JPH0561908A - Electronic sentence interpreter - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To facilitate the selection of a proper translated sentence by outputting plural translated words as well as the translated sentences when a single word has plural translated words. CONSTITUTION:When a polysemic word is included in the words of an input English sentence, it is decided in a step S6 whether all candidates are designated or not to the translated word of the polysemic word. If all candidates are designated, a dictionary window including all translated words of the polysemic word is shown in a step S8. If not, the candidate number is designated in a step S10. Thus the designated number of translated words are shown in the dictionary window in the order of higher ranks based on the priority of the translated words contained in the meaning information included in an interpreter in a step S11. In such a way, the candidate of the selected translated word is fixed in a step S12. Thereafter the translated sentences subsequent to the polysemic word are continuously printed in a step S13.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic translator, and more particularly to a translation process for a sentence including a word having a plurality of translated words.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a conventional electronic translator.

The configuration will be described with reference to the drawings.
The translation processing device 1 includes an input device 2 for inputting a sentence to be translated, a storage device 3 for sequentially storing a translated sentence or the like generated for the input sentence, and an input sentence or translated sentence. And the like, a printing device 5 for printing the translated text, a translation rule file 6 for storing the rules necessary for translating the syntax and the like to generate the translated text, and the translated text. In doing so, the dictionary file 7 in which the translated word for the word included in the input sentence is stored is connected.

FIG. 6 shows a flow of a translation process of a conventional electronic translator. The contents of the translation process of the conventional electronic translator will be described with reference to this flow.

First, in step S21, a dictionary look-up operation is performed using the dictionary file 7 for each word of 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 (S2).
3).

The prepared translated sentence 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 sentence needs to be corrected. If there is no correction to the translated text, step S2
In step 9, the translation processing operation is completed by printing the translated sentence using the printing device 5 such as a printer.

On the other hand, when the translated sentence displayed in step S25 needs to be corrected, the translated word to be corrected is designated in step S26. As a result, the contents of the dictionary window corresponding to 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 translated word is selected in step S28, and the translated text is displayed again in step S24 with the selected content. In this way, when 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 translation processing.

[0008]

In the conventional electronic translator as described above, when a sentence to be translated is first input, a dictionary lookup process is first performed to determine the part of speech of a word included in the sentence. And the meaning is confirmed. Next, the part of speech of each word is specified by analyzing the morpheme of the input sentence. Then, for each specified part of speech, by semantic information, that is, when there are a plurality of translated words for the word, information determined by the priority of the translated word, the convention of the language of the sentence to be translated, etc. The translation word used as a translation was selected. However, in order to generate a translated word by an appropriate method, selection of the translated word is not sufficient only with the semantic information included in the electronic translator itself. Therefore, as shown above, by displaying the translated sentence after generating the translated word, and for the translated word that seems to be inappropriate, by displaying another translated word and selecting an appropriate translated word among them,
The translation was completed. However, with such a conventional translation method of an electronic translator, the contents of other appropriate translated words cannot be known unless an incorrect translated word is designated each time and a dictionary window is opened. .. Therefore, when an appropriate translated word is selected only after judging the entire sentence, it cannot be said that the translated word itself is easy to use because no other translated word is displayed. The present invention has been made in order to solve the above problems, and an electronic device capable of quickly and appropriately performing a translated sentence processing even for a sentence including a word having a plurality of translated words. The purpose is to provide a translator.

That is, the translated words that could only be processed in the translation processor until now are selected by using the output translated sentence itself, or the words having a plurality of translated words, that is, the translated words of polysemous words are written. Accurate translation processing can be realized by making a judgment from the whole, and even a person other than the operator of the electronic translator can grasp the appropriate content by using the translated text output and give instructions for translation processing. The purpose is to enable.

[0010]

An electronic translator according to the present invention comprises an input means for inputting a sentence to be translated, a generating means for generating a translated word for each word included in the input sentence, Detecting means for detecting a plurality of generated translated words for one word; display means for displaying the corresponding word together with the plurality of translated words in response to the detection output of the detecting means; An output unit for outputting a translated sentence for a sentence together with a plurality of translated words generated by the generating unit is provided.

