WO2020121510A1

WO2020121510A1 - Display assistance program, computer-readable storage medium for storing same, display assistance method, and display assistance device

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Publication number: WO2020121510A1
Application number: PCT/JP2018/046055
Authority: WO
Inventors: 晃治青山
Original assignee: 三菱電機株式会社
Priority date: 2018-12-14
Filing date: 2018-12-14
Publication date: 2020-06-18
Also published as: JPWO2020121510A1

Abstract

This display assistance program extracts, from a resource file (330), a first display character string prepared in a first language, when the resource file (330) is in an unprepared display language; requests a translation unit to translate the extracted first display character string in a natural language that is different from the first language; acquires, from the translation unit, a second display character string translated in correspondence to the first display character string; and executes, in a computer (1), displaying of the second display character string acquired from the translation unit at a position at which a display identifier (50) in display screen data (331), which indicates a specific position on a screen of a display device (16), is set.

Description

Display support program, computer-readable storage medium storing the program, display support method, and display support apparatus

The present invention relates to a display support program, a computer-readable storage medium storing the program, a display support method, and a display support device.

Conventionally, an application program having an execution file and a resource file containing a message related to the execution file is known.

In Patent Document 1, a resource having a language code identifier of a display language selected by the user from among a plurality of resource files when a user selects a natural language for interacting with a computer as a display language and executes an execution file. It is disclosed that the message is displayed in the display language selected by the user by calling the file. Thereby, not only the message can be displayed when the execution file is executed by the specific natural language selected by the first user among the plurality of natural languages, but the natural language different from the display language of the first user selected by the second user is displayed. It is an application program that can display messages depending on the language.

Although it is not the selection of the display language of the application program, in Patent Document 2, the user specifies the translation range by the original sentence reading start symbol and the original sentence reading end symbol in the translated original sentence, and only the character string in the designated range A machine translation device for translating is disclosed.

Japanese Patent Publication No. 8-504981 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-320396

In Patent Document 1, when the resource file corresponding to the display language selected by the user does not exist, the default language is selected, and therefore the display of the display character string such as a message using a natural language in which the resource file is not prepared in advance. Is not possible, and convenience will be reduced depending on the destination. Further, in order to deal with all natural languages, it is necessary to prepare resource files corresponding to all natural languages in advance, which causes a problem that it takes a lot of time to make the resource files multilingual.

In Patent Document 2, the user needs to specify the translation range with the original text reading start symbol and the original text reading end symbol when performing machine translation into a favorite natural language, and therefore the display displayed by executing the application program The user has to specify the range of the character string on the screen, which causes a problem that it takes time to machine-translate the character string such as a message.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, without performing the operation of specifying the translation range of the display character string, simply by preparing a resource file corresponding to a part of natural language in advance. An object of the present invention is to provide a display support program capable of displaying a natural language display character string not prepared as a file, a computer-readable storage medium storing the program, a display support method, and a display support device.

In the display support program according to the first aspect of the present invention, i) the display language that is the language used for the display character string displayed on the screen of the display device is prepared in a resource file that is a file including the display character string. A language determining step of determining whether the language is a first language which is a natural language corresponding to a first display character string which is a display character string or a second language which is a natural language different from the first language; ) An extraction step of reading the first display character string from the resource file when the display language is the second language, and iii) a translation unit for translating the first display character string extracted in the extraction step into the second language. A request for translation to iv), iv) an acquisition step of acquiring from the translation unit a second display character string, which is a display character string in which the first display character string is translated into the second language, and v) display. A display step of displaying a second display character string at a position where a display identifier, which is an identifier indicating a specific position of the screen displayed on the display device in the display screen data which is data displayed on the screen of the device, is set. , Is executed by a computer.

In the display support method according to the second aspect of the invention, i) the display language, which is the language used for the display character string displayed on the screen of the display device, is prepared in a resource file that is a file including the display character string. A language determining step of determining whether the language is a first language which is a natural language corresponding to a first display character string which is a display character string or a second language which is a natural language different from the first language; ) An extraction step of reading out the first display character string from the resource file when the display language is the second language, and iii) a translation unit for translating the first display character string extracted in the extraction step into the second language. Requesting a translation to the user, iii) an acquisition step of acquiring a second display character string, which is a display character string in which the first display character string is translated into a second language, from the translation unit, and iv) a display device When performing control to display the display screen data, which is the data displayed on the screen of the display device, on the display device, a display identifier that is an identifier indicating a specific position of the screen displayed on the display device is set in the display screen data. And a display step of displaying the second display character string at a different position.

A display support device according to a third aspect of the present invention is data including i) a display device and ii) a display identifier that is an identifier indicating a specific position where a display character string is displayed on a screen displayed on the display device. A storage device that stores certain display screen data and a resource file that is a file including a first display character string that is a display character string prepared corresponding to a display identifier; and iii) is displayed on the screen of the display device. The display language, which is the language used for the display character string, is the first language, which is the natural language corresponding to the first display character string prepared in the resource file, or a natural language different from the first language. A language determination unit that determines whether the language is a certain second language, and iv) an extraction unit that reads out the first display character string from the resource file when the display language is the second language, and v) is extracted by the extraction unit. And a request unit that requests translation from a translation unit that translates the first display character string into a second language, and vi) a second display character that is a display character string in which the first display character string is translated into the second language. An acquisition unit that acquires the string from the translation unit, and vii) a display control unit that displays the second display character string at a specific position on the screen displayed on the display device in the display screen data.

In the display support program, the display support method, and the display support device of the first to third inventions, the display language used for the display character string to be displayed on the screen of the display device is a natural language for which a resource file is not prepared. Even if it is the second language, the translation unit translates the first display character string of the first language for which the resource file is prepared in advance to acquire the second display character string of the second language, Since the second display character string is displayed at the position where the display identifier indicating the specific position of the screen displayed on the display device is set in the display screen data displayed on the screen, the translation range of the display character string is specified. By only preparing a resource file corresponding to a part of the natural language in advance without performing any operation, the display identifier is set for the second display character string of the second language which is the natural language not prepared as the resource file. It has the effect that it can be displayed at a specific position.

It is a figure which shows the structure of the control system provided with the display assistance apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the hardware constitutions of the control apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the hardware constitutions of the computer which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the program structure of the engineering tool which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing functional blocks in a state where the engineering tool according to the first embodiment of the present invention is stored in a storage device of a computer. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen data which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen data which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen data which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the resource file of the 1st language (Japanese) which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the resource file of the 1st language (English) which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the resource file of the 1st language (Chinese) which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen which matched the display character string of the 1st language (Japanese) with the display identifier in the display screen data which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen which matched the display character string of the 1st language (Japanese) with the display identifier in the display screen data which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen which matched the display character string of the 1st language (Japanese) with the display identifier in the display screen data which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the hardware constitutions of the translation server which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the functional block of the translation server which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the display language selection screen displayed on the display device of the computer which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. 3 is a flowchart showing a setting process of display language setting information executed by the computer according to the first embodiment of the present invention. 3 is a flowchart showing a display control process executed by the computer according to the first embodiment of the present invention. 5 is a flowchart showing a translation process executed by the translation server according to the first embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen which matched the display character string of the 2nd language (French) with the display identifier in the display screen data which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen which matched the display character string of the 2nd language (French) with the display identifier in the display screen data which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. 9 is a flowchart showing an outline of a display-related process executed by the computer according to the second embodiment of the present invention. 9 is a flowchart showing a resource file addition process executed by the computer according to the second embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows the resource file of the 2nd language (French) which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is the figure which added the 2nd language (French) which concerns on the modification of Embodiment 2 of this invention to the resource file. 9 is a flowchart showing a resource file update process executed by a computer according to the second embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows the display screen of the update process of the resource file in Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the updated resource file (French) of the 2nd language which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the display language selection screen displayed on the display device of the computer which concerns on Embodiment 3 of this invention. 9 is a flowchart showing a display language setting information setting process executed by the computer according to the third embodiment of the present invention. 9 is a flowchart showing a translation source language selection process executed by a computer according to the third embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 13 is a systematic diagram of language groups used in the language group determination processing according to the third embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows the table in which the translation source language which concerns on Embodiment 4 of this invention was preset.

Embodiment 1.
A display support program, a display support method, and a display support device according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 22.

The control system provided with the display support device according to the first embodiment of the present invention constitutes equipment in the field of FA (Factory Automation), and as shown in FIG. 1, a computer 1 equipped with a display support program is installed. And a PLC (Programmable Logic Controller) 2 that is an external device connected to the computer 1, and a plurality of devices 3 such as an industrial robot, a temperature sensor, and an emergency stop button that are connected to the PLC 2. Then, the computer 1 can be connected to a first translation server 5 and a second translation server 6 which are translation servers that provide translation services via a communication network 4 such as the Internet. In the first embodiment, the control system includes three devices 3, but the number of devices 3 may be other than three, and at least one device 3 may be provided. Two translation servers connected to the communication network 4, the first translation server 5 and the second translation server 6, are shown, but the number of translation servers may be one or more. Hereinafter, it is not necessary to distinguish between the first translation server 5 and the second translation server 6, and when the translation servers connected to the communication network 4 are collectively described, they may be referred to as

translation servers

5 and 6. is there.

The computer 1 is connected to the device 3 via the PLC 2. The computer 1 generates a control program executed by the PLC 2 and sends it to the PLC 2. The PLC 2 controls the device 3 by executing the control program. Further, the computer 1 acquires the information on the device 3 from the PLC 2.

The hardware configuration of PLC2 will be explained using FIG. The PLC 2 has a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 21 that executes a control program, a memory 22 that is a RAM (Random Access Memory) connected to the CPU 21 via an internal bus 26, and a first communication I that communicates with the computer 1. /F (Interface) 23, a second communication I/F 24 to which the connection line 7 connected to the device 3 is connected, and a storage unit 25 that stores a control program. The CPU 21, the memory 22, the first communication I/F 23, the second communication I/F 24, and the storage unit 25 are connected via an internal bus 26. The second communication I/F 24 includes an A/D (Analog-to-Digital) conversion circuit and a D/A (Digital-to-Analog) conversion circuit, and when the input signal from the device 3 is an analog signal. , The received analog signal is converted into a digital signal, and when the output signal to the device 3 is an analog signal, the digital signal is converted into an analog signal and transmitted. When the input signal from the device 3 is a digital signal, the second communication I/F 24 receives the input signal without passing through the A/D conversion circuit, and the output signal to the device 3 is a digital signal. In this case, the second communication I/F 24 sends the output signal without going through the D/A conversion circuit.

The storage unit 25 stores the control program received from the computer 1. In the first embodiment, the storage unit 25 is a flash memory, SSD (Solid State Drive), or HDD (Hard Disk Drive), but is not limited to flash memory, SSD, or HDD. The storage unit 25 may be an external storage device connectable to the PLC 2.

