JPS63136261A - Translating device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To translate punctuation signal by using the information on the position where the colon or semicolon mark emerge in an input English sentence and discriminating the dictionary parts of speech (verb, noun, pronoun, conjunction) that is added to the mark. CONSTITUTION:A translation module 5 contains a grammar rule. When an input sentence is inputted via a keyboard 4, a CPU 1 adds a period to the end of the sentence together with the dictionary consulting jobs and stores the sentence into a buffer if this input sentence has a semicolon (;) at its end. It is supposed that the semicolon is previously registered in a dictionary for the module 5 in the form of period, pronoun and conjunction. If it is known that a period is put after a semicolon in the next judgement, the registered conjunction of semicolon is deleted out of a dictionary consulting result buffer. Then the sentence is analyzed into a prescribed tree structure after analyses of morpheme and syntax structure. The semicolon is interpreted as pronoun. The pronoun is translated based on the definition of the dictionary and displayed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION <Industrial Application Field> The present invention relates to a translation device that performs processing such as analysis, conversion, and generation on an input sentence and outputs a translated sentence.

<Prior art> Conventional translation devices treat colons, semicolons, etc. contained in the input original English text as special symbols and process them in a regular manner, so a uniform translated sentence is output regardless of the position where the symbol appears. be done. This has the disadvantage that the process of correcting the translated text becomes extremely complicated.

<Object of the Invention> In consideration of the drawbacks of the prior art, the present invention uses information on the position where the symbol appears in the input English text to determine the dictionary part of speech (verb, noun, pronoun, etc.) assigned to the symbol. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a translation device that is capable of translating and separating punctuation marks by distinguishing them (conjunctions).

<Example> The present invention will be explained in detail below based on the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a translation device according to the present invention, and this device includes a central processing unit (CPU) 1 that performs translation processing.
, a main memory 2 in which processing programs, etc. are stored, a CRT display device 3 for displaying translated sentences, a keyboard 4 for inputting input sentences, and a main memory 2 for storing programs for processing, etc., a keyboard 4 for inputting input sentences, and converting input sentences (original sentences) into output sentences (translated sentences). Translation module/I15 that performs conversion
Consists of.

Specifically, the configuration of the translation module 5 is shown in FIG. As shown in the figure, the translation module/L15 consists of four parts: a dictionary lookup morphological analysis section 51 to which a source language is input, a syntax analysis section 52, a conversion section 53, and a generation section 54 that generates a target language. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a processing flowchart of the translation module of this embodiment. Below, using Figures 3 to 6,
The specific processing operation of the device of the present invention will be explained.

Here, in this embodiment, only the grammar rules shown in the table below are included.

Grammar rule fa) indicates that a sentence is made up of a declarative sentence and a period. Grammar rule (bl) indicates that a declarative sentence is made up of a noun phrase and a verb phrase. Grammar rule (C) indicates that a noun phrase is made up of a pronoun. Grammar rule (
dl indicates that a noun phrase is made up of a determiner and a noun. Grammar rule (e) indicates that a noun phrase is made up of a determiner, an adjective, and a noun. Grammar rule ff) indicates that a verb phrase is made up of a verb and a noun phrase. Grammar rule (g) indicates that a declarative sentence is made up of a declarative sentence, a conjunction, and a declarative sentence.

Here, as an input sentence (al Th1s chapter expla
ins;(bl Th1s chapter e
xplains these; (cl Th1s
chapter explanations
;the next chapter explain
ins those.

Assume that . According to judgment S1 in the processing flow diagram in Figure 3, the input sentence (al) ends with ; (semicolon), so a period is added to the end of the sentence to become Th1s chapter explains;, and the dictionary lookup process in step S3 is performed. Then, the result is stored in a buffer for storing dictionary lookup results, as shown in FIG.

In judgment S5, since there is a period after the semicolon, from the dictionary lookup result buffer, the third part of speech of the semicolon,
Conjunctions are removed. Thereafter, when the process moves to syntactic analysis in step S9 after morphological analysis, the input sentence is analyzed using the grammar rule and the dictionary lookup result buffer of this example sentence (al).As a result, the input sentence is It is parsed into a syntax tree structure as shown in Figure (a).In other words, a semicolon is interpreted as a pronoun.Here, it is assumed that the pronoun translation of a semicolon is defined as "less than or equal to" in the dictionary. Then, the translation result of the input sentence (al) is output as shown in FIG. 6 [1].

Similarly, the input sentence (bl) is parsed as shown in Figure 5 (bl), and the semicolon is interpreted as a period. The final period is
The rest of the input word string has a parse tree structure (Figure 5(b))
The translation result is output as shown in FIG. 6 [2] without being reflected in the translated text.

Finally, in the case of the input sentence (C1, by judgment S5 in Figure 3,
From the dictionary lookup result buffer (C1), the pronoun and period, which are the parts of speech of the semicolon, are deleted, the semicolon is interpreted as a conjunction, and the syntax tree structure of tc+ in Figure 5 is output to the conversion and generation section.As a result, the part of speech of the semicolon is The conjunction's translation is ";"
Assuming that it is defined as is, Figure 6 [3]
A translation result like this will be output on the CRT screen.

<Effects> As described above, according to the translation device of the present invention, since it is equipped with a means for translating delimiters such as colons and semicolons included in an input sentence according to their positions in the input sentence, it is possible to quickly correct the translated sentence. can be processed.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a translation device according to the present invention, and FIG.
The figure is a detailed diagram of the translation module, Figure 3 is a processing flow diagram,
FIG. 4 (A diagram showing the contents of each buffer from al to [clH,
FIG. 5 (al to (C1 are diagrams showing each piece of the syntax tree structure,
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a display example. 1 is the CPU, 2 is the main memory, 3 is the CRT 14 is the keyboard, and 5 is the translation module. Agent Patent Attorney Takeshi Sugiyama (and 1 other person) Figure 1 Figure 2 J14 Reason (b) Figure 4 (c) Special Figure 5 (Q) Chapter extalns t
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Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A translation device that analyzes, converts, and generates an input sentence and outputs a translated sentence, and is equipped with means for translating delimiters such as colons and semicolons contained in the input sentence according to their positions in the input sentence. A translation device characterized by: