JPH1021242A - Machine translation system and machine translation post-editing method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make it possible to efficiently and accurately post-edit the result of translation by allowing a dictionary function to function through the use of information used at the time of translation. SOLUTION: A translation objective sentence is inputted from an input part 14 or a document file 12a in an external storage device 12. The inputted character strings are housed in an input buffer for translation 10. A translation processing part 16 translates the character strings housed in the buffer 10 into Japanese by using a translation dictionary 18. After finishing translation, the part 16 sets a translating result to an output buffer for translation 26. At the same time of this, the part 16 writes a part of information used as internal information at the time of translation processing in a linked data housing buffer 24. Data housed in the buffer 24 is referred to for effectively utilizing the result of translation processing at the time of starting a dictionary function by a dictionary function part 30 after translation processing.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a machine translation apparatus and a machine translation post-editing method for post-editing a result of translating a document in language A into a document in language B different from language A.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, in a device handling documents, for example, at the time of document creation and document proofreading, dictionary information such as a Japanese language dictionary (encyclopedia, special term dictionary), a Chinese-Japanese dictionary, a thesaurus, etc. is mechanically searched and displayed. Functions that can be performed (hereinafter simply "dictionary function"
) Are provided. With this dictionary function, desired dictionary information can be arbitrarily presented and referred to, and the work efficiency of document creation and document proofreading can be improved.

[0003] In a machine translation apparatus that translates an original sentence in language A into a translation in language B different from language A, a translation process situation (translation dictionary) is learned so that a desired translation result can be obtained. It is possible to give instructions such as changing the output order of homonyms, registering new rules, and registering user dictionaries.

[0004] However, no matter how detailed instructions are given to the machine translator, even if a desired rough sentence is obtained, it is not always translated into a sentence as expected by the operator. Absent.

[0005] Therefore, in general, a translated sentence obtained by machine translation is corrected using an editor function for editing a document so that the sentence has a desired phrase. At this time, the dictionary function as described above is often used.

Conventionally, when performing normal (ie, consciousness of only one language) document preparation and document proofreading, document preparation as post-processing of machine translation (ie, consciousness of a plurality of languages) is also required. Even when performing proofreading, there was no difference in the usage of the dictionary function.

However, originally, when a sentence in a language A is translated into a sentence in a language B and then the sentence in the language B is corrected, the proofreading process is naturally performed while being aware of the original sentence (according to the language A). There must be. This is because language A and language B often have different cultures, so the same expression may have different meanings, and it is necessary to reflect the meaning of the original sentence in the translated sentence. is there.

[0008] For example, when expressed as "a girl like lemon", the image of a "fresh girl" appears to Japanese people, but to an English-speaking person, "I want to grimaces (disgusting). It is the exact opposite image of "girl."

[0009]

However, in the post-processing of the translation processing by the conventional machine translator, the dictionary function is used based only on the information of the sentence of the language to be corrected (after translation). At this time, since the original text is not conscious, there is a high possibility that an incorrect proofreading will be performed when the dictionary function is activated as a post-translation edit.

[0010] The present invention has been made in view of the above-described circumstances, and a dictionary function is operated by using information used in performing translation, so that post-editing of translated results can be performed efficiently and efficiently. An object of the present invention is to provide a machine translation apparatus and a post-machine translation editing method that can be performed accurately.

[0011]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a translation input buffer for storing a character string of an original sentence in a language A to be translated, and a translation of the character string stored in the translation input buffer. A translation dictionary in which information about language A and language B as a translation result is registered, and a character string of language A stored in the translation input buffer with reference to the translation dictionary. A translation processing means for translating into a translation by the character string B, an output buffer for translation for storing a character string of the translation obtained by translation by the translation processing means, and a translation input buffer A link for storing information used when a translation process is performed by the translation processing means, including information indicating a relationship between a character string and a character string stored in the translation output buffer. Designated for a data storage buffer, a dictionary dictionary in which a heading based on a character string to be searched, and dictionary information corresponding to the heading are registered, and a character string stored in the translation output buffer. Based on the specified specific character string, a search is performed for the dictionary dictionary headings to obtain dictionary information, and with reference to the link data storage buffer, translation is performed by the translation processing means corresponding to the specific character string. A dictionary function means for acquiring and displaying information used when the processing is executed.

