JPH07141379A - Translation device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a translation device which improves the efficiency of the translation result editing work and properly translates an original text by outputting the original text and a translation with the end of a paragraph as the unit as the output of the translation result. CONSTITUTION:A display picture is erased, and 0 is written in a paragraph end counter 17c. The value of this counter 17c is increased by one, and it is discriminated whether or not original data 23 end of paragraph data 22 indicated by the value of the counter 17c is stored in a text memory 17a. If it is stored there, all of original data 23 of the data 22 indicated by the value of the counter 17c is displayed. Next, all of translation data 24 of the data 22 indicated by the value of the counter 17c is displayed. Thereafter, the processing is switched to S91, and the value of the counter 17c is increased by one, and these processings are repeated till all of the end of a paragraph are displayed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a translation device, and in particular,
The present invention relates to a translation device that outputs an original sentence and a translated sentence for each paragraph as an output of a translation result, thereby improving the efficiency of editing the translation result and performing an appropriate free translation.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in this type of translation apparatus, for example,
In the case of a translation device that translates from Japanese into English, a Japanese original sentence input from a keyboard is translated into an English translation by referring to dictionary data and grammar data.

As an example, a processing procedure for translating a Japanese original sentence "He went to Japan." Will be outlined. First, referring to the dictionary data stored in the ROM as the original text,
Divide into words, such as "he / ga / japan / ni / go / ta /." Next, the sentence structure and meaning are analyzed based on the Japanese sentence analysis grammar. Then, the dictionary data stored in the ROM is searched for each word to find a translated word, and based on the English sentence generation grammar, “Hewent”
to Japan. Produces an English translation.

Since the current translation technology is not capable of completely automatic translation, the user has to edit (correct) the translation result in order to obtain an appropriate translated sentence. The work of editing the translation result is performed by printing the original sentence and the translated sentence on a sheet or displaying them on a CRT display.

As output formats of the original text and the translated text in such a case, there are output formats as shown in FIGS. 9 to 11. Taking the case of a CRT display as an example,
The output format shown in FIG. 9 is an output format in which the original sentence 91 is displayed on the left side of the CRT display and the translated sentence 92 is displayed on the right side. The output format shown in FIG.
This is an output format in which 1 and translated text 102 are alternately displayed line by line. The output format shown in FIG. 11 is an output format in which the original sentence 111 and the translated sentence 112 are displayed on different CRT displays.

[0006] The user selects a required output format from these output formats as appropriate, displays the original sentence and the translated sentence on the CRT display, and edits the translation result.

[0007]

However, as shown in FIG.
The output format shown in is suitable for comparing the original sentence and the translated sentence as a whole when the translation result is edited,
Since the correspondence between the original sentence and the translated sentence is unclear, the output format was unsuitable for editing the translated sentence while referring to the original sentence. Further, the output formats shown in FIG. 9 and FIG. 10 are suitable for editing work on a sentence-by-sentence basis because the correspondence between the original sentence and the translated sentence is clear, but the paragraph breaks are unclear, so The output format was unsuitable when performing free translation while thinking.

Therefore, in the conventional translation apparatus, the translation result is edited by clearly recognizing the correspondence between the original sentence and the translated sentence, and also by recognizing the paragraph which is a unit of one meaning content. Since it was not possible, there was a problem that the efficiency of the editing work was reduced and it was not possible to perform appropriate free translation.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and improves the efficiency of translation result editing work by outputting the original sentence and the translated sentence for each paragraph as the output of the translation result. It is an object of the present invention to provide a translation device capable of performing appropriate translation.

[0010]

In order to achieve this object, a translation device of the present invention comprises an input means for inputting an original sentence, a translation means for translating the original sentence input by the input means into a translated sentence, and an original sentence. The document storage means for storing the translated text translated by the translation means in association with each other, and the output means for outputting the original text and the translated text stored in the document storage means, and further paragraphs for dividing the original text into paragraphs A means of classification,
Based on paragraph information stored in the paragraph information storage unit, paragraph information storage unit storing the paragraph information of the original sentence divided into paragraphs by the paragraph division unit in association with the original sentence stored in the document storage unit, and paragraph information stored in the paragraph information storage unit. And an output control unit for outputting the original sentence and the translated sentence stored in the document storage unit to the output unit for each paragraph.

