JPS62203267A - Mechanical translation system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To allow the operator to judge clearly the editing period peculiar to translation having instantaneity existing in the translation by providing a confirming indication means for representing the end of editing peculiar to translation to the translated sentence. CONSTITUTION:An editing control section 4 applies translation processing and when the translation is finished, a translated sentence candidate and auxiliary information obtained from a translation section 5 are fed to a display control section 7, where the translation is displayed. The translated sentence candidate is displayed at a position corresponding to an input original (left side of screen) in the translated sentence display region of the display control section 7 and when the auxiliary information exists, the translation is displayed with high brightness or inversely so as to allow the operator to identify it. When keying of each editing key exists from the state, the edition control section 4 detects it, and the edition processing corresponding to each key to a word or phrase indicated by a cursor is applied. Thus, the operator applies properly the input of the original and the editing processing of the translated sentence to obtain a translated sentence in a conversation way.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Technical field of invention] This invention relates to improvements in machine translation systems.

[Technical background of the invention and its problems]

In recent years, systems that automatically machine translate input original texts using computers have been attracting attention. This machine translation system basically analyzes the input original text by morphologically and syntactically and divides it into predetermined processing units such as imperial edicts (shun), and then searches a translation dictionary for each processing unit to find the corresponding translation. (translated phrase)
etc., and combine them according to predetermined translation rules to obtain the translated text.

However, it is extremely difficult to reliably obtain appropriate translations, partly because the technology for interpreting the meaning of natural languages has not yet been fully established.

For this reason, in the past, multiple translation candidates obtained as a result of translation were presented to the user, and the translation candidate selected and specified by the user as the most appropriate was output.
There remains a need for the user (operator) to re-edit the translation into an appropriate translation.

1. In order to perform translation-specific editing functions such as translation candidates, modification candidates, and information on multiple parts of speech, it is necessary to store a large amount of information.

[Object of the Invention] An object of the present invention is to provide a machine translation system that allows an operator to perform simple editing operations.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a machine translation system that clearly indicates when translation-specific editing functions are possible.

[Summary of the invention]

The present invention is characterized in that a translation system having a so-called interactive translation function in which the original text to be translated is translated while inputting it from a keyboard is provided with a confirmation instruction means for indicating that translation-specific editing has been completed for the translated text. shall be.

〔Effect of the invention〕

According to the present invention, the operator can clearly determine the editing timing specific to the instantaneous translation that exists in the translated text. It also makes it clear when to input the next original text.

Therefore, editing operations can be elegantly simplified and appropriate translation results can be easily produced.

[Embodiments of the invention]

FIG. 1 shows a notch machine 1i1 crystal R as an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 1 is an overall block diagram of the system. This system includes an input section 1 consisting of a keyboard, an original text storage section 2 that stores the input English text as the original text, a translation storage section 3 that stores the Japanese text corresponding to the input English text as the translated text, and controls the entire system. An editing control unit 4, a translation unit 5 that executes translation processing, and a translation unit m that stores knowledge information used in translation processing.
6. It is composed of a display control section 7 that controls the display of the original text, translated text, etc., a display section 8, and a printing section 9 that prints out the original text, translated text, etc. and outputs it as a hard copy.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the key layout of the input unit 1.

The input unit 1 is equipped with the following various keys in addition to character keys for English writing.

Translation instruction key: 100 General editing key = 101-104 Translation-specific edition East key: 110-113 Cursor key 2130-133 Confirmation key: 140 Zono Haku's key General editing keys include the following.

A deletion key 101 can be used to delete a word (idiom, character) indicated by the cursor.

The movement key 102 allows the word or the like indicated by the cursor to be moved to another position.

The copy key 103 allows the user to copy a word or the like indicated by the cursor.

Cancel key 104 allows editing key operations to be canceled.

The cursor keys are similar to these and include the following.

The movement key 130 allows the cursor to be moved up, down, left and right.

The unit switching key 131 is used to switch whether the cursor is displayed in units of vehicle distance or units of characters.

The area change key 132 allows the cursor in the original text or translated text display area to be changed to the other corresponding area.

The enlargement key 134 allows the range indicated by the cursor to be enlarged.

The following keys are unique to translation:

By using the translation key 110, if the translated word specified by the cursor has another translated word, this is displayed in the editing area, and the desired one can be selected and changed.