With this, in the post-processing for editing the translated sentence after performing the translation process, when the dictionary function is used when correcting the translated sentence, the words to be edited are
That is, information (original sentence, original form, part of speech, etc.) relating to the original sentence used in the translation process corresponding to the search term by the dictionary function can be displayed. Therefore, the editing operation can be performed while referring to the original text, and efficient and accurate post-editing can be performed.

The dictionary function means, when a specific character string designated for the dictionary search is corrected using the displayed information, registers the correction content in the translation dictionary. It is characterized by the following.

Thus, if a word is not registered in a translation dictionary (including a translation dictionary, a translation user dictionary, etc.), the word is registered using the dictionary registration function of the translation processing means. In the post-editing process of the translated text after the implementation, when the dictionary function is used when correcting the translated text, it is possible to provide operability that is easy for the operator to use.

The link data storage buffer stores character string information relating to a character string for each predetermined character string unit used when the translation processing is performed by the translation processing means, and translation information for each character string unit. The dictionary function unit includes next candidate information indicating a next candidate, and displays the character string information and the next candidate information stored in the link data storage buffer in response to the designation of the specific character string. It is characterized by.

Thus, the dictionary function is performed for the heading designated by the operator to present the dictionary information, and the next candidate obtained in the translation process corresponding to the heading is also displayed. That is, in response to an instruction from the operator, a translation result candidate can be selected again from the displayed next candidate, and when re-selection is performed,
The dictionary function can be performed by automatically changing the word of the headline to be the target of the dictionary function after it is selected.

The dictionary function means determines a character string in the original text corresponding to the specific character string by referring to the link data storage buffer, and uses the same character string to determine the dictionary dictionary for the language A of the original text. To obtain dictionary information.

Thus, the operator can translate the sentence (language B).
When the dictionary function (of language B) is activated by designating a certain heading in the dictionary, a dictionary of the same kind as language B (such as between Japanese language dictionaries or between thesauruses) for the corresponding word in the original text (language A) ) Or a search function for a dictionary of language A specified in advance is simultaneously activated, so that in the post-processing of the translated sentence after the translation, when the dictionary function is used when correcting the translated sentence, a user-friendly operation is performed. Is provided.

Further, the dictionary function means determines a character string in the original text corresponding to the specific character string by referring to the link data storage buffer, and uses the same character string to determine the dictionary dictionary for the language A of the original text. Is retrieved to obtain dictionary information, and the obtained dictionary information is translated into a character string of language B and displayed.

Thus, the operator can translate the language (language B).
When the dictionary function is started by specifying a certain heading in the dictionary and the use of the dictionary of language A, the dictionary function is started with the corresponding word in the original text (language A) as a keyword, and the dictionary search is performed. Since the displayed dictionary information in the language A is translated into the language B and displayed, the operability more convenient for the operator is provided.

[0021]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the machine translation device according to the present embodiment. The machine translation apparatus shown in FIG. 1 includes a translation input buffer 10, an external storage device 12, an input unit 14, a translation processing unit 16, and a translation dictionary 1.
8, translation user dictionary 20, translation learning dictionary 22, link data storage buffer 24, translation output buffer 26,
It comprises a display unit 28, a dictionary function unit 30, and a dictionary 32.

The machine translation apparatus according to the present embodiment is constituted by a computer which reads a program recorded on a storage medium, stores the program in a memory, and executes the program by memory access by a CPU to realize various functions. .

The translation processing section 16 and the dictionary function section 30 are realized by controlling a computer with a translation processing program and a dictionary function program read from a storage medium.

The translation input buffer 10 is for writing a sentence (original sentence) in the original language A to be translated, and the document file 12 stored in the external storage device 12.
a or a character input from the input unit 14 is stored.

The external storage device 12 stores a document file 12a
The file to be translated is read. The input unit 14 is for inputting a sentence (character string) to be translated, and includes a keyboard, an optical character reading device (O
CR) or the like.

The translation processing unit 16 includes a translation input buffer 1
For the sentence (original sentence) in the language A to be translated stored in 0, refer to the translation dictionary, that is, refer to the translation dictionary 18, the translation user dictionary 20, and the translation learning dictionary 22, and obtain the translation result language. A process of translating into the sentence B (translation) is performed, and the translation result is stored in the translation output buffer 26. The translation processing unit 16 also uses information used in the translation processing, for example, information indicating the relation between words in the language A stored in the translation input buffer 10 and words in the language B stored in the translation output buffer 26. Are stored in the link data storage buffer 24.

