Electronic sentence interpreter

Description: TECHNICAL FIELD [Detailed description of the invention]

【0001】

[Industrial application field]

The present invention relates to an electronic translator, and particularly to a translation process for a sentence containing a word having a plurality of translated words.

【0002】

[Conventional technology]

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a conventional electronic translator.

【0003】

The configuration will be described with reference to the figure. The translation processing device 1 includes an input device 2 for inputting a sentence to be translated, a storage device 3 for sequentially storing the translated sentence generated for the input sentence, and the input sentence and the translated sentence. Display device 4 for displaying, etc., printing device 5 for printing translations, etc., translation rule file 6 for storing the rules necessary for translating syntax, etc. when generating translations, and translations. In doing so, a dictionary file 7 in which translations for the words contained in the input sentence are stored is connected.

【0004】

FIG. 6 shows the flow of translation processing of a conventional electronic translator. With reference to this flow, the content of the translation process of the conventional electronic translator will be described.

【0005】

First, in step S21, a dictionary lookup operation is performed using the dictionary file 7 for each word in the input sentence. Next, in step S22, the syntax of the input sentence is analyzed, and a translated sentence is created based on the rules of the translation rule file 6 (S23).

【0006】

The created translation is displayed on the display means 4 such as a display in step S24. In step S25, it is determined whether or not the translated text needs to be corrected. If there is no correction to the translated text, the process proceeds to step S29, and the translation processing operation is completed by printing the translated text using a printing device 5 such as a printer.

【0007】

On the other hand, when it is necessary to correct the translated text displayed in step S25, the translated word to be corrected is specified in step S26. As a result, the contents of the dictionary window for the specified translated word are read from the storage device 3 and displayed on a part of the display device 4. In the displayed dictionary window, an appropriate translation is selected in step S28, and the translation is displayed again in step S24 with the selected content. In this way, if the translated text is inappropriate, the operations of steps S26 to S28 are repeated, and the translated text is corrected until an appropriate translated text is obtained. In this way, the conventional electronic translator performs the translation process.

【0008】

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention]

In a conventional electronic translator as described above, when a sentence to be translated is first input, a dictionary lookup process is first performed to confirm the part of speech and meaning of the word contained in the sentence. Next, the part of speech of each word is identified by analyzing the form elements of the input sentence. Then, for each specified part of speech, it is based on semantic information, that is, when there are multiple translations for a word, the priority of the translation and the information determined by the language idiom of the sentence to be translated The translation used as the translation was selected. However, in order to generate a translated word by an appropriate method, the selection of the translated word is not sufficient only with the semantic information possessed by the electronic translator itself. Therefore, as shown above, the translation is displayed after the translation is generated, and for the translation that seems inappropriate, another translation is displayed and the appropriate translation is selected. Was completed. However, with such a conventional translation method of an electronic translator, the contents of other appropriate translations cannot be known unless an inappropriate translation is specified each time and the dictionary window is opened. .. Therefore, when an appropriate translation is selected only after judging the whole sentence, it cannot be said that it is convenient as a translation selection operation because other translations are not displayed in the translation itself. The present invention was made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and even for a sentence containing a word having a plurality of translated words, the translated sentence can be processed quickly and appropriately. The purpose is to provide a translator.

【0009】

That is, the translation that could only be processed inside the translation processing device until now can be selected using the output translation itself, or the translation of a word having multiple translations, that is, a polysemous word, can be determined from the entire sentence. By doing so, accurate translation processing can be realized, and even a person other than the operator of the electronic translator can grasp the appropriate content by using the output translation, etc., and can instruct the translation processing. The purpose is.

【0010】

[Means for solving problems]

The electronic translator according to the present invention has an input means for inputting a sentence to be translated, a generation means for generating a translation for each of the words included in the input sentence, and a generated translation for one word. On the other hand, a detection means for detecting the existence of a plurality of words, a display means for displaying the corresponding word together with the plurality of translations in response to the detection output of the detection means, and a translation means for the input sentence are generated by the generation means. It is equipped with an output means for outputting together with a plurality of translated words.

【0011】

[Action]

In the present invention, the translated text is output together with a plurality of translated words related to the translated words contained therein.

【0012】

[Example]

Since the configuration of the electronic translator according to the embodiment of the present invention is basically the same as the configuration of the conventional example shown in FIG. 5, the description here will not be repeated.

【0013】

FIG. 2 shows the display contents of the display device when the polysemous word print designation process is not performed in the print process according to the embodiment of the present invention.

【0014】

In the figure, the file name of the input sentence is described in the upper left, the input English example is shown in the left half in this example, and the Japanese translation for the English sentence is shown in the right half. ing. That is, the display device 4 displays such an interactive format in which the original text is displayed on the left and the translated text is displayed on the right. In this state, the display contents are printed out by designating the print.