The hardware configuration of the computer 1 will be described with reference to FIG. The computer 1 executes an application program on an OS (Operating System) 60, and includes a CPU 11, a RAM 12, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 13, a storage device 14, an input device 15, and a display device 16. And a communication I/F 17 are included. The CPU 11, RAM 12, ROM 13, storage device 14, input device 15, display device 16, and communication I/F 17 are connected via an internal bus 18.

The CPU 11 is an execution processing device that executes a program stored in the ROM 13 and the storage device 14 while using the RAM 12 as a work area. The programs stored in the ROM 13 are BIOS (Basic Input Output System) or UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface), but the programs stored in the ROM 13 are not limited to BIOS or UEFI. In the first embodiment, the programs stored in the storage device 14 are the operating system program and the engineering tool 30, but the programs stored in the storage device 14 are not limited to the operating system program and the engineering tool 30. Although the storage device 14 is the SSD or the HDD in the first embodiment, the storage device 14 is not limited to the SSD or the HDD.

The input device 15 receives an operation input from the user. Although the input device 15 is the keyboard or the mouse in the first embodiment, the input device 15 is not limited to the keyboard or the mouse. The display device 16 displays a display character string such as a message and a screen. In the first embodiment, the display device 16 is exemplified by a liquid crystal display device. The communication I/F 17 communicates with the first communication I/F unit 23 of the PLC 2 using a communication protocol such as TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol), for example. The computer 1 is connected to the plurality of devices 3 by connecting the communication I/F 17 to the PLC 2. In this way, the computer 1 is connected to at least one or more devices 3. The communication I/F 17 can be connected to the communication network 4 such as the Internet, and is connected to the

translation servers

5 and 6 that provide the translation service via the communication network 4.

Next, the engineering tool 30 which is the display support program according to the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5.

The engineering tool 30 is an application program stored in the storage device 14 of the computer 1 and executed by the computer 1. As shown in FIG. 4, the engineering tool 30 calls an execution file 31 which is a program body for realizing the functions of the engineering tool 30 by being executed by the computer 1, and a data file 33 when the execution file 31 is executed. A DLL file (Dynamic Link Library) 32 for storing the data and the data called by the DLL file 32 are saved, and the information obtained by reading from the memory 22 or the storage unit 25 of the PLC 2 or the information obtained from the device 3 is saved. And a data file 33 for executing.

The execution file 31 receives an information acquisition program 310 for acquiring information from the device 3, an analysis program 311 for analyzing information from the device 3, and a command based on an operation of the input device 15 by the user. Also, an input program 312 for receiving information such as an abnormality notification signal (which will be described in detail later) from the PLC 2 via the information acquisition program 310, and display control for displaying a screen on the display device 16. Program 313 and translation program 314.

The information acquisition program 310 performs the communication processing with the PLC 2 to read the information acquired from the memory 22 or the storage unit 25 of the PLC 2 or the information acquired from the device 3 connected to the PLC 2 in the data file 33. It is a program to save in.

The analysis program 311 is a program for analyzing information acquired by reading from the memory 22 or the storage unit 25 of the PLC 2 stored in the data file 33 according to a procedure set in advance by the user, or information acquired from the device 3. is there.

The input program 312 is a program that performs a reception process of receiving a command based on a user operation and information from the PLC 2 into the computer 1. For example, when the user who manages the device 3 inputs the information for managing the device 3 from the input device 15, the input program 312 receives a command specified by the user from the input device 15 to the computer 1, and the PLC 2 When receiving information such as an abnormality notification signal for notifying an abnormal state of the device 3 from the computer 1, the program receives the information to the computer 1.

The display control program 313 is a program for controlling the screen displayed on the display device 16 when the engineering tool 30 is executed. For example, a screen for setting the display language of the engineering tool 30 itself, a screen for setting the device 3, and a screen for displaying the information of the device 3 acquired from the device 3 by the information acquisition program 310 on the display device 16 according to the prescribed procedure Is displayed on the display device 16.

The translation program 314 requests the

translation servers

5 and 6 to translate the display character string displayed on the display device 16 via the communication network 4, and the

translation server

5 and 6 displays the translated display character string. This is the program to acquire.

The data file 33 includes a plurality of data files. Specifically, when the display control program 313 displays a setting screen and the like on the screen of the display device 16, a resource file 330 called by the DLL file 32 and Display screen data 331. Further, the data file 33 is also used as a storage area for storing device information data 332 which is information acquired from the device 3 by the information acquisition program 310. The resource file 330 is prepared in advance by the manufacturer of the engineering tool 30 or the like in at least one natural language for the user to interact with the computer. In the first embodiment, for example, the resource files 330 in three languages of Japanese, English, and Chinese (specifically, the Japanese resource file 3301, the English resource file 3302, and the Chinese resource file 3303). Are prepared in advance in the data file 33. The resource file 330 includes a first display character string to be displayed on the screen of the display device 16 and an ID (Identification) which is the display identifier 50 set corresponding to the first display character string. Since the device information data 332 is stored in the data file 33 after being acquired from the device 3, it is indicated by a broken line in FIG. Each of the resource file 330, the display screen data 331, and the device information data 332 may include multiple files. Further, the resource file 330 itself may include the function of the DLL file 32. In this case, when the display control program 313 is executed, the function of the DLL file 32 included in the resource file 330 is changed to the resource file 330. The display character string inside will be called. Further, the display screen data 331 itself may include the function of the DLL file 32. In this case, when the display control program 313 is executed, the function of the DLL file 32 included in the display screen data 331 is changed. The display screen data 331 will be called.

In the following description, the natural language for which the resource file 330 has been prepared in advance is referred to as the first language (Japanese, English, and Chinese in the above example), and the natural language for which the resource file 330 has not been prepared in advance. It is called the second language (in the above example, a natural language other than Japanese, English, and Chinese). A display character string included in the resource file 330 of the first language in which the resource file 330 is prepared in advance is referred to as a first display character string, and a display character string of the second language in which the resource file 330 is not prepared in advance. Is referred to as a second display character string. Further, in the following description, when it is necessary to describe the resource file 330 by distinguishing the natural language type of the display character string included in the resource file 330, a Japanese resource file 3301 and an English resource file 3302 and Chinese resource file 3303, it is not necessary to distinguish and describe the natural language type of the first display character string included in the resource file 330. When explaining the concept including the

resource files

3301, 3302, and 3303, it is referred to as a resource file 330. Similarly, regarding the display screen data 331, when it is necessary to describe the display screen data 331 by distinguishing the types of the display screen data 331, the first display screen data 3310, the second display screen data 3311, and the third display screen A concept that includes display data 331 such as the first display screen data 3310, the second display screen data 3311, and the third display screen data 3312 without having to distinguish the display screen data 331 from each other. Will be referred to as display screen data 331.

When the engineering tool 30 is stored in the storage device 14 of the computer 1, the data file 33 is formed in the storage device 14 as shown in FIG. When the engineering tool 30 is stored in the storage device 14 of the computer 1, the execution file 31 is also stored in the storage device 14, but the execution file 31 and the DLL file 32 are used by the CPU 11 on the OS 60 while using the RAM 12 as a work area. Executed.

When the execution file 31 of the engineering tool 30 is executed by the CPU 11 using the RAM 12 as a work area, as shown in FIG. 5, the information acquisition unit 410, the analysis unit 411, the input processing unit 412, the display control unit 413, the language determination It functions as the unit 414, the extraction unit 415, the request unit 416, the translated character string acquisition unit 417, the addition unit 418, and the update unit 419. That is, the information acquisition unit 410, the analysis unit 411, the input processing unit 412, the display control unit 413, the language determination unit 414, the extraction unit 415, the request unit 416, the translated character string acquisition unit 417, the addition unit 418, and the update unit 419. Each function is realized by the CPU 11. The translated character string acquisition unit 417 is an example of the acquisition unit of the present invention.

The information acquisition unit 410 is a functional block formed when the corresponding information acquisition program 310 is executed by the CPU 11. The information acquisition unit 410 saves the information read from the memory 22 or the storage unit 25 of the PLC 2 and acquired or the information acquired from the device 3 in the data file 33 by performing the communication process with the PLC 2.

The analysis unit 411 is a functional block formed when the corresponding analysis program 311 is executed by the CPU 11. The analysis unit 411 analyzes the information read and acquired from the memory 22 or the storage unit 25 of the PLC 2 or the information acquired from the device 3, which is stored in the data file 33 according to the procedure set in advance by the user.

The input processing unit 412 is a functional block formed when the corresponding input program 312 is executed by the CPU 11. The input processing unit 412 performs a reception process of receiving an instruction based on a user operation in the computer 1 and also receiving information from the PLC 2 in the computer 1. For example, when the user who manages the device 3 inputs the information for managing the device 3 from the input device 15, the input processing unit 412 receives a command specified by the user from the input device 15 into the computer 1, and inputs the command. The processing unit 412 receives the information from the PLC 2 in the computer 1.

The display control unit 413 is a functional block formed when the corresponding display control program 313 is executed by the CPU 11. The display control unit 413 controls the screen displayed on the display device 16 when the engineering tool 30 is executed. For example, a screen for setting the display language of the engineering tool 30 itself, a screen for setting the device 3, a screen for displaying the information of the device 3 acquired from the device 3 by the information acquisition program 310 on the display device 16 in accordance with a prescribed procedure, and the like. Is displayed on the display device 16.

The language determination unit 414, the extraction unit 415, the request unit 416, the translated character string acquisition unit 417 as an acquisition unit, the addition unit 418, and the update unit 419 are formed when the corresponding translation program 314 is executed by the CPU 11. It is a functional block. When the user operates the input device 15 to select one of a plurality of natural languages as the display language, the language determination unit 414 prepares the resource file 330 in advance for the display language selected by the user operation. It is determined whether or not it is the first language. The extraction unit 415 extracts the first display character string and the display identifier in the resource file 330 of the first language prepared in advance. The request unit 416 requests the translation of the first display character string extracted by the extraction unit 415 to the translation server selected by the user from the first translation server 5 or the second translation server 6. The translated character string acquisition unit 417 displays the second display in the second language translated from the first display character string in the first language by the translation server selected by the user from the first translation server 5 or the second translation server 6. Get a string. Details of the adding unit 418 and the updating unit 419 will be described in the second embodiment, and thus the description thereof will be omitted in the first embodiment. That is, in the first embodiment, the functions of the adding unit 418 and the updating unit 419 may be omitted.

Next, details of the display screen data 331 in the data file 33 will be described. The display screen data 331 is called by the DLL file 32 when being displayed on the screen of the display device 16 by the display control unit 413. The display screen data 331 is composed of a plurality of display screen data displayed on the screen of the display device 16.