The translation dictionary 18 has registered therein language information (spelling, part of speech, translation rules, etc.) relating to the languages A and B, and the translation input buffer 10 for the translation processing unit 16.
It is referred to when translating the sentence stored in.

The translation user dictionary 20 is a translation dictionary 18
The dictionary data of a word that is not registered in the dictionary is registered by the operation of the operator. The translation learning dictionary 22 is referred to for determining the priority of translation candidates and the like in the translation processing by the translation processing unit 16.
And information on the number of translation candidates selected by the operator for the translation candidates obtained by referring to the translation dictionary 18 and the translation user dictionary 20, and the history of past selections.

The link data storage buffer 24 is provided by the dictionary function unit 30 even after translating the information (part of speech of a word, association between words in an original sentence and words in a translated sentence) used when the translation processing is executed by the translation processing unit 16. It is stored so that it can be referred to when executing the dictionary function.

The translation output buffer 26 is provided in the translation processing unit 1.
The translation result (sentence in the language B) obtained by the translation process in No. 6 is written. The display unit 28 displays a translation result stored in the translation output buffer 26, dictionary information retrieved from the dictionary 32 by the dictionary function unit 30, and the like.

The dictionary function unit 30 is provided for the language A or the language B
, Search and display of dictionaries (Japanese dictionary, thesaurus, etc.) related to. The dictionary 32 is a dictionary to be searched by the dictionary function unit 30 and is a dictionary (language dictionary, thesaurus, etc.) of language A or language B, and includes keywords (headings) and information (data) attached thereto. ) Is associated and registered.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. Here, the description will be made using English as the translation target language A and Japanese as the translation result language B. First, generation of information stored in the link data storage buffer 24 will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

First, from the input unit 14 (keyboard) or the document file 12a of the external storage device 12, "What's fox dress"
es. Is input (step A1). The input character string is stored in the translation input buffer 10.

The translation processing section 16 translates the character string stored in the translation input buffer 10 into Japanese using the translation dictionary 18 (step A2). After the translation is completed, the translation processing unit 16 sets the translation result in the translation output buffer 26 (step A3).

At the same time, the translation processing unit 16 generates a part of the information used as the internal information in the translation processing, for example, “the relation between the word in the translation and the word in the original sentence”, “the original form of the word in the original sentence”, “ The part of speech of the original word, "the next candidate of the word of the translated sentence" and the like are written in the link data storage buffer 24 (step A4).

FIG. 3 shows the contents of the data stored in the translation input buffer 10 and the translation output buffer 26, and FIG. 4 shows the data stored in the link data storage buffer 24 based on the data contents shown in FIG. An example of data is shown.

As shown in FIG. 4, in the link data storage buffer 24, the word number of the original sentence (corresponding to each segment in FIG. 3), the part of speech of the original sentence, the word of the original sentence , The presence or absence of the next candidate, and the next candidate are stored in association with each other. It is assumed that the start position of each delimiter (word) is determined by inserting data indicating one delimiter into a character data string for each delimiter in FIG.

The data shown in FIG. 4 stored in the link data storage buffer 24 is referred to in order to effectively use the result of the translation process when the dictionary function by the dictionary function unit 30 is activated after the translation process. Is done.

Next, the case where the dictionary function is used during the editing of the translation result after the translation processing by the translation processing unit 16 is completed will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

Here, the operator uses the input unit 14 (an input device such as a keyboard or a mouse) to “sly”.
In order to obtain the dictionary information on the word, the dictionary function section 30 designates a dictionary called “Thesaurus (Japanese)”.
Is activated (step B1).

The dictionary function unit 30 searches for a thesaurus with reference to the dictionary 32 using the keyword "sly" (step B2). The dictionary function unit 30 causes the display unit 28 to display the search result at a predetermined position (step B3).

Thereafter, the dictionary function unit 30 extracts from the link data storage buffer 24 the part of speech of the original sentence and the original form of the original sentence word corresponding to the word designated for retrieval.
It is displayed near the dictionary search result (step B4).

