JPH0736903A - Translation assisting device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide the translation assistance processor which prevents a translating process from being in disorder by outputting more correct dictionary contents when equivalents corresponding to original words are outputted. CONSTITUTION:When the CPU 2 of the translation assisting device performs translation assisting process for a character string to be translated that is specified through key operation at a key input part 5, a translation condition setting decision part 3 decides original words not to be translated on the basis of the number of characters of original words to which previously set equivalents are not added, unretrieved character strings and dictionary data contents, etc., and retrieves dictionary data as to only original words which do not correspond to the original words not to be translated to add and display equivalents, so the correctness of the translating process can be improved and the quality of the translating processing result is improved to prevent an operator from getting confused with the translating process.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a translation support device for placing a translated word near an original word in an original sentence and outputting the original sentence.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, a translation support device for translating an input English sentence into a Japanese sentence has been considered. This translation support device does not have a grammar analysis function, but has a function of displaying a simple Japanese sentence (parallel translated sentence) for an English sentence (original sentence), and as shown in FIG. It is supposed to be displayed on the screen.

[0003]

However, in such a conventional translation support device, as shown in FIG. 7, parallel translation sentences are displayed in different blocks for the original sentence on the same screen. Therefore, there is a problem that the translated word for each original word in the original sentence is not clear.

Further, since the contents of the dictionary are taken out regardless of the accuracy of the target sentence to be translated, there is a possibility of mistranslation due to the definition and usage in English grammar, which does not match the meaning of the sentence, and the translation In some cases, the result of processing has no meaning. Furthermore, when entering a Japanese translation of an English character string below the English character string to be translated, it may not be possible to enter all the description of the intended Japanese translation content, which may cause confusion in the translation process. There were also problems such as.

An object of the present invention is to output more accurate dictionary contents when outputting a translated word corresponding to an original word to prevent confusion in the translation process.

[0006]

The invention according to claim 1 is
The dictionary storage means for storing the translated word corresponding to the original word, the character number memory for setting the number of characters of the original word without adding the translated word, the original text storage means for storing the original text to be translated, and the original word read from the original text storage means When outputting a corresponding translated word, it is determined whether or not the number of characters is equal to or more than the number of characters set in the character number memory, and a translated word output means for reading and adding a translated word from the dictionary storage means only to an original word that does not correspond,
It is characterized by having.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, dictionary storage means for storing a translated word corresponding to the original word, condition storage means for storing a condition of the original word to which the translated word is not added, and original sentence storage means for storing an original sentence to be translated. When outputting the translated word corresponding to the original word read from the original sentence storage means, it is determined whether or not the condition stored in the condition storage means is satisfied, and the dictionary storage is performed only for the non-corresponding original word. And a translated word output means for reading a translated word from the means and adding the translated word.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, dictionary storage means for storing a translated word corresponding to the original word, a character number memory for setting the number of characters of the original word to which the translated word is not added, and a condition storage for storing a condition of the original word to which the translated word is not added. Means, an original sentence storage means for storing an original sentence to be translated, and a translated word corresponding to the original word read from the original sentence storage means, the number of characters is equal to or more than the number of characters set in the character number memory, and the condition is not satisfied. And a translated word output means for determining whether or not the conditions stored in the storage means are met and reading the translated words from the dictionary storage means and adding the translated words only to the original words that do not meet both conditions. .

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, a dictionary storage means for storing a translated word corresponding to the original word, a character number memory for setting the number of characters of the original word to which the translated word is not added, and a condition storage for storing a condition of the original word to which the translated word is not added. Means, a translation unnecessary word storage means for storing an original word to which a translated word is not added, an original sentence storage means for storing an original sentence to be translated, and a translated word corresponding to the original word read from the original sentence storage means, The number of characters is equal to or more than the number of characters set in the character number memory, the condition is not satisfied in the condition storage unit, and the translation target word is stored in the translation unnecessary word storage unit. And a translated word output means for reading translated words from the dictionary storage means and adding the translated words.

