JPH0883280A - Document processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To perform a translation processing with high reliability by substituting a text ID number for the text data composed of the second language obtained from the result of the translation processing. CONSTITUTION: A text data extraction means 203 extracts text data from original document data, makes the document data correspond to a test ID number, stores the document data in the text data storage part of a storage means 202, adds the text ID number to the corresponded portion after text data is extracted and stores non-text data in a non-text data storage part by the layout which is the same as that of the original document. When an edition means 204 executes an edition processing for the extracted text data, a translation means 205 executes the translation processing from a first language to a second language for the edited text data. Further, a text data substitution means 206 reads the stored text ID number and non-text data and substitutes the text number for the text data composed of the second language obtained from the result of the translation processing.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document processing apparatus for performing document data processing such as editing and translation of a document in which text data forming a sentence and non-text data consisting of format information are mixed.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, DTP (Desk Top Publishing)
With the document processing device having the function, a lot of document data including figures and tables is created in addition to the document data composed of text data (language data). Also,
Document data such as TeX in which a markup symbol representing typesetting designation information such as a typeface or font size is embedded in a document is also increasing. And, there is an increasing demand for a technology for translating these document data into other language data.

However, a conventional document processing apparatus having a machine translation function can process only text data (language data) of input document data. Therefore, for example, when translating a DTP document including a figure or a table, the user first removes non-text data (non-language data) such as a figure, a table, and layout information from the original document, and only the text data. After translating, you need to combine non-text data. This imposes a heavy burden on the user, and translation work is very inefficient.

Therefore, only the linguistic data is extracted from the original document, the translation process is performed, and the linguistic data of the original document is replaced with the translated linguistic data, whereby the document process of the document including the non-linguistic data is performed. There is proposed a document processing system which can be performed (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 4-2 / 1992).
59057, gazette).

[0005]

However, in the document processing system disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 4-259057, there is no information as to where the processed language data is located in the original document. Corresponding point determining means for replacing the language data in the and the processed language data is required. Further, as the method of the corresponding part determining means, for example, sentences in which sentences match, sentences including the same keyword, sentences at the beginning of a paragraph are corresponding sentences, and sentences at the same distance from the sentence having the correspondence , Etc. have a problem that the document processing system becomes complicated because the corresponding part is determined by searching its state because it corresponds to the original sentence. Moreover, since the corresponding point determining means does not always determine the correct corresponding point, it is inefficient and lacks reliability.

The present invention has been made in consideration of the above circumstances, and only text data is accurately extracted from the layout of document data composed of document data in which text data and non-text data are mixed, and reliability is improved. A document processing apparatus capable of performing high translation processing is provided.

[0007]

The present invention provides an input means for inputting original document data in which text data in the first language and non-text data are mixed, and for inputting processing instructions such as editing, layout, and translation. A storage unit having a text data storage unit for storing text data and a non-text data storage unit for storing non-text data, and text data is extracted from the input original document data, and a text ID number is assigned to the extracted text data. Text data extraction in which the corresponding text ID number is added to the corresponding location after the text data is extracted and stored in the non-text data storage section in the same layout as the original document Means and editing for the extracted text data Means, a translation means for performing translation processing on the edited text data from the first language to the second language, and a text ID number and non-text data stored in the non-text data storage section for reading the text ID number. And a text data replacing means for replacing the with the text data in the second language obtained as a result of the translation process,
The document processing apparatus is provided with an output unit that outputs document data in which the replaced text data in the second language and non-text data are mixed.

Further, as another invention, input means for inputting original document data in which text data in the first language and non-text data are mixed and inputting processing instructions for editing, layout, translation, etc., and text. A storage unit having a text data storage unit that stores data and a text data correspondence storage unit that stores text data correspondence information; and text data extracted from the input original document data and the extracted text data of the storage unit. Text data extraction means to be stored in the text data storage portion, edit processing is performed on the extracted text data, and text data correspondence information of the edited text data and original document data is stored in the storage means. Editing means to be stored in the relational storage unit and edited text And a second language obtained as a result of the translation processing of the text data in the first language based on the text data correspondence information stored in the text data correspondence storage unit. A document processing apparatus comprising: a replacement unit that replaces text data; and an output unit that outputs document data in which the replaced text data in the second language and non-text data are mixed.

The text data extracting means includes a text data extracting section and a text data discriminating section. When the text data extracting section extracts text data from the input original document data, the text data discriminating section is text data. It is preferably configured to determine whether it is non-text data.

