation example sentence storage means of the translation example sentence editing apparatus of the present invention includes the translation example sentence of the second language corresponding to the search key and a word that is likely to be rewritten by the user when using this translation example sentence, for example, Information that identifies the subject, substance nouns, proper nouns, etc. is stored. Then, the translation example sentence search means searches the translation example sentence storage means using the search character string input from the search character string input means as a search key, extracts the corresponding translation example sentence, outputs the translation example sentence to the editing means, and displays it on the display means. indicate. At this point, the translation example displayed is
The specific word area is displayed in a unique form, and the character string can be replaced. Therefore, the translation sentence requested by the user can be obtained by replacing the specific word area with a desired character string by the editing means.

In the editing means of the translation example sentence editing device according to the second aspect of the present invention, the specific word designating portion designates the specific word area to be replaced, and the character string is input by the replacement character string input portion to input the character string. The replacement is done. further,
In the translation example sentence editing apparatus according to the invention of claim 3, the history storage means stores the history of the character string input from the replacement character string input unit. This history is used when the replacement character string is input.

[0010]

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 block diagram showing the configuration of a translation example sentence editing device according to an embodiment of the present invention. Figure 1
As shown in FIG. 3, the present translation example sentence editing apparatus includes a search character string input unit 11, a dictionary unit 12, a search unit 13, a replacement character string input unit 14, a replacement history recording unit 15, and an example sentence operation unit 16.
And a search result output unit 17 and a replacement character string designation unit 18.

The search character string input unit 11 is the first to be translated.
To enter a search character string extracted from the original sentence to search for a translation example sentence in the second language used when translating a sentence (original sentence) in the language into a sentence (translated sentence) in the second language Is. The search unit 13 searches the dictionary unit 12 using the search character string input from the search character string input unit 11 as a search key.

The dictionary unit 12 stores various translation example sentences in the second language in association with search keys. For example, in FIG.
By borrowing (a), the dictionary unit 12 causes the heading information “dreadful” 21 corresponding to the search key and the word 22 “afraid (of ...)” of the second language corresponding to the heading information 21.
... "and the translation example sentence 23a using each word and its translated sentence in the first language are stored in association with each other.
In addition, the information of the replacement character strings 24a and 24b that may be replaced with other expressions by the user in the translation example sentence 23a is also stored.

The example sentence operation unit 16 performs an operation of creating a desired translation sentence by substituting the replacement character string portion of the translation example sentence retrieved by the retrieval unit 13 as necessary. The replacement character string specifying unit 18 specifies a character string portion to be changed in the replacement character string of the extracted translation example sentence. Replacement character string input part 1
4 inputs a character string to replace the character string portion specified by the replacement character string specifying unit 18. The input method can be selected from the case of directly inputting a character string and the case of inputting a character string selected from the past input history recorded in the replacement history recording unit 15.

The replacement history recording unit 15 records the history of words previously input from the replacement character string input unit 14. The search result output unit 17 stores and displays the result of editing the translation example sentence extracted from the dictionary unit 12 at a predetermined position of the translation document being created. Next, the operation of this translation example sentence editing apparatus will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. In the following, an example of translating a Japanese sentence into an English sentence will be described.

First, in order to obtain an English example sentence most suitable for a Japanese sentence to be translated, a search character string serving as a translation example sentence search key is extracted from Japanese and input from the search character string input unit 11 ( Step S1). As an example, the search character string “terrible” is input. The search unit 13 searches the dictionary unit 12 using the search character string as a search key, and extracts the translation example sentence data 20 shown in FIG. 3A (step S2). The extracted translation example sentence data 20 is output to the example sentence operation unit 16.

As shown in FIG. 3A, the example sentence operation unit 16 displays the translation example sentence 23a on the search result output unit 17 and reversely displays the replacement character string portions 24a and 24b (step S3). The user refers to the displayed translation example sentence 23a and examines the necessity of replacing the replacement character string portions 24a and 24b. Then, when it is determined that it is necessary, the replacement character string designating section 18 specifies the replacement character string portion (step S4).