FIG. 6 shows an example of a screen displaying the corresponding word in the original sentence when the dictionary function for searching the thesaurus is executed. As shown in FIG. 6, in addition to a plurality of synonym candidates (1 sly, 2 sly,...) Retrieved from the thesaurus corresponding to the target word “sly,” the original sentence read from the link data storage buffer 24. The corresponding word, its original form and part of speech are displayed.

Here, if there is an end instruction such as "press the end key" from the operator, the operation ends (step B).
5) Do nothing if there is no end instruction. In the example above, the only Japanese synonym for "sly" is:
For example, the candidate is displayed as shown in FIG. But,
The synonym of "sly" here must be appropriate as a translation of "foxy". Those who are fluent in English know that "foxy" has the image of "slightly sloppy". Therefore, as a synonym of "sly", whose original text is "foxy", it can be understood that "old man" and "cunning" are not very suitable.

Also, "Miss Mary may be foxy parson,
but old Tom is guile carfty parson. "is" Mary is a weak man, but Uncle Tom is a weak man. "
Suppose it was translated. This sentence is a little strange as a Japanese expression, so the two words "sly" must be converted to words with slightly different nuances.

The original text of "sly" that first appeared is "fo
xy "has the nuance of" frivolous sloppyness "
Words such as "sly,""slight,""sly," seem to be appropriate synonyms. Conversely, the second occurrence of "sly" has the nuance of "calculated sly", so words such as "sly", "old" and "sly" are used as synonyms.

As described above, when performing a dictionary function for a translated sentence, the post-editing process is accurately performed by displaying information on words in the original sentence as keywords for dictionary search and notifying the operator. It is possible.

Next, the case where a word is selected from the thesaurus and automatically registered in the translation user dictionary 20 will be described.
This will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. First, it is assumed that the operator uses the input unit 14 (an input device such as a keyboard or a mouse) to start the word "sly" by designating the dictionary as "thesaurus (Japanese)".

The dictionary function section 30 stores the part of speech of the original sentence and the original form of the original sentence word corresponding to the word designated as “search” (“sly”) in the link data storage buffer 24.
And display at a predetermined position (step C
1).

The dictionary function unit 30 displays words specified by the user at the time of startup (words selected by the user from synonym candidates for the second and subsequent times) as target words of synonyms (step C2).

The dictionary function unit 30 searches the thesaurus using the target word of the synonym as a keyword (step C).
3). The dictionary function unit 30 causes the display unit 28 to display the search result at a predetermined position (step C4).
Through these processes, a screen as shown in FIG. 6 is displayed.

After one display operation is completed, the dictionary function unit 30 prompts the operator to perform a candidate selection operation (“input a number corresponding to a displayed synonym candidate”, “mouse over the displayed candidate” Is checked (step C5).

When a candidate is selected here, the dictionary function unit 30 replaces the search target candidate from the headline selected at the time of startup with the headline selected just now. The screen at this time is as shown in FIG. 8 (step C8).

If it is determined that the candidate selection operation has not been performed, the dictionary function unit 30 next checks whether or not there has been an end instruction ("press the end key") from the operator (step C6).

If there is no instruction of "next candidate selection instruction" or "end instruction" from the input unit 14, nothing is performed. Here, if there is an end instruction, the dictionary function unit 30
Checks whether the operator has selected any of the synonym candidates (step C7).

When the operator has selected a candidate from the synonym candidates, the dictionary function unit 30 prepares the “original word”, the “part of speech of the original sentence”, the “original sentence” The translation processing unit 16 is called in the user dictionary registration mode by setting the data of the original form of the word and the “selected synonym candidate”. That is, the selection content of the synonym candidate by the operator is registered in the translation user dictionary 20 by using the dictionary registration function of the translation processing unit 16 (step C9).

Although not shown, if the same word as the word to be registered in the translation user dictionary 20 has already been registered in the translation dictionary 18 or the translation user dictionary 20 (in fact, this word The translation processing unit 16 may register in the translation learning dictionary 22 instead of the user dictionary.

After the registration in the user dictionary is completed, the dictionary function unit 30 replaces the word specified first when the dictionary function is activated in the translation with the word specified by the user from the dictionary search result (step C10). . The display screen at this time is shown in FIG.