In the present invention, an input device such as a keyboard or OCR is used as the input means. Storage means (text data storage section, non-text data storage section, text data correspondence relationship storage section), text data extraction means (text data extraction section, text data discrimination section), editing means, translation means, text data replacement means , A CPU, a RAM, a ROM, and an I / O port are used. A RAM is used as the storage means. As a translation means, an R storing a dictionary for translation, grammatical rules, etc.
OM is used. Output means include CRT, LCD
A display device such as a printer or a printing device such as a thermal transfer printer or a laser printer is used.

[0011]

According to the structure of the present invention, the first means
Original document data in which text data in a language and non-text data are mixed is input, and processing instructions for editing, layout, translation, etc. are input. A storage unit is provided that includes a text data storage unit that stores text data and a non-text data storage unit that stores non-text data. The text data extraction means extracts text data from the input original document data, stores the extracted text data in the text data storage section in association with a text ID number, and stores the text at the corresponding location after the text data extraction. An ID number is added and the non-text data is stored in the non-text data storage unit in the same layout as the original document. When the editing means performs the editing process on the extracted text data, the translating means first performs the editing on the edited text data.
The translation process from the language to the second language is executed. The text data replacement means reads the text ID number and the non-text data stored in the non-text data storage unit and replaces the text ID number with the text data in the second language obtained as a result of the translation process. Therefore, the output means can output the document data in which the replaced text data in the second language and the non-text data are mixed. Therefore, a translated document having the same layout as the original document can be obtained, and the efficiency of translation processing can be greatly improved, so that the burden on the translation user can be significantly reduced.

Further, according to another aspect of the invention, the original document data in which the text data in the first language and the non-text data are mixed is input from the input means, and the processing instruction for editing, layout, translation, etc. is input. Enter. A storage unit is provided that includes a text data storage unit that stores text data and a text data correspondence storage unit that stores text data correspondence information.
The text data extraction means extracts text data from the input original document data and stores the extracted text data in the text data storage section of the storage means, and the editing means edits the extracted text data. And the text data correspondence relationship information between the edited text data and the original document data is stored in the text data correspondence relationship storage unit of the storage means. When the translation means performs the translation process on the edited text data, the replacement means obtains the text data in the first language as a result of the translation process based on the text data correspondence information stored in the text data correspondence storage unit. The second
Replace with text data consisting of language. Therefore, the output means can output the document data in which the replaced text data in the second language and the non-text data are mixed. Therefore, a translated document having the same layout as the original document can be obtained, and the efficiency of translation processing can be greatly improved, so that the burden on the translation user can be significantly reduced.

If the text data extracting means is configured to include a text data extracting section and a text data discriminating section, the text data extracting section extracts the text data from the input original document data. Can determine whether it is text data or non-text data.

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described in detail below based on the embodiments shown in the drawings. The present invention is not limited to this. The present invention is mainly applied to computers and DTPs.
It is suitable to be applied to a machine translation device installed in (Desk Top Publishing) and the like, and each component has a document data edit processing function in addition to achieving the translation processing function of the present invention.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the document processing apparatus of the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a control unit, which is a CPU (Central Processing Uni) that controls the entire apparatus as a determination unit, a data storage unit, and a data processing unit.
t) 2 and R for storing data when this CPU 2 is operating
Main memory 3 consisting of AM (Random Access Memory)
It consists of Further, the main memory 3 is a text data storage unit for storing text data, edited text data and translated text data, and a non-text data storage unit for storing non-text data and a text ID number (text data identification number). It is composed of.

Further, 4 is a CP which functions as a translation means.
U is a translation module including a ROM storing a translation program, a translation buffer (RAM), and the like, and 5 stores a translation dictionary, a grammatical rule, etc., used when the translation module 4 translates the input original text. ROM (Read
It is a dictionary memory consisting of (Only Memory). A translation module 4 and a dictionary memory 5 are also connected to the control unit 1.

A text data extraction unit 6 extracts text data from an original file in which text data and non-text data stored in the external storage device 10 are mixed by the text data extraction unit 6, and the text data is extracted from the main memory. The text ID number is generated at the location where the text data is extracted and stored in the non-text data storage section of the main memory 3 together with the non-text data. An editing unit 7 edits the text data extracted by the text data extracting unit 6 by the editing unit 7.

Reference numeral 8 denotes a text data replacement unit, and the text data replacement unit 8 allows the text data extraction unit 6 to operate.
The text data stored in the non-text data section of the main memory 3 and the text data extracted by the text data extraction section 6 in the second language obtained as a result of the translation processing by the translation module 4. Replace and. An input device 9 is composed of a keyboard, an OCR, etc. for inputting characters of an input source text, editing a document, inputting instructions for translation, and the like. Reference numeral 10 denotes an external storage device including an FD (floppy disk) device and an HD (hard disk) device for storing the original sentence file (original sentence file) and the translated sentence file input from the input device 9. 11 is a CRT (Cathode
It is a display device such as a Ray Tube) or an LCD (Liquid Crystal Disply).