The display screen data 331 includes, for example, as shown in FIG. 6, the first display screen data 3310 displayed on the screen of the display device 16 when editing the control program for the PLC 2 and the like. The first display screen data 3310 includes the display identifiers 50 indicated as ID1, ID2, ID3, ID4, ID5, ID6... At a specific position in the screen layout of the display screen displayed on the screen of the display device 16. Including.

In addition to the first display screen data 3310 shown in FIG. 6, the display screen data 331 also includes second display screen data 3311 as shown in FIG. 7, for example. The second display screen data 3311 is display screen data for displaying the input value from the device 3 on the display device 16, and is a column 70 for displaying the name of the device 3 and a column 71 for displaying the type of the input value from the device 3. , A column 73 for displaying a method of acquiring an input value from the device 3, a region 74 for displaying the arrangement of the device 3, and a region 75 for graphically displaying an input value as information acquired from the PLC 2 or the device 3. The second display screen data 3311 is ID1, ID7, ID8, ID9, ID10, ID11, ID12, ID13, ID14, ID15, ID16, at a specific position in the screen layout of the display screen displayed on the screen of the display device 16. It includes display identifiers 50 labeled ID17 and ID18.

In addition, the display screen data 331 includes, for example, third display screen data 3312 displayed on the screen of the display device 16 when the computer 1 receives information such as an abnormality notification signal from the PLC 2. The third display screen data 3312 includes an icon image of “!” for notifying the user of an abnormality in the center thereof, and the ID 9 is displayed at a specific position in the screen layout of the display screen displayed on the screen of the display device 16. , ID13, ID19.

Next, details of the resource file 330 in the data file 33 will be described. In the first embodiment, the resource files 330 are prepared in advance for the three natural languages of Japanese, English and Chinese as the first languages, and are stored in the data file 33. As shown in FIG. 9, the resource file 3301 of Japanese as the first language has display identifiers 50 such as ID1, ID2,... And the first display written in Japanese in association with the display identifiers 50. It contains the strings and. The plurality of display identifiers 50 such as ID1, ID2,... Are set so as to distinguish each of the plurality of first display character strings written in Japanese. As shown in FIG. 10, the English resource file 3302 includes display identifiers 50 such as ID1, ID2..., And a first display character string associated with the display identifier 50 and written in English. There is. The plurality of display identifiers 50 such as ID1, ID2,... Are set so as to distinguish each of the plurality of first display character strings written in English. As shown in FIG. 11, the Chinese resource file 3303 includes display identifiers 50 such as ID1, ID2,... And a first display character string associated with the display identifiers 50 and written in Chinese. Contains. The plurality of display identifiers 50 such as ID1, ID2,... Are set so as to distinguish each of the plurality of first display character strings described in Chinese. The display identifiers 50 such as ID1, ID2,... Of the Japanese resource file 3301, the English resource file 3302, and the Chinese resource file 3303 are common. Further, “:” between the ID number such as ID1 and the first display character string such as “engineering tool” is an example of a delimiter for distinguishing the display identifier 50 from the first display character string. is there.

Next, the display screen that the display control unit 413 displays on the display device 16 in association with the first display character string in the resource file 330 and the display identifier 50 in the display screen data 331 will be described. As shown in FIG. 12 to FIG. 14, the display identifiers 50 such as ID1, ID2... In the first display screen data 3310, the second display screen data 3311 and the third display screen data 3312 are set at specific positions. , The first display screen data 3310 and the second display screen so that the first display character string corresponding to the display identifier 50 such as ID1, ID2,... In the resource file 3301 of Japanese as the first language is displayed. The display identifier 50 in the data 3311 and the third display screen data 3312 is associated with the first display character string, and then the first display screen data 3310, the second display screen data 3311, and the third display screen data 3312 are displayed as images. Is displayed on the screen of the display device 16.

Next, the hardware configurations of the first translation server 5 and the second translation server 6, which are the

translation servers

5 and 6 as the translation unit, will be described with reference to FIG. The first translation server 5 and the second translation server 6 are managed by a manager (management company) that provides a translation service. The administrator who manages the first translation server 5 and the administrator who manages the second translation server 6 may be different from each other. The first translation server 5 has a hardware configuration similar to that of the computer 1, executes an application program on the OS 60, and has a CPU 81, a RAM 82, a ROM 83, a storage device 84, an input device 85, A display device 86 and a communication I/F 87 are included. The CPU 81, RAM 82, ROM 83, storage device 84, input device 85, display device 86, and communication I/F 87 are connected via an internal bus 88. The hardware configuration of the second translation server 6 is the same as that of the first translation server 5.

The CPU 81 is an execution processing device that executes a program stored in the ROM 83 and the storage device 84 while using the RAM 82 as a work area. The program stored in the ROM 83 is BIOS or UEFI, but the program stored in the ROM 83 is not limited to BIOS or UEFI. In the first embodiment, the programs stored in the storage device 84 are the operating system program and the translation program 91, but the programs stored in the storage device 84 are not limited to the operating system program and the translation program 91. Although the storage device 84 is the SSD or the HDD in the first embodiment, the storage device 14 is not limited to the SSD or the HDD.

The input device 85 receives an operation input from the administrator of the first translation server 5. Although the input device 85 is the keyboard or the mouse in the first embodiment, the input device 85 is not limited to the keyboard or the mouse. The display device 86 displays a display character string such as a message and an image. In the first embodiment, the display device 86 is exemplified by a liquid crystal display device. The communication I/F 87 communicates with the computer 1 via the communication network 4.

When the translation program 91 is stored in the storage device 84 of the first translation server 5, the translation dictionary 840 is stored in the storage device 84 as shown in FIG. When the translation program 91 is stored in the storage device 84 of the first translation server 5, the translation program 91 itself is also stored in the storage device 84, but the execution file and DLL file (not shown) of the translation program 91 itself are stored in the RAM 82. It is executed by the CPU 81 on the OS 60 while using it as a work area. The execution file of the translation program 91 functions as the translation processing unit 92 as shown in FIG. 16 when it is executed by the CPU 81 using the RAM 82 as a work area. That is, the function of the translation processing unit 92 is realized by the CPU 81. The functional blocks of the second translation server 6 are the same as those of the first translation server 5. However, since the first translation server 5 and the second translation server 6 have different translation dictionaries 93, their technical fields of machine translation may be different. The translation processing unit 92 may perform machine translation using a known method such as rule-based machine translation or corpus-based machine translation.

Next, the setting processing of the display language setting information in the display support device according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 17 and 18.

First, when the user starts up the computer 1 in which the engineering tool 30 is installed and uses the engineering tool 30, the display control unit 413 of the computer 1 displays the display language selection screen 90 shown in FIG. Display on screen. The display language selection screen 90 may be displayed on the screen of the display device 16 at the time when the user first starts the computer 1 in which the engineering tool 30 is installed, or when the user wants to change the display language, it may be operated by the user. It may be an arbitrary timing for calling the display language selection screen 90. The display language selection screen 90 includes a display language selection frame 900 in which a display language can be selected by a user in a pull-down format, a translation source language selection frame 910 in which a translation source language can be selected by a user in a pull-down format, and a translation server in a pull-down format. And a translation server selection frame 920 that can be selected by the user.

The display language selection frame 900 (language selection unit) scrolls a scroll bar 9001 at the right end of the display language selection frame 900 downward, so that the resource file 330 is prepared in the first language (Japanese, English, and Not only Chinese but also a second language other than the first language is selectably displayed. That is, when the scroll bar 9001 is scrolled downward, the natural language displayed in the display language selection frame 900 can be selected from many natural languages regardless of whether the resource file 330 is prepared in advance. There is. Thereby, the user of the engineering tool 30 operates the input device 15 to select a preferred natural language in which the user wants to interact with the engineering tool 30 installed in the computer 1. In the example of FIG. 17, the resource file 330 shows a state in which French, which is one of the second languages not prepared in advance, is selected as the display language. A language code is assigned to each of the selectably displayed natural languages. Based on the language code uniquely corresponding to the selected natural language, the selected display language is selected in the language selection step described later. Be able to identify. Specifically, the language code is unique for each natural language, such as ja for Japanese, en for English, zh for Chinese, fr for French, and de for German. It is a defined language identifier.

The translation source language selection frame 910 (translated sound language selection unit) displays only one of the first language prepared in advance in the resource file 330, that is, Japanese, English, or Chinese. Accordingly, when the user of the engineering tool 30 selects the second language in which the resource file 330 is not prepared in advance in the display language selection frame 900, the resource file 330 is prepared in Japanese, English, and Chinese. In order to determine which of the first languages, such as, etc., is to be translated into the second language, one of Japanese, English and Chinese is selected by operating the input device 15.

The translation server selection frame 920 (translation server selection unit) displays either the first translation server 5 or the second translation server 6 in a selectable manner. As a result, when the user of the engineering tool 30 selects the second language for which the resource file 330 is not prepared in advance in the display language selection frame 900, Japanese, English and Chinese selected in the translation source language selection frame 910. In order to determine which of the first translation server 5 and the second translation server 6 is requested to translate when translating any one of the words from the first language to the second language, the first translation server 5 and the second translation server 6 Any one of the above is selected by operating the input device 15.

As described above, from the display language selection frame 900, the translation source language selection frame 910, and the translation server selection frame 920 of the display language selection screen 90, the preferred natural language in which the user intends to interact with the engineering tool 30 is displayed. When the language is selected, the translation source language is selected, and the translation server is selected, the computer 1 performs the setting process of the display language setting information shown in FIG.

First, in step S1 (language selection step), the input processing unit 412 acquires one of a plurality of natural languages selected by a user operation as a display language. Specifically, the language code corresponding to the display language selected by the user is acquired.

Then, in step S2, the input processing unit 412 selects one of Japanese, English, and Chinese, which is the first language in which the resource file 330 selected by the user's operation of the input device 15 is prepared in advance. As the source language.

Then, in step S3 (translation server selection step), the input processing unit 412 translates one of the plurality of

translation servers

5 and 6 provided outside the computer 1 selected by the user's operation. Is acquired as a translation server to which a translation request command, which is a command for requesting, is transmitted. For example, the input processing unit 412 acquires any one of the first translation server 5 and the second translation server 6 as the translation server to which the translation request command is transmitted.

Then, the input processing unit 412 stores the display language acquired in steps S1 to S3, the selected translation source language, and the selected translation server in the storage device 14 as the display language setting information.

Next, a display control process in the display support device according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 19 and 22.

First, in step S10, the language determination unit 414 and the extraction unit 415 read from the storage device 14 the display language setting information stored in step S4 of FIG. Then, the process proceeds to step S11.