The paragraph dividing means may be configured to divide the original sentence into paragraphs based on the line feed code.

[0012]

According to the translation apparatus of the present invention having the above structure, the translation means translates the original sentence input by the input means into a translated sentence, and the document storage means associates the original sentence with the translated sentence translated by the translation means. To remember. Then, the output unit outputs the original sentence and the translated sentence stored in the document storage unit.

The paragraph dividing means divides the original sentence into paragraphs,
The paragraph information storage means stores the paragraph information of the original sentence divided into paragraphs by the paragraph dividing means in association with the original sentence stored in the document storage means. The output control unit outputs the original sentence and the translated sentence stored in the document storage unit to the output unit for each paragraph based on the paragraph information stored in the paragraph information storage unit.

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A translation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. This embodiment is a case where the present invention is applied to a translation device for translating from Japanese into English.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a control system showing the configuration of the translation apparatus 1 of this embodiment. Based on the figure, first,
The configuration of the translation device 1 will be described.

The translation device 1 is basically composed of a keyboard 2 and an external storage device 3 as input means, a display device 7 as output means, a printing device 10 and a control device C.

The keyboard 2 is capable of inputting Japanese or English sentences, character keys such as alphabet keys, numeral keys, and symbol keys, a file reading key 2a for instructing execution of original text reading processing (S17), and original text. Input process (S1
9) An original text input key 2b for instructing execution, an end key 2c for instructing the end of original text input processing, a translation key 2d for instructing execution of translation processing (S21), and a print key for instructing execution of printing processing (S23). 2e, a punctuation mark “.” Key, a return key, a space key, and other function keys necessary for translation processing are provided.

The external storage device 3 includes a floppy disk (FD) 6 that stores the Japanese original sentence, a floppy disk drive (FDD) 5 that reads and writes data from the floppy disk 6, and drive control thereof. And a floppy disk drive (FDD) controller 4.

The display device 7 includes a CRT display 9 capable of displaying a plurality of lines of a Japanese original sentence input from the keyboard 2, a translated sentence obtained by translating the original sentence into English, and a CRT for controlling the display thereof. It is composed of the controller 8 and
Further, the printing apparatus 10 includes a printer 12 for printing on paper and a printer drive circuit 11 for driving and controlling the printer 12.
It consists of and.

The keyboard 2, the FDD controller 4, the CRT controller 8 and the printer drive circuit 11 are connected to the input / output interface 13 of the controller C, respectively.

The control device C includes a CPU 15 and this CPU
Input / output interface 13 and ROM 16 connected to bus 15 via a bus 14 such as a data bus or address bus
And a RAM 17.

The ROM 16 has a dictionary data 16a, a control program 16b, an original text reading program 16c,
Various programs and data such as an original sentence input program 16d, a translation program 16e as a translation means, and a printing program 16f are stored.

The dictionary data 16a stores, for each of a large number of Japanese words, language information data including spelling data of corresponding English words and parts of speech. The control program 16b is for performing various processes such as initialization of the translation apparatus 1.

The original text reading program 16c is for executing the original text reading process (S17). In the original sentence reading process (S17), the Japanese original sentence data 23 is read from the floppy disk 6, and the original sentence data 23 and the paragraph data 22 as paragraph information are associated with the original sentence data 23 for each sentence of the original sentence. This is a process for writing in the text memory 17a as a document storage means. It is executed by inputting the file reading key 2a. The sentence data 21 is data indicating the sentence number of the original sentence data 23, and the paragraph data 22 is data indicating the paragraph number of the original sentence data 23.

The original text input program 16d is for performing original text input processing (S19). In the original text input process (S19), the data input from the keyboard 2 is used as the original text data 23, and the text data 21 and the paragraph data 2 are processed.
This is a process for writing in the text memory 17a in association with 2. It is executed by inputting the original text input key 2b, and ended by inputting the end key 2c.

When the original sentence input process (S19) is executed when the original sentence data 23 is stored in the text memory 17a, the original sentence data 23 is stored in the text memory 17a.
The original text data 23 already stored in a is stored in an additional format.

The translation program 16e has a translation process (S2
It is for performing 1). Translation process (S21)
Translates the Japanese original sentence data 23 into the English translated sentence data 24, writes the translated translated sentence data 24 into the text memory 17a in association with the original sentence data 23, and further writes the original sentence data 23 and the translated sentence data 24 into paragraphs. Alternate every C
This is processing for displaying on the RT display 9.