【0015】

FIG. 4 shows the display contents corresponding to FIG. 2 in the display device 4 when the polysemous word print designation process according to the embodiment of the present invention is performed, and FIG. 3 shows the dictionary window for performing the process of FIG. The specific contents are shown.

【0016】

FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing a specific processing content of the translation processing device 1 in the polysemous word printing designation processing.

【0017】

Hereinafter, the contents will be described with reference to the display examples of FIGS. 3 and 4 based on this flowchart.

【0018】

First, when the sentence to be translated is input to the translation processing device 1 by the input device 2, the part of speech of the word contained in the input sentence is confirmed using the dictionary file 7, and the information about the translated word is confirmed. Is taken out. Next, in step S2, the syntax of the sentence is confirmed by analyzing the form element of the input sentence, and the part of speech of the word is specified accordingly. Then, using the semantic information, a translation is selected for each word, and a translation is created (S3).

【0019】

Next, in step S4, the printing operation is started by the printing device 5 such as a printer in response to the designation of the printing process. In response to the print start command, in step S5, the content of the translated text generated in step S3 is displayed on the display device 4. In this state, the contents shown in FIG. 2 are displayed.

【0020】

Next, in step S6, it is determined whether or not the input English word has an ambiguous word. In the example of Fig. 2, the English word "first" is assumed to be a polysemous word. If a polysemous word is present, step S7 determines whether or not to specify all possible translations for that word. For example, if all candidates are specified, in step S8, a dictionary window containing all translations for the word is displayed. In this example, all translation candidates such as "first", "first half", and "first" are displayed in the window as translations for "first", and all the candidates are confirmed in step S9.

【0021】

On the other hand, if not all candidates are specified in step S7, the number of candidates is specified in step S10. The specification of the number of candidates indicates the number of candidates to be specified from the top based on the priority of the translated word in the semantic information built in the translator when there are many translated words. For example, if the number of candidates is 2, in this example, the translations of "first" and "first half" will be displayed. As an example of specifying the number of candidates, Fig. 3 shows the first dictionary window. In this example, each of the numbers shown on the upper and lower sides of the left side is displayed with different priorities and the number of candidates depending on the content of the translated word. In this case, the print candidates having a desired priority can be selected by moving the broken line extending from the left to the right up and down using the direction keys of the input device 2. In this way, the candidates for the translated word selected in step S12 are determined.

【0022】

After the candidate for the translation word is determined in step S9 or step S12 as described above, the printing of the translation sentence after the polysemous word is continued by step S13. On the other hand, in step S6, the process jumps to step S13 and printing is continued until the polysemous word is found after the translated text is displayed.

【0023】

Next, in step S14, it is determined whether or not the printing of the translated text is completed. When printing is not completed, the process returns to step S5, and the translated text is displayed on the display device 4 together with the candidates confirmed in step S9 or step S12. A specific example is shown in FIG. That is, the content of "first (first half, first, first)" as a translation for the underlined "first" is displayed as the translation on the right. Similarly, the processing operations of steps S6 to S13 are repeated. That is, when the sentence to be translated contains a polysemous word, the printing device 5 outputs the display content shown in FIG. 4 together with the designated translation word candidate. Such processing is performed for all the polysemous words contained in the input sentence, and the print output of the translated sentence ends.

【0024】

In the above embodiment, the candidates for the polysemous words are specified for each polysemous word, but all the candidates or the number of candidates should be specified in advance for all the polysemous words in the input sentence. Depending on the situation, the content may be output as a translation.

【0025】

Further, in the above embodiment, at least candidates are specified for the polysemous words included in the translated sentence, but all the translated words for the polysemous words included in the dictionary file 7 are specified without specifying the candidates. It can also be output.

【0026】

[Effect of the invention]

As described above, in the present invention, since the translated text is output together with a plurality of translated words related to the translated text contained therein, it becomes easier to examine a more appropriate translated text.

[Simple explanation of drawings]

[Figure 1]

It is a flowchart which shows the specific content of the translation processing routine by one Example of this invention.

[Figure 2]

This is an example of the display contents of the electronic translator according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[Fig. 3]

This is an example showing the specific contents of the dictionary window of the electronic translator according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[Fig. 4]

It is a figure which shows another example of the display content of the electronic translator by one Example of this invention.

[Fig. 5]

It is a block diagram which shows the concrete structure of the conventional electronic translator.

[Fig. 6]

It is a flowchart which shows the specific content of the translation processing routine of the conventional electronic translator.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Translation processing device 2 Input device 3 storage device 4 Display device 5 Printing equipment 6 Translation rule file 7 dictionary file