The modification can be changed using the key 111 by displaying different modification candidates.

If the original sentence has a different part of speech or different syntax, a translated text with different parts of speech or syntax can be obtained by using the different interpretation key 112.

Using the partial translation key 113, it is possible to edit a partial translation in which the entire translation has failed.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the screen layout of the display section 8. As shown in FIG. The input original text is displayed in the original text display area on the left side of the screen. The translated text obtained as a result of the translation process is displayed in the translated text display area on the right side of the screen at a position corresponding to the original text. Additionally, the editing area at the top of the screen can be used to display information necessary for various types of editing.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an example of the flow of dialog translation processing by the editing control unit 4. In interactive translation processing, the operator can input the original text and edit the corresponding translated text as appropriate. The editing control unit 4 performs steps 81 to S
In step 5, when some key input is input from the input section, corresponding processing is performed.

When the operator inputs the original text by operating the character keys, each character key is detected in step S3, and the corresponding character codes are sequentially set in the editing buffer (not shown) in the editing control unit 4 (step 38). . This input character is displayed on the display section 8 via the display control section 7. When the operator presses the translation instruction key 100 at any time, for example, when inputting the original text-sentence is completed, this key is detected in step S2, and the editing control unit 4 sends the original text in the editing buffer to the translation unit 5. Supply and perform translation processing (step 89)
. If editing such as correction, insertion, or deletion is required during the original writing, move the cursor to the desired editing location using the cursor keys, then press the insert key 101 and the delete key 10.
By pressing an edit key such as No. 2, it is determined in step S4 whether it is an edit key specific to translation, and general edit display control processing is performed (step 37). When the translation is completed, the translated text is displayed at the position corresponding to the original text (step 5).
1(4).

The operator can modify the translated text displayed on the display section 8.
When performing translation-specific editing such as part of speech, translated word, etc., press an editing key specific to translation such as change modification, change part of speech, or change translated word, and it is determined in step s4 that it is an editing key specific to translation. This is a sentence that has been edited and confirmed in step S5, but it is determined. If the sentence has already been edited, the operator is notified by an error message (step 511). In the case of a sentence that has just been translated, editing processing specific to translation is performed (step 36).

Even in the case of sentences for which editing has already been confirmed, general editing keys other than translation-specific editing keys can be determined in step S4 for all translated sentences.

The operator presses the edit confirmation key 12 for the translated sentence.
When the key 0 is pressed, this key is detected in step S1, and confirmation processing in step 812 is performed.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the flow of translation processing in the translation section 5.

The morphological analysis unit (351) applies rules and
Using the irregular change dictionary 6a, words with changes in their endings, etc. are converted into their original forms (basic forms).

The dictionary search unit (352) searches the single item/idiom dictionary 6b for each word constituting the input original text, and obtains information such as its part of speech and translated words.

The analysis control unit (853) performs a process of sending translation candidates to the syntactic analysis unit.

The syntax analysis unit (S54) analyzes the syntax of the translation candidate using the analysis grammar 6G and generates the structure of an English sentence.

If the analysis fails, the process returns to the analysis control section.

A structure conversion unit (855) converts an English structure into a Japanese structure using the conversion grammar 6d. If rejected, the process returns to the parsing section.

The syntax generator (85B>
Determine the Japanese word order from the structure of h and convert it into a single item sequence.

The morpheme generation unit (357) completes the translated sentence by changing the ending of the word ``1↓'' using the morpheme generation grammar 6f.

Each of the above-mentioned processing units outputs a signal to the editing control unit 4 at the time of starting processing.

Referring again to FIG. 4, the editing control unit 4 performs translation processing in step S9, and when the translation is completed, the process proceeds to step SIO, where it sends the translation candidates and auxiliary information obtained from the translation unit 5 to the display control unit 7, and displays the translated text. (Step 3 io).

The display control unit 7 displays the translation candidate in the translation display area at a position corresponding to the input original text (on the left side of the screen), and if there is auxiliary information, displays the translation with high brightness or in reverse video so that the operator can It is made so that it can be identified.

In this state, when each editing key is pressed, the editing 11 and yaku section 4 detects this in step S71, and performs the editing process corresponding to each key on the edict or shun indicated by the cursor at this time. (Step S7 or 36).

Therefore, the operator can interactively obtain a translated text by manually editing the original text and editing the translated text as appropriate.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing another example of the processing of the translation control unit 4.

