JPH0991290A - Machine translation system and retranslation processing method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To perform translation again at need by confirming the indication of retranslation to correct an original text without unnecessary correction work of the translation result at the time of translating original text information after correction again. SOLUTION: Original text information and translation result information are displayed on a display device 14. A user sees the display picture to correct the original text information by the operation of an input device 11. A translation control processing part 15 refers to a translation result correction information area M4 through a retranslation confirmation processing part 19 to discriminate whether translation result information is corrected or not. If it is corrected, the translation control processing part 15 displays a confirmation picture to ask the user whether retranslation should be executed or not. When execution of retranslation is reported from the user through the input device 11, original text information after correction is translated again through a translation processing part 21.

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 converting a word or sentence in a first language into a second language, and more particularly to a machine translation device characterized by retranslation processing when an original sentence is modified. And a retranslation processing method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a machine translation device, it is possible to clearly indicate a bilingual result on a sentence-by-sentence basis in the function of translating an English sentence into Japanese, and conversely to translating an English sentence into English. The user can check the parallel translation result to understand the original sentence, or can process the parallel translation result while processing it as a sentence.

By the way, when the translation result is confirmed, a mistake in the original sentence may be found. This is especially likely to occur when the user creates the original text and obtains the parallel translation using the translation function. At that time, if the user corrects an erroneous portion (original text), the system is often designed to automatically retranslate.

However, when the bilingual translation result is corrected first, if a mistake is found in the original sentence, a problem occurs.
In this case, if the corrected part in the original sentence is simply a mistake of a numeric word (such as changing nine into five) or a mistake of a place-name word (such as changing Tokyo into Osaka),
It is easy to re-translate by reflecting the corrected parallel translation result. However, if you correct the original sentence such that the part of speech changes when you correct the spelling of a word, or the sentence pattern changes when you insert a missed word, the original sentence that changes the structure of the bilingual sentence changes It is difficult to reflect the bilingual results corrected earlier.

[0005]

The conventional machine translation device does not perform the above analysis and automatically retranslates the original sentence after correction, or corrects the original sentence after correcting the bilingual result. In some cases, no retranslation was done. Therefore, there is a problem that the work of correcting the translation result is wasted.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and a machine translation device capable of correcting an original sentence and re-translating as necessary without wasting the work of correcting the translation result. It is intended to provide a retranslation processing method.

[0007]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

(1) The present invention provides a machine translation device that receives original sentence information in a first language, translates the original sentence information into a second language, and outputs parallel translation result information obtained by the translation process. Correcting means for correcting the result information or the original text information, and when the original text information is corrected by the correcting means, if the bilingual translation result information is already corrected, the corrected original text information is retranslated. In this case, it is provided with a confirmation means for confirming the retranslation instruction, and a translation control means for retranslating the corrected original text information according to the retranslation instruction confirmed by the confirmation means. .

(2) Further, the present invention is a machine translation in which original sentence information in the first language is input, the original sentence information is translated into the second language, and the parallel translation result information obtained by this translation process is output. In the device, a correction means for correcting the parallel translation result information or the original text information, and when the original text information is corrected by the correction means, if the parallel translation result information has already been corrected, the corrected original text When retranslating the information, a reflection judgment means for judging whether or not the corrected parallel translation result information can be reflected, and a retranslation instruction and reflection if the reflection judgment means judges that the information can be reflected. Depending on the confirmation means for confirming the presence or absence of the translation, and the presence or absence of the retranslation instruction confirmed by the confirmation means and the presence or absence of the reflection, the translated text information after the correction is reflected and the original text information after the correction is re-translated. Either, characterized by comprising a translation control means for re-translating the original sentence information after the modification without reflecting the same information.

(3) Further, in the configuration of (2) above, when the reflection judging means judges that the reflection is impossible, a notification means for notifying the corresponding portion is further provided.

According to the configuration of (1), when the original text information is corrected, if the parallel translation result information has already been corrected, it is confirmed whether or not to retranslate, and the retranslation is performed according to the instruction. Is executed. Therefore, it is possible to avoid unnecessary re-translation and wasteful work of correcting the translation result.

Further, according to the above configuration (2), when the original text information is corrected and the above-mentioned parallel translation result information is already corrected, whether the corrected parallel translation result information can be reflected or not can be reflected. Re-translate if judged and can be reflected /
Along with the confirmation of no, it is confirmed whether or not to reflect, and retranslation is executed according to the instruction. Therefore, it is possible to re-translate while grasping whether or not it can be reflected.

