JPH08287073A - Machine translation system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a machine translation system having high operability by making it possible to specify whether explanatory information for word registration is to be displayed or not. CONSTITUTION: When a word registering key 12d is depressed or not is judged, and when the key 12d is not depressed, other processing is executed. When the key 12d is depressed, a word registering program 16c is started. The set state of a flag 15d is checked at first, and when the flag 15d is set up to 'ON', explanatory information for word registration is added and displayed on a word registering window. When the flag 15d is 'OFF', the word registering window is displayed without adding the explanatory information. The size of the window in the OFF state of the flag 15d is set up smaller than that of the window in the 'ON' state of the flag 15d.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a machine translation device for translating a first language into a second language.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in this type of machine translation apparatus, a general-purpose computer is incorporated with a machine translation program, a document editing program, a machine translation word registration program, and the like. Also, the machine translation device is CR
It has a display screen using T or liquid crystal, and is configured so that a plurality of display windows corresponding to various programs can be displayed on the display screen.

For example, when editing an original sentence in a first language or a translation result sentence in a second language, a parallel translation edit window is called and a new word is registered in the dictionary section referred to in the translation process. Calls the word registration window for processing.

When a plurality of display windows can be simultaneously displayed, the word registration window can be displayed and word registration can be performed while viewing the translation result displayed in the parallel translation editing window. Generally, for word registration, it is more convenient to refer to the translation result and perform word registration on the spot when it becomes necessary to register words, so displaying multiple display windows on the display screen like this The ability to do is important.

Consider a case where a Japanese sentence "He went to Shizuoka." Is translated into English by using a machine translation device that translates the Japanese sentence into English.

First, the parallel translation editing window is called up on the display screen, a Japanese sentence is input, and machine translation is performed. If the word (place name) "Shizuoka" is not registered in the dictionary when executing machine translation, the translation result is "He went to Shizuoka." And the user registers the noun "Shizuoka" in the dictionary. Realize that you need to. The display state of the display screen at this time is shown in FIG.

Here, when the word registration window is activated, the display state shown in FIG. 4 is displayed, and the user registers the data "Shizuoka, Shizuoka, proper noun" in the dictionary section and executes the translation process again. , The translation result is "He went
"to Shizuoka." and the desired translation result is obtained.

When a user who is not accustomed to this machine translation device registers words in the dictionary unit and tries to register word information while looking at the display screen shown in FIG. There is a problem that I do not know what to choose in the dictionary item "." Therefore, as a word registration window for beginners, a window as shown in FIG. 5 has been devised. In this word registration window, explanation information about word registration is displayed. Therefore, by referring to this explanation information, even a beginner can perform word registration without referring to the operation manual.

[0009]

However, as shown in FIG. 5, a machine translation device of the type that displays explanation information in a word registration window is easy to understand for a beginner and easy to use, but the explanation information is always displayed. Therefore, there is a problem that the display screen cannot be used efficiently.

For example, as shown in FIG. 5, because the explanation information is displayed in the word registration window, the size of the window becomes large and most of the parallel translation editing window is hidden. I was unable to see it. In many cases, the expert does not need the explanation information, and by displaying the unnecessary explanation information, the contents of the bilingual editing window cannot be referred to, so the usability is poor.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and makes it possible to provide a machine translation device which is easy to use by making it possible to specify whether or not to display the explanation information of word registration. It is intended to be provided.

[0012]

To achieve this object, a machine translation device of the present invention translates a character string in a first language into a second language, and an input means for inputting characters and various commands. Storage means for storing word information necessary for storing the word information and word registration explanation information to be referred when registering the word information, and new word information input to the storage means by the input means Using the registration means for registering and the word information stored in the storage means,
A translation unit for translating a first language character string input by the input unit into a second language; a first language character string input by the input unit; a translated sentence in a second language; and the storage unit. In a machine translation device comprising display means for displaying stored word registration explanation information and the like, designation means for designating whether or not to display the word registration explanation information on the display means, and the designation. When it is determined that the determining means determines the designation status of the means and that the displaying information of the word registration is designated by the determining means, the description information of the word registration is displayed on the display means. And a control means for controlling not to display the description information of the word registration when it is determined that the word registration is not designated.

Further, the display means is capable of displaying a plurality of display windows, and the control means is a character string in the first language and a translated sentence in a second language, explanation information of the word registration and registration information. It is desirable to control so as to display various information regarding word registration such as various items to be displayed in different display windows.

Further, the control means relates to the word registration when it is determined by the determination means that the description information of the word registration is not designated, rather than when it is determined that the description information is designated. It is desirable to control so that the size of the display window that displays various information is reduced.

Further, the designation by the designating means may be switchable while a display window for displaying various information relating to the word registration is displayed.

[0016]

According to the machine translation apparatus of the present invention having the above-mentioned structure, the designating means designates whether or not the explanation information of the word registration is displayed on the display means, and the control means controls it. When it is designated by the designating means to display the explanation information of the word registration, the display means is controlled to display the explanation information of the word registration, and when not designated, the word registration is carried out. Controls not to display the description information of.

