JP2009266042A - Machine translation system - Google Patents

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a machine translation system capable of displaying a parallel translation using an original text window and a translated text window and efficiently editing the translated text while referring to the original text when the translation function is incorporated into the application. .
A translation unit 30 translates an original sentence to obtain a translation, and an application processing unit 29 causes the display device to display the original sentence and the translation. Corresponding phrase presenting section 36, when either the original sentence or the translated sentence is designated by the input device and there is a corresponding phrase display request, based on the original sentence / translated sentence correspondence information created by the original sentence / translated sentence correspondence information creating means 33. The source window corresponding to the source window in which the source text is displayed or the source window corresponding to the target language window in which the target sentence is displayed is specified, and the source sentence or source phrase corresponding to the source text or target phrase is specified. The specified word / phrase is displayed on the display device in a form distinguishable from other character strings.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a machine translation system that translates an original text in a first language into a translated text in a second original language in cooperation with an application program for processing a natural language and a machine translation program.

  In general, a machine translation system employs a bilingual display function that automatically displays an original sentence and its translated sentence side by side (or vertically). In the parallel translation display function, since the original sentence and the translated sentence are displayed side by side, the translation can be easily corrected while comparing the original sentence and the translated sentence. For this reason, it is a highly convenient function for the user. Such a bilingual display function has already been realized by a “translation editor” function in many machine translation systems (see, for example, Patent Documents 1, 2, and 3). Since the parallel translation editor manages the correspondence between the original sentence and the translated sentence on a sentence-by-sentence basis and a word-by-word basis, replacement of translated words can be easily realized.

Normally, in coordinated translation, in which the application program and the machine translation program are linked to translate the original text in the first language into the translated text in the second language, the original text and the translated text are displayed in separate windows, and the user manually enters the source text window. And the translation window are arranged side by side (or up and down) and adjustments such as scrolling of the screen are manually performed to display corresponding portions. On the other hand, there is a translation function that incorporates a translation function into a browser (application) and realizes a parallel translation display function that displays the original text and the translated text side by side in one window (see, for example, Patent Documents 4 and 5). In this case, since the correspondence between the original sentence and the translated sentence in units of words or words cannot be managed, the translation cannot be easily edited.
JP-A-1-31270 Japanese Patent No. 2583898 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 8-44745 JP-A-2001-337950 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2000-163423

  In bilingual display across the original text window and the translated text window, the user has to manually arrange the original text window and the translated text window side by side (or up and down). Also, in the actual translation work that performs coordinated translation in the application, it is desirable to complete the translation by understanding the original text while checking the original text and the translation text side by side, but the correspondence between the original text and the translation text in word units or word units The relationship cannot be managed, so the translation cannot be replaced.

  In other words, since there is no correspondence information between the original text and the translated text and the correspondence is not automatically performed, the window size adjustment, screen scrolling, search for the corresponding words, etc. are all performed manually to display the corresponding words. It is necessary to carry out and work efficiency is bad. In addition, in order to examine the translation word candidate of the original text phrase, the information at the time of translation of the original text cannot be used, and the dictionary search must be performed manually, so that the work efficiency is poor. Furthermore, it is difficult to find out how each word in the original sentence is translated and from which original sentence expression each word in the translated sentence is translated. In Patent Documents 4 and 5, parallel translation is displayed in one window, but it is limited to the browser, and the correspondence between the original sentence and the translated sentence in sentence units or word units cannot be managed. Cannot be edited easily.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a machine translation system that displays a translation using an original text window and a translated text window when a translation function is incorporated into an application and translates the translated text while referring to the original text. That is.