As described above, the fact that "smooth" is selected as a synonym of "sly" in the above operation means that
This operator translates “foxy” as “kosui”
It is natural to think that it is judged that is appropriate.
Therefore, even when “foxy” appears in the sentence from the next time, there is a high possibility that the translation should be made as “kosui”.

Therefore, this “foxy = kosui” is registered in the translation user dictionary 20 (or the translation learning dictionary 22).
), The translation processing is performed from the beginning as “kosui” in the subsequent translation processing, and the burden of post-processing can be reduced.

In the above description, when a synonym candidate is selected in order to correct a target phrase specified for a character string resulting from translation, the translation user dictionary 20 or the translation learning dictionary 22 is selected. , The selected contents are registered, but it is also possible to arbitrarily select and register a synonym candidate for the specified headline (keyword) for the purpose of dictionary registration.

As a selection method, in the state where a list of data registered in the dictionary dictionary is displayed as shown in FIG. 6, (1) while referring to the data displayed as a search result by the dictionary function, In addition to a method of designating a user dictionary registration after the operator corrects a heading specified at the time of the dictionary function (or automatically performing it when the operator finishes the execution of the correcting action), (2) the operator displays A method of designating the user dictionary registration by designating a part or the whole range of the displayed data (or automatically performing the operation when the range is designated by the operator), (3) The displayed data is divided into a plurality of items. In this case, the operator selects an item from these items and designates user dictionary registration (or automatically performs the operation when the operator performs a selection action). There is a method.

Next, a case in which the next candidate for the translation process is presented at the same time when the dictionary function is used will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. First, it is assumed that the operator uses the input unit 14 (an input device such as a keyboard or a mouse) to start the word "sly" by designating the dictionary as "thesaurus (Japanese)".

The dictionary function section 30 stores the part of speech of the original sentence and the original form of the original sentence word corresponding to the word designated as “search” (“sly”) in the link data storage buffer 24.
And display at a predetermined position (step D
1).

FIG. 11 shows a screen at this time.
As shown in FIG. 11, the next candidate of the translation in the translation process is also displayed as the information of the original sentence. The dictionary function unit 30
Displays the phrase to be searched in the thesaurus (step D2). The dictionary function unit 30 searches for a thesaurus using this phrase “sly” as a search target phrase (step D).
3). The dictionary function unit 30 causes the display unit 28 to display the search result at a predetermined position (step D4).

Here, the dictionary function unit 30 checks whether or not a synonym candidate selection operation has been performed (step D).
5). When a candidate selection operation is performed, the dictionary function unit 30
Is used to select search candidates from the headline selected at startup.
Replace with the currently selected headline (step D6).

The dictionary function unit 30 checks whether the next candidate translation operation has been performed (step D7). When the translation next candidate selection operation is performed, the dictionary function unit 30
The search target candidate is replaced from the headline selected at the time of activation with the currently selected headline (step D6).

Thereafter, the dictionary function unit 30 displays the word to be searched again (step D2). FIG.
6 shows a screen when one of the next candidates of “oxy” is selected, “colorful”. As shown in FIG.
The "elegant" selected for the target phrase is displayed, and a synonym of "elegant" is displayed.

If the next translation candidate operation has not been performed, then the dictionary function unit 30 checks whether the operator has issued an end instruction (step D8). If neither the next candidate for translation nor the end instruction is given, nothing is done.

When there is a termination instruction, the dictionary function unit 30
Checks whether the next candidate selection operation for translation has been performed (step D9). Here, if the candidate has been changed, the dictionary function unit 30 replaces the word specified at the time of activating the dictionary function in the translated sentence with a word selected from the next candidates (step D10). In this example, "slutty" in the translated text is selected as "sexy" in the dictionary function.
Replaced with and displayed.

If the operator has not selected the next candidate for translation, the dictionary function is immediately terminated. In this way, by performing the above operation, the next candidate for translation can be selected while referring to the thesaurus and the dictionary function.
There is no mistake of ignoring the meaning specific to the original text (English) or misunderstanding the meaning of Japanese and selecting the wrong word.

In the flowchart shown in FIG.
Although the operation in the case where the next candidate for translation is selected is shown, after selecting the next candidate, another candidate may be selected from a thesaurus or the like.

FIG. 13 shows a synonym of “colorful” selected from the next candidate for translation in the dictionary function, and “namely”.
Is a screen when is selected. By doing so, the translation result selection candidates are further expanded. As a result, as shown in FIG. 14, the word specified when the dictionary function is activated in the translated sentence is replaced with “smooth”.

