JP2910922B2 - Translation support device - Google Patents

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Description: TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a translation support device used in a machine translation device or a word processor system. 2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in order to provide a translated text, for example, when a Japanese word is input, a corresponding English word is obtained. However, many of these devices only display the expression in the original language, for example, the expression in the target translation language for the word. In many cases, syntactic information is displayed, but only simple example sentences are displayed.
Therefore, when translating from the second language to the native language, there is utility, but when translating from the native language to the second language, the information is insufficient and the usability is low. . That is, when considering a translation operation from one language to another language, the most problematic is the difference in the word order between the languages, and therefore the syntax. For example, considering only verbs, it is not enough to simply replace words between one language and another. Therefore, it is inconvenient for those who do not have a syntactic knowledge about the language to be translated, especially for beginners of translation. Objective The present invention has been made in view of the above point, and even when the target translation language is not a native language, it does not consider syntactical restrictions and the like, and is merely a combination of words. It is an object of the present invention to obtain a translation support device that can create a translation at intervals. In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an input device, a display device, at least a predicate of an original language and a predicate of a translation language corresponding to the predicate of the original language having syntactic information and a predicate of the original language. A dictionary device storing syntax information;
A dictionary search device for searching for a predicate of a translation language corresponding to the usage of a desired predicate and syntax information associated therewith from the dictionary device, and syntactic information of the translation language corresponding to the expression in the original language in the display device. A syntax element position determining device to be displayed in the framework; a syntax input buffer for storing the translation language expression input in the syntax framework; and a translation language syntax by expanding the expression stored in the syntax input buffer. And a sentence processing means for generating a sentence in a translation language according to. Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
The translation support device of the present embodiment uses, for example, Japanese as an original language,
This is implemented as a function of a Japanese-to-English translation English word processor that translates this into an English translation language. The block configuration will be described with reference to FIG. First, a central processing unit 1 for controlling the entire system is provided. An input unit 2 such as a keyboard is connected to the central processing unit via an input control unit 3 as an input unit. A display device 4 using a CRT or the like as an output unit is connected to the central processing unit 1 via a display control device 5. Further, a translation dictionary device 6 is connected to the central processing unit 1 via a dictionary search device 7 in order to execute a translation process.
Here, the dictionary 6 also stores English (translation language) words for words in Japanese (original language) and syntax information accompanying the words. Further, a syntax element position determination device 8 is connected to the central processing unit 1 with a position designation information file 9 provided. Further, a slot input buffer (syntax input buffer) 10, an English input area buffer 11 and an input area buffer 12 are connected to the central processing unit 1. The central processing unit 1, the input area editing device 12, and the English sentence input area buffer 11 constitute a sentence processing means. Here, a part of the contents of the dictionary device 6 is conceptually
Shown in the figure. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the entry is a Japanese verb. Here, for example, several English translation words for the Japanese word "pull" are shown. Is stored.
That is, according to Japanese, even if there is a single expression “pull”, if there is a plurality of expressions in English, which is a translation language, the plurality of information is stored and provided for display at the time of support. Is configured to be selectively used.
This syntactic slot consists of, for example, a subject slot, an object slot, a complement slot, and a preposition slot 1, 2, etc.
Words can be individually selected according to their meaning and usage. In the dictionary device 6, "opt" in each slot indicates option information, and indicates whether or not the syntax slot is essential in the English syntax. It is set to 1 if it is not essential. The remarks column stores information other than syntax information, such as semantic information and usage information of similar words. In such a configuration, when the translation support apparatus of this embodiment is started from an English word processor equipped with the apparatus, the processing is performed according to the flowchart shown in FIG.
First, as an initial process, the screen 13 of the display device 4 is set to the initial screen in the state shown in FIG. That is, a window message indicating that the mode is to use the present translation support system is displayed at the top of the screen 13, and a cursor message is displayed.
14 is displayed in the Japanese word input area in the window. At the time of this initial processing, the cursor position in the original editing screen is stored. Then, for example, a Japanese word "pull" is input. Then, the central processing unit 1 causes the dictionary search device 7 to search for the word “subtract” in the dictionary device 6, and the syntax of the Japanese sentence that can be formed by the verb “subtract” is as shown in FIG. On the screen 13. That is, the screen 13 is a syntax display screen in Japanese.
In this case, since there are a plurality of syntaxes for the verb "pull", the syntaxes are numbered and displayed.
In addition, in order to facilitate the selection of a similar word, remark information about the meaning information of the similar word and the like is also displayed. Then, the operator is inquired about which syntax is required to translate the verb “pull” to English, and waits for the input of the corresponding syntax number. Therefore, for example, in the case of the word “subtract” meaning “subtract the word in the dictionary”, the syntax number 3 is selected and input. Then, the central processing unit instructs the dictionary search device 7 to perform a search operation in the dictionary device 6 again, and this time corresponds to the word “subtract” corresponding to “subtract a word in the English dictionary” from the dictionary device 6. As shown in FIG. 1 (c), the English expression, specifically "look up", is associated with the syntax information and the corresponding surface on the Japanese side. That is, the screen 13 becomes a syntax utilization screen, and displays only the framework of the selected syntax. It should be noted that the ones whose sequence numbers are 0 in the syntax slots stored in the dictionary device 6 and are empty are not displayed. At this time, the display of the framework of the Japanese syntax, which is the original language, is the base, and the framework of the English syntax is also displayed at the same time. It is displayed together with the semantic information and the Japanese particle attached to each of the sequence numbers assigned to each of the syntax slots on the English side. Finally, the Japanese verb entry is displayed. Such a display is to clarify the display of each slot corresponding to one slot, by indicating “GA”, “W”, etc., and by enclosing the display with a frame 15 as shown in the figure. In addition, when the slot corresponds to the option information and is not an essential slot in the syntax configuration, in order to clearly distinguish the option from the essential syntax slot in the display, in the present embodiment, the slot is enclosed in, for example, parentheses 16. It is displayed. Here, on the syntax utilization screen, as shown in FIG. 1 (c), a Japanese syntax and an English syntax are displayed in a two-line parallel state. At this time, the position of the English verb is controlled so as to be located immediately after the subject slot. This is under the control of the syntax element position determination device 8 based on the position designation information (stored in the file 9) based on the language / syntax element pairs.