  The machine translation system of the present invention is a machine translation program that translates a first language source text into a second language translation text, an application program that processes the first language and the second language, and various requests made to the machine translation program incorporated in the application program. A macro plug-in that performs data communication, a linkage interface that performs data communication between a machine translation program and an application, a storage device that stores a translation dictionary that stores knowledge and rules necessary for translation, and an original text of the first language to be translated A display device for displaying and outputting the original text in the first language and the translated text in the second language after translation, the machine translation program, the application program, the macro plug-in, and the linkage interface. An arithmetic control device for performing arithmetic operations, and the application In a machine translation system that translates a source file created by calculating and executing the application program in cooperation with a program and the machine translation program, the source file generated by calculating and executing the application program is displayed. An application processing unit for creating a translation window for displaying a translation of the original text of the source text window and the source text file and displaying the translation text on the display device; and for the source text displayed on the source text window from the input device via the application processing unit. A translation unit that translates the source text of the source text file displayed in the source text window into a second language translation when the translation request is made, and transmits the translation as a translation result to the application processing unit; displayed in the source text window Number of original text paragraphs, sentences, and strings Source / translation correspondence information creating means for creating source / translation correspondence information that associates the number of paragraphs, sentences, and character strings of the translation displayed in the translation window; and the original text or the translation window displayed in the source window When a corresponding phrase display request is made by the input device when any phrase of the translated sentence displayed on the screen is selected, the original sentence / translation correspondence information created by the original sentence / translated sentence correspondence information creating means is used. The source window corresponding to the source window in which is displayed or the source window corresponding to the target window in which the target sentence is displayed is specified, the target sentence or source phrase corresponding to the source sentence or target phrase is specified, and the specified phrase Is provided on the display device in a form distinguishable from other character strings.

  According to the present invention, when collaborative translation is performed by incorporating a machine translation function into an application, the original sentence displayed in the original sentence window and the translated sentence displayed in the translated sentence window are associated with each other. When a word / phrase is specified from this window and a corresponding word / phrase display request is made, the corresponding word / phrase is displayed in a form distinguishable from other character strings in the other window, so that the original text and the translated word can be easily edited.

  FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram illustrating an example of a machine translation system according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block configuration diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of the machine translation system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  In FIG. 2, the machine translation system 11 is realized by installing a software program such as a machine translation program in a general computer and executing the software program in the processor 13 of the arithmetic control device 12.

  The arithmetic and control unit 12 performs various calculations related to machine translation. The arithmetic and control unit 12 includes a processor 13 and a memory 14, and the memory 14 translates the original text in the first language into the translated text in the second language. Machine translation program 15, application program 16 that processes the first language and the second language, macro plug-in 17 that is incorporated in application program 16 and makes various requests to machine translation program 15, machine translation program 15, and application program 16 A cooperation interface 18 for performing data communication between the two is stored, and a work area 19 is used when processing is executed by the processor 13.

  The linkage interface 18 is an interface for linking the application program 16 and the machine translation program 15. For example, DDE (Dynamic Data Exchange), OLE (Object Linking and Embedding), OCX (OCX) which is a data communication interface between applications. OLE Custom Control), ActiveX, COM (Component Object Model), etc. are used.

  In order to realize cooperative translation between the application program 16 and the machine translation program 15, a macro or a plug-in (macro plug-in 17) is incorporated into the application program 16. As will be described later, these are generally realized as a window toolbar or menu command. These macros and plug-ins communicate with the machine translation program 15 via the linkage interface 18 to exchange data.

  The calculation result of the calculation control device 12 is displayed on the display device 20. The input device 21 is used to input information to the arithmetic control device 12 and is composed of, for example, a mouse 22, a keyboard 23, and a disk drive 24. For example, the mouse 22 and the keyboard 23 are arithmetically controlled via the display device 20. Various commands are input to the device 12. As a result, the processor 13 of the arithmetic and control unit 12 activates the application program 16 to execute application processing, and creates the original text to be translated. Then, by linking the application program and the machine translation program, the machine translation program is also calculated and executed to translate the original text file created by the application process. The original text file to be translated created by the application process is a translatable (text can be obtained) document having an application file format.

  The hard disk drive (HDD) 25 stores a translation dictionary and the like in which calculation results of the calculation control device 12 and knowledge and rules necessary for translation are accumulated. The machine translation program 15, the application program 16 incorporating the macro plug-in 17, the linkage interface 18, and the like may be stored in a hard disk drive (HDD) 25.

  Next, each functional block in the arithmetic and control unit 12 shown in FIG. 1 corresponds to the above-described machine translation program 15, the application program 16 in which the macro plug-in 17 is incorporated, and each program constituting the linkage interface 18. That is, when the processor 13 executes each of these programs, the arithmetic control device 12 functions as each functional block. Each block of the storage device 26 corresponds to the storage area of the memory 14 and the hard disk drive 25 in the arithmetic and control unit 12.