Further, according to the configuration of the above (3), since the corresponding portion is notified when the corrected translation result information cannot be reflected, the pointed portion can be easily corrected after retranslation. be able to.

[0013]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The present invention is characterized by the following points in a retranslation process of a machine translation device. (1) When the user corrects the original sentence, the retranslation is automatically performed, but if the bilingual result has been corrected at that time, either "Retranslate" or "Do not perform" is performed. Allow the user to choose.

(2) At this time, in the case of retranslating, it is possible to select either "reflect" or "redo the translation without reflecting" the previously translated bilingual translation result. (3) In addition, if it is impossible to reflect the translation result previously corrected by retranslation, the user is notified. At this time, if there is both a reflected part and an impossible part, only the impossible part is announced.

These functions provide a mechanism for correcting the original sentence and re-translating it without wasting the work of correcting the parallel translation result. Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

The feature (1) will be described in the first embodiment, and the features (2) and (3) will be described in the second embodiment. (First Embodiment) FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a machine translation apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, the input device 11 includes, for example, a keyboard,
It is for inputting original text information in the first language.

The input control processing unit 12 transfers the original text information input from the input device 11 to the display control processing unit 13 and the translation control processing unit 15. The display control processing unit 13 transmits the translation result information obtained from the translation control processing unit 15 to the display device 14.

The display device 14 is, for example, an LCD (Liquid C
It consists of a crystal display (Crystal Display) and a CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) and is used to display the translation result information. The translation control processing unit 15 controls the entire translation process. Here, the dictionary search processing unit 16 and the original sentence storage processing unit 1 are used.
7, an original sentence correction processing unit 18, a retranslation confirmation processing unit 19, a parallel translation result correction processing unit 20, and a translation processing unit 21.

The dictionary search processing section 16 refers to and searches the translation dictionary M1. The original text storage processing unit 17 stores the original text information in the original text storage area M2. The original-sentence correction processing unit 18 stores the corrected original-sentence information in the original-sentence storage area M2, and stores information indicating that fact in the original-sentence correction information storage area M3.

The re-translation confirmation processing section 19 refers to the original text correction information storage area M3 and the parallel translation result correction information area M4 and outputs a message to the user as to whether or not re-translation may be performed.

The parallel translation result correction processing section 20 stores the corrected parallel translation result information in the parallel translation result storage area M5, and stores information indicating that in the parallel translation result correction information area M4. The translation processing unit 21 refers to the original sentence storage area M2 and stores the parallel translation result information (translation result in the second language) in the parallel translation result storage area M5.

Each of M1 to M5 is a memory for storing information necessary for translation processing, and is composed of, for example, a ROM or a RAM. The translation dictionary M1 stores words in the first language and corresponding words in the second language.

The original sentence storage area M2 is stored in the original sentence storage processing section 17.
Store the original text information obtained by. The original sentence correction information storage area M3 stores original sentence correction information obtained by the original sentence correction processing unit 18.

The parallel translation result correction information area M4 stores the parallel translation result correction information obtained by the parallel translation result correction processing section 20. The parallel translation result storage area M5 stores the parallel translation result information obtained by the translation processing unit 21.

Before explaining the operation of the first embodiment, the retranslation process realized in the same embodiment will be described with a specific example in order to facilitate understanding. In the first embodiment, when the user corrects the original sentence, retranslation is automatically performed. However, if the bilingual result has been corrected at that time, “retranslate” or “do not perform”. Allow the user to select either of the above ((1) above)
Features).

Now, suppose that when the English sentence is translated into Japanese, a translation result as shown in FIG. 7 is obtained. The left side of the figure is the original text, and the right side is the parallel translation result. The user performs proofreading work to obtain a desired document while checking the bilingual results one by one.

Here, in the first sentence, the sentence such as "For research on kana-kanji conversion using a neural network ..." Obtained as a result of parallel translation is modified to "for research on neuro-kana-kanji conversion ...". And

At this time, seeing that it was translated as "two years ago", he realized that the original "two" was an error in "three", and the original was also corrected accordingly. In such cases, re-translate “three” into “three years ago”
However, since the bilingual translation result is corrected first ("Neural network ..." is corrected to "Neuro ..."), the retranslation is not performed immediately. By displaying the confirmation screen 31 as shown in, the user is asked whether or not to re-translate. As a result, the original sentence can be corrected without unnecessarily re-translating and wasting the correction work of the parallel translation result performed at the first translation.