When the source language, which is the first language used in the translated original sentence, is input, the translation module 4 translates the source language, and the target language, which is the second language used in the translated sentence. Is output. That is, under the control of the CPU 2, one pre-specified original text file among the plural original text files stored in the external storage device 10 is transferred from the external storage device 10 to the main memory 3, and one of the original text files is transferred. The source language of the sentence is sent to the translation module 4. Translation module 4
Translates the input source language into a target language using the dictionary and grammar rules stored in the dictionary memory 5. The translated sentence is temporarily stored in the main memory 3 and is displayed on the screen of the display device 11.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration in which the present invention is applied to the machine translation apparatus 1. In FIG. 2, 20
1 is an input means (input device) consisting of a keyboard and OCR
Input characters of the input source text, edit documents, input instructions for translation, and the like. 202 is a text data storage unit,
It is a storage means (main memory) including a non-text data storage unit. The text data storage unit stores text data, edited text data, and translated text data, and the non-text data unit stores non-text data. Data and text ID numbers are stored.

Reference numeral 203 denotes a text data extraction unit (text data extraction unit) including a text data discrimination unit, a text data extraction unit, a text ID generation unit, and a data storage unit.
Then, it is determined whether the text data or the non-text data is mixed from the document in which the text data in the first language and the non-text data are mixed, and the text data is extracted. A text ID number is added to the corresponding portion after extracting the text data, and the non-text data is stored in the non-text data storage unit in correspondence with the original document layout, and the extracted text data is stored in the text data in association with the text ID number. To be stored in the department.

Reference numeral 204 denotes an editing unit (editing unit) including a deletion processing unit, a connection processing unit, a division processing unit, and an insertion processing unit,
The extracted texts are subjected to editing processing such as deletion, concatenation, division, insertion and the like in each of the processing units. Reference numeral 205 denotes a translation unit (translation unit) including a one-sentence cutout unit and a translation execution unit, which performs translation processing on the edited text. Reference numeral 206 denotes a text data replacement unit (text data replacement unit) including a text data determination unit, a text data search unit, and a data storage unit, which is based on the document layout based on the text ID number stored in the non-text data storage unit. The text data in the language is replaced with the text data in the second language obtained as a result of the translation process. An output unit 207 includes a display device or a printer, and displays or prints out text data, non-text data, and the like.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing an outline of data processing in the machine translation device 1 of the present invention. Next, the processing procedure for translating a document in which text data and non-text data are mixed will be described with reference to FIG. Step 301: First, an original document, in which text data and non-text data are mixed, to be translated is read and stored in the main memory 3. Step 302: A process of extracting text data from the input original document is performed. As a result, the text data 308 and the non-text data 307 to be translated are processed.
Is obtained.

At this time, a text ID number is added to the corresponding portion after the text data is extracted, the non-text data is stored in the non-text data storage section in accordance with the original document layout, and the extracted text data is converted into the text I.
It is stored in the text data storage unit in association with the D number. Step 303: If necessary, the editing unit 7 performs an editing process on the text data extracted in step 302. Step 304: Edited text data 309
Is received, and the translation processing is performed by the translation module 4 (see FIG. 1). As a result of the translation process, translated text, that is, text data 310 in the second language is obtained.

Step 305: A process for replacing the text ID number stored in the non-text data 307 obtained in step 302 with the text data 310 of the second language obtained in step 304 is performed. Step 306: A process of outputting the result document in which the text data in the first language of the original document obtained as described above is replaced with the text data in the second language is performed.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing details of the text data extraction process corresponding to step 302 of FIG. FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing the layout of one page of the input document translated by the machine translation device 1 of the present invention.
As shown in FIG. 5, in this document layout, for example, blocks 1 to 2 and blocks 4 to 5 are composed of document data which is text data, and a block 3 includes graphic data which is non-text data. ing. Also,
FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of storage when the input document of FIG. 5 is stored as document data. Although a document as shown in FIG. 5 is displayed on the display device 11, it is stored in the main memory 3 as data in the format as shown in FIG. Also,
FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing the non-text data after the text data extraction processing is performed on the document data of FIG.
FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing the text data after the text data extraction processing is performed on the document data of FIG.