[0011]

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

[0012]

The structure of an electronic translator according to an embodiment of the present invention is basically the same as that of the conventional example shown in FIG. 5, and therefore description thereof will not be repeated here.

FIG. 2 shows the contents displayed on the display device when the polynomial print designation process is not performed in the printing process according to the embodiment of the present invention.

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, and the translated sentence in Japanese for the English sentence is shown in the right half. It is shown. That is, the display device 4 performs such an interactive display in which the original sentence is displayed on the left and the translated sentence is displayed on the right. In this state, by designating printing, the printed contents are printed out.

FIG. 4 shows the display contents corresponding to FIG. 2 on 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 contents of the process shown in FIG. The concrete contents of the dictionary window are shown.

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

Based on this flow chart, FIG.
The contents will be described with reference to the display example of FIG.

First, when a sentence to be translated is input to the translation processing device 1 by the input device 2, the dictionary file 7
Is used to confirm the part of speech of a word included in the input sentence, and information regarding the translated word is extracted. Next, in step S2, the syntax of the sentence is confirmed by analyzing the morpheme of the input sentence, and the part of speech of the word is identified accordingly. Then, the meaning information is used to select a translated word for each word, and a translated sentence is created (S3).

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

Next, in step S6, it is judged whether or not the input English word has a polysemous word. In the example of FIG. 2, the word “first” in English is a polysemous word. If there is a polysemous word, in step S7,
It is determined whether or not all candidates for the translated word for the word are designated. For example, when all candidates are designated, in step S8, a dictionary window including all translated words for the word is displayed. In this example, candidates for all translated words such as "first", "first half", and "first" are displayed in the window as translated words for "first".
At 9, all of these candidates are confirmed.

On the other hand, if all candidates are not designated in step S7, the number of candidates is designated in step S10. The designation of the number of candidates indicates the number of candidates designated 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 translated words "first" and "first half" are displayed. As an example of specifying the number of candidates, a dictionary window of "first" is shown in FIG. In this example, in each of the numbers shown on the upper left and lower sides, the priority and the number of candidates are changed according to the content of the translated word and displayed. In this case, by moving the broken line extending from the left to the right up and down using the direction keys of the input device 2 or the like, it is possible to select a print candidate having a desired priority. In this way, the translation word candidates selected in step S12 are determined.

As described above, after the translation word candidates are determined in step S9 or step S12,
13, the printing of the translated sentence after the polysemous word is continued. On the other hand, until the polysemous word is found after the translated text is displayed, in step S6, the process jumps to step S13 to continue printing.

Next, in step S14, it is determined whether or not the printing of the translated text is completed. When the 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.
Displayed in. A specific example thereof is shown in FIG. That is, underlined "first"
The content of "first (first half, first, first)" as a translation for is displayed as a 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 display content shown in FIG. 4 is output by the printing device 5 together with the designated candidate for the translated word. Such processing is performed for all polysemous words included in the input sentence, and the print output of the translated sentence is completed.

In the above embodiment, the candidates for the polysemous words are designated for each polysemous word. However, for all polysemous words in the input sentence, all candidates or the number of candidates are designated in advance. Alternatively, the content may be output as a translated text by

Further, in the above embodiment, at least candidates are specified for the polysemous words included in the translated sentence, but the polysemous words included in the dictionary file 7 are not specified for the polysemous words. It is also possible to output all translated words.

[0026]

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

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing the specific contents of a translation processing routine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an example of display contents of the electronic translator according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an example showing specific contents of a dictionary window of the electronic translator according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing another example of display contents of the electronic translator according to the embodiment of the present invention.

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

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the specific contents of a translation processing routine of a conventional electronic translator.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 translation processing device 2 input device 3 storage device 4 display device 5 printing device 6 translation rule file 7 dictionary file

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An input unit for inputting a sentence to be translated, a generating unit for generating a translated word for each of the words included in the input sentence, and a word for which the generated translated word is one. Detecting means for detecting the existence of a plurality of, in response to the detection output of the detecting means, display means for displaying the corresponding word together with a plurality of translated words, the translated sentence for the input sentence, by the generating means An electronic translator comprising: an output unit configured to output together with a plurality of generated translated words.