Then, in step S11, the display control unit 413 determines whether or not the display screen data 331 needs to be switched and displayed on the display device 16. Specifically, the display control unit 413 acquires from the input processing unit 412 that the user has operated the input device 15 in order to switch the display screen data 331 displayed on the display device 16 according to the user operation, and the display device It is determined whether or not the display screen data 331 displayed in 16 needs to be switched. For example, when the user is editing the control program or the like for the PLC 2, the first display screen data 3310 shown in FIG. 12 is displayed on the screen of the display device 16. When the user operates the input device 15 in order to confirm the state of the device 3 connected to the display device 4, the display control unit 413 receives a display screen data 331 switching command from the input processing unit 412, and is illustrated in FIG. It is determined that it is necessary to switch to the second display screen data 3311. As another specific example, in the display control unit 413, the computer 1 receives information from the PLC 2 which is an external device connected to the computer 1, and the display screen data 331 displayed on the display device 16 according to the information from the PLC 2. In order to switch the display screen data 331, the information received from the PLC 2 is acquired from the input processing unit 412 as a switching command for the display screen data 331, and it is determined whether the display screen data 331 displayed on the display device 16 needs to be switched. For example, when the user is checking the state of the device 3 connected to the PLC 2, the second display screen data 3311 shown in FIG. 13 is displayed on the screen of the display device 16. When the input processing unit 412 of the computer 1 receives the information (for example, a reception signal such as an abnormality notification signal indicating an abnormality of the device 3) via the information acquisition unit 410, the display control unit 413 receives the information from the PLC 2. Information is received from the input processing unit 412 as a command to switch the display screen data 331, and it is determined that it is necessary to switch to the third display screen data 3312 relating to the corresponding screen corresponding to the information from the PLC 2 shown in FIG.

In step S11, when the display control unit 413 determines that it is not necessary to switch and display the display screen data 331 on the display device 16 (step S11: NO), the display control process ends.

If the display control unit 413 determines in step S11 that the display screen data 331 needs to be switched and displayed on the display device 16 (step S11: YES), the process proceeds to step S12.

Then, in step S12, the display control unit 413 reads the display screen data 331 corresponding to the command according to the switching command of the display screen data 331 received from the input processing unit 412. For example, when the switching instruction of the display screen data 331 received from the input processing unit 412 is the instruction corresponding to the second display screen data 3311 shown in FIG. The 2 display screen data 3311 is read from the storage device 14. If the instruction to switch the display screen data 331 received from the input processing unit 412 is the instruction corresponding to the third display screen data 3312 shown in FIG. 3 display screen data 3312 is read from the storage device 14. Then, after step S12, the process proceeds to step S13.

Then, in step S13 (language determination step), the language determination unit 414 determines that the display language in the display language setting information read in step S10 is the first language (Japanese, English and Chinese) for which the resource file 330 is prepared in advance. It is determined whether the resource file 330 is a second language (a natural language other than Japanese, English and Chinese, such as French) which is not prepared in advance in the resource file 330.

The determination as to whether the language is the first language or a second language different from the first language is performed as follows, for example. A language identifier is included in the file name of the resource file 330, and it is determined whether or not there is a resource file 330 having a language identifier that matches the language identifier of the display language in the display language setting information. More specifically, ja is included in the file name of the Japanese language resource file 3301 that is the first language, and en is included in the file name of the English language resource file 3302 that is the first language. Zh is included in the file name of the resource file 3303 in Chinese, which is one language. Then, when the language identifier of the display language is ja, the existence of the Japanese resource file 3301 is grasped by searching the resource file 330 for the Japanese resource file 3301 including the language identifier ja of the display language. When the existence of the Japanese resource file 3301 can be grasped, it is determined that the display language is the first language prepared in advance for the resource file 330.

When the language determination unit 414 determines in step S13 that the display language selected by the user is the first language (step S13: YES), the first language in the resource file 330 of the first language prepared in advance. Since the display screen data 331 can be displayed on the screen of the display device 16 using the display character string, the process proceeds to step S14.

In step S14, according to the determination result of the language determination unit 414, the display control unit 413 reads out the resource file 330 of the display language selected by the user from the resource files 330 of the first language prepared in advance. For example, when the display language selected by the user is Japanese, the Japanese resource file 3301 is read. Then, the process proceeds to step S15.

Then, in step S15 (display step), the display control unit 413 sets the resource file of the first language read in step S14 to the specific position where the display identifier 50 of the display screen data 331 read in step S12 is set. The display screen data 331 is associated with the display identifier 50 in the display screen data 331 so that the first display character string corresponding to the display identifier 50 in 330 is displayed, and the display screen data 331 is displayed. Displayed on the screen. For example, when the information such as the abnormality notification signal from the PLC 2 is input to the input processing unit 412 of the computer 1, the display control unit 413 displays the first display character string shown in FIG. 8 read in step S12. At the specific position where the display identifier 50 is set in the third display screen data 3312 in the unreflected state, the display identifier 50 corresponding to the display identifier 50 in the Japanese resource file 3301 that is the first language read in step S14 is displayed. The display identifier 50 in the third display screen data 3312 is associated with the first display character string so that one display character string is displayed, and then the third display screen data 3312 shown in FIG. Displayed on the screen. Then, the display control process ends.

If the language determination unit 414 determines in step S13 that the display language selected by the user is not the first language, that is, the second language in which the resource file 330 does not exist (step S13: NO), the user The display language selected by is a natural language in which the resource file 330 is not prepared, and the display screen data 331 is displayed in the display device 16 using the first display character string in the first language in which the resource file 330 is prepared in advance. Since it cannot be displayed on the screen, the process proceeds to step S16. Hereinafter, in step S1, French is selected as the display language, in step S2 English is selected as the translation source language, in step S3 the first translation server 5 is selected as the translation request destination translation server, and in step S11. Steps S16 to S21 will be described by taking the case where it is determined that the third display screen data 3312 needs to be displayed on the display device 16 as an example.

In step S16 (extraction step), the extraction unit 415 uses the display language setting information read from the storage device 14 to select the display identifier 50 and the first display character from the resource file 330 of the translation source language selected by the user in step S2. Extract columns. When the translation source language selected by the user in step S2 is English, the ID that is the display identifier 50 and the first display character string are extracted from the English resource file 3302. The ID and the first display character string which are the display identifiers 50 in the English resource file 3302 extracted here are the display identifiers 50 included in the display screen data 331 read by the display control unit 413 in step S12. Specifically, the extraction unit 415 uses the display identifier 50 ID9 included in the third display screen data 3312, and the display identifier 50 ID9 in the English resource file 3302 corresponding to ID13 and ID19, respectively. ID13 and ID19 and the first display character strings "Engineeringtool", "Temperature" and "Malfunctionnotification" are extracted from the English resource file 3302, and the process proceeds to step S17.

In step S17 (holding step), the extraction unit 415 temporarily holds the extracted display identifier 50 in the RAM 12. Specifically, if the third display screen data 3312 has been read, the extraction unit 415 temporarily holds the extracted display identifiers 50 ID9, ID13, and ID19 in the RAM 12. Then, the process proceeds to step S18. In step S17 (holding step), the ID that is the display identifier 50 in the English resource file 3302 extracted in step S16 (extracting step) is temporarily held in the RAM 12, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the ID that is the display identifier 50 in the English resource file 3302 extracted in step S16 (extraction step) is the same as the ID 9, ID13, and ID19 that are the display identifiers 50 included in the third display screen data 3312. Therefore, each ID that is the display identifier 50 included in the third display screen data 3312 may be temporarily stored in the RAM 12.

In step S18 (request step), the request unit 416 is an instruction to request the first translation server 5 to translate the first display character string extracted by the extraction unit 415 in step S16 into French. The translation request command is transmitted via the communication I/F 17. Specifically, if the third display screen data 3312 has been read, the translation request unit 416 displays the first display corresponding to the display identifiers 50 extracted by the extraction unit 415, ID9, ID13, and ID19. The character string "Device B", "Temperature", and "Malfunction notification", and the second language information as the translation target language, which is the language code corresponding to the display language French selected by the user in step S1, fr Is transmitted to the first translation server 5 as a translation request command. When the first translation server 5 also needs the language code of the translation source language, the language code en corresponding to the translation source language English may be transmitted. Then, the process proceeds to step S19. The translation process executed by the first translation server 5 will be described later.

In step S19 (acquisition step), the post-translational character string acquisition unit 417 displays the display character string obtained by translating the first display character string transmitted in step S18 from the first translation server 5, which is the translation unit, into French. It is acquired as the second display character string in the second language. Specifically, if the third display screen data 3312 has been read, the translated character string acquisition unit 417 is the first display character string transmitted to the first translation server 5 by the request unit 416. As the character strings after translation of "Device B", "Temperature" and "Malfunction notification" into French, "Appareil B", "Temperature" and "Notification de dysfunction unit" are acquired as the second character in the second string. .. Then, the process proceeds to step S20. Note that e between p and r of "Temperature" is attached with an acute accent code.

In step S20, the translated character string acquisition unit 417 associates the second display character string in French, which is the second language acquired in step S18, with the display identifier 50 temporarily stored in the RAM 12 in step S17, It is temporarily stored in the RAM 12. Specifically, if the third display screen data 3312 has been read, the display identifier 50 of each of ID9, ID13, and ID19 is "Appareil B", "Temperature", and "Notification de dysfunctionnement". Are temporarily stored in the RAM 12 in association with each other. Then, the process proceeds to step S21.

In step S21 (display step), the display control unit 413 sets the display identifier 50 in the display screen data 331 read in step S12 when performing control to display the display screen data 331 on the display device 16. Corresponding the display identifier 50 and the first display character string in the display screen data 331 so that the second display character string in the second language corresponding to the display identifier 50 temporarily stored in the RAM 12 is displayed at the specific position. Then, the display screen data 331 is displayed on the screen of the display device 16. Specifically, if the third display screen data 3312 has been read, the third display screen data 3312 shown in FIG. 21 is displayed on the screen of the display device 16. Then, the display control process ends.

In the above description of steps S10 to S21, the case where the third display screen data 3312 is read has been described as an example, but also when the first display screen data 3310 or the second display screen data 3311 is read. The above steps S10 to S21 are similarly executed. When the first display screen data 3310 is read, the first display screen data 3310 shown in FIG. 22 is displayed on the screen of the display device 16 in step S21.

In the first embodiment, when it is determined in step S11 that the display control unit 413 needs to display the display screen data 331 on the display device 16, that is, a user operation or a received signal from the PLC 2 or the like. Each time the display screen data 331 displayed on the display device 16 is switched in accordance with the information of 1., the display control processing shown in FIG. 19 is performed. That is, each time the display screen data 331 is switched, if the display language is the second language, the display identifier 50 included in the display screen data 331 read in step S12 and the first identifier corresponding to the display identifier 50 are displayed. A display character string is extracted from the resource file 330 in the first language, and a translation is requested to the translation server using the extracted first display character string.