Next, the operation of the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operations of the parallel translation result correction process and the original sentence correction process in the first embodiment. Now, it is assumed that the original text information input through the input device 11 is stored in the original text storage area M2, and the result of translation processing of this original text information (parallel translation result information) is stored in the parallel translation result storage area M5.

When the original text information and the parallel translation result information are displayed on the display device 14 as shown in FIG. 7, the user corrects the parallel translation result information by operating the input device 11 while looking at the display screen. Suppose

As shown in the flow chart of FIG. 2A, when the parallel translation result information is corrected (Yes in step A11).
s), the translation control processing unit 15 activates the parallel translation result correction processing unit 20, updates the parallel translation result information in the parallel translation result correction information area M4 according to the correction content at that time (step A).
12) and the information to that effect is stored in the parallel translation result correction information area M4 (step A13).

On the other hand, it is assumed that the user corrects the original text information by operating the input device 11 on the display screen. FIG.
As shown in the flowchart of (b), when the original text information is corrected (Yes in step B11), the translation control processing unit 1
Reference numeral 5 activates the original text correction processing unit 18, updates the original text information in the original text storage area M2 in accordance with the correction contents at that time (step B12), and stores information to that effect in the original text correction information storage area M3 (step B13). ).

Here, by correcting the original sentence information, the translation control processing unit 15 activates the retranslation confirmation processing unit 19 and executes the following retranslation processing. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the retranslation process in the first embodiment.
The translation control processing unit 15 first refers to the original text correction information storage area M3 through the re-translation confirmation processing unit 19 to determine whether the original text information has been corrected.

As a result, if the original text information has not been modified (No in step C11), the retranslation process is not performed, so the process here is terminated. On the other hand, if the original text information has been corrected (Yes in step C11), retranslation processing is performed. At that time, the translation control processing unit 15 causes the retranslation confirmation processing unit 19 to perform the parallel translation result correction information area M4.
Refer to to determine whether the bilingual result information has been corrected.

As a result, when the parallel translation result information is corrected (Yes in step C11), the translation control processing section 15 displays a confirmation screen 31 as shown in FIG. 8 and asks the user whether or not to retranslate. Inquire whether or not (step C13).

Here, when the user notifies through the input device 11 that re-translation will be performed (Yes in step C14).
s), the translation control processing unit 15 sends the instruction to the translation processing unit 21.
Give to. As a result, the corrected original text information is re-translated through the translation processing unit 21 (step C1).
5).

As described above, when the user corrects the original sentence and the bilingual result is corrected first, a retranslation confirmation screen is displayed. In this case, when the retranslation is performed, the parallel translation result for the corrected original sentence is newly displayed, so that the work of correcting the parallel translation result performed by the user at the previous translation is wasted. Therefore, by asking the user whether or not to re-translate by displaying the confirmation screen, it is possible to avoid unnecessary re-translation and wasteful work of correcting the translation result.

(Second Embodiment) Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the machine translation device according to the second embodiment of the present invention. Here, only the configuration of the translation control processing part will be described.
The same parts as those in FIG. 1 are designated by the same reference numerals, and only different parts will be described here.

The difference from FIG. 1 is that the translation control processing unit 15 is provided with a retranslation processing unit 22, an automatic retranslation processing unit 23, and a match confirmation processing unit 24. Retranslation processing unit 22
Performs the retranslation process by referring to the original sentence storage area M2, and updates the information in the parallel translation result storage area M5 by referring to the information in the corrected parallel translation result storage area M6 as necessary.

The automatic retranslation processing unit 23 stores the original sentence storage area M.
2, the re-translation process is internally performed, and the result is stored in the re-translation result area M7. Match confirmation processing unit 24
Compares the information in the parallel translation result storage area M5 with the information in the retranslation result area M7, and also compares the information in the parallel translation result storage area M5 with the information in the modified parallel translation result storage area M6 to check whether there is a match between them. (It is checked whether or not different points in M5 and M7 are the same as different points in M5 and M6).

Further, the match confirmation processing section 24 stores the matched part in the notification information storage area M8 and notifies the user of it. Here, before the operation of the second embodiment is described, in order to facilitate understanding, the retranslation process realized in the same embodiment will be described with a specific example.

In the above-described first embodiment, as shown in FIG. 8, when the original sentence "two" is corrected to "three", the bilingual result is first converted into "Kana-Kanji conversion using neural network". Since it has been changed from "..." to "Research on Neuro-Kana-Kanji conversion ...", a retranslation confirmation screen 31 is displayed to ask the user whether or not to retranslate. As a result, even when the original sentence is corrected, the correction content of the parallel translation result can be left as it is, unless the retranslation is instructed.