  The input processing unit 27 of the arithmetic control device 12 performs input processing of various commands and information input from the input device 21, and the display output processing unit 28 displays the calculation result processed by the application processing unit 29 on the display device 20. The display output process is performed. In the following description, the application program is a document creation application program, and a macro or plug-in (macro plug-in 17) incorporated in the document creation application program and a linkage interface 18 realize a linkage function with the machine translation program 15. Suppose that

  The application processing unit 29 is a function realized by calculation execution of an application program, a macro or plug-in (macro plug-in 17) incorporated in the application program, and the cooperation interface 18. An original text file to be translated in the translation unit 30 is created, and a translation result in the translation unit 30 is displayed and output to the display device 20 via the display output processing unit 28. That is, the original text file is stored in the original text file storage unit 31 of the storage device 26, and the original text file is displayed on the display device 20 as an original text window. Further, the translated file translated by the translation unit 30 is stored in the translated file storage unit 32 and displayed on the display device 20 as a translated window.

  The translation unit 30 has source / translation correspondence information creating means 33 for creating source / translation correspondence information in the process of translating the original. When the translation request for the original text displayed in the original text window is input from the input processing section 27 via the application processing section 29, the translation section 30 translates the original text of the original text file displayed in the original text window in the storage device 26. The dictionary 34 is used to translate the second language translation. At that time, in the course of the translation processing, the original / translation correspondence information creating unit 33 of the translation unit 30 creates the original / translation correspondence information, generates the original / translation correspondence information table 35, and stores it in the storage unit 26. . Then, the translation unit 30 informs the application processing unit 29 of the translation that is the translation result. The translation dictionary 34 stores knowledge and rules necessary for translation for translating the original text in the first language into the translated text in the second language.

  The corresponding phrase presentation unit 36 issues a corresponding phrase display request for an arbitrary word of the original sentence or the translated sentence from the input device 20 regarding the original sentence file or the translated sentence file displayed on the display device 20 after the translation by the translation unit 30. Sometimes, a process of presenting the corresponding phrase to the user is performed. The corresponding phrase presentation unit 36 includes a corresponding phrase specifying unit 37, a translation word candidate acquiring unit 38, a window display status detecting unit 39, a corresponding phrase displaying status detecting unit 40, and a corresponding phrase displaying unit 41.

  The corresponding phrase specifying unit 37 specifies a translated phrase corresponding to the original phrase specified by the user from the input device 20 or an original sentence (corresponding phrase) corresponding to the translated phrase specified by the user from the input device 20. A specific method will be described later. The translation candidate acquisition means 38 acquires a translation word candidate of a translation word phrase or a translation phrase specified by the user from the input device 20 and stores it in the translation word candidate storage unit 42. The method of acquiring the translation candidate will be described later.

  The window display status detection means 39 checks the status of the window in which the corresponding phrase is present in order to present the corresponding phrase, and outputs the translated window or the original text window in which the corresponding phrase specified by the corresponding phrase specifying means 37 exists. When the area is hidden or minimized, the output area of the window in which the corresponding word / phrase exists is displayed on the front.

  Corresponding phrase display status detecting means 40 checks whether or not the corresponding phrase is displayed on the screen of the original sentence window or the translated sentence window, and outputs the translated sentence window or the original sentence window in which the corresponding phrase specified by the corresponding phrase specifying means 37 exists. When the corresponding phrase is not displayed in the display range of the area, the corresponding phrase is displayed by scrolling the output area. Corresponding phrase display means 41 displays the identified corresponding phrase on the display device 20 in a form distinguishable from other character strings, distinguishing it from other parts. At that time, the translation candidate acquired by the word candidate acquisition unit 38 is also displayed in the vicinity of the corresponding phrase. The corresponding phrase display status detection means 40 and the corresponding phrase display means 41 are functions achieved by the macro plug-in 17.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an example of processing contents of cooperation between the application program and the machine translation program in the machine translation system according to the embodiment of the present invention. In other words, the user activates the application program 16 in which the macro plug-in 17 is installed, and causes the display device 20 to display the original text window to be translated and the translated text window to be translated.
First, the user activates the application program 16 to display the original text to be translated in the original text window (S101). FIG. 4 is a plan view showing an example of the original sentence window 43 and the translated sentence window 44. FIG. 4 shows a case where the application program 16 is a document creation application program, and the original sentence is Japanese and the translation is English. The menu bar 45 of the original window 43 incorporates a translation menu, and the toolbar 46 incorporates a translation toolbar button. This is achieved by a macro plug-in 17 incorporated in the application program 16.