Next, the translation process executed by the

translation servers

5 and 6 according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. This translation process is a process executed by the

translation servers

5, 6 when the request unit 416 of the computer 1 sends a translation request command to the

translation servers

5, 6 in step S18 of FIG. Hereinafter, in step S1, French is selected as the display language, in step S2 English is selected as the translation source language, in step S3 the first translation server 5 is selected, and in step S11 the display device 16 is displayed as the third language. Steps S30 to S32 will be described by taking as an example the case where it is determined that the display screen data 3312 needs to be displayed.

First, in step S30, the translation processing unit 92 of the first translation server 5 receives the translation request command from the request unit 416 of the computer 1 in step S18 via the communication I/F 87 of the first translation server 5. .. At this time, the translation processing unit 92 of the first translation server 5 stores the language code of the second language (french language code fr), which is the target language, included in the translation request command from the request unit 416. , "Device B", "Temperature" and "Malfunction notification" which are the first display character strings are received. Then, the process proceeds to step S31.

Then, in step S31, the translation processing unit 92 of the first translation server 5 stores the received first display character string in the storage device 84 of the first translation server 5 according to the French language code fr. By referring to the translation dictionary 93, the second display character string translated into French which is the second language is generated. Specifically, in step S31, the first display character strings “Device B”, “Temperature” and “Malfunction notification” are the corresponding second display character strings “Appareil B”, “Temperature” and Translated into "Notification de dysfunctionnement". Then, the process proceeds to step S32.

Then, in step S32, the translation processing unit 92 of the first translation server 5 sets "Appareil B", "Temperature", and "Notification de dysfunction element" as the second display character string of the second language that is the translated character string. Is transmitted to the computer 1. Then, the first translation server 5 completes the translation and ends the translation process. The second display character string transmitted in step S32 is acquired by the translated character string acquisition unit 417 of the computer 1 in step S19.

In the display support program, the display support method, and the display support apparatus according to the first embodiment, when the display language is the second language in which the resource file 330 is not prepared, the resource file 330 is prepared. The first translation server 5 or the like extracts the first display character string in one language from the resource file 330 and translates the extracted first display character string into a second language (for example, French) different from the first language. The translation unit is requested to translate, and the translation unit such as the first translation server 5 acquires the second display character string which is the display character string translated into the second language corresponding to the first display character string, The display identifier indicating the specific position of the screen displayed on the display device 16 in the display screen data 331 displayed on the screen of the display device 16 is the second display character string acquired from the translation unit of the translation server 5 or the like. 50 is displayed at the set position. Therefore, only the resource file 330 corresponding to a part of the natural language is prepared in advance without performing the operation of designating the translation range of the display character string, and the resource file 330 is not prepared as the natural language of the second language. It is possible to display the second display character string at a specific position where the display identifier 50 is set.

In the display support program, the display support method, and the display support apparatus according to the first embodiment, the first translation server 5 that is a plurality of translation servers (translation units) provided outside the computer by a user operation. And one of the second translation servers 6 to request translation from the selected translation server. That is, since the translation server provided outside the computer 1 translates the first display character string in the first language in the prepared resource file 330 into the second display character string in the second language, the display support device It is not necessary to store the translation program 91 including the translation dictionary 93 in the internal storage device 14 of the computer 1 that functions as a computer, and the storage capacity of the internal storage device 14 of the computer 1 can be reduced. Further, since the user can select one of the first translation server 5 and the second translation server 6, which are a plurality of translation servers provided outside the computer, the user selects a translation server more suitable for translation. Thus, it is possible to obtain the second display character string in the second language.

Further, in the display support program, the display support method, and the display support apparatus according to the first embodiment, the computer 1 receives information (for example, the above notification signal) from the external device such as the PLC 2 connected to the computer 1. If the display language is received and the display language is the second language, the specific position where the display identifier 50 of the third display screen data 3312 which is the display screen data regarding the corresponding screen corresponding to the information from the external device such as the PLC 2 is set. The display identifier 50 in the third display screen data 3312 and the second display character string are associated with each other so that the second display character string in the second language acquired from the translation unit such as the first translation server 5 is displayed. Then, the third display screen data 3312 is displayed on the display device 16. Therefore, when the computer 1 with the engineering tool 30 installed receives information from an external device such as the PLC 2, when an abnormality notification screen or the like is displayed on the screen of the display device 16 using the information input from the external device as a trigger. Also, the second display character string in the second language acquired from the translation unit is displayed at the specific position where the display identifier 50 of the third display screen data 3312, which is the display screen data related to the corresponding screen corresponding to the information from the PLC 2, is set. The effect that it can be displayed is produced.

Embodiment 2.
Next, the display support program, the display support method, and the display support device according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to some of the drawings used in the description of the first embodiment and FIGS. 23 to 29. To do. In the first embodiment, the display control process shown in FIG. 19 is performed every time the display screen data 331 displayed on the display device 16 is switched according to the user operation or the information such as the received signal from the PLC 2, but In the form 2, when the display language is the second language that is not prepared in advance in the resource file 330, the second language is based on the resource file 330 of the first language regardless of whether the display screen data 331 is switched. The difference from the first embodiment is that the resource file 330 is added. Note that detailed description of the same configuration as that of the first embodiment is omitted.

The engineering tool 30 of the second embodiment is similar to that of the first embodiment, and when stored in the storage device 14 of the computer 1, the data file 33 is formed in the storage device 14 as shown in FIG. When the engineering tool 30 is stored in the storage device 14 of the computer 1, the execution file 31 is also stored in the storage device 14, but the execution file 31 and the DLL file 32 are used by the CPU 11 on the OS 60 while using the RAM 12 as a work area. Executed.

When the execution file 31 of the engineering tool 30 is executed by the CPU 11 using the RAM 12 as a work area, as shown in FIG. 5, the information acquisition unit 410, the analysis unit 411, the input processing unit 412, the display control unit 413, the language determination It functions as the unit 414, the extraction unit 415, the request unit 416, the translated character string acquisition unit 417 as an acquisition unit, the addition unit 418, and the update unit 419. The addition of the functions of the adding unit 418 and the updating unit 419 is a difference from the first embodiment.

The adding unit 418 associates the second display character string in the second language acquired by the translated character string acquiring unit 417 with the display identifier 50 extracted by the extracting unit 415, and includes the second display character string. The remaining resource file 330 is stored in the storage device 14 inside the computer 1. Specifically, the adding unit 418 generates a new resource file 330 including the second display character string in the second language and additionally stores the generated new resource file 330 in the storage device 14, or The second display character string of the second language is newly added to the resource file 330 of the first language prepared in advance, and the resource file 330 to which the second display character string is added is stored in the storage device 14.

The updating unit 419 instructs the display control unit 413 to display the resource file 330 including the second display character string by the adding unit 418 so as to be editable by the user operation on the screen of the display device 16 based on the user operation. Then, the resource file 330 is updated by associating the second display character string edited by the user operation with the display identifier, and the updated resource file 330 is stored in the storage device 14.

First, in order to make it easy to understand the difference from the first embodiment, an outline of the processing relating to the display executed by the computer 1 which is the display support device of the second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. explain. In the first embodiment, the display language setting information shown in FIG. 18 is set, and then the display control process shown in FIG. 19 is performed. However, in the second embodiment, the display shown in FIG. 23 is displayed. Related processing is performed.

Specifically, first, in step S35, display language setting information setting processing is performed. The display language setting information setting process in step S35 may be the same as the display language setting information setting process shown in FIG. 18, and steps S1 to S4 are performed. Then, when the setting process of the display language setting information is completed, the process proceeds to step S36.

Next, in step S36, a resource file addition process, which is a process that does not exist in the first embodiment, is performed. When the resource file addition process ends, the process proceeds to step S37. The details of the resource file addition process will be described later.

Then, in step S37, display control processing is performed. In the display control process of step S37, some steps of the display control process of the first embodiment shown in FIG. 19 are performed. When the display control process of step S37 ends, the process proceeds to step S38. The details of the display control process in step S37 will be described later.

Then, in step S38, the display control unit 413 determines whether or not the end instruction indicating that the user has operated the input device 15 to end the engineering tool 30 that is the display support program has been acquired from the input processing unit 412. To do. When the end command for ending the engineering tool 30 has not been acquired (step S38: NO), the process returns to step S37. When the termination command for terminating the engineering tool 30 is acquired (step S38: YES), the engineering tool 30 is terminated to terminate the processing related to the display.

Next, details of the resource file addition process executed by the display support device according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

First, in step S40, the language determination unit 414 and the extraction unit 415 read the display language setting information stored in step S4 of FIG. 18 from the storage device 14, as in step S10 of FIG. 19 of the first embodiment. Then, the process proceeds to step S41.

Then, in step S41 (language determining step), the language determining unit 414 determines that the display language selected by the user in the display language setting information read in step S40 is the same as in step S13 of FIG. 19 of the first embodiment. The resource file 330 is the first language (Japanese, English and Chinese) prepared in advance or the second language (the natural language other than Japanese, English and Chinese is not prepared the resource file 330 is prepared in advance. For example, it is French).

In step S41, when the language determination unit 414 determines that the display language selected by the user is the first language (step S41: YES), the first in the resource file 330 of the first language prepared in advance. Since it is possible to display the display screen data 331 on the screen of the display device 16 using the display character string, the resource file addition processing ends.

If the language determination unit 414 determines in step S41 that the display language selected by the user is not the first language, that is, the second language in which the resource file 330 does not exist (step S41: NO), the display is performed. The language is a natural language in which the resource file 330 is not prepared in advance, and the display screen data 331 is displayed on the screen of the display device 16 by using the first display character string of the first language in the resource file 330 prepared in advance. Since it is impossible to do so, the process proceeds to step S42. Hereinafter, as in the first embodiment, French is selected as the display language in step S1 of FIG. 18, English is selected as the translation source language in step S2, and the first translation server 5 is selected in step S3. As an example, the following steps S42 to S47 will be described.

In step S42 (extraction step), the extraction unit 415 uses the display language setting information read from the storage device 14 to select all display identifiers 50 (plurality of display identifiers) from the resource file 330 in the translation source language selected by the user in step S2. And all first display character strings (a plurality of first display character strings) corresponding to all IDs are extracted. If the source language selected by the user in step S2 is English, all IDs that are all display identifiers 50 and all first display character strings are extracted from the English resource file 3302. Note that the ID that is the display identifier 50 and the first display character string in the English resource file 3302 extracted in step S16 of the first embodiment are in the display screen data 331 read by the display control unit 413 in step S12. However, in step S42 of the second embodiment, all the display identifiers 50 in the English resource file 3302 and all the first IDs corresponding to the display identifiers 50 are included. The display character string and are extracted together. Specifically, the extraction unit 415 extracts all the display identifiers 50 in the English resource file 3302 from ID1 to ID19 (including ID numbers after ID19 (not shown)) and all IDs. The "Malfunctionnotification" (including the omitted first display character string following it) from the first display character string "Engineering tool" is extracted from the English resource file 3302, and the process proceeds to step S43.

In step S43 (holding step), the extraction unit 415 temporarily holds all the extracted display identifiers 50 in the RAM 12. Specifically, all the display identifiers 50 in the English resource file 3302, ID1 to ID19 (including ID numbers (not shown) after ID19) are temporarily stored in the RAM 12. Then, the process proceeds to step S44.

In step S44 (request step), the request unit 416 communicates with the first translation server 5 so as to collectively translate all the first display character strings extracted by the extraction unit 415 in step S43 into the second language. The translation request command is transmitted via the I/F 17. Specifically, the requesting unit 416 corresponds to ID1 to ID19 (including ID numbers (not shown) after ID19, which are not shown) having smaller ID numbers among all the IDs that are the display identifiers 50 extracted by the extracting unit 415. From "Engineering tool" that is all the first display character strings to "Malfunction notification" (including the first display character string that is omitted after that) and the information of the second language as the target language in step S1. The language code fr, which corresponds to the display language French selected by the user, and the language code fr are collectively transmitted to the first translation server 5 as a translation request command. When the first translation server 5 also needs the language code of the translation source language, the language code en corresponding to the translation source language English may be collectively transmitted. Then, the process proceeds to step S45. The translation process executed by the first translation server 5 is the same as in the first embodiment.

In step S45 (acquisition step), the translated character string acquisition unit 417 translates all the first display character strings transmitted in step S44 into the second language from the first translation server 5, which is the translation unit. The display character strings are collectively acquired as all second display character strings (a plurality of second display character strings) in the second language. Specifically, a translation request was made in batches from "Engineering tool", which is the first display character string corresponding to all IDs, to "Malfunction notification" (including the following first display character string that was omitted). In this case, the translated character string acquisition unit 417 translates "Engineering tool", which is all the first display character strings that the request unit 416 has sent to the first translation server 5 in a batch, into French for "Malfunction notification". As the subsequent character string, "Notification de dysfunctionnement" (including the omitted second display character string following it) to "Notification technique" is collectively obtained as all the second display character strings in the second language. Then, the process proceeds to step S46.

In step S46, the translated character string acquisition unit 417 sets all the second display character strings in French, which is the second language, acquired in step S45 into all the display identifiers 50 temporarily stored in the RAM 12 in step S43. It is linked and temporarily stored in the RAM 12. Then, the process proceeds to step S47.

In step S47 (additional step), the addition unit 418 determines that all the display identifiers 50 temporarily stored in the RAM 12 are the first ID1 to the last ID number and all corresponding ID numbers respectively associated with these ID numbers. The second display character string of is read, all the second display character strings of the second language are included in the resource file 330, and the resource file 330 is stored in the storage device 14.

When French is selected as the display language in step S1 of FIG. 18, a resource file 3304 of French as the second language shown in FIG. 25 is added as a new resource file 330 and stored in the storage device 14 in step S47. To be done.

In FIG. 25, as an example in which the resource files 330 are separately stored in the storage device 14 for each natural language, a French resource file 3304, a Japanese resource file 3301, an English resource file 3302, and a Chinese resource file 3303. However, as shown in FIG. 26, each display character string of each natural language may be associated with the display identifier 50 to form a resource file 3305 in one file format. When one resource file 3305 is used as shown in FIG. 26, the file name may be stored in the storage device 14 by including each language code of the natural language included in the resource file 3305 in step S47. For example, by including ja_en_zh_fr in the file name of the resource file 3305, the language determination can be performed by determining whether the file name of the resource file 3305 includes the language identifier of the display language selected by the user in step S41. it can.

In the request step of step S44, all the first display character strings are collectively requested to be translated into the second language by the first translation server 5, and in the acquisition step of step S45, the translation is performed in the second language. The definition of “collective” of collectively acquiring all the second display character strings that are the translated character strings after the processing will be described. In the first embodiment, every time the display screen data 331 is switched, the first display character string corresponding to the display identifier 50 existing in the display screen data 331 to be displayed is sent to the first translation server 5 as the second display character string. Each time you request a translation to be translated into a language. On the other hand, in the second embodiment, the French resource file 3304 or the resource file 3305 is added in advance regardless of the switching of the display screen data 331. That is, after the display language is selected as French and before the display screen data 331 is switched, all the first display character strings in the English resource file 3301 selected as the translation source language are transferred to the first translation server 5 Requesting a translation to be translated into French and translating all the first display character strings in the English resource file 3301 into French, and then converting all the second display character strings into the first If it is acquired from the translation server 5, it can be said that “a request is made to translate the first display character string in a batch, and the second display character string is acquired in a batch”. If it is possible to add the French resource file 3304 or the resource file 3305 in advance, for example, the request unit 416 displays the first display character corresponding to the ID 1 with the smallest ID number among all the IDs in the English resource file 3302. The strings "Engineeringtool" and the like are sequentially requested to the first translation server 5 to be translated into French, and the translated character string acquisition unit 417 is the second display character string after being translated into French. Even if the first display character string is divided into a plurality of times to request translation and the second display character string is obtained a plurality of times, as in the case of sequentially obtaining "Outline technique" from the first translation server 5. Good. In addition, once the request unit 416 translates all the first display character strings corresponding to all the IDs in the English resource file 3302, such as "Engineering tool", into French for the first translation server 5. To request translation, and the post-translational character string acquisition unit 417 collectively acquires, from the first translation server 5, all of the second display character strings, such as "Outiltechnique", which have been translated into French. You can do it. As a method for determining that the second display character strings corresponding to all the ID numbers have been acquired, all display identifiers 50 in the English resource file 330 are ID1 to ID19 (ID numbers after ID19 not shown in the figure). It is only necessary to confirm whether the corresponding second display character string has been acquired up to the last ID number of (including also). For example, the adding unit 418 determines whether the number of ID numbers matches the number of corresponding second display character strings, and if they match, it is determined that the corresponding second display character strings up to the last ID number have been acquired. Good. In addition, in the request step of step S44, all the first display character strings are collectively requested to be translated into the second language by the first translation server 5, and are translated into the second language in the acquisition step of step S45. All the second display character strings which are the post-translational character strings are collectively acquired, but not limited to this, if the display identifier 50, the first display character string, and the second display character string are associated with each other, A plurality of first display character strings that are a part of all the first display character strings are collectively requested to be translated to the first translation server 5, and a plurality of first display character strings that are a part of all the second display character strings are requested. The two display character strings may be collectively acquired from the first translation server 5.

Next, a resource file update process executed by the display support apparatus according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In this update process, when the second display character string in the second language added to the resource file 330 in S47 is a machine translation that is not appropriate as an expression, the second display character string is corrected by a user operation, This is a process of updating the resource file 330.

First, when the user operates the input device 15 to display a display character string correction screen for correcting the second display character string on the screen of the display device 16, the input processing unit 412 issues an instruction based on the user operation. Received by the computer 1. Then, in step S50, the display control unit 413 reads the resource file 330 from the storage device 14, and as shown in FIG. 28, the display character string correction screen data 3313 including the second display character string in the resource file 330. Is displayed on the display device 16. The second display character string in the display screen of the display character string correction screen data 3313 is displayed so as to be editable by the user operation. Thereby, the user operates the input device 15 such as a keyboard to select the cell of the second display character string to be corrected on the display character string correction screen of FIG. 28 displayed on the screen of the display device 16. Then, the second display character string in the selected cell is edited. In the example of FIG. 28, the second display character string in which the display identifier 50 is ID2 and is in French is edited from “Projet” to “AAAAAA” as surrounded by a dotted circle. Then, the process proceeds to step S51.

In step S51, the updating unit 419 acquires the second display character string edited by the user operation and the display identifier 50 corresponding to the second display character string, and temporarily stores it in the RAM 12. In the example shown in FIG. 28, the edited second display character string “AAAAA” corresponding to ID2 is temporarily stored in the RAM 12.

In step S52, the updating unit 419 updates the resource file 330 by associating the second display character string acquired in step S51 with the corresponding display identifier 50 in the resource file 330. For example, based on the ID 2 which is the display identifier 50 corresponding to the second display character string acquired in step S51, the ID 2 which is the corresponding display identifier 50 in the resource file 330 is searched, and is searched in the resource file 330. The second display character string "Projet" associated with the display identifier 50 ID2 is overwritten and updated with the edited second display character string "AAAAA" acquired in step S51.

The French resource file 3304 is updated by performing the update processing from step S50 to step S52 in this way. FIG. 29 is a diagram showing the updated French resource file 3304. Note that steps S50 to S52 are examples of updating steps. In the updating steps of steps S50 to S52, the example of editing the added second display character string by the user operation is described, but the first display character string in the resource file 330 prepared in advance can also be edited. Good.

Note that when the French resource file 3304 is stored in the storage device 14 in step S47, the French resource file 3304 is equivalent to the first language resource file 330 for the computer 1, and therefore, FIG. The display control process according to the second embodiment shown in step S37 is the same as the display control process according to the first embodiment shown in FIG. 19 except that steps S10, S13, and S16 to S21 are omitted. After that, as shown in FIG. 23, when the display control process of step S37 is completed, if there is no end command for the engineering tool 30 through step S38, the process returns to the display control process of step S37. This is because the French resource file 3304 has already existed in the computer 1, and it is not necessary to request the first translation server 5 to translate again in order to obtain the French display character string. If a new second language (for example, German) is selected as the display language in the display language setting information setting process in step S35, the process proceeds to step S36 and a new resource file in German is added. The resource file addition process is performed so as to

As described above, even in the display support program, the display support method, and the display support apparatus according to the second embodiment, when the display language is the second language in which the resource file 330 is not prepared, the resource file 330 is The prepared first display character string is extracted from the resource file 330, and the first translation server 5 or the like is arranged to translate the extracted first display character string into a second language (for example, French) different from the first language. The translation unit is requested to translate, and the translation unit such as the first translation server 5 acquires and obtains the second display character string which is the display character string translated into the second language corresponding to the first display character string. The displayed second display character string is included in the resource file 330, and the second display character string included in the resource file 330 is displayed on the display device 16 in the display screen data 331 displayed on the screen of the display device 16. The display identifier 50 indicating a specific position on the displayed screen is displayed at the set position. Therefore, similarly to the first embodiment, the resource file 330 corresponding to some natural languages is prepared in advance without performing the operation of designating the translation range of the display character string, and the resource file 330 is prepared in advance. The second display character string in the second language, which is a non-natural language, can be displayed at the specific position where the display identifier 50 is set.