FIG. 8 shows a state in which the original sentence data 23 and the translated sentence data 24 are alternately displayed for each paragraph on the CRT display 9. The Japanese original sentence 81 and the English translated sentence 82 are alternately displayed for each paragraph in order from the highest line to the lowest line of the CRT display 9.

The print program 16f has a print process (S2
It is for performing 3). Printing process (S23)
Is the original text data 23 stored in the text memory 17a.
And a process for printing the translated text data 24 on a sheet. The printing is selected by the user from among the printing format of only the original text data 23, the printing format of only the translation text data 24, and the printing format in which the original text data 23 and the translation text data 24 are alternated for each paragraph. Done in.

The RAM 17 is provided with a text memory 17a as a document storage means, a sentence counter 17b, a paragraph counter 17c, a read buffer 17e, and a paragraph buffer 17f.

The text memory 17a stores the original text data 23.
And the translated text data 2 obtained by translating the original text data 23.
4, and the sentence data 21 indicating the sentence number of the original sentence data 23,
The paragraph data 22 indicating the paragraph number of the original text data 23 is stored. Paragraph data 22 in the text memory 17a
Is a paragraph information storage means.

Here, referring to FIG. 2, the text memory 1
The configuration of 7a will be described. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram schematically showing the configuration of the text memory 17a. The text memory 17a stores sentence data 21, paragraph data 22, original sentence data 23, and translated sentence data 24 in units of one original sentence.

The original text data 23 is processed by reading the original text (S1).
7) The original text data 23 stored in the floppy disk 6 is read by the external storage device 3 by executing 7), or the original text data 23 is input by the keyboard 2 by executing the original text input process (S19). It is written in the text memory 17a.

The sentence data 21 and the paragraph data 22 are stored in the text memory 17a when the original sentence data 23 is written.
It is written in the text memory 17a together with the original text data 23. The sentence data 21 and the paragraph data 22 are stored in association with the original sentence data 23. Therefore, the sentence number of the original sentence data 23 can be known by referring to the sentence data 21 corresponding to the original sentence data 23, and the paragraph number of the original sentence data 23 can be determined by referring to the paragraph data 22 corresponding to the original sentence data 23. I can know. The sentence data 21 is referred to in the translation process (S21) when translating the original sentence data 23. The paragraph data 22 is referred to in the translation result display process (S83) as an output control means for alternately displaying the original sentence data 23 and the translated sentence data 24 for each paragraph on the CRT display 9.

The translated text data 24 is written in the text memory 17a in association with the original text data 23 when the original text data 23 is translated by executing the translation process (S21). Therefore, after the original sentence reading process (S17) or the original sentence input process (S19) is executed, the translation process (S2) is performed.
The sentence data 2 is stored in the text memory 17a before the execution of 1).
Only 1, paragraph data 22 and original sentence data 23 are stored, and translated sentence data 24 is not stored.

The sentence counter 17b reads the original sentence (S1).
In 7) and the original sentence input process (S19), the sentence number when the original sentence data 23 is written in the text memory 17a is stored. The value of the sentence counter 17b is written in the text memory 17a together with the original sentence data 23 and stored as the sentence data 21. Also, the sentence counter 17b
Stores the sentence number of the original sentence data 23 to be translated in the translation process (S21). Sentence counter 17b
The original sentence data 23 of the sentence data 21 indicated by the value of is translated one sentence at a time.

The paragraph counter 17c reads the original text (S
In 17) and the original text input process (S19), the paragraph number when the original text data 23 is written in the text memory 17a is stored. The value of the paragraph counter 17c is written in the text memory 17a together with the original text data 23 and stored as paragraph data 22. In the translation result display process (S83), the paragraph counter 17c stores the paragraph numbers of the original sentence data 23 and the translated sentence data 24 to be displayed. The original sentence data 23 and the translated sentence data 24 of the paragraph data 22 indicated by the value of the paragraph counter 17c are displayed alternately one paragraph at a time.

The read buffer 17e is used to read the original text (S
In 17), the original text data 23 read from the floppy disk 6 by the external storage device 3 is temporarily stored. The paragraph buffer 17f reads the original text (S17).
At 23, the original text data 23 read from the read buffer 17e for each paragraph is temporarily stored.