[0010]

According to the invention described in claim 1, the number of characters of the original word to which the translated word is not added is set in the character number memory, the original text to be translated is stored in the original text storage means, and the original word read from the original text storage means is set. When outputting the corresponding translated word, the translated word output means determines whether or not the number of characters is greater than or equal to the number of characters set in the character number memory, and the translated word is read from the dictionary storage means and added to only the corresponding original word. To be done.

According to the second aspect of the invention, the condition of the original word to which the translated word is not added is stored in the condition storing means, the original sentence to be translated is stored in the original sentence storing means, and is read from the original sentence storing means. When the translated word corresponding to the original word is output, the translated word output means determines whether or not the condition stored in the condition storage means is met, and the translated word is read from the dictionary storage means only for the unmatched original word. Issued and added.

According to the third aspect of the invention, the number of characters of the original word to which the translated word is not added is set in the character number memory,
The condition storage means stores the condition of the original word without adding the translated word, the original sentence storage means stores the original sentence to be translated, and when outputting the translated word corresponding to the original word read from the original sentence storage means, the translated word output means It is determined whether or not the number of characters is equal to or more than the number of characters set in the character number memory and the condition stored in the condition storage means is satisfied, and the translated word is read from the dictionary storage means only for the original words that do not correspond to both. Issued and added.

Further, according to the invention as set forth in claim 4, the number of characters of the original word to which the translated word is not added is set in the character number memory, the condition of the original word to which the translated word is not added is stored in the condition storage means, and the translation unnecessary word storage means is stored. The original word to which the translated word is not added is stored, the original sentence to be translated is stored in the original sentence storage means, and when the translated word corresponding to the original word read from the original sentence storage means is output, the translated word output means sets it in the character number memory. The translated words from the dictionary storage means only for the original words that are equal to or greater than the number of characters that have been stored, do not correspond to the conditions stored in the condition storage means, and do not correspond to the untranslated source words stored in the translation unnecessary word storage means. Is read and added.

Therefore, the number of characters of the original word to which the translated word is not added, the untranslated original word, the dictionary content condition, etc. are set in advance, and the dictionary data is searched only for the original word that does not correspond to these settings, and the translated word is added and displayed. Therefore, the accuracy of the translation process can be improved, the quality of the translation process result can be improved, and the confusion of the translation process by the operator can be prevented in advance.

As a result, the usefulness and reliability of the translation support device can be improved.

[0016]

Embodiments Embodiments will be described below with reference to FIGS.

1 to 6 are views showing an embodiment of the translation support device of the present invention.

First, the structure will be described. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the translation support device 1. In this figure, the translation support device 1 includes a CPU 2, a translation condition setting determination unit 3, a key input control unit 4, a key input unit 5, a display control unit 6 and a display unit 7.

The CPU (Central Processing Unit) 2 is
Various control signals are output according to a control program stored in a ROM (Read Only Memory) or the like to control the operation timing of each unit in the translation support apparatus 1 and execute a translation support process to be described later, and a translation condition setting determination unit. The process of determining the translation-unnecessary original word in 3 and the process of adding a translation word to an original word other than the translation-unnecessary original word are controlled.

The translation condition setting discriminating unit 3 includes a target character string determining unit 11, a storage unit 12, a character number counting unit 13, a numerical value comparing unit 14, a numerical value storing unit 15, a collating unit 16, a non-search character string storing unit 17, and a dictionary. The content data storage unit 18, the search unit 19, and the condition storage unit 20 are included.

The target character string determination unit 11 stores a search program for searching the original word as the translation target character string determined by the instruction operation of the translation target character string in the key input unit 5, and the CPU 2 is operated by the search program. The retrieved original language data (English word) is output to the storage unit 12 and stored.