Furthermore, in the display support program, the display support method, and the display support apparatus according to the second embodiment, the translation unit such as the first translation server 5 is configured to translate the first display character string into the second language. A resource that holds the display identifier 50 corresponding to the first display character string when requesting translation, associates the second display character string acquired from the translation unit with the display identifier 50, and includes the second display character string. The file 3304 or the resource file 3305 is stored in a storage device inside the computer. Therefore, unlike the first embodiment, it is not necessary to request the translation to the external translation server connected to the computer 1 via the communication network 4 every time the display screen is switched, and thus the display screen is switched. The resource file 3304 or the resource file 3305 containing the second display character string stored in the storage device 14 inside the computer 1 is not affected by the communication environment between the computer 1 and the translation server. There is an effect that it can be displayed on the display device 16 using the second display character string. Therefore, for example, when the input processing unit 412 of the computer 1 receives the information such as the abnormality notification signal indicating the abnormality of the device 3 from the PLC 2, the translation server after receiving the information such as the abnormality notification signal as in the first embodiment. Since it is not necessary to request translation from the translation unit such as 5, 6, etc., the second display character string in the resource file 3304 or the resource file 3305 is used to handle information such as an abnormality notification signal to notify the user of an abnormality. The effect is that it is possible to immediately switch to the third display screen data 3312 shown in FIG.

Furthermore, in the display support program, the display support method, and the display support device according to the second embodiment, the second display character string in the resource file 3304 is displayed on the screen of the display device 16 so as to be editable by a user operation, The resource file 3304 is updated by associating the second display character string edited by the user operation with the display identifier 50. Therefore, even if the second display character string obtained by machine translation by a translation unit such as a translation server is an inappropriate translation, the user can edit the translation into an appropriate translation and the edited second display character string can be used as a resource file. The effect that it can be reflected in 3304 is produced.

Embodiment 3.
Next, regarding the display support program, the display support method, and the display support device according to the third embodiment of the present invention, referring to some of the drawings used in the description of the first embodiment and FIGS. 30 to 33. explain. In the first and second embodiments, the source language is selected by the user as shown in FIG. 17, but in the third embodiment, the source language is selected by the computer 1 without the user selecting. The point of selection is different from the first and second embodiments. The detailed description of the same configurations as those of the first and second embodiments will be omitted.

The resource file 330 will be described in order to explain the terms used in the third embodiment. The first language in which the resource file 330 is prepared in advance is at least two or more natural languages, and in the third embodiment, the three natural languages of Japanese, English and Chinese are compared with FIG. The Japanese resource file 3301, the English resource file 3302, and the Chinese resource file 3303 shown in FIG. 11 are prepared in advance as the first language resource file 330. The Japanese resource file 3301 includes the first display character string "Engineering Tool" written in Japanese, and the English resource file 3302 is the first display character string written in English. The resource file 3303 in Chinese includes “Engineering tool” and the like, and includes the “process tool” that is the first display character string described in Chinese. That is. The resource file 330 includes a set of first display character strings written in at least two natural languages, Japanese, English, and Chinese, respectively. Although an example in which three natural languages of Japanese, English, and Chinese are set as the first language and a set of first display character strings is prepared has been described, at least two natural languages are set as the first display in the first display. Just prepare a set of strings.

The display language setting information setting processing in the display support device according to the third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 30 instead of FIG. 17 of the first embodiment.

First, when the user activates the computer 1 in which the engineering tool 30 is installed and uses the engineering tool 30, the computer 1 displays the display language selection screen 90A shown in FIG. 30 on the screen of the display device 16. The display language selection screen 90A pulls down a display language selection frame 900 in which the display language can be selected by the user in the pull-down format and the translation server, except for a translation source language selection frame 910 in which the translation source language can be selected by the user in the pull-down format. A translation server selection frame 920 that can be selected by the user in the format.

As in the first embodiment, the user selects a preferred natural language in which the user wants to interact with the engineering tool 30 as the display language from the display language selection frame 900 and the translation server selection frame 920 of the display language selection screen 90A. When the translation server is selected, the display language setting information setting process is performed as shown in FIG. 31, instead of FIG. In the setting processing of the display language setting information shown in FIG. 31, step S1, step S3, and step S4 are the same as the description in the first embodiment, and therefore the description thereof will be omitted. In the third embodiment, step S2A is performed instead of step S2, so step S2A will be described.

In step S2A, the language determination unit 414 selects and acquires any one of Japanese, English, and Chinese, which are the first languages prepared in advance in the resource file 330, as the translation source language.

Next, the details of the translation source language selection processing in step S2A will be described with reference to FIG.

Since step S1 is the same as that of the first embodiment, the description thereof will be omitted, and the details of the translation source language selection processing of step S2A will be described with reference to FIGS. 32 and 33.

First, in step S60, if the display language selected by the user operation in step S1 of FIG. 31 is the second language that is not prepared in the resource file 330 in advance, the language determination unit 414 displays the language group of the display language. Is acquired from the language group system diagram shown in FIG. In the third embodiment, the language group system diagram is included in the data file 33 of the engineering tool 30 and is stored in the storage device 14 when the engineering tool 30 is installed in the computer 1.

The language group system diagram shown in FIG. 33 is a group of languages of the same system, which are recognized as derived and developed from the same origin (protocol) in comparative linguistics, are systematically divided into upper language groups, intermediate language groups, Each natural language, which is an individual language, is arranged below the middle language group. In general, a language group in comparative linguistics is called a top-level language group, a middle-level language group is a word group, and a lower-level language group is a word group, and individual languages are arranged in the word group. Since the configuration is adopted, a subordinate language group corresponding to a word group may be added to the language group system diagram of FIG. 33 to further subdivide it. The following description will be given as a language group system diagram in which the upper language groups are arranged and the individual languages are arranged in the middle language group.

A case where the display language selected by the user operation in step S1 of FIG. 31 is French, which is not prepared in the resource file 330 in advance as shown in FIG. 30, will be described as an example. In step S60, the display language is French. 33, the Indo-European language group as the upper language group and the Italic language group as the middle language group are acquired as the language group information of the display language according to the language group system diagram shown in FIG.

Next, in step S61, the language determination unit 414 shows the language group system diagram shown in FIG. 33 for each language group of the first language in which the resource file 330 is prepared in advance, that is, the first language. To get according to. If it is Japanese, the Altai languages as the upper language group and the Japanese family as the middle language group are acquired as the language group information of Japanese. In the case of English, the Indo-European language group as the upper language group and the Germanic language group as the middle language group are acquired as English language group information. In the case of Chinese, the Sina-Tibetan family as the upper language group and the Sina language as the middle language group are acquired as the language group information of Chinese.

Next, in step S62, the language determination unit 414 determines that the upper language group or the middle language group in the language group information of the display language acquired in step S60 is the first language such as Japanese, English, or Chinese acquired in step S61. It is determined whether the language group information of one language is included in the upper language group and the middle language group. When the display language is French as shown in FIG. 30, the Indo-European language group (first language group), which is a higher level language group of French, and the Altai languages, which is a higher level language group of Japanese and Chinese, It does not match the Sina-Tibetan language group (the second language group that belongs to a different etymology from the first language group), but does match the Indo-European language group (the first language group), which is a higher-level language group of English. The language group of the display language is determined to be included in the language group of the first language. Although not shown in FIGS. 30 and 33, when the display language is Arabic, the Afro-Asia language group as the upper language group and the Semitic language group as the middle language group are acquired in step S60. , Both the Arabic upper language group and the middle language group do not match the upper language group and the medium language group of Japanese, English, and Chinese respectively, and thus the language group of the display language is the language group of the first language. Is not included in.

When it is determined in step S62 that the language group of the display language is not included in the language group of the first language (step S62: NO), the process proceeds to step S63.

In step S63, since the natural language similar to the display language selected by the user does not exist in the first language Japanese, English, and Chinese that are prepared in advance in the resource file 330, the language determination unit 414 Sets the translation source language to any one of Japanese, English, and Chinese, which are the first languages in which the resource file 330 is prepared in advance. At this time, the default language set as the translation source language from among Japanese, English, and Chinese is preset by the manufacturer of the engineering tool 30 or the like. It should be noted that the default language is preferably English, which is expected to have high translation accuracy due to more advanced machine translation research, but is not limited to English.

When it is determined in step S62 that the language group of the display language is included in the language group of the first language (step S62: YES), the process proceeds to step S64.

In step S64 (language group determination step), the language determination unit 414 determines the first language belonging to a language group similar to the language group of the display language. As shown in FIG. 30, when the display language is French, which is the second language, and the first language is Japanese, English, and Chinese, as described above in step S62, the Indo-European (first language) French of the group) is one of the Indo-European languages (first language group), which is a higher-level language group of English, and the Altai languages and Sina-Tibetan languages (a second language group), which are higher-level language groups of Japanese and Chinese. Which one it belongs to is determined, and English is determined as the first language belonging to a language group similar to French from among Japanese, English, and Chinese, as the first language belonging to the language group that matches French. .. Then, the process proceeds to step S65.

In the above description, when the display language is French and the first language is Japanese, English, and Chinese, it is determined that the language group of the display language and the language group of the first language are similar when the upper language groups match. However, if both the upper language group and the middle language group match, it may be determined that the language group of the display language and the language group of the first language are more similar.

In step S65, the language determination unit 414 sets the first language belonging to the language group similar to the language group of the display language determined in step S64 as the translation source language. Then, returning to the setting processing of the display language setting information shown in FIG. 31, the process proceeds to step S3 and step S4, and the display language setting information is stored in the storage device 14 as in the first embodiment. Then, according to the display language setting information stored in the storage device 14, based on the flowchart shown in FIG. 19 of the first embodiment, a language group similar to the language group of the display language (it is determined that the second language belongs). The first display character string of the first language belonging to one of the first language group and the second language group) is used as a source sentence to request a translation unit such as a translation server for translation. After that, the second display character string which is the display character string after translation is acquired from the translation unit such as the translation server, and the second display character string is displayed at the specific position where the display identifier 50 of the display screen data 331 is set. As described above, the display identifier 50 in the display screen data 331 is associated with the second display character string, and then the display screen data 331 is displayed. Instead of the flowchart shown in FIG. 19 of the first embodiment described above, based on the flowchart shown in FIG. 24 of the second embodiment, a language group similar to the language group of the display language (determined that the second language belongs Even if the translation unit such as a translation server is collectively requested to translate all the first display character strings of the first language that belong to the first language group and the second language group) Good. In that case, all the second display character strings in the second language, which are the display character strings after translation, are collectively acquired from the translation unit such as the translation server, and all the second display character strings such as French are displayed in the resource file 3304. , 3305 so that the second display character string is displayed at a specific position where the display identifier 50 of the display screen data 331 is set according to the

resource files

3304 and 3305 including the second display character string. The display identifier 50 in the display screen data 331 is associated with the second display character string, and the display screen data 331 is displayed.