Here, the translation process is the same as a general process, so that it will be briefly described. First, the Japanese original sentence is decomposed into multiple words (words) including particles, and a combination of words is searched for, subject and predicate recognition processing, English syntax creation processing, dictionary translation word translation processing, etc. are performed. The processing is sequentially executed, and an English translation is created.

Next, the translation device 1 configured as described above
Each process performed by the control device C will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 to 7.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing the main control processing performed by the controller C. When the translation apparatus 1 is powered on, the processing shown in FIG. 3 is started (step 1 (hereinafter simply referred to as S1. Other steps are the same)). C
PU15 first performs the initialization process of the translation apparatus 1 (S3). Specifically, the data in the text memory 17a, the read buffer 17e, and the paragraph buffer 17f are erased, and the sentence counter 17b and the paragraph counter 17 are erased.
"0" is written in each of c.

After the initialization processing, the CPU 15 is in the state of waiting for the user's key input (S5: N). If there is a key input (S5: Y), the entered key is judged (S7-).
S13), each process corresponding to the input key is executed (S15-S23).

The input key is the file reading key 2
If it is a (S7: Y), the original text reading process shown in FIG. 4 is executed (S17). If the input key is the original text input key 2b (S9: Y), the original text input process shown in FIG. 5 is executed (S19). If the input key is the translation key 2d (S11: Y), the translation process shown in FIG. 6 is executed (S21). After execution of each process (S
(S17, S19, S21), the CPU 15 shifts the processing to S5 to wait for the next key input.

If the input key is the print key 2e (S13: Y), the print process is executed and the original text data 23
And the translated text data 24 is printed on the paper (S23).
In this case, printing only the original text data 23 and the translated text data 24
The printing is performed on the paper in the printing format selected by the user from the three types of printing, that is, the printing of only the text and the printing of the original text data 23 and the translated text data 24 alternately for each paragraph. After the printing process (S23), the CPU 15 shifts the process to S5 to wait for the next key input. If the entered key is none of the above keys (S1
3: N), the CPU 15 executes another process corresponding to the input key (S15), and shifts the process to S5.

Next, referring to FIG. 4, the original text reading process (S1
7) will be described. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the original text reading process. In the original text reading process, the original text data 23 stored in the floppy disk 6 is transferred from the external storage device 3 to
The processing for writing in the text memory 17a is performed.

When the file reading key 2a is pressed (S7: Y), the original text reading process is executed (S17).
The CPU 15 first reads the original text data 23 stored in the floppy disk 6 via the external storage device 3 and writes it in the read buffer 17e (S31). next,
The data stored in the text memory 17a is erased (S32), and "0" is written in the sentence counter 17b and the paragraph counter 17c (S33).

The CPU 15 determines whether the original text data 23 is stored in the read buffer 17e (S35).
If the original text data 23 is stored in the read buffer 17e (S35: Y), the first paragraph of the original text data 23 stored in the read buffer 17e is set to the paragraph buffer 1.
7f (original text data 23 for one paragraph is written in the paragraph buffer 17f, and then the original text data 23 in the read buffer 17e written in the paragraph buffer 17f)
(Equivalent to one paragraph) is deleted (S37)). The paragraph of the original text data 23 is detected by detecting the "line feed code". That is, the original text data 23 in the read buffer 17e is searched from the beginning to detect the "line feed code", and the original text data 23 from the beginning to the "line feed code" is set to 1
The original text data 23 of the paragraph is recognized, and the original text data 23 for one paragraph is moved to the paragraph buffer 17f.

After moving the original sentence data 23 for one paragraph to the paragraph buffer 17f (S37), the value of the paragraph counter 17c is incremented by "1" (S39). As a result, the paragraph number of the original text data 23 written in the paragraph buffer 17f and the value of the paragraph counter 17f are matched.

It is judged whether or not the original sentence data 23 is stored in the paragraph buffer 17f. If the original sentence data 23 is stored (S41: Y), the value of the sentence counter 17b is incremented by "1" (S43). . The values of the sentence counter 17b and the paragraph counter 17c are written in the text memory 17a (S45). The value of the sentence counter 17b at this time is stored as the sentence data 21, and the value of the paragraph counter 17c is stored as the paragraph data 22 in the text memory 17a.