The storage unit 12 is a RAM (Random Accesses M
emory), etc., to form a memory area for storing the source word data to be translated which is input from the target character string determination unit 11, and stores the stored source language data in accordance with the instruction from the target character string determination unit 11. The data is output to the counting unit 13, the collation unit 14, and the dictionary content data storage unit 18.

The character number counting unit 13 is composed of a RAM or the like, counts the number of characters of the original language data input from the storage unit 12, and outputs the count value to the numerical value comparing unit 14.

The numerical value comparing unit 14 includes a character number counting unit 13
The comparison between the count value input from the and the numerical value preset in the numerical value storage unit 15 is compared, and the comparison result is compared with the CP value.
Notify U2.

The numerical value storage unit 15 is constituted by a ROM or the like, and the numerical value of the number of characters of the original language which is not to be translated is preset and stored.

The collation unit 16 collates whether or not the original language data input from the storage unit 12 corresponds to the non-searched original language data stored in advance in the non-searched character string storage unit 17, and the collation result is obtained. Notify CPU2.

The non-search character string storage unit 17 is composed of a ROM or the like, and sets and stores original language data (translation unnecessary original language) which is not to be translated.

The dictionary content data storage unit 18 is composed of a RAM or the like and stores the dictionary data in the dictionary data storage unit 18a composed of a ROM or the like. At the same time, the part of speech of the dictionary data is taken out and taken out. The part-of-speech data is output to the detection unit 19.

The retrieval unit 19 is a dictionary content data storage unit 18
It is searched whether or not the part-of-speech data input from is corresponding to the type of part-of-speech stored in the condition storage unit 20 in advance and not to be translated, and the CPU 2 is notified of the search result.

The condition storage unit 20 is composed of a ROM or the like, and stores the part-of-speech data of the original language that is not to be translated and stored. In the present embodiment, the part-of-speech data is stored as a determination condition that is not to be translated. .

The key input control unit 4 generates an instruction signal corresponding to various key input instructions input from the key input unit 5 and outputs it to the CPU 2.

The key input unit 5 is provided with a kana key, a numerical key, a cursor key and the like, and outputs various key input instructions keyed by an operator to the key input control unit 4.

The display control unit 6 controls the display unit 7 based on the display information input by the CPU 2, and the key input unit 5
The display unit 7 displays the input contents keyed in from, the search processing result of the dictionary data in the CPU 2, and the like.

The display section 7 is a CRT (Cathode Ray Tube).
It is composed of a liquid crystal display device or the like, and displays the original word data, the translated word data, and the like input to the display control unit 6.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.

When the operator designates the translation range in the key input section 5, the translation range of the English sentence displayed on the display section 7 is highlighted as shown in FIG. In the conventional translation support device, grammatical analysis or the like is not performed on the English sentence in the specified translation target range, and only the first translation content of the dictionary data for each English word is extracted and added to each original language. Therefore, as shown in FIG.
If a long translation is added to the description of “is” or “have”, a lot of space is left after the original word, which makes it difficult to read. In addition, since the translation content added to “that” is a word that is often used during grammatical usage, the meaning of the translated translation does not match the translation of the example sentence, which may cause confusion in translation work. There is.

Therefore, in this embodiment, "is, have,
Those recognized as basic words such as "that", and "t
A word having a plurality of usages such as "hat" is not translated, and a word having a certain number of characters or less, a word having a specific part of speech, or a word that does not need to be translated is preset, and these words are shown in FIG. As shown, the translated word is not added, and the translated word is added only to other words.

The translation support process executed by the CPU 2 to realize the addition of translated words as shown in FIG. 4 will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

When the operator performs a designation operation of the translation target range in the key input unit 5 (see FIG. 2) (step S1) and the execution of translation start is keyed in (step S2), the translation condition setting determination unit 3 Target character string determination part 1 in
The character string which becomes the first comparison target character string from the English sentences in the translation target range is determined by 1 (step S3) and stored in the storage unit 12 (step S4).