Further, if the contents selected by the dictionary function are registered in the user dictionary in the same manner as in the processing of the flowchart of FIG. 7, it is not necessary to correct the translated sentence after the next time.

Next, with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. 15, for processing for activating the dictionary function of language A for the corresponding phrase in the original text when the dictionary is activated by specifying the phrase in the translation in language B, refer to FIG. I will explain while.

In the translation processing of the translation processing section 16, as shown in FIG. 16, the English sentence "The is is apache c" stored in the translation input buffer 10 is used.
ar. As a result, the translation output buffer 2
It is assumed that the translated sentence "There is a peach car" stored in No. 6 is obtained. At this time, information as shown in FIG. 17 is stored in the link data storage buffer 24.

In the case of this translation result, the meaning of "peach" is unknown, and a situation arises in which it is necessary to refer to the original meaning of the corresponding word in the original sentence. First, it is assumed that the operator uses the input unit 14 (an input device such as a keyboard or a mouse) to activate the dictionary function in accordance with a command of “searching in a Japanese dictionary” for the word “peach”. The dictionary function unit 30 displays a word (here, “peach”) designated by the operator as a search target at a predetermined position (step E).
1).

The dictionary function unit 3 uses this “peach” as a keyword.
0 is a dictionary for dictionary 32 (here, “Japanese dictionary (Japanes dictionary)
e), a dictionary search is performed, and the search result is displayed at a predetermined position (step E2).

Thereafter, the dictionary function unit 30 stores the original word data (“peak”) corresponding to the word (“peach”) designated for retrieval in the link data storage buffer 24.
(Step E3).

Then, the dictionary function unit 30 outputs “peach”
Is used as a keyword, a dictionary for dictionary 32 of the same type as that used in the search for “peach” or a dictionary designated in advance (here,
A dictionary search is performed with reference to "Japanese dictionary (English)" (step E4).

The dictionary function unit 30 displays a search result of “Japanese dictionary ((English) generally referred to as English-English dictionary)” using “peach” as a keyword at a predetermined position (step E5).

FIG. 18 shows a screen displaying a dictionary search result for the corresponding word "peach" when the dictionary function ("Japanese dictionary") is used for the word "peach" in the translation. I have.

Here, the dictionary function unit 30 checks whether there is an end instruction (step E6). If there is an end instruction, the dictionary function is ended. If there is no end instruction, nothing is performed.

As in the case of "peach" in the above-described example, the meaning (including minute nuances) may differ between English and Japanese. For example, in Japan, the word "peach" is
Has only the meaning of "peac"
"h" has the meaning of "squid" as a slang term in addition to the plant "peach", and is mainly used as a compliment for women and cars.

The operator sets "peach" as post-processing for translation.
When performing a dictionary search, the Japanese meaning of "peach"
I often want to know both the English meanings of "peak". Therefore, as shown in FIG. 16, by simultaneously displaying the search results corresponding to the original sentence and the translated sentence, the exact meaning (image) can be grasped by one dictionary function, and the word and phrase can be easily recognized on the spot. Corrections can be made.

In addition, by setting in advance to select “Japanese dictionary” (English) for words in the original sentence (English) and “Thesaurus (Japanese)” for words in the translated sentence (Japanese), for example, It is also possible to search for a synonym of "peach" while grasping the meaning of the original word "peech".

Further, the word “peak” in the original sentence
Because it is considered that an operator who does a dictionary search instruction by specifying "peach" without specifying "" is susceptible to English, translate the content (English sentence) searched from "Japanese dictionary (English)" , May be displayed in Japanese.

Further, if a dictionary search is performed by designating "peak", the contents searched from the "Japanese dictionary (English)" are displayed in their original (English) language (since this operator can be judged to be strong in English). If a dictionary search is performed by designating "peach", the contents of the "Japanese dictionary (English)" may be translated and displayed (since this operator can be determined to be weak in English).

Next, a process of searching a dictionary of an original sentence (a so-called English-English dictionary) by specifying a Japanese word of a translated sentence will be described with reference to a flowchart shown in FIG.