Also, on screen 13, in order to guide the input of actual English words or phrases, each Japanese language syntax slot is divided into individual lines and displayed in the order of the original language, which is generally the familiar Japanese syntax of the operator. , The slot input area 17 is secured. Then, the operator moves the cursor to an arbitrary slot input area 17, and inputs an English expression corresponding to each syntax slot as shown in FIG. 1 (c). For example, "I" is entered in the subject slot and "in the dictionary" is entered in the preposition slot. The order of input is arbitrary and can be selected by the cursor, and it is not always necessary to input any slot portion that is not essential. Also, in the verb slot, the verb can be changed and re-input according to the tense, the person's name or the like. The English sentence thus input to the slot input area 17 is stored in the slot input buffer 10. When the input to at least the essential slots in the syntax slot is completed and an input end command is input, the central processing unit 1 reads out these English sentences input to the slot input area 17 from the slot input buffer 10 and Are rearranged and displayed as sentences in the English sentence display / input area 18 set at the lower part of the screen 13 in the order of the syntax slots. At this time, if there is any information in the slot input area 17 for which no information has been input, and if this is an essential information for which the optional information is 0, a warning is given to that effect and the cursor is moved to the uninput slot to input the information. Wait for. On the other hand, when the optional information is 1 which is not essential, the information is displayed in a form excluding the slot (frame) from the syntax. By the way, in the English sentence display / input area 18, the obtained English sentence can be freely edited. In other words, it is sufficient to consider that the word processor is operating only for the English sentence display / input area 18 on the screen 13, and the target English sentence obtained by the above operation can be modified. The English sentence expanded in this English sentence display / input area 18 is the English sentence input area buffer.
Stored during 11. These controls are controlled by the input area editing device 12. Then, when the end of the editing process is instructed, post-processing is executed. In this post-processing, first, the screen 13 is cleared and returned to the original English editing screen, and the English character obtained in the English display / input area 18 by the above-described processing at the stored original cursor position. The column is automatically inserted from the English sentence display / input area buffer 11, the cursor is moved to a position immediately after the sentence, and the system enters a state of waiting for input of a subsequent sentence. In other words, in the present embodiment, even a beginner can translate into a sentence of a target language with a light load by using the concept of a frame and supporting the word order, that is, the syntax in translation. In particular, considering each frame, it is possible to create a translated sentence that conforms to the syntax structure of the sentence of the object only by almost simple word correspondence replacement. Therefore, even translation into a language other than the native language is facilitated. In these processes, consider the handling of syntax slots that are not essential in the syntax. In this embodiment, first, the dictionary device 6
In the table, information indicating whether a certain syntax element is indispensable (whether the option information is 0 or 1) is added. Also, when displaying the syntax, the effect is indicated by the presence or absence of the bracket 16. If the target language expression is not embedded in the slot during the input processing, the slot is automatically removed from the expanded and generated translation. That is, arbitrary syntax elements are clear and easy for operators to handle. In this embodiment, the entry is displayed at the last position of the Japanese syntax shown in FIG. 1 and the like because it is a Japanese verb. For example, when the same slot for an adjective is considered, May be displayed at a different position. It is also clear that if one considers a language such as Arabic instead of Japanese, the position will be different again. That is, although these differ depending on the type of language / syntax element, it can be considered that the position of one syntax element of one language is fixed. Should be given. This position indication information is also used in creating an English sentence. Such position designation control is controlled by the syntax element position determination device 8 based on the position designation information file 9. Also, for example, in the case of English and French, syntax information is indicated by information such as the position where the slot is put and the preposition instead of the particle, and further, in the case of Chieko Slovak, the word is used. Will be shown instead of particles. In any case, the point is
Any part that carries syntactic information may be embedded in the ordinary syntax of the language. Effect The present invention, as described above, also displays syntax information when displaying a translation language for a language, so that simple word replacement can be performed without much consideration of syntactic restrictions in the target translation language. It is possible to create sentences in the target translation language with various combinations, even beginners can perform translation work with a light burden, and it is also convenient for creating translations in languages other than the native language Is what you can do.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a front view showing a display example of a screen, FIG. 2 is a block diagram, and FIG. And FIG. 4 is a flow chart. 1 input device 4 display device 6 dictionary device 7
…… Dictionary search device, 8 …… Syntax element position determination device, 10…
… Slot input buffer (syntax input buffer)

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] An input device, a display device, a dictionary device storing at least a predicate of the original language and a predicate of the translation language corresponding to the predicate of the original language and syntactic information associated with the predicate, and the dictionary A dictionary search device for searching a translation language predicate corresponding to the usage of a desired predicate and associated syntax information from the device; and a translation language syntax information for the expression in the original language in the display device in the syntax framework of the original language. A syntax element position determining device, a syntax input buffer for storing the translation language expression input in the framework of the syntax, and an expression stored in the syntax input buffer expanded to conform to the syntax of the translation language. A translation support apparatus comprising: a sentence processing unit that generates a sentence in a translated language.