Step 401: First, the object to be translated,
Read an original document that contains both text data and non-text data. Step 402: Next, a data pointer is set at the beginning of the original document. In the example shown in FIG. 6, it indicates block 1. Step 403: The initial value of the text ID number is "# 1".
# ". Here, in order to distinguish that the value of the text ID number is shown from other data, a number is inserted between the symbols "#". This number is a serial number and is incremented for each data.

Step 404: The CPU 2 determines whether the data pointed to by the data pointer is text data or non-text data. In the example shown in FIG. 6, it is possible to determine whether the data is text data or non-text data by the flag indicating text / non-text.
Here, the distinction between text data and non-text data differs depending on the format of the original document. For example, in a TeX document, the one that starts with "/" is non-text data, and R
The same applies to documents in the TF (Rich Text Format) format. Also, frame
In a document created by -maker, text data begins with "<string".

Step 405: If it is judged as text data in step 404, text ID
Write the number to the text data file 308. Step 406: Copy the data contained in the “content” portion of the input document to the text data file 308. In the example of the document in FIG. 6, the text data file in block 1 is as shown by the ID “# 1 #” in FIG.

Step 407: Then, copy the block ID and flag of the input document to the non-text data file 307. Step 408: Write the text ID number in the content section of the non-text data file 307. In the example of FIG. 6, the “content” portion of block 1 is replaced with the text ID number to form a non-text data file as shown in block 1 of FIG.

Step 409: Further, the text ID number is incremented by 1. Step 412: On the other hand, when it is determined in step 404 that the data is not text data, for example, in the case of the data of block 3 in FIG. 6, the data of block 3 is non-text data, so the data pointed to by the data pointer Is written in the non-text data file 307. In the example of FIG. 6, the data of the block 3 is written in the block 3 of FIG. 7 as it is. Step 410: After the processing according to each of the text data and the non-text data is performed as described above, the data pointer is incremented by one. Step 411: It is judged whether or not there is input document data. If there is data, the process returns to step 404.

In this way, the above processing is repeated with the blocks 2, 3, ... Of the text data, and when there is no more data, the processing ends. As a result, the text data 308 and the non-text data 3 to be translated are processed.
07 is obtained. A non-text data file obtained from the input document data of FIG. 6 in this way is shown in FIG. 7, and a text data file is shown in FIG.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing the text data after the text data of FIG. 8 has been edited.
That is, it shows the text data after the text data extracted in step 302 has been edited in steps 303, such as deleting, linking, dividing, and the like. FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing the text data after the text data of FIG. 9 has been subjected to one sentence cutout processing in the translation processing. That is, the text data at the time when the one-sentence cutout process in the translation process of step 304 is completed is shown. FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing the text data of the second language obtained as a result of performing the translation process on the text data of FIG. That is, the text data of the second language obtained by the translation process of step 304 is shown.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing details of the text data replacement process corresponding to step 305 of FIG. Step 1201: First, the non-text data file 30 obtained by the text data extraction process of step 302
Read 7. Step 1202: Subsequently, the translated text obtained in the translation process of Step 304, that is, the text data file 310 of the second language is read.

Step 1203: Next, the non-text data pointer is set at the head of the non-text data. In the example shown in FIG. 6, it indicates block 1. Step 1204: Then, it is determined whether the data pointed by the non-text data pointer is text data or non-text data. In the example shown in FIG. 7, it is possible to determine whether the data is text data or non-text data by the flag indicating text / non-text.

Step 1205: If it is determined in step 1204 that the data is text data, the block ID flag of the data pointed to by the non-text data pointer is copied from the non-text data file to the output file. Step 1206: Next, the text data file 310 is searched using the text ID number in the content portion of the data pointed by the non-text data pointer as a key, and the text I
The text data having the same D number is taken out. When the block 1 in FIG. 7 is processed, the text ID number in the content part is “# 1 #”, and therefore the text having the text data ID number in FIG. 11 is “# 1 #” is extracted.

Step 1207: Then, the extracted text data is stored in the content part of the output file. Figure 7
In the example of block 1 in FIG. Step 1210: On the other hand, if it is determined in step 1204 that the data is not text data, for example, if the data of block 3 is processed in FIG. 7, the data of block 3 is non-text data, so block I
Copy the D / Flag / Content data from the non-text data file to the output file. The result is as shown in block 3 of FIG.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram showing an output document obtained by the machine translation device 1 of the present invention. Step 1208: Next, the non-text data pointer is incremented by 1. Step 1209: Determine whether there is data at the location pointed to by the non-text data pointer. If there is data, the process returns to step 1204. In this way, the above processing is repeated for blocks 2, 3, ... Of the non-text data file, and when there is no more data, the processing ends.