The first sentence of the original sentence data 23 stored in the paragraph buffer 17f is moved to the text memory 17a (the original sentence data 23 of one sentence is written in the text memory 17a, and then the paragraph buffer written in the text memory 17a). The original text data 23 (corresponding to one sentence) in 17f is deleted (S47). It should be noted that the detection of one sentence in the original sentence data 23 is performed by detecting the phrase ".". That is, the original text data 2 in the paragraph buffer 17f
3 from the beginning to detect the phrase ".", And the original sentence data 23 from the beginning to the phrase "."
Recognizing as 3, the original sentence data 23 of one sentence is moved to the text memory 17a.

Text data 1 of one sentence is converted to text memory 1
After moving to 7a (S47), the CPU 15 executes the processing in S
Transition to 41. Then, the processes of S43 to S47 are repeated until all the original sentence data 23 stored in the paragraph buffer 17f are moved to the text memory 17a. At this time, the value of the paragraph counter 17c is not changed,
Only the value of the sentence counter 17b is incremented by "1" for one sentence of the original sentence data 23 (S43). Therefore, in the text memory 17a, sentence data 21 different by "1"
And paragraph data 22 having a common value throughout one paragraph are stored corresponding to the original text data 23.

All the original text data 23 in the paragraph buffer 17f is moved to the text memory 17a, and the paragraph buffer 1
When the original text data 23 stored in 7f runs out (S4
1: N), the CPU 15 shifts the processing to S35. Then, the original text data 23 stored in the read buffer 17e
Until all are moved to the paragraph buffer 17f, S37
Through S47 are repeated. At this time, since the value of the paragraph counter 17c is incremented by "1" for each paragraph (S39), the paragraph data 22 different by "1" for each paragraph is written in the text memory 17a.

When all the original text data 23 in the read buffer 17e is moved to the paragraph buffer 17f (S35:
Y), the original text reading process is terminated (S49). As a result, all the original text data 23 read from the floppy disk 6 is stored in the text memory 17a.

The original text input process (S19) will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the original text input process. The text input process is performed by the user using the keyboard 2
The text data 23 input from the text memory 17
The processing for writing to a is performed.

When the original text input key 2b is pressed (S9:
Y), original text input processing is executed (S19). CPU1
5 is a sentence counter 17b and a paragraph counter 17
The value of c is incremented by "1" (S51), and the values of the sentence counter 17b and paragraph counter 17c are written in the text memory 17a (S52). Text memory 17
In a, the value of the sentence counter 17b is the sentence data 21,
The value of the paragraph counter 17c is stored as the paragraph data 22. In the original sentence input process, the sentence counter 17b, and
Since the value of the paragraph counter 17c is not cleared to "0",
The original text data 23 is input to the text memory 17a in an additional format.

For example, when the original sentence input process is executed after the original sentence read process (S17), and the original sentence data 23 of 3 paragraphs and 20 lines is already stored in the text memory 17a, the sentence counter 17b. "20" and "3" are stored in the paragraph counter 17c. When the original sentence input process is executed, first, the value of the sentence counter 17b becomes "2".
Since the value of the paragraph counter 17c is increased to "4", the original text data 23 input from the keyboard 2 is
As the original text data 23 of the 4th paragraph and the 21st line, the original text data 23 of the 3rd paragraph and the 20th line which has already been input is input in an additional format.

The CPU 15 waits for a user's key input (S53: N), and when there is a key input (S53: Y), performs a process according to each input key (S55 to S7).
0). If the input key is a character key (S55:
Y), the input key data is written as one data forming the original text data 23 in the text memory 17a (S57), and the process proceeds to S53 to wait for the next key input.

If the input key is the phrase "." Key (S59: Y), the phrase "." Indicates a sentence break.
Judge as a break of one sentence in the original sentence. Therefore, the punctuation mark "."
Is written in the text memory 17a as one data of the original sentence data 23 (S60), then the value of the sentence counter 17b is incremented by "1" (S61), and the process is S52.
And the updated values of the sentence counter 17b and the paragraph counter 17c are written in the text memory 17a (S5).
2).