However, it is sometimes desired to re-translate and reflect the parallel translation result corrected at that time. Therefore, in the second embodiment, before a retranslation instruction is given by the user, the retranslation is internally performed to check whether or not the corrected parallel translation result can be reflected. "Reflect" or "Retry translation without reflecting"
The user is allowed to select any one of the above (feature (2) above).

In the example of FIG. 7 and FIG. 8, at the time of the first translation, "The study of kana-kanji conversion using a neural network was started about two years ago. , The user has corrected the original sentence “two” to “three”, and the corrected original sentence is internally retranslated. As a result of this retranslation, "Kana-Kanji conversion research using neural networks started about three years ago. The parallel translation result (retranslation result) is obtained. . Since the re-translation here is internally performed, the information of the re-translation result is stored in the re-translation result area M7, but is not displayed on the screen.

Here, comparing the first translation result and the internally performed next translation result (retranslation result) (M5 and M
7 comparison), it is understood that the different part is one part from "2 years ago" to "3 years ago".

Next, when the first translation result and the corrected parallel translation result are compared (comparison between M5 and M6), the different point is that there is one point from "using the neural network" to "neuro". I understand.

Therefore, different points between M5 and M7 and M5
And M6 are different from each other, and it is confirmed whether the two are the same. As a result, when both are not the same part, it is possible to reflect the translation result corrected by the user even if retranslated.

In this example, the part where M5 and M7 are different is the part "2 years ago", and the part where M5 and M6 is different is the part "Used the neural network". Absent. Therefore, the retranslation can reflect the translation result corrected by the user.

If the corrected parallel translation result can be reflected, the user is notified of it. At that time, a confirmation screen 32 as shown in FIG. 9 is displayed to allow the user to select either “reflect” the previously corrected bilingual result or “redo the translation without reflecting”.

On the other hand, when it is impossible to reflect the previously corrected parallel translation result by retranslation, the user is notified of this (feature (3) above). Hereinafter, a case where the reflection cannot be reflected will be described with a specific example.

That is, in the second sentence, the user obtained the parallel translation result, "The prototype of kana-kanji conversion was demonstrated on the workstation because high speed processing was required at that time. Such as
As shown in Figure 10, "At that time, machine power was required, so it was mainly implemented on workstations. 』Is a big correction.

At this time, I found a omission at the end of the original text. "... processing. ],
"... processing and memory c
apacity. It was necessary to say.

In such a case, in the same manner as above, before a retranslation instruction is given by the user, retranslation is performed as an internal process, and only the changed portion is checked. In other words, at the beginning, "I needed a high-speed process at that time, so I demonstrated a prototype of kana-kanji conversion on a workstation. ”Was displayed, but due to the addition of“ and memory capacity ”to the original text, an internal retranslation resulted in“ a prototype of kana-kanji conversion on the workstation because high-speed processing and storage area were required at that time. Was demonstrated. 』Will be translated again.

Here, comparing the first translation result with the second translation result (retranslation result) performed internally (M5 and M
7), it is understood that the different part is one part from "high-speed processing" to "high-speed processing or storage area".

Next, when the first translation result and the corrected parallel translation result are compared (comparison between M5 and M6), it is found that there are four different points as follows.・ "High speed processing" → "Machine power" ・ "Because I needed it" → "Because I needed it" ・ "On the workstation" → "Mainly on the workstation" ・ "Demonstration of prototype of kana-kanji conversion" → "I had realized it" Then, both the place where M5 and M7 differ and the place where M5 and M6 differ are compared, and it is confirmed whether both are the same place. In this case, three are different, but one is the same. That is, the "high-speed processing" portion is matched. In this case, since it cannot be reflected, a part will be corrected by retranslation. Therefore, a confirmation screen 33 as shown in FIG. 10 is displayed to notify the user of the unreflectable portion.

FIG. 12 shows an example of the notification information. M5 and M7
If there is no difference in the information (No. 1, 3, 4, 5), even if the bilingual translation result is corrected (No.
3, 4, 5), and the correction information is reflected at the time of retranslation. In addition, No. in which the translation result was not corrected. Even if retranslation of 1 is performed, the result is naturally the same.

However, no. In the case where the retranslated result is different from the first translated result as in 2 and the bilingual translation result is corrected, the user is notified and retranslated.