As a result, the stored text ID number of the non-text data file 307 is replaced with the text data 310 in the second language output as a result of the translation processing step 304. In this way, FIG.
The non-text data and the text data of FIG. 11 are obtained by converting the “contents” of the document data shown in FIG. 6 into the text data of the second language (see FIG. 13).

Therefore, according to the present invention, the replacement of the text data of the original document data with the translated text data is stored in the non-text data file, and the text ID number is stored in the non-text data file. It is realized by the method of replacing with text data in two languages. Further, since it is not necessary to prepare a special means for ascertaining where in the original document data the translated text data is, it can be realized with a simple configuration. Also,
Since it is not necessary to perform the process of requesting the correspondence, the translation processing time is shortened. Furthermore, since the text data and the text ID number correspond one to one, there is no mistake in correspondence,
It is possible to accurately replace the text data of the original document data with the translated text data. Therefore, the work efficiency in the translation process can be improved.

Next, another embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 14 is a block diagram showing another embodiment of the document processing apparatus of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 14, a control unit 1401 is a CP that controls the entire apparatus as a determination unit, a data storage unit, and a data processing unit.
U (Central Processing Unit) 1402 and this CP
RAM (Random memory) that stores data during operation of U1402
The main memory 1403 is composed of AccessMemory). The main memory 1403 includes a text data storage unit that stores text data, edited text data, and translated text data, and a text data correspondence storage unit that stores text data correspondence information.

Reference numeral 1404 denotes a translation module including a CPU functioning as a translation unit, a ROM storing a translation program, a translation buffer (RAM), and the like, and 140
Reference numeral 5 denotes a dictionary memory including a translation dictionary used when the translation module 1404 translates the input original text, and a ROM (Read Only Memory) storing grammar rules and the like. Further, the control module 1401 includes a translation module 140
4. The dictionary memory 1405 is connected.

Reference numeral 1406 is a text data extraction unit,
The text data extracting unit 1406 extracts the text data from the original text file in which the text data and the non-text data stored in the external storage device 1410 are mixed and cuts out one text, and then the text data is extracted from the main memory 1403. It is stored in the text data storage unit. An editing unit 1407 edits the text data extracted by the text data extracting unit 1410 by the editing unit 1407, and at the same time, sets the correspondence between the edited text data and the text data of the original document in the main memory 1403. It is stored in the relational storage unit.

Reference numeral 1404 denotes a translation module including a CPU functioning as a translation means, a ROM storing a translation program, a translation buffer (RAM), and the like, and 140
Reference numeral 5 denotes a dictionary memory including a translation dictionary used when the translation module 1404 translates the input original text, and a ROM (Read Only Memory) storing grammar rules and the like. Further, the control module 1401 includes a translation module 140
4. The dictionary memory 1405 is connected.

Reference numeral 1408 is a text data replacement section,
The text data replacement unit 1408 refers to the text data correspondence stored in the text data correspondence storage unit to translate the text data of the input document from the extracted text data by the translation module 1404. The obtained text data in the second language is replaced.

Reference numeral 1409 denotes a keyboard for inputting characters of the input source text, editing documents, inputting instructions for translation, and the like.
The input device is composed of a CR and the like. An external storage device 1410 includes an FD (floppy disk) device and an HD (hard disk) device for storing an original text file (original text file) and a translated text file input from the input device 1409. 1411 is a CRT (Cath
It is a display device such as an ode ray tube) or an LCD (liquid crystal display).

The translation module 1404 receives the source language, which is the first language used in the translated original text, and translates the source language, which is the target language, which is the second language used in the translated text. Is output. That is, the external storage device 1 is controlled by the CPU 1402.
Of the plurality of source text files stored in 410, one designated source text file is the external storage device 14
10 is transferred to the main memory 3 and the source language of one sentence in the original sentence file is sent to the translation module 1404. The translation module 1404 uses the dictionary memory 140.
Using the dictionary and grammar rules stored in 5, the input source language is translated into the target language. The translated sentence is temporarily stored in the main memory 1403, and
It is adapted to be displayed on the screen of the display device 1411.

FIG. 15 is a block diagram showing the functional arrangement in which the present invention is applied to the machine translation device 2. In FIG.
Reference numeral 1501 denotes an input unit (input device) including a keyboard and an OCR, which is used to input characters of an input source text, edit documents, input instructions for translation, and the like. A storage unit (main memory) 1502 includes a text data storage unit and a text data correspondence storage unit. The text data storage unit stores text data, edited text data, and translated text data. Text data correspondence information is stored in the data correspondence storage unit.