In the display support program, the display support device, and the display support method according to the third embodiment, the resource file 330 is described in at least two or more first languages (Japanese, English, Chinese, etc.), respectively. A first language similar to the display language in the set of first display character strings, which includes the set of first display character strings and is a second language in which the resource file 330 is not prepared in advance. The translation unit is requested to translate using the first display character string of as the original sentence. Therefore, it is possible to improve the quality of the machine translation of the translated second display character string acquired from the translation unit. In addition, it is possible to reduce the trouble of setting the first language similar to the display language selected by the user operation.

Fourth Embodiment
Next, regarding the display support program, the display support method, and the display support apparatus according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention, a part of the drawings used in the description of the first to third embodiments and FIG. 34 are used. Explain. Note that detailed description of the same configurations as those of the first to third embodiments will be omitted.

In the first and second embodiments, the translation source language is set by the user operation, and in the third embodiment, the translation source language is determined by the language determination unit 414 to determine the first language similar to the display language. However, in the fourth embodiment, instead of them, as shown in FIG. 34, a table 100 in which the translation source language is preset in one-to-one correspondence with the second language which is the display language is used. The difference is that the setting of the source language is acquired.

The table 100 is prepared in advance by the manufacturer or the like so as to be included in the data file 33 of the engineering tool 30, and is stored in the storage device 14 when the engineering tool 30 is introduced into the computer 1. Note that the resource file 330 includes a set of first display character strings respectively described in at least two or more first languages (Japanese, English, Chinese, etc.), as in the third embodiment. ..

In the setting processing of the display language setting information in the fourth embodiment, as in the first embodiment, as shown in FIG. 18, first, in step S1, the display language setting information is acquired according to the user operation. In step S2, unlike the first and third embodiments, the language determination unit 414 acquires the translation source language corresponding to the second language, which is the display language in step S1, from the table 100.

Then, the process proceeds to steps S3 and S4, and the display language setting information is stored in the storage device 14 as in the first embodiment. Then, according to the display language setting information stored in the storage device 14, based on the flowchart shown in FIG. 19 of the first embodiment, the first display character strings written in at least two or more first languages are displayed. The translation unit such as a translation server is requested to translate the first display character string of any one of the first languages preset as the translation source language of the second language, which is the display language, of the set as the original sentence. After that, the second display character string is acquired from the translation unit such as the translation server, and the display screen data 331 is displayed so that the second display character string is displayed at the specific position where the display identifier 50 of the display screen data 331 is set. The display screen data 331 is displayed after associating the display identifier 50 therein with the second display character string. Instead of the flow chart shown in FIG. 19 of the first embodiment described above, based on the flow chart shown in FIG. 24 of the second embodiment, first display characters written in at least two or more first languages respectively. All of the first display character strings of any one first language preset as the source language of the second language, which is the display language, of the set of columns are collectively translated into a translation unit such as a translation server as the original sentence. May be requested. In that case, all the second display character strings in the second language are collectively acquired from the translation unit such as the translation server, and all the second display character strings in the second language such as French are included in the

resource files

3304 and 3305. No, the display screen data 331 is displayed according to the

resource files

3304 and 3305 including the second display character string so that the second display character string is displayed at the specific position where the display identifier 50 of the display screen data 331 is set. The display screen data 331 is displayed after associating the display identifier 50 therein with the second display character string.

In the display support program, the display support apparatus, and the display support method according to the fourth embodiment, the resource file 330 is described in at least two or more first languages (Japanese, English, Chinese, etc.), respectively. When the display language is the second language for which the resource file 330 is not prepared in advance, the first display character string set is included, and the second language that is the display language of the first display character string set is displayed. The translation unit is requested to translate the first display character string in any one of the first languages preset as the translation source language as the original sentence. Therefore, when the display language and the translation source language are appropriately set by the manufacturer or the like, it is possible to improve the quality of machine translation of the translated second display character string acquired from the translation unit. In addition, it is possible to reduce the trouble of setting the first language similar to the display language by the user operation.

Modified example.
In the first to fourth embodiments, an example in which the present invention is applied to the engineering tool 30 has been described, but it may be applied to other application programs.

The engineering tool 30 according to the first to fourth embodiments is a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium such as a CD-ROM or a DVD-ROM in which the program of the engineering tool 30 is stored, and is distributed from a manufacturer or the like. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and may be downloaded from a server or the like via the communication network 4 such as the Internet. In this case, the download source server corresponds to a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing the program. The storage device 14 inside the computer 1 after the engineering tool 30 is installed in the computer 1 also corresponds to a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program.

In the first to fourth embodiments, the

translation servers

5 and 6 connected to the computer 1 via the communication network 4 are used as the translation unit, but the translation program is stored in the storage device 14 of the computer 1. The function as the translation unit may be formed inside the computer 1.

In the first embodiment, a language identifier is included in the resource file 330, the resource file 330 is searched, and there is a Japanese resource file 3301 including a Japanese language identifier which is an example of the display language selected by the user operation. In this case, it is determined that the display language selected by the user operation is the first language, but the method of determining whether or not the display language is the first language is not limited to this. For example, when a natural language other than Japanese, English, and Chinese is selected in step S1, it may be determined as the second language.

The present invention allows various embodiments and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the broad sense. Further, the above-described embodiments are for explaining the present invention, and do not limit the scope of the present invention. That is, the scope of the present invention is indicated by the scope of the claims, not the embodiments. Various modifications made within the scope of the claims and the meaning of the invention equivalent thereto are considered to be within the scope of the present invention.

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Claims

The display language that is the language used for the display character string displayed on the screen of the display device is the first display character string that is the display character string prepared in the resource file that is the file including the display character string. A language determining step of determining whether the language is a first language that is a corresponding natural language or a second language that is a natural language different from the first language;
An extracting step of reading the first display character string from the resource file when the display language is the second language;
A request step of requesting a translation to a translation unit that translates the first display character string extracted in the extracting step into the second language;
An acquisition step of acquiring a second display character string, which is a display character string in which the first display character string is translated into the second language, from the translation unit;
In the display screen data which is the data displayed on the screen of the display device, the second display character string is at a position where a display identifier which is an identifier indicating a specific position of the screen displayed on the display device is set. And a display step that displays
A display support program that causes a computer to execute.
A holding step of holding the display identifier corresponding to the first display character string when requesting the translation in the requesting step,
The second display character string acquired in the acquisition step is associated with the display identifier held in the holding step, and the resource file including the display identifier and the second display character string is stored in the computer. An additional step of storing in internal storage,
The display support program according to claim 1, further comprising:
In the extracting step, a plurality of the first display character strings are read from the resource file,
In the request step, the translation unit is collectively requested to translate the plurality of first display character strings read in the extraction step into the second language,
In the holding step, holding a plurality of the display identifiers set to distinguish each of the plurality of first display character strings,
In the obtaining step, the plurality of second display character strings obtained by translating the plurality of first display character strings into the second language are collectively obtained.
In the adding step, the plurality of display identifiers held in the holding step and the plurality of second display character strings acquired in the acquiring step are associated with each other, and the plurality of display identifiers and the plurality of first display characters are associated with each other. Storing the resource file including two display character strings in the storage device,
The display support program according to claim 2.
Update for displaying the second display character string in the resource file editably on the screen of the display device and associating the edited second display character string with the display identifier to update the resource file. Step,
The display support program according to claim 2 or 3, further causing the computer to execute the program.
Causing the computer to further execute a translation server selection step of selecting one of a plurality of translation servers that is the translation unit provided outside the computer,
In the requesting step, the translation is requested to the translation server selected in the translation server selecting step,
The display support program according to any one of claims 1 to 4.
The first language is at least two or more of the natural languages,
The resource file includes a set of the first display character strings respectively described in the at least two or more first languages,
In the request step, the translation unit is requested to perform the translation with the first display character string of a first language similar to the display language among the set of first display character strings as an original sentence.
The display support program according to any one of claims 1 to 5.
The set of the first display character strings described in each of the at least two or more first languages includes the first display character string described in a natural language belonging to a first language group, and the first language. The first display character string written in the natural language of a second language group belonging to a different etymology from the group,
When the display language is the second language, further causing the computer to execute a language group determination step of determining which of the first language group and the second language group the second language belongs to,
In the request step, the first display character string of one language group of the first language group and the second language group determined to belong to the second language in the language group determination step is used as an original sentence. Request the translation from the translation unit,
The display support program according to claim 6.
The first language is at least two or more of the natural languages,
The resource file includes a set of the first display character strings respectively described in the at least two or more first languages,
When the display language is the second language, in the requesting step, one of the first language set in advance in the first display character string set as the translation source language of the second language is selected. Requesting the translation from the translation unit using the first display character string as an original sentence,
The display support program according to any one of claims 1 to 5.
When the display language is the second language when the computer receives information from an external device connected to the computer, the display screen regarding the corresponding screen corresponding to the information in the display step. Displaying the second display character string at the specific position where the display identifier is set in the data,
The display support program according to any one of claims 1 to 8.
A language selecting step of selecting one of a plurality of natural languages as the display language by operating an input device;
The display support program according to claim 1, further causing the computer to execute the program.
The resource file including the first display character string prepared in advance in the first language, and the display identifier set corresponding to the first display character string;
The display screen data in which the display identifier is set corresponding to the specific position of the screen of the display device,
The display support program according to claim 1, further comprising:
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing the display support program according to claim 1.
The display language that is the language used for the display character string displayed on the screen of the display device is the first display character string that is the display character string prepared in the resource file that is the file including the display character string. A language determining step of determining whether the language is a first language that is a corresponding natural language or a second language that is a natural language different from the first language;
An extracting step of reading the first display character string from the resource file when the display language is the second language;
A request step of requesting a translation to a translation unit that translates the first display character string extracted in the extracting step into the second language;
An acquisition step of acquiring a second display character string, which is a display character string in which the first display character string is translated into the second language, from the translation unit;
When performing control to display display screen data, which is data displayed on the screen of the display device, on the display device, the display screen data indicates a specific position of the screen displayed on the display device. A display step of displaying the second display character string at a position where a display identifier which is an identifier is set;
A display support method comprising.
A display device,
Display screen data that is data in which a display identifier, which is an identifier indicating a specific position where a display character string is displayed, of the screen displayed on the display device is set, and the display prepared corresponding to the display identifier A storage device that stores a resource file that is a file that includes a first display character string that is a character string;
In the first language, which is the language used for the display character string displayed on the screen of the display device, which is the natural language corresponding to the first display character string prepared in the resource file. And a language determination unit that determines whether the second language is a natural language different from the first language,
An extraction unit that reads out the first display character string from the resource file when the display language is the second language;
A requesting unit that requests the translation unit to translate the first display character string extracted by the extracting unit into the second language;
An acquisition unit that acquires a second display character string, which is a display character string in which the first display character string is translated into the second language, from the translation unit;
A display control unit that displays the second display character string at the specific position of the screen displayed on the display device in the display screen data;
A display support device.