JPS62271056A - Dictionary register system for translation device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable even an ordinary user having no high-grade grammatical knowledge to produce a user dictionary in a comparatively simple way, by registering selectively the words to a dictionary file in plural steps via the user. CONSTITUTION:When a user dictionary 22U is produced, an operator selects a dictionary register key on a keyboard 1 to actuate a dictionary editing device 25 to attain the dictionary register. In the 1st step of registration the basic information, i.e., the minimum necessary dictionary and grammatical information on the register words are supplied. Then the input processing is carried out for the detailed information if the register process of the 2nd step is selected. Thus the numeric expression, i.e., only singular, only plural or both singular and plural are supplied in accordance with the contents of the display screen of a CRT 4. Then the inherent origin of the register word, the relative information with verbs and the relative information with adjectives are inputted. All these input information can be registered to the file of the dictionary 22U. Thus even an ordinary user having no high-grade grammatical knowledge can produce the dictionary 22U in a comparatively simple way.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention 3. Detailed Description of the Invention This invention relates to a dictionary registration method in a translation device using a computer system.

In recent years, various automatic or semi-automatic translation devices using computer systems have been developed.

In such translation devices, dictionary information registered in advance in a dictionary file and analysis rules stored in an analysis rule file are generally applied to the original text input through an input device such as a keyboard or an optical character reader. Use morphological analysis.

Translation processing is performed by executing translation processes such as syntax analysis, structural conversion, and translation generation, and the translated text that is the translation result is displayed on a display or printed out using a printer.

Dictionaries used in such translation devices include a system dictionary, nine field-specific dictionaries, and a user dictionary.

There are also temporary dictionaries.

Among these, the system dictionary is the most basic dictionary, in which 1 dictionary-like grammatical information regarding a considerable number of commonly used words is registered, and is generally prepared by the manufacturer and provided with f#.

The field-specific dictionary is a list of 310 terms used in each specialized field, and is created by the manufacturer and provided as an option.

A user dictionary is created by registering words uniquely required by a user in a user dictionary file using a translation device, and is the object of the present invention.

The temporary dictionary is also created by the user and is not registered in the user dictionary, but is a dictionary in which information necessary for translation is temporarily registered.

In the translation device, translation accuracy can be improved not only by using a system dictionary or a field-specific dictionary prepared in advance by the manufacturer, but also by allowing the user to create and use his or her own user dictionary. In that case, it is better to input as much grammatical information as possible regarding the word to be registered in the dictionary.

However, in order to register a word:f in conventional translation devices, it is generally necessary to enter data for all necessary registration items, so it is difficult for users who do not have specialized grammar knowledge. The operation was cumbersome and even painful.

This invention was made in view of this background, and aims to make it relatively easy even for general users who do not have advanced grammatical knowledge to create a user dictionary in a U translation device. The purpose is to

■-Precept In order to achieve the above object, this invention registers the minimum necessary dictionary bigrammatical information regarding the word to be registered, as shown in Figure 1, when the user registers a word in a dictionary file. The process is divided into a first stage registration process A and a second stage registration process B in which more detailed information is registered, and a stage C in which it is selected whether or not to perform the second stage registration process B.
To provide a dictionary i registration method that provides a dictionary.

Hereinafter, a detailed explanation will be given based on one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an external perspective view showing an example of the system configuration of an English-Japanese automatic translation device embodying the present invention.

This system uses alphanumeric keys as input device.

a keyboard which has character keys such as kana keys and function keys such as cursor movement keys, and which inputs operator instructions; an image scanner 2 which optically scans a document and inputs image information including characters as image data; The image scanner 2 includes an optical character recognition device 3 that converts image data read by the image scanner 2 into character code data.

The image scanner 2 and the optical character recognition device 3 constitute an optical character reading bag (OCR).

Additionally, there is a CRT display device (hereinafter simply referred to as "display J") 4 which is a display means for displaying various information including guidance for the operator, and an output device which prints out the translated text translated by the main body 6 of this translation device. It is equipped with a printer 5 such as a Seazab 1j printer.

The main body 6 has a computer function and is equipped with a hard disk. (HDD) 7 and a floppy disk device (FDD) 8.

