JP2002067533A - Constitution of pages of japanese-foreign langauge dictionary - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a constitution of pages of the text entry in a Japanese- English dictionary, in its turn, a Japanese-foreign langauge dictionary other than English, easily used especially by a Japanese and capable of being made sufficiently useful for English translation. SOLUTION: In the text entry pages of the Japanese-foreign langauge dictionary, the caption words 1 of Japanese to be translated to its foreign langauges and the arrangement of them are arranged in the order of the kana syllabary in phonetic representation inscription by a hiragana, a katakana or a romaji of the caption words 1. Under each caption word 1, a corresponding vocabulary group (with meaning-of-word explanation) column explaining the foreign langauge corresponding to the meaning of the caption word 1, the foreign langauge expression thereof is arranged. The bilingual foreign langages entered in the vocabulary group column are successively arranged in aliphabetical order or the order corresponding to the same under the vocabulary group column to form a subtitle and an example entry column, in which the examples of successively arranged foreign langauges and the Japanese translation thereof are entered, is arranged.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to the structure of pages described in the text in a Japanese-English dictionary for translating Japanese into a specific foreign language, for example, English.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Currently, Japanese-English dictionaries (or dictionaries) used in Japan are compiled based on Japanese-English dictionaries for foreigners published in the United Kingdom and the United States. Although the meaning of the word is described in English and enumerated, it is still the case today, despite the fact that it is inconvenient for Japanese to use it.

[0003] A conventional Japanese-English dictionary is one in which bilingual English / English expressions are individually described according to their meaning under Japanese to be translated into English (hereinafter referred to as "entry words"). The English translation is described, and the translated word generally describes the corresponding English in meaning, and the Japanese example and its English translation are generally described.

[0004] In many of the Japanese-English dictionaries currently issued, the headings are written in Roman characters and the arrangement is alphabetical. Recently, the headings are written in hiragana and the arrangement is in alphabetical order. Although it has been published, it is considered common sense that "Japanese-English dictionary is used in conjunction with English-Japanese dictionary" because the description (point) is originally for foreigners as described above. . In other words, Japanese-English dictionary users have been reading content for foreigners, and it should not be of much use to Japanese people if the meaning of Japanese is given as (commentary) in English. Specific examples are given below.

[0005] That is, in the page of the text of an existing Japanese-English dictionary in which "entry words" are arranged in Japanese alphabetical order in hiragana notation,
The following table 1 shows the Japanese language "Asarari" as an example.

[0006]

[Table 1]

As described above, an example column in which a Japanese sentence is written first and its English translation is continuously written is formed. In this case, however, there is a relation with the bilingual English previously described corresponding to the vocabulary group column. It is hard to use when translating into English because it is not available, and I don't think it is useful enough.

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the current situation of Japanese-English dictionaries as described above, the present invention is a Japanese-English dictionary which is easy to use especially for Japanese people, and thus can be sufficiently used for English translation. An object of the present invention is to provide a structure of a page described in the text in a Japanese-foreign language dictionary other than English.

[0009]

Means for Solving the Problems The constitution of the method of the present invention which has been made to solve the above-mentioned problem is described in Japanese-Japanese dictionary for Japanese headwords which should be translated into the foreign language. And its arrangement, arranged in alphabetical order in phonetic notation such as hiragana or katakana or romaji of the headword, under each headword, using a foreign language corresponding to the meaning of the headword and its use Place a corresponding vocabulary group (with semantic explanation) column that describes the foreign language expression and its meaning and usage. Below the vocabulary group column, translate each foreign language listed in the vocabulary column in alphabetical order or A subheading is arranged in the same order as above, and, for each foreign language arranged in order, an example description column is provided in which each example and its Japanese translation are described.

[0010] In the present invention, other appropriate expression examples may be described in Japanese → English below the above example description column.

As described above, in the present invention, a headword and
A corresponding vocabulary group (with semantic explanation) column that summarizes the meaning and usage of English used corresponding to the headword (hereinafter, parentheses are omitted in this specification) and a corresponding vocabulary group column Below, the English listed in the vocabulary group column is arranged in alphabetical order and described as subheadings, and examples in each subheadword are formed from English → Japanese, so that the optimal English expressions are easy to search and form and easy to use for Japanese use,
Therefore, it is possible to sufficiently utilize the English translation and English composition.