Further, the display means is capable of displaying a plurality of display windows, and the control means is a character string in the first language and a translated sentence in a second language, explanation information of the word registration and registration information. The display screen can be effectively used because it is controlled so as to display various information regarding word registration such as various items to be displayed in different display windows.

Further, the control means relates to the word registration when it is judged by the judging means that the explanation information of the word registration is not designated, rather than when it is judged that it is designated. Since the display window for displaying various information is controlled to be reduced in size and displayed, it becomes easier to refer to other display contents by the reduced size.

Further, since the designation by the designation means can be switched while the display window for displaying various information relating to the word registration is displayed.
Even if the explanation information of the word registration is displayed, it can be deleted immediately on the spot if necessary, which is convenient.

[0020]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the machine translation apparatus of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In the present embodiment, a Japanese-English machine translation device that translates Japanese into English will be described as an example.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the schematic arrangement of the Japanese-English machine translation apparatus of this embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, a computer 12 is connected with a keyboard 12 as an input means and a CRT 13 as a display means.

On the keyboard 12, a character key 12a for inputting characters and the like, an edit key 12b such as a return key and a character delete key, and display of explanation information of word registration which will be described later.
A HELP key 12c for switching the non-display, a word registration key 12d operated when performing word registration, and the like are provided. This HELP key 12c constitutes the designation means of the present invention.

The CRT 13 displays a Japanese character string input by the keyboard 12, translated texts, various menu screens, and the like, and can display a plurality of display windows.

In the computer 11, the entire apparatus is controlled, various programs are executed, the CPU 14 which constitutes the control means of the present invention, and the RA which constitutes the storage means of the present invention.
An M15 and a ROM 16 are provided. Also, CPU1
4, RAM 15, and ROM 16 are connected via a bus such as a data bus or an address bus.

The RAM 15 is an area 15 in which a machine translation dictionary 15a that is referred to in the translation process and stores word information, an original Japanese sentence, and an English sentence that is a translated sentence are stored.
b, 15c, and a flag 15d for managing the designation status of whether or not to display the explanation information of word registration is provided.

Further, the ROM 16 stores various programs and data such as a translation program 16a which constitutes the translation means of the present invention, a word registration program 16b which constitutes the registration means of the present invention, and a flag setting program 16c. . The machine translation dictionary 15a may be provided in the ROM 16.

The translation program 16a is for performing translation processing, is input from the keyboard 12, and
A process for extracting the Japanese original sentence stored in the area 15b of the AM15, translating it into an English translated sentence, and writing the translated translated sentence in the area 15c of the RAM15 is performed.
In this process, the machine translation dictionary 15a is referenced. Further, the user can register word information in the machine translation dictionary 15a as needed.

The flag setting program 16c alternately rewrites the contents (ON / OFF) of the flag 15d each time the HELP key 12c of the keyboard 12 is operated.

The word registration program 16b performs a process for registering new word information in the machine translation dictionary 15a.

The word registration program 16b is executed by the CPU 14, and the corresponding word registration window 31 is displayed on the CRT.
The state displayed on the screen 13 is shown in FIG. In this state, the parallel translation edit window 22 is displayed on the display screen 21 of the CRT 13 and the word registration window 31 is overlapped.
Is displayed, and the word registration window 31 displays explanatory information on word registration. Here, the user is HELP
When the key 12c is operated, the word registration program 16b stops displaying the explanation information of the word registration and reduces the size of the parallel translation editing window 22 by the amount used for displaying the explanation information. As a result, the display screen 21 has a wide display range of the parallel translation edit window 22, as shown in FIG.

When the user operates the HELP key 12c again, the size of the word registration window 31 is increased from the state shown in FIG. 4 by the amount necessary to display the explanation information, and the word registration window 31 shown in FIG.
As shown in, the explanation information of the word registration is displayed.

The above processing will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

First, when the power of the Japanese-English machine translation device is turned on, the translation program 16b starts and the parallel translation editing window 22 is displayed on the CRT 13. In this state, when a Japanese character string is input by the keyboard 12 and a translation instruction is given, the input Japanese character string is translated into English and displayed in the parallel translation editing window 22. During such a translation process, the user feels the need to register a word in the machine translation dictionary 15b and operates the word registration key 12d.

Whether or not the word registration key 12d has been operated is determined in step 10 (hereinafter abbreviated as S10. The same applies to other steps), and if not operated (S10: N), other processing, For example, normal translation processing is performed (S12). When the word registration key 12d is operated (S10: Y), the word registration program 16c is activated.