  When the user operates the translation toolbar button or the translation menu from the input device 21, the application program 16 issues a translation request for the original text file displayed in the original text window 43 (S102). The translation request 21 from the input device is received by the application processing unit 29 via the input processing unit 27. That is, in this receiving process, the macro plug-in 17 incorporated in the application program 16 receives a translation request (S103), and transmits the translation request and the original text to be translated to the linkage interface 18 (S104). By executing the macro plug-in 17 and the cooperation interface 18, the application processing unit 29 exhibits a function of starting the translation unit 30, and the translation unit 30 translates the original text (S105). That is, the machine translation program 15 is activated to translate the original text. The translation result in the translation unit 30 is transmitted to the application processing unit 29 and displayed on the display device 20 via the display output processing unit 28. That is, the translation result translated by the machine translation program 15 is transmitted to the cooperation interface 18 (S106), and is displayed and output on the translated sentence window 44 displayed on the display device 20 (S107).

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an example of the content of the original text / translated text correspondence information creation process in the translation unit 30 in step S105 of FIG.

  First, the source / translation correspondence information creating unit 33 of the translation unit 30 determines the line feed position of the source sentence to be translated and acquires the paragraph number (S201). For example, the original text in the original text window 43 shown in FIG. 4 shows a case of three paragraphs and five translation blocks. In the case of the original text of FIG. 4, “3” is acquired as the number of paragraphs. In FIG. 4, for convenience, the three paragraphs are numbered with 0, 1, and 2 paragraph numbers (left side of the figure), and for the five translation blocks, for convenience, block numbers 1 to 5 (right side of the figure). ) These paragraph numbers and block numbers are not displayed in the original text window 43. Similarly, the translated text in the translated text window 44 is also given three paragraph numbers and five block numbers corresponding to the original text for convenience.

Next, the source / translation correspondence information creating unit 33 acquires the number N of translation blocks of the source text to be translated displayed in the source text window 43 (S202). In the case of FIG. 4, since the number of translation blocks is 5, N (= 5) is acquired. Then, “1” is set to the variable n of the translation block (S203), the n (= 1) th translation block is read (S204), and the original text of the translation block is translated (S205). Then, the paragraph number, block number, and block length in the sentence of the original sentence block / translated sentence block are stored in the original sentence / translated sentence correspondence information table 35 (S206). An example of the original / translation correspondence information table 35 is shown in Table 1.

  As shown in Table 1, the original text window ID for identifying the original text window is given to the original text information by the application processing section 29, and the translated text window ID for identifying the translated text window is given to the translated text information by the application processing section 29. The Also, for each translation block, which is sentence correspondence information, for each of the original sentence information and the translated sentence information, the original sentence / translation correspondence information creating means 33 gives a paragraph number and a block number, and the original sentence / translation correspondence information creating means 33 is a block. Is given by counting the number of characters. In this way, each corresponding original block / translated block is stored in association with the paragraph number, block number, and block length information in the original document / translated document.

  Here, the paragraph is a sentence segmented by line breaks, a character string centered without a punctuation mark, or a character string centered without a punctuation mark and bold-modified, etc. Identified by. The translation block is a unit that the translation unit 30 translates as one break when translating in the translation unit 30, and is generally a unit in which sentences are cut by symbols such as punctuation marks. This translation block is not specified by the user, but the original text data is set in the translation section 30, so that the original text / translation text correspondence information creating means 33 of the translation section 30 automatically determines the translation block. “Translation block 1, translation block 2...” Shown in Table 1 indicates units that are translated in order by the translation unit 30.

When the translation of one translation block is completed and the original / translation correspondence information is stored in the original / translation correspondence information table 35, the original / translation correspondence information creating means 33 adds 1 to the variable n of the translation block to n ( n + 1) is incremented (S207), and it is determined whether or not the variable n of the translation block is larger than the number N of translation blocks of the original text to be translated (S208). Returning to S204, the processes in steps S204 to S208 are repeated until there is no original text (translation block) set in the translation unit 30. When the original text (translation block) is exhausted, the corresponding original text window assigned by the application processing unit 29 and the window ID of the translated text window are stored (S209). As a result, the original / translation correspondence information is stored in the original / translation correspondence table 35. Table 2 shows the contents of the original / translation correspondence information table 35 created when the original in the original window 43 shown in FIG. 4 is translated.