[0012]

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 are diagrams schematically showing a configuration for one headword of a Japanese-English dictionary edited by the method of the present invention.

In the figure, 1 is a vocabulary column in the Japanese-English dictionary of the present invention, which is a headword in a certain page sheet P, and 2 is a vocabulary group column which describes the meanings and examples of English that can be used corresponding to the headword 1. Depending on the situation in which a certain Japanese language is used, the corresponding English language is not single, but it can be expressed in various parts of speech, such as nouns, adjectives, verbs, etc., so the original meaning and usage of those English and English expressions And are listed in short expressions. 3 is to rearrange the English words described in this vocabulary group column 2 in alphabetical order, to make each English a subheading, and to write each example of the subheaded word from English to Japanese, Is an example column in which a Japanese translation including an English example and a headword is described.

Next, as a specific example of the above description, the headword is assumed to be "Asaari", and the "Asaari" is described in the corresponding vocabulary group column 2 and in the example column 3 which also functions as an English-Japanese dictionary. Will be described with reference to Table 2.

[0015]

[Table 2]

With the above configuration, the headword "Asarari"
It describes the contents of. Next, have a headword
In this case, the configuration and description of each column in the page paper P in which this word is described are as shown in Table 3 below as exemplified in FIG.

[0017]

[Table 3]

The above is an example in which the present invention is applied to the structure of the Japanese-English dictionary textbook pages. In the same manner, the Japanese-foreign-Japanese dictionary of Japanese-French, Japanese-German, Japanese-Russian, etc. Even with this configuration, the same effects as above can be obtained.

[0019]

The present invention is as described above. For example, when editing a Japanese-English dictionary, the headwords and arrangements to be translated into English are, for example, hiragana notation and alphabetical order.
Under the headword, form a corresponding vocabulary group column that summarizes English and English expressions that can be used corresponding to the headword and explains their meaning and usage, and sorts each English listed in this column in alphabetical order. Since the subheadings are arranged side-by-side, and the example column in which the examples of the words of each subheading are described in English → Japanese is formed, the Japanese-English dictionary of the present invention is easier for the user to understand than the conventional Japanese-English dictionary, There is no need to perform English translation while using an English-Japanese dictionary, which is extremely convenient in use. This applies to Japanese-foreign language dictionaries other than English.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view schematically illustrating a configuration for one headword on a page in a Japanese-English dictionary according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view schematically illustrating a configuration for another entry word in a Japanese-English dictionary according to the configuration of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 P form 1 Headword 2 Corresponding vocabulary group (with meaning definition) column 3 Example column 4 Other expression columns

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. In a Japanese-foreign language dictionary page in which the headline is to be translated into a foreign language, the Japanese headwords and their arrangements are identified by phonetic notation in hiragana, katakana, or romaji. Under each headword, arrange the foreign language corresponding to the meaning of the headword and the corresponding vocabulary group (with semantic explanation) that describes the foreign language expression using that word and its meaning and usage. Under the vocabulary group column, besides the vocabulary group column, each bilingual foreign language described in the vocabulary group column is arranged in alphabetical order or in the same order as the same to form a subheading, and for each foreign language arranged in order, each example And a Japanese-to-foreign language dictionary page, wherein an example entry column describing the Japanese translation is arranged. 2. The headwords to be translated into English and their arrangement are arranged in phonetic notation using hiragana or the like of each headword on the page of the Japanese-English dictionary where the headword is to be translated. Arrange the corresponding vocabulary group column that summarizes and describes the meaning and usage of English and English expressions that can be used corresponding to the words, below the corresponding vocabulary group column, the above described vocabulary group column The English-language dictionary is arranged in alphabetical order to form subheadings, and an example entry column in which English examples of each subheading are described in English → Japanese is arranged. 3. The structure of the Japanese-English dictionary page according to claim 2, wherein other appropriate expression examples are described below the example description column in Japanese → English.