By repeating such an operation, the original sentence and the translation result are corrected. The translation result finally obtained is shown in FIG. Next, the operation of the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing the operation of the parallel translation result correction processing in the second embodiment. Now, the original text information input through the input device 11 is the original text storage area M2.
It is assumed that the translation result of the original text information (translation result information) is stored in the translation result storage area M5.

When the original text information and the parallel translation result information are displayed on the display device 14 as shown in FIG. 7, the user corrects the parallel translation result information by operating the input device 11 while looking at the display screen. Suppose

As shown in the flowchart of FIG. 5, when the parallel translation result information is corrected (Yes in step D11), the translation control processing unit 15 activates the parallel translation result correction processing unit 20,
The corrected parallel translation result information indicating the correction content at that time is stored in the corrected parallel translation result storage area M6 (step D1).
2) The information to that effect is stored in the parallel translation result modification information area M4 (step D13).

On the other hand, when the user corrects the original text information by operating the input device 11 on the same display screen, as shown in FIG.
It is similar to (b). Here, the translation control processing unit 15 activates the re-translation confirmation processing unit 19, the re-translation processing unit 22, the automatic re-translation processing unit 23, and the match confirmation processing unit 24 by modifying the original sentence information, and the following re-translation is performed. Execute the process.

FIG. 6 is a flow chart showing the operation of the retranslation process in the second embodiment. Translation control processing unit 1
Reference numeral 5 first refers to the original text correction information storage area M3 to determine whether or not the original text information has been corrected.

As a result, if the original text information has not been modified (No in step E11), the retranslation process is not performed, so the process here is terminated. On the other hand, when the original text information is corrected (Yes in step E11), the retranslation process is performed. At that time, the translation control processing unit 15 refers to the translation result correction information area M4 to correct the translation result information. It is determined whether or not it has been done. If the parallel translation result information has not been corrected (N in step E12)
o), the translation control processing unit 15 executes retranslation processing through the retranslation processing unit 22.

If the parallel translation result information has been corrected (Yes in step E12), the translation control processing unit 15
Performs an internal retranslation process through the automatic retranslation processing unit 23 (step E14), and stores the result in the retranslation result area M7 (step E15).

Next, the translation control processing unit 15 compares the information in the parallel translation result storage area M5 with the information in the corrected parallel translation result storage area M6 through the match confirmation processing unit 24, and also in the parallel translation result storage area M5 and the retranslation result area M7. The information is compared (step E16).

As a result, if there is at least one part that matches both (Yes in step E16), the translation control processing unit 1
5 determines that the corrected bilingual result information cannot be reflected, and after storing the matched information (that is, information of the portion that cannot be reflected) in the notification information storage area M8 (step E1).
8), the confirmation screen 33 as shown in FIG. 10 according to the information.
Is displayed and the user is notified to that effect (step E1).
9).

On the other hand, if there is no matching portion between the two (No in step E17), the translation control processing unit 15 determines that the corrected parallel translation result information can be reflected, and a confirmation screen 32 as shown in FIG. 9 is displayed. It is displayed and the user is asked whether or not to re-translate (step E20).

Here, when the user notifies through the input device 11 that re-translation is to be performed, the translation control processing section 15 gives the instruction to the translation processing section 21. As a result, the corrected original text information is retranslated by the translation processing unit 21 (step E21), and the information in the parallel translation result storage area M5 is updated by the retranslation processing unit 22 (step E22).

As described above, when the user corrects the original sentence and the bilingual result is corrected first, a retranslation confirmation screen is displayed. At that time, if the correction content of the parallel translation result can be reflected in the retranslation, the user can select in advance whether or not to reflect the correction. As a result, retranslation can be performed without wasting the work of correcting the translation result. In addition, when it cannot be reflected, the point is pointed out on the confirmation screen. Therefore, even if retranslation is performed, the pointed point can be easily corrected later.

[0071]

As described above, according to the present invention, when the original text information is corrected and the bilingual result information is already corrected, after confirming whether or not to re-translate, the instruction is given according to the instruction. Since the retranslation is executed, it is possible to avoid performing the retranslation unnecessarily and wasting the work of correcting the translation result.