If the input key is the return key (S63: Y), the "line feed code" input by the return key indicates a paragraph break, so it is determined that the paragraph of the original sentence has been separated. Therefore, the values of the sentence counter 17b and the paragraph counter 17c are incremented by "1" (S6
5), the process proceeds to S52, and the sentence counter 17b and paragraph counter 17c updated in the text memory 17a
The value of is written (S52).

If the input key is the end key 2c (S67: Y), the original sentence input process is ended (S70).
If the entered key is not any of the above keys (S69: N), another process corresponding to the entered key is executed (S69), and then the process is waited for the next key input. To S53.

Thus, in the original text input process, the input from the keyboard 2 can be stored in the text memory 17a as the original text data 23. If the original text data 23 is already input to the text memory 17a before the original text input processing (S19) is executed, the original text data 23 input in the original text input processing is added to the text memory 17a in an additional format. Memorized in.

The translation process (S21) will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the translation process. In the translation process, the original sentence data 23 stored in the text memory 17a is translated into the translated sentence data 24, and the translated sentence data 24 is made to correspond to the original sentence data 23.
7a, and then performs a process for executing the translation result display process (S83).

When the translation key 2d is input (S11:
Y), translation processing is executed (S21). CPU15
First writes "0" to the sentence counter 17b (S7).
1). Next, the value of the sentence counter 17b is incremented by "1" (S
73), the sentence data 21 indicated by the value of the sentence counter 17b
It is checked whether or not is stored in the text memory 17a (S75).

The text memory 17a has a sentence counter 17b.
If the sentence data 21 indicated by the value of is stored (S7
5: Y), the original text data 23 stored corresponding to the text data 21 is read from the text memory 17a (S7).
7). The read original text data 23 is translated to create translated text data 24 (S79), and the created translated text data 24 is created.
Is written in the text memory 17a in association with the original text data 23 (S81).

This completes the translation of one sentence of the original sentence data 23. Therefore, the CPU 15 shifts the processing to S73, increments the value of the sentence counter 17b by "1" (S7).
3) The next original text data 23 is translated (S77-S).
81). The CPU 15 repeats this processing until all the original text data 23 stored in the text memory 17a is translated (S73 to S81).

If the sentence data 21 indicated by the value of the sentence counter 17b is not stored in the text memory 17a (S75: N), the translation of the original sentence data 23 stored in the text memory 17a has been completed. A translation result display process is executed to display the translation result (S
83).

The translation result display processing (S83) as the output control means will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the translation result display processing. In the translation result display process, the original sentence data 23 and the translated sentence data 24 stored in the text memory 17a are alternately displayed on the CRT for each paragraph.
The processing for displaying on the display 9 is performed.

The CPU 15 first erases the display on the CRT display 9 (S87) and writes "0" in the paragraph counter 17c (S89). Next, paragraph counter 17
The value of c is increased by "1" (S91), and the paragraph counter 17c
The paragraph data 22 indicated by the value of
It is checked whether or not it is stored in (S93).

The paragraph counter 17 is added to the text memory 17a.
If the paragraph data 22 indicated by the value of c is stored (S93: Y), first, one space data is displayed on the CRT display 9 (S95). Next, the original text data 23 stored corresponding to the paragraph data 22 indicated by the value of the paragraph counter 17c are all read from the text memory 17a and are continuously displayed on the CRT display 9 in the previously displayed space (S97). . After displaying all the original text data 23 for one paragraph, one blank line is displayed after the displayed original text data 23 (S99).

One space data is displayed on the CRT display 9 (S101). All the translated text data 24 of the original text data 23 stored in association with the paragraph data 22 indicated by the value of the paragraph counter 17c is read from the text memory 17a and is continuously displayed on the CRT display 9 in the previously displayed space (S103). ). After displaying all the translated text data 24 for one paragraph, one blank line is displayed after the displayed translated text data 24 (S105).

After that, the CPU 15 shifts the processing to S91 and increments the value of the paragraph counter 17c by "1" (S9).
1), the processing from S95 to S105 is performed by the text memory 1
This is repeated until all the original text data 23 and the translated text data 24 stored in 7a are displayed on the CRT display 9. As a result, the original text data 23 and the translated text data 24 are alternately displayed for each paragraph on the CRT display 9 with one blank line in between.