  As shown in Table 2, when n = 1, since the original text of the translation block 1 is “translation sample”, the paragraph number of the translation block 1 of the original text information is “0”, the block number is “1”, “12” is stored in the length of the block. Note that the length of the book is shown as one character in half-width and 2 characters in full-width. Correspondingly, “0” is stored as the paragraph number of the translation block 1 of the translation information, “1” is stored as the block number, and “18” is stored as the block length. Similarly, for the translated blocks of n = 2 to n = 5, the original text and the translated text are associated with the paragraph number and the block number, and the length of the block is stored.

  Next, FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an example of the processing contents of the corresponding phrase presentation unit 36. As described above, the corresponding phrase presenting unit 36, for the original sentence file 43 or the translated sentence file 44 displayed on the display device 20 after the translation by the translation unit 30, is input from the input device 20 to any word of the original sentence or the translated sentence. When the corresponding phrase display request is issued, the corresponding phrase is presented to the user. The corresponding phrase presenting unit 36 performs processing when the user issues a corresponding phrase display request with the input device 21 for any word in the original sentence or the translated sentence. The corresponding phrase display request may be issued, for example, when the original phrase is double-clicked with the mouse 22 and the original phrase is designated with a menu command or a shortcut key.

  When the corresponding phrase presentation unit 36 receives the corresponding phrase display request, first, the corresponding phrase specifying / translation word candidate obtaining process is performed (S301). Corresponding phrase specifying processing is performed by the corresponding phrase specifying means 37 using the original / translation correspondence information table 35, and the corresponding phrase specifying means 37 specifies the corresponding translated sentence (original sentence) from the original sentence (translated sentence), Holds the index and text in the sentence of the corresponding phrase. The index is information indicating the position of the corresponding phrase in the original sentence (translated sentence), and the text is data in which the corresponding phrase in the original sentence (translated sentence) exists. In addition, the translation word candidate acquisition process is performed by the translation word candidate acquisition processing means 38, and in this process, the translation word candidate of the original word phrase is acquired and stored in the translation word candidate storage unit 42. Details will be described later with reference to FIG.

  Thereafter, the corresponding phrase display processing is performed (S302), and finally the candidate word display processing is performed (S303). In the corresponding phrase display processing, the window display status detection means 39 displays the window in which the corresponding phrase exists, the corresponding phrase display status detection means 40 displays the corresponding phrase in the display range of the window, and the corresponding phrase display means 41 The corresponding words are displayed separately from other parts. In the translation word candidate display process, the corresponding phrase display means 41 acquires the translation word candidate of the source word phrase from the translation word candidate storage unit 42 and displays it in the vicinity of the source word phrase. Details will be described later with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 7 is a plan view showing an example of the window display when the corresponding phrase display unit 36 receives a corresponding phrase display request by designating the original phrase in the original window 43, and FIG. FIG. 7B is a plan view showing an example of the display of the translated sentence window 44. As shown in FIG. 7A, when the user designates “provide” as the original text phrase in the original text window 43, the phrase correspondence display presenting unit 36 displays the translated text window 44 as shown in FIG. 7B. The corresponding phrase “offer” is displayed separately from other parts. At that time, the candidate word “offer”, “offer, provide, supply, produce, represent, distiribute” is displayed in a pop-up dialog in the vicinity of the corresponding word “offer”.

  FIG. 8 is a detailed flowchart of the corresponding phrase specifying / translation word candidate acquisition process S301 in the corresponding phrase presenting unit 36 shown in FIG. First, the corresponding phrase specifying unit 37 determines whether the corresponding phrase display request (double click) is an original sentence or a translated sentence (S401). When the corresponding phrase display request (double click) is the original sentence, the corresponding phrase specifying means 37 acquires the original sentence of the block in which the designated phrase exists with reference to the original / translation sentence correspondence information table 35. (S402). For example, the API (Application Program Interface) (including macro functions) of each application identifies the phrase at the double-click position from the coordinates of the double-click position, and obtains a sentence containing the phrase. To do. Further, for example, various object attributes and values can be acquired from Word, which is a document creation application program, using a programming language called VBA (Visual Basic for Applications).