Reference numeral 1503 denotes a text data extracting means (text data extracting section) including a text data discriminating section, a text data extracting section, a sentence cutting section, and a data storing section. Text data in the first language and non-text data Text data or non-text data is discriminated from a mixed document, and the text data is extracted. 150
Reference numeral 4 denotes an editing unit (editing unit) including a deletion processing unit, a concatenation processing unit, a division processing unit, and an insertion processing unit. At the same time when the editing process is executed, the correspondence information between the edited text data and the text data of the original document is stored in the text data correspondence storage unit of the main memory 1503.

Reference numeral 1505 denotes a translation means (translation unit) including a translation execution unit, which executes translation processing on the edited text. Reference numeral 1506 denotes a text data replacement unit (text data replacement unit) including a text data determination unit, a text data search unit, and a data storage unit, which is based on the document layout based on the text data correspondence stored in the text data correspondence storage unit. The text data in the first language is replaced with the text data in the second language obtained as a result of the translation process. Reference numeral 1507 denotes an output unit including a display device or a printer, which displays or prints out text data, non-text data, and the like.

FIG. 16 is a flow chart showing an outline of data processing in the machine translation device 2 of the present invention. next,
A processing procedure for translating a document in which text data and non-text data are mixed will be described with reference to FIG. Step 1601: First, an original document in which text data and non-text data are mixed, which is a translation target, is read and stored in the main memory 1403. Step 1602: A process of extracting text data from the input original document is performed. As a result, the text data 1608 to be translated is obtained.

Step 1603: If necessary, the text data extracted in step 1602 is edited. As a result, a text data correspondence file 1607 showing the correspondence between the text data 1609 to be translated, the text data 168 extracted from the original document, and the edited text data 1609 is obtained. Note that the correspondence here represents a sentence-by-sentence relationship. Step 1604: Edited text data 16
09 is received, and the translation module 1404 (see FIG. 14) performs translation processing. As a result of the translation processing, the translated text, that is, the text data 1610 of the second language.
Is obtained.

Step 1605: Based on the information stored in the text data correspondence file 1607 obtained in step 1603, the text of the original document is stored in the location where the text of the original document is stored in the second language obtained in step 1604. A process of replacing the text data 1610 is performed. Step 1606: The process of outputting the result document in which the text data in the first language of the original document obtained as described above is replaced with the text data in the second language is performed.

FIG. 17 is a flow chart showing details of the text data extraction processing corresponding to step 1602 of FIG. FIG. 18 is an explanatory diagram showing the layout of one page of a document translated by the machine translation device 2 of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 18, in the layout of this document,
For example, blocks 1 and 2 and blocks 4 and 5 are composed of document data which is text data, and block 3 is graphic data which is non-text data. FIG. 19 is an explanatory diagram showing a storage example in which the input document of FIG. 18 is stored as document data. Display device 141
A document as shown in FIG. 18 is displayed in 1 and is stored in the main memory 1403 as data in the format as shown in FIG. FIG. 20 is an explanatory diagram of the text data after the text data extraction processing is performed on the document data of FIG.

Step 1701: First, an original document in which text data and non-text data are mixed, which is a translation target, is read. Step 1702: Next, the data pointer is set to the beginning of the original document. In the example shown in FIG. 19, it indicates block 1. Step 1703: Set the text No. to 1. Step 1704: The CPU 1402 determines whether the data pointed to by the data pointer is text data or non-text data. In the example shown in FIG. 19, it is possible to determine whether the data is text data or non-text data by the flag indicating text / non-text.

Step 1705: If the data is determined to be text data in step 1704, the data contained in the "content" portion of the input document is taken out. Step 1706: One sentence is cut out from this data. In single sentence segmentation, consecutive sentences are divided into individual sentences by periods and question marks. Step 1707: Write to the text data file while adding a text No. for each sentence obtained as a result of cutting out one sentence. On the other hand, if it is determined in step 1704 that the data is not text data, for example, if the data of block 3 shown in FIG.
Data is non-text data, no processing is performed and the process proceeds to step 1708.

Step 1708: After the processing corresponding to each of the text data and the non-text data is performed as described above, the data pointer is incremented by one. Step 1709: It is judged whether or not there is data at the location pointed to by the data pointer. If there is data, the process returns to step 1704. In this way, the above processing is repeated for the block 2, the block 3, ... Of the document data, and when there is no more data, the processing ends. As a result, the text data 1608 to be translated is obtained. A text data file obtained from the document data of FIG. 19 in this way is shown in FIG.

FIG. 21 is an explanatory diagram showing the text data after the text data of FIG. 20 has been edited. That is, the text data extracted in step 1602 is the text data after the editing work of deleting, concatenating, and dividing in the editing process of step 1603. 22 is an explanatory diagram showing a text data correspondence relationship between the original document text of FIG. 20 and the edited text of FIG. This is obtained by comparing the text before and after the editing process of step 1603.