Fig. 3 is a block diagram showing the system 11 of this English-Japanese automatic translation 'JA Hyaku, and each function of the main body 6 is explained as follows.
. . section" is shown as a functional block.

The control unit 10 centrally controls the operation of the entire system, and includes a central processing unit [(CPU) ζ program memory].
It is a minicomputer consisting of (ROM), data memory (RAM), etc.

The input device 11 is a device for inputting an English manuscript 12 to be translated into Japanese, and is an optical character reading bag [(OCR) consisting of a keyboard 1, an image scanner 2, and an optical character recognition device 3 shown in FIG. The input is performed by key input by an operator or by reading English text recorded on paper.

Note that this input device 11 is an HD provided in the main body 6.
D7 or FDI] 3 can also be used to directly read English data recorded on a storage medium such as a magnetic disk.

The English manuscript <n sentences) inputted by the input device 11 is read into the pre-editing section 171 and pre-processed for translation.5 Here, sentence recognition and unknown word processing are mainly performed. This functions as part of morphological analysis.

The pre-edited English text data is transferred to the morphological analysis unit 14 together with the information obtained in the pre-editing. Morphological analysis section 14
Then, the word dictionary stored in the dictionary file 22 is indexed, the input English sentence data is divided into sentences, and the morphemes of each English sentence are analyzed.

In other words, it identifies the morphological and semantic features of each sentence, determines syntactic clusters, processes unknown words, and identifies proper nouns.
We perform various groupings such as "unit", which is a collection of words that is the smallest unit of the translation process, including expressions of time and number, and "block", which is a collection of larger words. It also processes entire sentences such as certification.

Morphological analysis rules used at that time are stored in the analysis rule file 23.

The morphologically analyzed English text data is transferred to the syntactic analysis unit 15 together with the dictionary information obtained through the morphological analysis.

This parsing part 1 15 is, for example, a context-free grammar (con
This is a functional unit that applies the rules of text-free grammar (cfg grammar) to English data to analyze the surface structure of a single sentence and find all syntactic possibilities. Then, the English data that has been parsed (barsed) here is parsed together with the parsing information. Part 1
Sent to 6.

Here, a solution is selected from the superficial analysis result by the syntax analysis unit 15 by applying the structural description.

By doing so, we create a reliable parse tree of the English sentence and create its structure. The syntax analysis rules are also stored in the M analysis rule file 23.

The English data parsed by the syntactic analysis unit 16 is transferred to the structure conversion unit 17 as parse tree data.

Here, a corresponding Japanese syntax tree is created from a syntax tree that is an intermediate structure of an English sentence, and a Japanese sentence is converted into a Japanese basic structure that is easy to translate.

The syntax tree data indicating the Japanese syntax tree whose structure has been converted in this way is sent to the translation generation unit 18, where a translation is generated. This is a function that generates Japanese sentences from the tree structure of Japanese syntax trees.

First, to match the word order to that in Japanese.

Syntax generation is performed to change the tree structure by permuting the order, and morpheme generation is first performed to generate a translated sentence.

The translated Japanese text data, that is, the translated text data, is sent to the post-editing section 1S. Here, the translation result obtained by this device is corrected using the information used in the translation process to complete a more accurate and natural Japanese sentence.

This Japanese sentence data is transferred to the output device 20 and output as a translated Japanese sentence 21.

This output device 20 includes, for example, the printer 5, display 4, etc. shown in FIG. and HDD7. Includes a file storage device such as FDD8.

The flow of these series of translation processes is controlled by a control unit 10 that controls the entire apparatus.

In this embodiment, the dictionary file 22 is composed of word dictionaries such as the aforementioned system dictionary, specialized field dictionary, and user dictionary in which dictionary information about English and Japanese words is registered.

Note that in FIG. 3, an operation display section 24 is connected to the control section 10. This operation display section 24 is.

The operator gives various instructions to this device.

For example, the operation unit has various operation keys such as translation instruction keys and cursor movement keys, and the display unit displays input English sentences, translated Japanese sentences, intermediate data such as dictionary information, and various instructions for the operator. It has a display to display.