When all the original sentence data 23 and the translated sentence data 24 stored in the text memory 17a are displayed on the CRT display 9, the paragraph data 22 indicated by the value of the paragraph counter 17c is lost in the text memory 17a (S93: N), the CPU 15 ends the translation result display process (S107), and further ends the translation process (S).
85).

FIG. 8 shows an example of the display result of the translation result display processing. From the top line of the CRT display 9, the Japanese original sentence 81 is first displayed for only one paragraph, and then a blank line is placed, and the Japanese original sentence 81 is displayed.
Similarly, the English translation 82 corresponding to is displayed only for one paragraph. After the English translation 82, one blank line is placed, and the Japanese original sentence 81 of the second paragraph is displayed. After that, the English translation 82 and the Japanese original sentence 81 are alternately displayed one paragraph by one blank line. Thus, when displaying the translation result, the original text 81
Since one blank line is inserted between the paragraph of the translation 82 and the translation 82, it is easy to confirm the display of the translation result.

As shown in the above embodiment, according to the translation apparatus 1 of the present embodiment, the original sentence and the translated sentence are displayed on the CRT display 9 for each paragraph as the output of the translation result. , The correspondence between the original sentence and the translated sentence is clarified, and the efficiency of the work of editing the translation result is improved. Further, since the original sentence and the translated sentence are alternately displayed for each paragraph that is a block of one meaning, an appropriate free translation can be performed.

The paragraph dividing means in this embodiment is
These are the processes of S37 and S39 shown in FIG. 4 and S63 and S65 shown in FIG.

The present invention has been described above based on the embodiments, but the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments.
It is easily inferred that various modifications and improvements can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

For example, in the present embodiment, the paragraphs are all divided by detecting the "line feed code", but the user is allowed to specify the division range and the paragraphs are divided within the specified range. It is also possible. Thereby, when one item is explained through a plurality of paragraphs, or when it is difficult to refer to the translation result at one time because the paragraph is long, it is possible to arbitrarily respond to the preference of the user.

The paragraphs can be classified by using codes and data other than the "line feed code". For example, if "line feed code" and "space" are consecutive,
A special symbol may be used as a paragraph division.

In this embodiment, the original text data 23 is input from the external storage device 3 or the keyboard 2, but the original text data 23 can also be input by an optical character reading device (OCR).

In this embodiment, the display device 7 is used as the output means.
However, it is also possible to use the printer 10 as the output means.

[0081]

As is apparent from the above description,
According to the translation device of the present invention, since the original sentence and the translated sentence are output for each paragraph as the output of the translation result, it is possible to improve the efficiency of the editing work of the translation result and perform an appropriate free translation. is there.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram schematically showing the configuration of a text memory.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a main control process.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an original text reading process.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an original text input process.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a translation process.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a translation result display process.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a state in which a Japanese original sentence and an English translated sentence are alternately displayed for each paragraph.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a state in which a Japanese original sentence is displayed on the left side of the display screen and an English translated sentence is displayed on the right side of the display screen.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a state in which a Japanese original sentence and an English translated sentence are alternately displayed for each line.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a state in which a Japanese original sentence and an English translated sentence are displayed on separate display screens.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 translation device 2 keyboard (input means) 3 external storage device (input means) 6 floppy disk (FD) 7 display device (output means) 9 CRT display 10 printing device 15 CPU 16 ROM 16e translation program (translation means) 17 RAM 17a Text memory (document storage means, paragraph information storage means) 21 sentence data 22 paragraph data (paragraph information) 23 original text data 24 translated text data

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. Input means for inputting an original sentence, and translation means for translating an original sentence input by said input means into a translated sentence,
In a translation device including a document storage unit that stores an original sentence and a translated sentence translated by the translation unit in association with each other, and an output unit that outputs the original sentence and the translated sentence stored in the document storage unit, the original sentence for each paragraph Paragraph dividing means for dividing the paragraph, paragraph information storing means for storing the paragraph information of the original sentence divided into paragraphs by the paragraph dividing means in association with the original sentence stored in the document storing means, and the paragraph information storing means An output control unit that outputs the original sentence and the translated sentence stored in the document storage unit for each paragraph to the output unit based on the paragraph information stored in the translation apparatus. 2. The translation device according to claim 1, wherein the paragraph dividing means divides the original sentence into paragraphs based on a line feed code.