The operator uses the input unit 14 (an input device such as a keyboard or a mouse) to start a dictionary function for searching for the word "peach" in the translation by designating the dictionary as "Japanese dictionary" (English). And

First, the dictionary function section 30 displays a heading (here, "peach") as a target word of the dictionary function at a predetermined position (step F1). After that, the dictionary function unit 30
The original word data ("peak") corresponding to the word designated as "search"("peach") is extracted from the link data storage buffer 24 (step F2).

The dictionary function unit 30 performs a dictionary search by using the “peach” as a keyword and referring to the dictionary for dictionary 32 (here, “Japanese dictionary (English)”) (step F 3). It is set in the translation input buffer 10 and instructs the translation processing unit 16 to translate (step F3).

The translation processing section 16 translates the search result stored in the translation input buffer 10 in response to an instruction from the dictionary function section 30, and sets the translation result in the translation output buffer 26 (step F4). .

The dictionary function unit 30 reads the word “pea” in the original sentence.
The translated text of the dictionary search result of "ch" and "peach" in the translation output buffer 26 is displayed at a predetermined position (step F5).

FIG. 20 shows the word “peak” in the original sentence.
And a screen displaying a translation of a search result from the “Japanese dictionary” of “peak”. Here, if the end key is pressed, the dictionary function ends (step F6), and nothing is performed unless the end key is pressed.

For example, when it is desired to know the nuances or the like peculiar to the original language, there is a case where the user wishes to activate the "Japanese dictionary (English)" by specifying the word in translation (Japanese). However, if the original English word is difficult and the operator is not good at English, or if post-processing (Post-Edit) is performed by displaying only the translation on the screen after performing the batch translation, the word being translated is In some cases, it is difficult to determine which word in the original sentence corresponds.

Even in such a case, by referring to the link data storage buffer 24, the word of the original sentence (English) corresponding to the word in the translated sentence can be easily and accurately found. English)) can be activated.

In the flowchart shown in FIG. 19, the search result of "Japanese dictionary (English)" is translated into Japanese and the result is displayed. However, similar to the processing shown in the flowchart of FIG. It may be displayed as it is.

The machine translation function (editing method after machine translation) of the machine translation device described above includes a floppy disk, hard disk, memory device, CD-ROM,
It can be stored and distributed on a storage medium such as an optical disk. The program stored in the storage medium is read and executed by a computer (CPU),
The operation of the computer is controlled according to the procedure of the flowchart used in the above description, and the post-machine translation editing method is realized.

[0100]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, the post-editing of the translated result is performed efficiently and accurately by making the dictionary function function by using the information used in performing the translation. It becomes possible.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining a process of generating information stored in a link data storage buffer 24 in the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing contents of data stored in a translation input buffer 10 and a translation output buffer 26 in the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a view showing an example of data stored in a link data storage buffer 24 based on the contents of the data shown in FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining the operation when the dictionary function is used during the editing of the translation result after the translation processing by the translation processing unit 16 in the embodiment is completed.

FIG. 6 is an exemplary view showing an example of a screen displaying a corresponding word in an original sentence when a dictionary function for searching a thesaurus is executed in the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining an operation of automatically registering a word in the translation dictionary after selecting a word from the thesaurus in the embodiment;

FIG. 8 is an exemplary view showing a screen example in which a search target candidate according to the embodiment is replaced with a selected heading from a heading selected at startup.

FIG. 9 is a view showing an example of a screen in a state in which a word specified first when a dictionary function in a translated sentence is activated in the present embodiment is replaced with a word specified by a user from dictionary search results.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart for explaining an operation in the case where the dictionary function according to the present embodiment is used and a next candidate for translation processing is also presented at the same time.

FIG. 11 is a view showing an example of a screen in which the part of speech of an original sentence extracted from the link data storage buffer 24 and the original form of the original sentence are displayed in the embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of a screen when one of “next” translations of “foxy” shown in FIG. 11 is selected.

FIG. 13 is an exemplary view showing an example of a screen when “namely” is selected from the candidates presented as synonyms of “sexy” shown in FIG. 12;

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a state in which a word designated at the time of activating the dictionary function in the translated sentence according to the embodiment has been replaced with “noble”;

FIG. 15 is a flowchart for explaining a process of activating a dictionary function of language A for a corresponding phrase in an original text when a dictionary is activated by designating a phrase in a translation in language B according to the embodiment;

FIG. 16 shows a translation input buffer 10 according to the present embodiment.
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing information stored in a translation output buffer 26;

17 is a diagram showing an example of data stored in a link data storage buffer 24 corresponding to the information stored in FIG.