Next, the character string stored in the storage unit 12 is output to the character number counting unit 13, the number of characters in the character string is counted, and the count value is output to the numerical value comparing unit 14 (step S5). The numerical value comparing unit 14 compares whether the count value input from the character number counting unit 13 is equal to or less than the numerical value for comparing the number of characters stored in the numerical value storage unit 15 (step S6).

That is, when the number of characters in the character string is less than or equal to the set number, it is determined that the original word is not a translation target, and the process returns to the determination process of the comparison target character string in step S3 to set the number of characters in the character string. If it is larger than the numerical value, the process shifts to the collation process with the non-search word in step S7.

In the determination processing of the number of characters, for example,
If “2” is stored as a numerical value in the numerical value storage unit 15,
That is, the translated word is not added to the original word of two characters or less, and “He, i” in the English sentence shown in FIG.
For s ″, the dictionary data search process is omitted.

Then, in step S7, the collating unit 1
Reference numeral 6 collates whether or not the character string input from the storage unit 12 matches the non-search character string (untranslated original word) stored in the non-search character string storage unit 17. If there is a non-search character string that matches the character string, it is determined that the original word is not a translation target, and the process returns to the determination processing of the comparison target character string in step S3, and there is no non-search character string that matches the character string. Shifts to the dictionary content extraction processing for the character string in step S8.

In this non-search character string discrimination process, for example, it cannot be said that the translated content of "that" described in FIG. 3 is incorrect for "that" in the English sentence shown in FIG. , "That" in this example sentence is used as a relative pronoun as a grammatical usage, and is a word that is not specifically translated in Japanese translation.

Therefore, in this embodiment, such words for which grammatical translation is not required are stored in advance in the non-search character string storage unit 17 and the translated words are not added, thereby translating the English sentence. It is possible to improve the accuracy of the processing and prevent the translation processing of the operator from being confused.

Next, in step S8, the dictionary content data storage unit 18 searches the dictionary data stored in the dictionary data storage unit 18a corresponding to the character string input from the storage unit 12, and searches the dictionary data from the dictionary data. The part-of-speech data is extracted and output to the search unit 19. The search unit 19 determines whether the type of part-of-speech data input from the dictionary content data storage unit 18 corresponds to the type of part-of-speech data stored in the condition storage unit 20 (step S9).

In the present embodiment, if "article" is set as the condition to be stored in the condition storage unit 20, for example,
In the example sentence shown in FIG. 2 above, “the” is applicable, and in many cases it does not make any sense during translation processing.
It is possible to improve the quality of the translation processing result by not adding the translation word to the original word that corresponds to the "article", and prevent the operator's translation processing from being confused. You can

Specifically, the contents of the dictionary data for "the" stored in the dictionary data storage unit 18a are as shown in FIG.
The part of the part-of-speech data is extracted from this dictionary data to determine whether or not it is an original word that is not a translation processing target. Other part-of-speech conditions that do not require translation include, for example, relative pronouns, auxiliary verbs, be verbs, prepositions, prefixes, suffixes, and the like.

In step S9, when the part-of-speech data of the character string corresponds to the part-of-speech condition stored in the condition storage unit 20, it is determined that the original language is not the translation target and the step S9 is performed.
Returning to the determination processing of the comparison target character string of 3, when the part-of-speech data of the character string does not correspond to the part-of-speech condition stored in the condition storage unit 20, the content of the dictionary data is arranged and displayed at the bottom of the character string. (Step S10).

Next, it is judged whether or not there is a character string corresponding to content extraction in the example sentence shown in FIG. 2 (step S11). If there is a corresponding character string, step S
Returning to the determination processing of the comparison target character string of No. 3, if there is no corresponding character string, this processing ends.