Further, when the original text information is corrected, if the above-mentioned parallel translation result information has already been corrected, it is judged whether or not the corrected parallel translation result information can be reflected, and if it can be reflected, The re-translation can be performed while confirming whether or not the re-translation can be performed and the re-translation according to the instruction after confirming whether or not the re-translation is performed. Further, when the post-correction parallel translation result information cannot be reflected, the corresponding portion is notified, so that the pointed portion can be easily corrected after retranslation.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a machine translation device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing operations of parallel translation result correction processing and original text correction processing in the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an operation of retranslation processing according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a machine translation device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an operation of parallel translation result correction processing in the second embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an operation of retranslation processing according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a display example of a translation result.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a first confirmation screen at the time of retranslation.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a second confirmation screen at the time of retranslation.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a third confirmation screen at the time of retranslation.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a display example of a translation result after correction.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of notification information.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 ... Input device, 12 ... Input control processing part, 13 ... Display control processing part, 14 ... Display device, 15 ... Translation control processing part, M1 ... Translation dictionary, M2 ... Original text storage area, M3 ... Original text correction information storage area, M4 ... parallel translation result correction information area, M5 ... parallel translation result storage area, M6 ... corrected parallel translation result storage area, M7 ... retranslation result area, M8 ... notification information storage area.

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Chizuru Sato 2-9 Suehiro-cho, Ome-shi, Tokyo Stock company Toshiba Ome factory (72) Inventor Keiko Tajima 2-9 Suehiro-cho, Ome-shi, Tokyo Shareholders Inside the Toshiba Ome Factory (72) Inventor Izumi Sakata 2-9 Suehiro-cho, Ome-shi, Tokyo Stock Company Toshiba Inside Ome Factory (72) Inventor Tomotaka Mori 2-9 Suehiro-cho, Ome City Tokyo Metropolitan Government Toshiba Corporation In the Ome Factory (72) Masanori Gunji 2-9 Suehiro-cho, Ome-shi, Tokyo Inside the Ome Factory, Toshiba Corporation (72) Inventor Masakazu Saito 1385 Shinmachi, Ome-shi, Tokyo Inside Toshiba Software Engineering Co., Ltd.

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. Inputting original text information in a first language,
In a machine translation device that translates the original text information into a second language and outputs the parallel translation result information obtained by the translation processing, a correction unit that corrects the parallel translation result information or the original text information, and the correction unit When the textual information was modified,
If the translation result information has already been corrected, when retranslating the corrected original text information, a confirmation means for confirming the retranslation instruction and a retranslation instruction confirmed by the confirmation means And a translation control means for retranslating the corrected original text information. 2. Inputting original text information in a first language,
In a machine translation device that translates the original text information into a second language and outputs the parallel translation result information obtained by the translation processing, a correction unit that corrects the parallel translation result information or the original text information, and the correction unit When the textual information was modified,
When the above translation result information has already been corrected, when retranslating the corrected original text information, a reflection determination means for determining whether or not the corrected translation result information can be reflected, and the reflection determination means. If it is judged that the re-translation can be reflected by the means, a confirmation means for confirming the re-translation instruction and the presence or absence of the reflection, and the re-translation instruction and the presence or absence of the reflection confirmed by this confirmation means And a translation control unit that retranslates the corrected original text information by reflecting the parallel translation result information or retranslates the corrected original text information without reflecting the same information. Translation device. 3. The machine translation apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising a notifying means for notifying a corresponding portion when the reflection judging means judges that the reflection is impossible. 4. Inputting original text information in a first language,
In the retranslation processing method of the machine translation device that translates this original text information into a second language and outputs the parallel translation result information obtained by this translation processing, when the original text information is corrected, If it is corrected, and if the above translation result information is corrected, when retranslating the corrected original text information, confirm the retranslation instruction, and confirm the retranslation A retranslation processing method, characterized in that the corrected parallel translation result information is retranslated according to an instruction. 5. Inputting original text information in a first language,
In the retranslation processing method of the machine translation device that translates this original text information into a second language and outputs the parallel translation result information obtained by this translation processing, when the original text information is corrected, It is judged whether or not it has been corrected, and if the above-mentioned parallel translation result information has been corrected, it is judged whether or not the above-mentioned corrected parallel translation result information can be reflected when re-translating the corrected original text information. If it can be reflected, check the retranslation instruction and whether it is reflected, and according to this confirmed retranslation instruction and whether it is reflected, reflect the corrected parallel translation result information and A retranslation processing method characterized in that the corrected original text information is retranslated or the corrected original text information is retranslated without reflecting the same information. 6. The retranslation processing method according to claim 5, wherein when the corrected parallel translation result information cannot be reflected, the corresponding portion is notified.