FIG. 23 is an explanatory diagram showing the text data of the second language obtained as a result of the translation processing on the text data of FIG. That is, the text data in the second language obtained by the translation processing in step 1604 is shown. Here, the translation process is performed for each sentence.
Therefore, the text data in FIG. 23 has a one-to-one correspondence with the text data in FIG. This shows that although FIG. 22 shows the correspondence between the original document text and the edited text data, it also shows the correspondence between the original document text and the text data of the second language. .

FIG. 24 is a flow chart showing details of the text data replacement process corresponding to step 1605 of FIG. Step 2401: First, the original document is read. Step 2402: Subsequently, the translated sentence obtained by the translation process of step 1604, that is, the text data file 1610 in the second language is read. Step 2403: Furthermore, the text data correspondence file 1607 obtained by the editing process of step 1603 is read. Step 2404: Next, the original document data pointer is set at the head of the original document. In the example shown in FIG. 19, it indicates block 1. The original document data pointer points to block 1, block 2, ...

Step 2405: Set the original document text pointer to the first sentence of the original document. In the example of FIG.
Refers to the first sentence of the text in the "content" section of block 1. The original document text pointer points to each sentence. Step 2406: Determine whether the data pointed to by the original document data pointer is text data or non-text data. In the example shown in FIG. 19, it is possible to determine whether the data is text data or non-text data by the flag indicating text / non-text. Step 2407: If the data is determined to be text data in step 2406, the block ID and flag data pointed to by the original document text pointer is copied to the output file.

Step 2408: Subsequently, the text data No corresponding to the original document text pointer is obtained from the text data correspondence file. In the example of FIG. 22, N
o. No. 1 is the original document text. 1 text corresponds. That is, No. The original document text of 1 is shown in FIG.
No. of both the text data shown in FIG. It corresponds to 1 text. Step 2409: The text data file 1610 is searched to retrieve the text of the text data No. In the example of FIG. 1 text is retrieved.

Step 2410: And step 24
The text data extracted in 09 is written in the output file. In FIG. 23, No. The text of 1 is written to the output file. That is, it means that the first sentence of the "content" portion of block 1 in FIG. 19 is replaced with the first text data in FIG. 23 and written in the output file. Step 2411: The original document text pointer is incremented by 1. Step 2412: It is judged whether or not there is data at the location pointed to by the original document text pointer. That is, it is determined whether or not a sentence remains in the block currently being processed. If there is data, the process returns to step 2408. In the example of block 1 in FIG. 19, there is the second sentence, so step 24
Returning to 08, the above processing is repeated.

Some of the examples shown in FIG. The original document text of 5 has no corresponding text. Therefore, the original document No. The text portion of 5 is blank in the output. No. 7 and No. The original document texts of No. 8 have the same No. It corresponds to 6 texts. Therefore, the original document No. 7 and No. The two text portions of No. 8 are No. Replaced with one of the six texts. N
o. No. 11 is the original document text. 9 and No. Corresponds to 10 texts. Therefore, the original document No. One text part of No. 11 is No. 9 and No. Replaced by 2 texts of 10. In this way, the above process is repeated until there is no text data in the block pointed to by the original document data pointer.

Step 2415: On the other hand, step 240
When it is determined in step 6 that the data is not text data,
For example, when the block data is designated in FIG. 19, since the block 3 data is non-text data, the block ID, flag, and contents pointed by the original document data pointer are copied to the output file. Step 2413: Next, set the original document data pointer to +1
To do. Step 2414: It is judged whether or not there is data at the location pointed to by the original document data pointer. That is, it is determined whether or not the block remains in the original document. If there is data, the process returns to step 2406. In this way, the above processing is repeated for blocks 2, 3, ... Of the original document data file, and the processing ends when there is no more data.

As a result, the text of the original document is replaced with the text data 1610 in the second language output as a result of the translation processing step 1604. In this way, the "contents" of the document data shown in FIG. 19 is converted into the text data of the second language from the text data correspondence file of FIG. 23 and the text data correspondence file of FIG. 22 (FIG. 25, reference). FIG. 25 is an explanatory diagram showing an output document obtained by the machine translation device 2.

Therefore, according to the present invention, the replacement of the text data of the original document data with the translated text data is stored in the text data correspondence relationship information storage unit and stored later. This can be realized by a method of replacing the text data of the second language based on the text data correspondence information. Therefore, it is possible to accurately extract only the text data from the layout of the document data composed of the document data in which the text data and the non-text data are mixed, and perform the highly reliable translation process. Therefore, the efficiency of translation processing can be greatly improved.