Here, an example will be explained in which editing processing and translation processing are processed asynchronously. That is, even if the editing of a certain sentence is not completed, the translation unit 5 can perform translation processing in advance if there is an input original sentence.

In the flowchart of FIG. 6, C, S, T.

The symbols N are respectively C...Sentence number indicated by the cursor S...Sentence number being translated■...Sentence number for which translation has been completed N...Does not indicate the sentence number of the original text. A counter (not shown) that stores each sentence number determines whether the character key and edit key are valid.

When the confirmation key 140 is detected in step 321, the sentence number S being translated is added in step 828. If you press a character key after the sentence number that the confirmation key confirms before pressing the key,
There is a mismatch between the sentence number C indicated by the cursor and the sentence number S being translated (
step 531) and the sentence number C indicated by the cursor
, the sentence number N of the original human power matches (step 836), and an error message is displayed (step 337).
) L. Inform the operator that the original text cannot be entered because it has not yet been verified. If the number C indicated by the cursor indicates another sentence, the input character is processed in step 334.

When the translation instruction key 100 is detected in step 322, the state of the sentence requested for translation is ascertained.

The timing at which the translation instruction key 100 is pressed is as follows (Q
There are cases of ~ (to).

) Make corrections to the original text for sentences that have already been translated,
Step 338 and step 33 if retranslation is requested
Condition determination is performed in step 9.

0 When a translation request is made and the translation key is pressed again during translation, a condition determination is performed in step 340.

(C) Now that the input of the original text has been completed, translation M (if required, performs step (2) above when the condition is not 0).

Here, in the translation request in step 341, by adding the input number N of the original sentence, the translation of the requested sentence is completed, and until the operator confirms this sentence, it will not match the sentence number S being translated. , new original authorship will not be possible.

Next, translation interruption will be explained.

If characters are input to the original text after pressing the translation key but before the translation is finished, determination is made in steps 331 to S33, and the translation is interrupted.

First, in step 331, a comparison is made to see if the sentence number C for which the character key was pressed matches the sentence number S being translated. If they match, it is determined in step 832 whether the translation has been completed. In step 333, the translated sentence is confirmed, and it is determined whether the next original sentence is humanly written or not. Steps 331-834
This logic is also incorporated within the general editing display system tm processing at step 330 (not shown). If the operator makes any modifications to the original text, such as deletion or correction, the translation is similarly interrupted. Translation-specific editing keys are in step S2
If detected in Step 5, the sentence number S being translated is compared with the sentence number T for which translation has been completed in step 826, and if they match, step S27 is permitted and editing processing specific to translation becomes possible.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the key arrangement of an input section used in an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the screen layout of the display unit used in an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an example of the flow of translation processing used in one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 6 is a diagram showing another example of the flow of processing of the editing control section used in one embodiment of the present invention. . 1: Input section 2: Original text storage section 3: Translation storage section 4: 8 Concentration section 5: Translation section 6: Translation dictionary 8: Display section 9: Printing section 140: Confirmation key agent Patent attorney Nori Chika Ken Yudo Take Flower Kikuo Kaya 4-ro (start of use) Fig. 5

Claims (4)

[Claims] (1) An input section that has at least a character key, a general editing key, and a translation-specific editing key; an original text storage section that stores the original text to be translated that is input from this input section; and knowledge information used for translation processing. a translation dictionary unit that stores a translation dictionary unit; a translation unit that executes a translation process of the input original text using the contents of the translation dictionary unit; a translation storage unit that stores a translation obtained as a result of the translation process; and a display unit for displaying a translated text, and a translation editing unit for controlling these and editing the original text or translated text displayed on the display unit in accordance with the operation of each of the editing keys, The machine translation system is characterized in that the input unit further includes confirmation instruction means for instructing confirmation of a translated text corresponding to the original text displayed on the display unit. (2) The machine translation system according to claim 1, wherein the translation editing section enables input of the next original text in response to an instruction from the confirmation instruction means. (3) The translation editing section has means for prohibiting processing corresponding to the translation-specific editing key on the translated text after receiving the instruction from the confirmation instruction means. The machine translation system described in item 1. (4) The machine translation system according to claim 3, wherein the translation editing section performs processing corresponding to the general editing key even after receiving an instruction from the confirmation instruction means.