  When the corresponding phrase specifying unit 37 acquires the original text of the block in which the specified word or phrase exists, it outputs the original text to the translation unit 30. The translation unit 30 translates the original text from the corresponding phrase specifying unit 37 (S403). Then, the translated word candidate obtaining unit 38 obtains the translated word candidate of the phrase from the translation dictionary 34 (S404) and stores it in the translated word candidate storage unit 42. Next, the corresponding phrase specifying unit 37 specifies a translation corresponding to the phrase from the translation (S405), and searches for the appearance position of the specified phrase from the text of the corresponding translation block (S406). The corresponding phrase specifying unit 37 calculates an index of the corresponding phrase in the paragraph (S407), and stores the position of the corresponding translated word (index in the paragraph) and the text in the storage device 26 (S408). These pieces of information are used in later display processing.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S401 that the corresponding phrase display request (double click) is not the original sentence, the corresponding phrase specifying means 37 determines that the corresponding phrase display request (double click) has been requested and designated. The number of the existing block of the word / phrase is acquired by referring to the original / translation correspondence information table 35 (S409). Then, the corresponding phrase specifying means 37 refers to the original / translation correspondence information table 35, acquires the corresponding original text block number from the translated text block number (S410), and acquires the original text block of the original text block number from the original text. (S411).

  The corresponding phrase specifying unit 37 outputs the acquired original sentence block to the translating unit 30, and the translating unit 30 translates the original sentence from the corresponding phrase specifying unit 37 (S412). Corresponding phrase specifying means 37 searches the translated sentence after translation, specifies the original sentence corresponding to the phrase that matches the phrase, with reference to the original / translation correspondence information table 35 (S413), and the translated word candidate acquiring means 38 determines the original sentence. Word translation candidates are acquired from the translation dictionary 34 (S414) and stored in the translation word candidate storage unit 42.

  Then, the appearance position of the specified phrase is searched from the text of the corresponding translation block (S406). The corresponding phrase specifying unit 37 calculates an index of the corresponding phrase in the paragraph (S407), and stores the position of the corresponding translated word (index in the paragraph) and the text in the storage device 26 (S408). These pieces of information are used in later display processing.

Here, the acquisition of the translation word candidate by the translation word candidate acquisition means 38 in steps S404 and S414 of FIG. 8 will be described. Acquisition of translation word candidates by the translation word candidate acquisition means 38 is acquisition of translation word candidates for the source language phrase, and is realized, for example, by performing dictionary lookup on the source language phrase with the translation dictionary 34 and acquiring translation word candidates. Table 3 shows an example of a Japanese-English translation dictionary.

  As shown in Table 3, when the translation word candidate is acquired by “mobile phone”, this Japanese-English translation dictionary is looked up using “mobile phone” as an entry word, and a translation word candidate {cellular phone} is obtained. When a translation word candidate is acquired with “car”, the Japanese-English translation dictionary is looked up with “car” as a headword, and a translation word candidate {car, train, bus} is obtained.

  In this way, when the corresponding phrase display request is issued, the corresponding phrase is specified by the corresponding phrase specifying / translation candidate acquisition process S1, and the candidate for translation is obtained, the corresponding phrase display process and the translation candidate display process are performed.

  FIG. 9 is a detailed flowchart of the corresponding phrase display process S302 and the translated word candidate display process S303 in the corresponding phrase presentation unit 36 shown in FIG. In the corresponding phrase display processing, the window display status detection unit 39 refers to the original / translation correspondence information table 35 from the window requested to display the corresponding phrase (double-click), and acquires the window ID of the corresponding window (S501). ). Then, the window display status detection unit 39 checks whether the window is minimized or hidden (S502). This check can be realized by the OS standard function. For example, in Windows, the window minimization check can be realized by using the “IsIconic ()” method of “User32.dll” included in the system standard.

  If it is minimized or hidden, the window is displayed on the front (S503).

  Next, the corresponding phrase display status detection unit 40 checks whether or not a translation block including the corresponding phrase is displayed on the window screen (S504). This check is performed using, for example, the coordinates of the text displayed in the window, the length of the block, and the coordinates of the translation block including the corresponding phrase. Alternatively, a command for searching for the character string of the target translation block may be issued to search whether the character string of the target translation block is included in the coordinates displayed in the window. If it is determined in step S504 that the translation block including the corresponding phrase is not displayed on the window screen, the screen is scrolled (S5), and the translation block including the corresponding phrase is displayed on the window screen. The corresponding phrase display means 40 highlights the corresponding phrase (S506). For example, inversion display, flicker display, italic character display, bold display, color difference display, font difference display, size difference display, and the like are displayed in a form distinguishable from other character strings.