FIG. 18 is a diagram showing an example of a screen on which a dictionary search result for a corresponding word is displayed when a dictionary function is used for a word in a translated sentence in the embodiment.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a process of searching a dictionary of an original sentence by designating a Japanese word of a translated sentence in the embodiment.

FIG. 20 is a view showing an example of a screen on which words in an original sentence and a translated sentence of a search result from a dictionary relating to the original sentence are displayed in the embodiment.

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 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Translation input buffer 12 ... External storage device 12a ... Document file 14 ... Input part 16 ... Translation processing part 18 ... Translation dictionary 20 ... Translation user dictionary 22 ... Translation learning dictionary 24 ... Link data storage buffer 26 ... Translation Output buffer 28 ... Display unit 30 ... Dictionary function unit 32 ... Dictionary

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[Claims] 1. An input buffer for translation for storing a character string of an original sentence in a language A to be translated, and a language referred to for translating a character string stored in the input buffer for translation, A translation dictionary in which information about language A and language B as a translation result is registered; and translating a character string of language A stored in the translation input buffer into a translation by a character string of language B with reference to the translation dictionary. Translation processing means, a translation output buffer for storing a character string of a translation obtained by translation by the translation processing means, a character string stored in the translation input buffer, and the translation output buffer A link data storage buffer for storing information used when the translation processing is performed by the translation processing means, the information including information indicating a relation between character strings stored therein; A dictionary dictionary in which a heading based on a character string to be searched and dictionary information corresponding to the heading are registered and a specific character specified for the character string stored in the translation output buffer When the dictionary processing is executed by the translation processing means corresponding to the specific character string by referring to the link data storage buffer while referring to the link data storage buffer while searching the dictionary dictionary headlines based on the columns, A machine translation device comprising: a dictionary function unit for acquiring and displaying used information. 2. The dictionary function unit, when a specific character string designated for the dictionary search is corrected using displayed information, registers the correction content in the translation dictionary. 2. The machine translation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: 3. The link data storage buffer stores character string information relating to a character string for each predetermined character string unit used when the translation processing is performed by the translation processing means, and translation information for each character string unit. The dictionary function unit includes the next candidate information indicating a next candidate, and displays the character string information and the next candidate information stored in the link data storage buffer in response to the designation of the specific character string. The machine translation device according to claim 1, wherein: 4. The dictionary function unit determines a character string in the original text corresponding to the specific character string by referring to the link data storage buffer, and uses the same character string to determine the dictionary dictionary for the language A of the original text. 2. The machine translation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the search is performed to obtain dictionary information. 5. The dictionary function unit determines a character string in the original text corresponding to the specific character string by referring to the link data storage buffer, and uses the same character string to determine the dictionary dictionary for the language A of the original text. 2. The machine translation device according to claim 1, wherein the dictionary information is obtained by searching for a word, and the obtained dictionary information is displayed after being translated into a character string of language B. 6. A character string of the original sentence in the language A to be translated is translated into a translated sentence by the character string of the language B with reference to a translation dictionary in which information on the language A and the language B to be translated is registered. Then, the information used at the time of executing the translation process is stored, including information indicating the relationship between the character string to be translated and the character string to be translated, and the character string to be translated is stored. Based on the specified character string specified by
The dictionary information corresponding to the specific character string is acquired from the dictionary dictionary registered in association with the dictionary information corresponding to the same heading, and the information used when executing the translation process corresponding to the specific character string A post-machine-translation editing method characterized by acquiring and displaying the same. 7. A character string of an original sentence in a language A to be translated is translated into a translation by a character string in a language B with reference to a translation dictionary in which information on the language A and a language B as a translation result is registered. Then, the information used at the time of executing the translation process is stored, including information indicating the relationship between the character string to be translated and the character string to be translated, and the character string to be translated is stored. Based on the specified character string specified by
The dictionary information corresponding to the specific character string is acquired from the dictionary dictionary registered in association with the dictionary information corresponding to the same heading, and the information used when executing the translation process corresponding to the specific character string A computer-readable recording medium storing a program for controlling a computer to acquire and display a program.