However, as shown in FIG. 2, when the input device 11 is equipped with a keyboard, this operation display section 24 displays the keyboard 1, and when the output bag @ 20 is equipped with the display 4, the display 4 is displayed. Each can be used.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing only the portions related to the present invention in the above-mentioned English-Japanese automatic translation device.

To explain this, the keyboard 1 is used as an input means for specifying the dictionary registration function and inputting various information on registered words.
, a dictionary editing device 25 that edits the input information so that it can be registered in a dictionary, a display 4 that displays the edited content and input information from the keyboard 1, and a dictionary editing device! 25, and a user dictionary file 22U in which dictionary data edited by 25 is registered.

The functions of the dictionary editing device 25 are executed by a minicomputer that constitutes the control unit 10 in FIG.

Next, a specific example of dictionary registration according to this embodiment will be explained.

This will be explained with reference to flowcharts of information input by the operator shown in FIGS. 5 to 7 and displays on the display shown in FIGS. 8 to 14.

When the operator selects the dictionary registration key on the keyboard 1, the dictionary iF editing device (dictionary editor) 25 shown in FIG. 4 is activated to enable n* registration.

Therefore, the operator starts inputting the basic information shown in the flowchart in Figure 5 from keyboard 1. First, the registered word (
If you enter the original form of an English word (in this example), and then enter the part of speech of that word, that information will be added to the entry (M form).
The information is written into the user dictionary 22U as information and part-of-speech information.

The subsequent input processing differs depending on the part of speech input earlier, and in the case of one noun, the process proceeds to the input process shown in FIG. 6, and in the case of an adjective, the process proceeds to the input process shown in FIG. 7. Flowcharts for other parts of speech are omitted.

For example, as shown in Figures 8 and 9, (d
If you input ogl or (knifs) and input [1] as the part of speech, that is, a noun, the 61st! Proceeding to the input process shown in I, the plural form is input next, but in order to facilitate the operator's input, the iF editing device 2
5 estimates the plural form and displays it as estimated information.

In other words, in the example of FIG. 3, (d
ogs), and (knifes) in the example of Figure 9, if it is correct as in the case of Figure 8.

The operator simply presses the line feed key without inputting anything, and the estimated information is registered as plural information, and a line feed mark "p" is displayed at the end of the line.

When the estimated information is incorrect as in the case of Figure S,
If you correct it, enter the correct plural form (knivesl) and press the new line key, it will be registered.

Next, the translation of the registered word (Japanese: in the example in Figure 8, [dog],
In the example of FIG. 9, [knife]) and its part of speech (selected using number keys 1 to 6; in this example, it is a noun, so [1]) are entered and registered.

Up to this point, the first stage of registration processing is completed by inputting basic information, which is the minimum required dictionary and 9 grammatical information regarding the registered word.

Then select [Enter detailed information?] "In response to the question "S.
If you select (N) as shown in the figure, this word 1! The registration process ends. When (Y) is selected as shown in FIG. 8, the display screen of the display 4 changes as shown in FIG. 10 so that more detailed information can be entered and the second stage registration process can be performed.

When inputting detailed information, follow the display contents in Figure 10, first for number tables (a) for singular numbers only, and (b) for plural numbers only.

(c) Enter whether it is both, but since it is usually both, C is displayed in brackets as estimated information.
If it is correct, press the line feed key to proceed, and only if it is incorrect, select a or b with the alphabetic keys and enter it.

Next, answer the question YES (Yl or No (N)) about the intrinsic feature of the registered word on the display screen.
Enter the information sequentially in a conversational manner by answering the following questions.

Furthermore, as information related to verbs, enter up to five verbs when this noun becomes a subject and five verbs when this noun becomes an object.

Finally, as information related to adjectives, up to five adjectives that modify this noun are input, and the detailed information input process is completed.

All of the information input in this way can be registered in the user dictionary file, but it may also be simply stored in the memory as a temporary dictionary without being registered in this file.

Returning to FIG. 5, when the registered word is an adjective such as (good), the display on the display 4 becomes as shown in FIG. 11, and from then on, input information according to the flowchart in FIG. 7. .