Then, the user selects the replacement character string input unit 14
Input a desired character string from (step S5). Two methods can be selected as the input method of this replacement character string.
The first input method is, as shown in FIG. 3B, a method of directly inputting a character string to be replaced in the replacement character string portion 24b. The second method is a method of selecting and inputting a character string from the past input character strings 25a extracted from the replacement history storage unit 15, as also shown in FIG. 3B.
With such a method, the example sentence operation unit 16 edits the extracted translation example sentence into a desired translation sentence and edits it into the search result output unit 17
Output to.

Then, as shown in FIG. 3C, the search result output unit 17 displays the edited translated sentence and stores it in a predetermined position of the translated document (step S6). The above character string replacement operation is repeated a required number of times to create a translated document desired by the user. In the above embodiment, the replacement history recording unit 15 has described the case of sequentially storing past input character strings and providing them to the replacement character string input unit.
It is not limited to such a case. For example, by adding the part-of-speech information to the replacement character string in the translation example sentence data stored in the dictionary unit 12, the input replacement character string can be divided and stored for each part of speech. In this case, it is possible to provide the replacement character string input unit 14 with the history of the replacement character string of the category corresponding to the part of speech of the replacement character string in the translation example sentence searched by the search unit 13. .

Further, by providing a replacement history external recording unit for reading / writing the contents of the replacement history recording unit 15 from / to an external storage, the parallel translation of the first language and the second language preset by the user can be used as a replacement candidate. Is also possible. Further, by providing a tense designating section and a single or multiple designating section, it is possible to change the tense or single or multiple, further increase the degree of freedom in editing the example sentence, and improve the efficiency of document creation.

[0020]

As described above, the translation example sentence editing apparatus according to the present invention includes translation example sentence storage means for storing the translation example sentence in the second language and the information of the specific word that may be changed in the translation example sentence. By providing the editing means for specifying the specific word portion of the translation example sentence extracted from the translation example sentence storing means and sequentially replacing it with a predetermined character, the user can be operated in a series of search operation states of the translation example sentence. A desired translated sentence can be created, and the efficiency of creating a translated document can be improved.

Further, in particular, the translation example sentence editing apparatus according to the invention of claim 3 stores the history of the character string input from the replacement character string input unit, and further outputs the stored character string to the replacement character string input unit. With the configuration in which the history storage means is further provided, the replacement character string input operation can be performed more efficiently.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an operation procedure of the translation example sentence editing device shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is an example sentence operation unit 16 of the translation example sentence editing device shown in FIG.
It is a schematic diagram which shows the edit state of the translation example sentence in.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a conventional translation example sentence editing device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 search character string input unit 12 dictionary unit 13 search unit 14 replacement character string input unit 15 replacement history recording unit 16 example sentence operation unit 17 search result output unit 18 replacement character string designating unit

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A second method using a character string of a first language as a search key.
A translation example sentence editing device for searching a translation example sentence of a language and appropriately editing it to create a desired translation sentence, and a search character string input means for inputting a character string of a first language as a search key, and a search. A translation example sentence storage unit that stores a translation example sentence in a second language corresponding to the key and information of a specific word that may be changed in the translation example sentence; and a search of the translation example sentence storage unit based on the search key. And a translation example sentence search means for extracting a translation example sentence corresponding to the search key, and a display means for displaying the translation example sentence in a form in which the specific word can be identified based on the specific word information of the extracted translation example sentence. And an editing unit that replaces the specific word in the extracted translation example sentence with an appropriate character string, and the display unit further displays the translation example sentence edited by the editing unit. Location. 2. The editing means, a specific word designating section for designating the specific word in the extracted translation example sentence as an editing target, and a substitution character for inputting and replacing an appropriate character string to the designated specific word. The translation example sentence editing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a column input unit. 3. The translation example sentence editing device further includes history storage means for storing a history of the character string input from the replacement character string input unit, and further outputting the stored character string to the replacement character string input unit. The translation example sentence editing apparatus according to claim 2, comprising.