First, in S20, the setting status of the flag 15d is checked. The process of S20 functions as the determination means of the present invention. Here, when the flag 15d is set to "ON" (S20: Y), as shown in FIG. 5, the description information of the word registration is added and displayed on the word registration window 31 (S30). . Also, the flag 15d
If is set to “OFF” (S20: N),
As shown in FIG. 4, the word registration window 31 is displayed without adding the explanation information of the word registration (S40). This time,
Regarding the size of the word registration window 31, the flag 15 is “O”.
It is set smaller than when it is set to "N".

When the user wants to change the word registration window 31 displayed in S30 or S40, the word can be further changed by operating the HELP key 12c. When the HELP key 12c is operated by the user (S35: Y), if the screen that is already displayed does not include the word registration explanation information as shown in FIG. In the case where the explanation is changed to the one in which the word registration explanation information is added, as shown in FIG. 5, and conversely, the already displayed screen is the one in which the word registration explanation information is added as shown in FIG. Is
As shown in FIG. 4, it is changed to the one to which the explanation information of word registration is not added (S45).

In this way, once the word registration window 31
Even after is displayed, it is possible to switch display / non-display of the explanation information for word registration as necessary.

Then, in S50, information on a word to be newly registered is input for each item (S5
0), it is determined whether or not the return key for confirming the registration has been operated (S60). When the return key is not operated (S60: N), it is considered that the input of information has not been completed, and the process returns to S50. When the return key is operated (S60: Y), the information input in S50 is stored in the machine translation dictionary 15a in the RAM 15 and the word registration program is terminated (S70). As a result, the word registration window 3 displayed on the CRT 13
1 is deleted and only the parallel translation editing window 21 is displayed.

Subsequently, it is judged whether or not all the processes of the machine translation device are to be ended (S80), and if an end key (not shown) for instructing the end is operated (S80: Y), the device is judged. All the processing of is ended. If the end key is not operated and the process is to be continued (S80: N), the process returns to S10 and the same process is repeated.

As described above, according to the Japanese-English machine translation apparatus of the present embodiment, HELP is used to display / hide the explanation information for word registration.
Since it can be specified by the key, if the user wants to refer to the explanation information of the word registration, it can be easily displayed by operating the HELP key. Further, when the explanation information for word registration is not required, the size of the word registration window is set small, so that the display screen can be effectively utilized. For example, as shown in FIG.
When the word registration window 31 is displayed on top of the parallel translation edit window 22 and when the explanation information for word registration is not displayed, the window size is set small, so the parallel translation edit window 22 is correspondingly set. A wide display range is secured, and the word can be registered while referring to the display content of the parallel translation editing window.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

For example, in this embodiment, the first language is Japanese and the second language is English, but the present invention can be applied to various other combinations of languages.

In this embodiment, the case where a noun is registered as a word has been described as an example, but the present invention can be applied to a case where a word having a part of speech other than a noun is registered as a word.

Further, in this embodiment, the HE on the keyboard is
Although it is possible to set whether or not the explanation information is displayed by the LP key, the HEL is virtually displayed on the word registration window.
The P button may be formed, and the display / non-display of the explanation information may be switched by clicking the mouse.

[0045]

As is apparent from the above description,
According to the machine translation device of the present invention, since it is possible to specify whether or not the explanation information of the word registration is displayed on the display means by the designation means, the explanation information of the word registration can be displayed at the convenience of the user. It can be switched between display and non-display, improving usability.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a Japanese-English machine translation device of the present embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a word registration process.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen when a parallel translation edit window is opened.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen when a word registration window is opened.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen when word description information is displayed in a word registration window.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 computer 12 keyboard 12c HELP key 13 CRT display 14 CPU 15 RAM 15a machine translation dictionary 16 ROM

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. Input means for inputting characters and various commands, word information necessary for translating a character string in a first language into a second language, and a word referred to when registering the word information. Storage means for storing registration explanation information; registration means for registering new word information input to the storage means by the input means; word information stored in the storage means Using a translation means for translating a first language character string input by the input means into a second language, a first language character string input by the input means, a translated sentence in a second language, and In a machine translation device comprising a display unit for displaying explanation information of word registration stored in the storage unit, a designation unit for designating whether or not the explanation information of word registration is displayed on the display unit. And before When it is determined that the determining means that determines the designation status of the designating means and that the description information of the word registration is designated by the determining means, the description information of the word registration is displayed on the display means. A machine translation device comprising: a control unit that controls to display and, if it is determined not to be specified, to control not to display the description information of the word registration. 2. The display means is capable of displaying a plurality of display windows, and the control means is a character string in the first language and a translated text in a second language, explanation information of the word registration and registration information. The machine translation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the machine translation apparatus controls to display various information regarding word registration such as various items to be displayed in different display windows. 3. The control means relates to the word registration when it is determined by the determination means that display of the description information of the word registration is not designated, rather than when it is determined that it is designated. The machine translation apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the display window for displaying various information is controlled to be reduced in size and displayed. 4. The machine translation device according to claim 2, wherein the designation by the designation means is switchable in a state in which a display window for displaying various information regarding the word registration is displayed.