First, we input the comparative and superlative as conjugations, but in order to make this easier, we input 5core and jhe w as estimated information for the comparative and superlative in advance, as shown in Figure 11.
The same as the original (good) is displayed after as7.

If this is correct, all you have to do is press the Y key, but in this example it is not correct, so press the N key and add rerJ to the original form as estimated information for the comparative (g
aoder) and rest in the original form as the superlative estimated information
[αoodssj,] with J added is displayed, so
If this is correct, you can finish inputting and proceed by simply pressing the newline key.

However, in this example it is incorrect, so for correction input []
Comparatives (bett, or) and superlatives (bes) are correct in
t) respectively.

Next, enter [Good] as the translation word, and select the part of speech of the translation word from 1 to 6.
Use the number keys to select (3 in this example) and enter.

Furthermore, since [Not Good] is displayed as the negative estimate information, if it is correct, press the Y key, if incorrect, press the N key to complete the first stage registration process by inputting the basic information.

If you answer (N) to the question "Do you want to enter detailed information?", you will finish entering information for dictionary registration, and if you answer [Y], you will be prompted to enter more detailed information and register. The display changes as shown in FIG.

Therefore, first of all, the usage is (a) prefix usage only.

Enter either (b) complement usage only or (C) both, but normally both are used, so C will be displayed in [ ] as estimated information. If it is correct, press the new line key to proceed and it will be correct. You only need to select and input a or b if it is not available.

Next, input whether the postfix adjective is possible by selecting a (acceptable) or h (impossible), and finally input up to five nouns that can be associated with this adjective to complete the input of detailed information.

This climb #! Complete the information input for dictionary registration regarding the word.

A flowchart corresponding to Figure 6 or Figure 7 for the case where the part of speech of the @word is a verb is not shown, but for example, you can enter basic information according to the screen shown in Figure 13, and then enter more detailed information. When entering information, please enter the
Dictionary registration can be performed in the same way by sequentially inputting information according to the display screen shown in FIG.

Although the explanation for proper nouns and adverbs will be omitted, the first stage registration process involves inputting basic information, and the second stage registration process involves inputting more detailed information, depending on the operator's selection.
Dictionary registration can be performed by performing step-by-step registration processing.

In this embodiment, in order to make it easier for the user (operator) to input information, estimated information is displayed as much as possible, and information to be input is displayed so that it can be selected with a single key. It doesn't have to be this way.

Furthermore, this invention is not limited to the registration of a user dictionary in an English-Japanese automatic translation device, but also the registration of a user dictionary in an English-Japanese automatic translation device.
Alternatively, the present invention can be similarly applied to registration of a user dictionary in a translation device that automatically or semi-automatically translates from Japanese to various foreign languages.

As explained above, if the dictionary registration method according to the present invention is implemented, words can be registered in the user dictionary file in the translation device only in the first stage or in the second stage depending on the grammatical knowledge of the operator. At least the first step of registering basic information can be easily performed even without specialized grammar knowledge.

Therefore, it becomes easy to improve translation accuracy by utilizing the user dictionary.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a flow diagram showing the configuration of the present invention. Fig. 2 is a system configuration diagram of an English-Japanese automatic translation device implementing this invention, and Fig. 3 is a block diagram of the entire system. FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a part related to this invention, FIGS. 5 to 7 are flowcharts of information input by an operator showing a specific example of dictionary registration according to this invention, and FIGS. 8 to 14 are similar diagrams. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating different examples of display screens on a display when inputting information. 1...Keyboard 2...Image scanner 3.
・・Optical character recognition device 4・CRT display unit W (display) 5・
... Printer 6 ... Main unit 7 ... Hard disk unit @ (HDD) 8 ... Floppy disk device g (FDD) '22 ... Dictionary file 22tJ ... User dictionary file 25 ... Dictionary editing device Figure 1 Figure 4 Figure 5 Figure 6 Figure 7 Figure 8 Figure 9 Figure 10 Figure 12

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. In a translation device that performs translation processing on an input original text using dictionary information registered in advance in a dictionary file, a word to be registered is registered in the dictionary file by a user. The first step is to register the minimum required dictionary and grammatical information, and the second step is to register more detailed information. A dictionary registration method characterized in that it is possible to select whether or not.