JPS59197965A - Literary style converting system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To convert a sentence to a sentence of proper politeness as occasion demands by converting an input sentence to different style by a literary style converting device using a dictionary for style conversion. CONSTITUTION:A style converting section 4 examines whether a word in an original sentence inputted from an original inputting section 1 is in the level section of a dictionary 5 for style conversion or not. When the word in the original is in the level of the dictionary 5, corresponding word of the level set by a level setting section 3 is extracted from the dictionary and transferred to a section 2 to be converted. If the word in the original is not in the level section of the dictionary 5, the inputted original sentence is transferred to the outputting section 2 to be converted as it is. Thus, inputted original is converted to a literary style of set level.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Technical Field of the Invention] The present invention relates to text processing technology in systems that handle text, such as machine translation and word processors.

[Technical background of the invention and its problems]

In Japanese, there are different levels of politeness. Normal 2 polite, very polite or respectful, humble. Documents are divided into these levels as necessary. When translating by machine, the translated text must be translated with an appropriate level of politeness depending on the purpose. Even if the source language is a language that does not have a lot of polite expressions, such as English, the translation must be done with appropriate politeness depending on the purpose.

[Purpose of the invention]

As already mentioned, the purpose of the present invention is to convert the original text into sentences with an appropriate level of politeness as required.

[Summary of the invention]

For example, a document created in normal font using a word processor can be automatically converted to polite font.

Additionally, machine translation can produce translations with an appropriate level of politeness.

〔Effect of the invention〕

Previously, if you wanted to make Bunkan, which was written in normal font, into polite font, a human had to review everything and convert it word by word, which required a lot of effort.

According to the present invention, it is possible to freely generate any writing style simply by creating a document in normal style.

Embodiment FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the invention. - Figure 2 shows a flowchart in the writing style conversion section.

It is assumed that the original text inputted to the writing style converter 4 has already been subjected to clause analysis and divided into single sentences. The writing style conversion section 4 converts the words of the original text input from the original writing human resources section 1 into a writing style conversion dictionary 5.
Check whether it is in 1 level 1 part of. If there is, 1 level set by JJevel setting section 3
The word corresponding to l is extracted using this dictionary and transferred to the converted sentence output unit 2. If not, the words of the input original text are transferred as they are to the output unit 2 to be converted. In this way, the input original text is converted into the set 11 level writing style.

[Applications and modifications]

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments.

The original text input to the original text human resource department does not need to be divided into words in advance, and may be in units of clauses or so-called solid sentences. In this case, the sentence style conversion section 4 performs phrase analysis or solid sentence analysis.

In addition, in this embodiment, from the input original text of 1Jevell 1,
Although conversion to another 1eve is taken as an example, the present invention is not limited to this. It is also possible to convert from any level to any level by specifying both the input original sentence level and the output converted sentence level in the level setting section.

Also, in this embodiment, the grammatical information section (part of speech, conjugation, conjugation, etc.) is not provided in the writing style conversion dictionary, but by providing this, verbs such as kuru→arararu, or adjectives, It is also possible to convert words that perform conjugations such as unusual verbs.

Also, for words that form a thick word such as o, go (go), add a mark in the stylistic transformation dictionary or another dictionary to show that they can be added with o or go.
It is also possible to automatically add fall or go to words with this mark.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the embodiment of the present invention. 1... Original text human resources department, 2... Converted sentence output section, 3...
・1 level setting section, 4... style conversion section, 5-...
Dictionary for style conversion.

Claims (1)

[Claims] It is characterized by comprising a source human input means, a converted sentence output means, a writing style conversion dictionary, and a writing style conversion means, and converts an input original text into a different writing style by the writing style conversion means using the writing style conversion dictionary. A stylistic conversion method.