As described above, the translation support device 1 of this embodiment
In advance, set the number of characters in the original language to which no translated word is added, the conditions for non-search character strings and dictionary data contents, etc., search the dictionary data only for the original words that do not correspond to these settings, and add the translated word for display. Therefore, the accuracy of the translation process can be improved, the quality of the translation process result can be improved, and the confusion of the translation process by the operator can be prevented in advance.

As a result, the usefulness and reliability of the translation support device can be improved.

In the above embodiment, the conditions of the number of characters, the non-search character string and the contents of the dictionary data are set as the conditions for determining the original word to which the translated word is not added. Alternatively, the combination of each setting content and setting condition may be changed according to the usage form of the user.

[0054]

According to the present invention, the number of characters of the original word to which the translated word is not added, the untranslated original word, the dictionary content condition, etc. are set in advance, and the dictionary data is searched only for the original word that does not correspond to these settings. Since the output is added with, the accuracy of the translation process can be improved, and the quality of the translation process result can be improved, which prevents the operator's translation process from being confused. be able to.

As a result, the usefulness and reliability of the translation support device can be improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block configuration diagram of a translation support device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a display form when a translation target character string is designated.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a display form when contents of dictionary data are added to all original words of a translation target character string.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a display form when contents of dictionary data are added to the translation target character string excluding original words that are not translation targets.

5 is a flowchart of translation support processing executed by the CPU of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of dictionary data stored in a dictionary data storage unit of FIG. 1.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of an original sentence and a translated sentence displayed by a conventional translation support process.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 translation support device 2 CPU 3 translation condition setting determination unit 4 key input control unit 5 key input unit 6 display control unit 7 display unit 11 target character string determination unit 12 storage unit 13 character number counting unit 14 numerical value comparison unit 15 numerical value storage unit 16 Collating unit 17 Non-search character string storage unit 18 Dictionary content data storage unit 18a Dictionary data storage unit 19 Search unit 20 Condition storage unit

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A dictionary storage means for storing a translated word corresponding to an original word, a character number memory for setting the number of characters of the original word to which the translated word is not added, an original sentence storage means for storing an original sentence to be translated, and a read from the original sentence storage means. When outputting a translated word corresponding to the issued original word, it is determined whether the number of characters is equal to or more than the number of characters set in the character number memory, and the translated word is added from the dictionary storage means only to the unmatched original word. A translation support device, comprising: a translated word output means. 2. A dictionary storage means for storing a translated word corresponding to an original word, a condition storage means for storing a condition of an original word to which a translated word is not added, an original sentence storage means for storing an original sentence to be translated, and the original sentence storage means. When outputting the translated word corresponding to the read original word, it is determined whether or not the condition stored in the condition storage means is satisfied, and the translated word is read out from the dictionary storage means only for the non-corresponding original word. A translation support device comprising: a translated word output unit to be added. 3. A dictionary storage means for storing a translated word corresponding to the original word, a character number memory for setting the number of characters of the original word to which the translated word is not added, a condition storage means for storing a condition of the original word to which the translated word is not added, and a translation word. When the original sentence storage means for storing the original sentence and the translated word corresponding to the original word read out from the original sentence storage means are output, the number of characters is equal to or more than the number of characters set in the character number memory and is stored in the condition storage means. A translation support device comprising: a translated word output unit that determines whether or not a condition is met and reads a translated word from the dictionary storage unit and adds the translated word only to an original word that does not meet both conditions. 4. A dictionary storage means for storing a translated word corresponding to the original word, a character number memory for setting the number of characters of the original word to which the translated word is not added, a condition storage means for storing a condition of the original word to which the translated word is not added, and a translated word The unnecessary word storage means for storing the original word that is not stored, the original sentence storage means for storing the original sentence to be translated, and the translated word corresponding to the original word read from the original text storage means are set in the character number memory. The number of characters is not less than the number of characters, the condition stored in the condition storage unit is not satisfied, and the translation word is not stored in the translation unnecessary word storage unit but is not a translation-free original word. A translation support device, comprising: a translated word output unit for reading and adding.