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According to the present invention, it is possible to accurately extract only text data from a layout of document data composed of document data in which text data and non-text data are mixed, and perform highly reliable translation processing. it can. Therefore, a translated document having the same layout as the original document can be obtained, and the efficiency of translation processing can be greatly improved, so that the burden on the translation user can be significantly reduced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a document processing apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration in which the present invention is applied to a machine translation device 1.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an outline of data processing in the machine translation device 1 of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing details of text data extraction processing corresponding to step 302 of FIG.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a layout of one page of an input document translated by the machine translation device 1 of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a storage example when the input document of FIG. 5 is stored as document data.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing non-text data after performing text data extraction processing on the document data of FIG. 6;

8 is an explanatory diagram showing text data after performing text data extraction processing on the document data of FIG.

9 is an explanatory diagram showing text data after the text data of FIG. 8 is edited.

10 is an explanatory diagram showing the text data after the one-sentence cutting process in the translation process is performed on the text data of FIG. 9;

11 is an explanatory diagram showing text data of a second language obtained as a result of performing a translation process on the text data of FIG.

12 is a flowchart showing details of text data replacement processing corresponding to step 305 of FIG.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram showing an output document obtained by the machine translation device 1 of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a block diagram showing another embodiment of the document processing apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 15 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration in which the present invention is applied to a machine translation device 2.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing an outline of data processing in the machine translation device 2 of the present invention.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing details of text data extraction processing corresponding to step 1602 of FIG. 16.

FIG. 18 is an explanatory diagram showing a one-page layout of an input document translated by the machine translation device 2 of the present invention.

FIG. 19 is an explanatory diagram showing a storage example when the input document of FIG. 18 is stored as document data.

20 is an explanatory diagram showing text data after performing text data extraction processing on the document data of FIG. 19. FIG.

21 is an explanatory diagram showing text data after the text data of FIG. 20 is edited.

22 is an explanatory diagram showing a text data correspondence relationship between the original document text in FIG. 20 and the edited text in FIG. 21. FIG.

23 is text data in a second language obtained as a result of translating the text data in FIG. 21. FIG.

FIG. 24 is a flowchart showing details of text data replacement processing corresponding to step 1605 of FIG.

FIG. 25 is an explanatory diagram showing an output document obtained by the machine translation device 2 of the present invention.

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1, 1401 control unit 2, 1402 CPU 3, 1403 main memory 4, 1404 translation module (translation means) 5, 1405 dictionary memory 6, 1406 text data extraction unit (text data extraction means) 7, 1407 editing unit (editing means) 8, 1408 Text data replacement unit (text data replacement means) 9, 1409 Input device 10, 1410 External storage device 11, 1411 Display device

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. Input means for inputting original document data in which text data in a first language and non-text data are mixed and inputting processing instructions for editing, layout, translation, etc., and text data for storing text data. A storage unit having a storage unit and a non-text data storage unit for storing non-text data, and text data is extracted from the input original document data and the extracted text data is associated with a text ID number. Text data extraction means for storing the non-text data in the same layout as the original document by adding the text ID number to the corresponding portion after the text data is extracted, and the extracted text data. Editing means for executing the editing process on the A translation means for performing a translation process from the first language to the second language for the string data, and a text ID number and non-text data stored in the non-text data storage unit are read to obtain the text ID number as a result of the translation process And a text data replacing means for replacing the replaced text data in the second language, and an output means for outputting document data in which the replaced second language text data and non-text data are mixed. Document processing device. 2. Input means for inputting original document data in which text data in a first language and non-text data are mixed and inputting processing instructions for editing, layout, translation, etc., and text data for storing text data. A storage unit having a storage unit and a text data correspondence relationship storage unit for storing text data correspondence relationship information; and text data extracted from the input original document data, and the extracted text data is stored in the text data storage unit of the storage unit. A text data extraction unit for executing the editing process on the extracted text data and storing the text data correspondence information between the edited text data and the original document data in the text data correspondence storage unit of the storage unit. Translation method and translation for edited text data And a translating means for executing the processing and a replacement for replacing the text data in the first language with the text data in the second language obtained as a result of the translation process based on the text data correspondence information stored in the text data correspondence storage unit. A document processing apparatus, comprising: a means and an output means for outputting document data in which text data of the replaced second language and non-text data are mixed. 3. The text data extracting means includes a text data extracting section and a text data discriminating section, and when the text data extracting section extracts the text data from the input original document data, the text data discriminating section uses the text data. 3. The document processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the document processing apparatus determines whether the data is non-text data or non-text data.