  That is, for example, when the corresponding phrase display unit 41 requests the macro translation plug-in 17 to display the corresponding phrase specified by the macro plug-in 17 separately from other words through the cooperation interface 18, the macro plug-in 17. Is realized by adding unique format information of the application program 16 corresponding to the request to the character string. Accordingly, the corresponding phrase display unit 41 displays the identified corresponding phrase separately from other words.

For example, when the character color of a specific phrase is set to red in Word, which is a document creation application program, a Word macro is described as shown in Table 4.

  Finally, the corresponding phrase display unit 41 displays the translated word candidates (S507). Corresponding phrase display means 41 displays a candidate word in a pop-up dialog in the vicinity of the corresponding phrase in the pair of the corresponding phrase and the corresponding phrase display request (double click). If there is only one translation candidate, there is no other option, so no pop-up dialog is displayed. Instead of displaying in a pop-up dialog, other display methods, for example, an auxiliary window may be displayed.

  Next, in collaborative translation in Word, a flow of operations for displaying a corresponding word / phrase when a corresponding word / phrase display request (double-click) is applied to the original word / phrase when the machine translation system of the embodiment of the present invention is applied. explain. Now, the Japanese original text in the original text window 43 shown in FIG. 7A is translated by an English-Japanese / Japanese-English machine translation system, and the English translation text in the translated text window 44 shown in FIG. A case where a corresponding phrase display request is made after acquisition will be described as an example. That is, it is assumed that the translation process of the original text window is performed by the translation unit 30 with the processing contents shown in FIG. 5 and the original text / translation text correspondence information table 15 shown in Table 2 is obtained. Then, after the translation, in a state where the translated sentence window 44 is minimized, double-clicking on “provide” in the original sentence in the original sentence window 43 to request the corresponding phrase display, and to perform processing for displaying the corresponding translated word.

  In FIG. 8, the corresponding phrase specifying means 37 determines whether or not the corresponding phrase display request is for the original sentence because “provide” in the original sentence in the original sentence window 43 has been double-clicked (S401). The original text / translation text correspondence information table 35 shown is referred to, and the original text “everyone tries to provide the latest information at any time” of the translation block where “provided” is located is acquired (S402).

  Next, the translation unit 30 re-translates the original text “Everyone strives to provide the latest information at any time” acquired by the corresponding phrase specifying means 37 (S403). At that time, the translated word candidate obtaining unit 38 obtains the “provided” translated word candidate {offer, provide, supply, produce, represent, distribute} (S404) and stores it in the translated word candidate storage unit.

Corresponding phrase specifying means 37 specifies the corresponding translated word in the translation as “offer” (S405), refers to the source / translation correspondence information table 15 shown in Table 2, and corresponds to the source block where “provided” is located. The block being translated is identified as block 4 on the translation side, the translation is cut out using the length of the block, and the translation “Everyone is trying to be able to offer the newest information at any time.” "Is searched (S406). Then, the corresponding phrase specifying unit 37 calculates the position information “first paragraph 306 bytes” (S407), and stores the position information “first paragraph 306 bytes” and the text “offer” in the storage device 26. (S408).

  Next, in FIG. 9, the window display status detection means 39 refers to the original / translation correspondence information table 35 shown in Table 2 and finds a translation window using the window ID (S501). Since the translated sentence window 44 is in a minimized state, the corresponding phrase display state detecting means 40 detects that the translated sentence window is minimized (S502). Corresponding phrase display status detection means 40 displays minimized translated window 44 on the front of the screen (S503), and detects that the corresponding location “first paragraph, 306th byte” is displayed on the screen. (S504) As shown in FIG. 7B, the corresponding phrase display means 41 highlights the character string “offer” from the “first paragraph, 306th byte” (S506). For example, the character string “offer” is highlighted. Then, as shown in FIG. 7B, the corresponding phrase display unit 41 displays the candidate word “provide” in the vicinity of “offer” (S507).

  Here, conversely, when specifying “provided” from the phrase “offer” in the translated text in the translated text window, the block number “4” of the translation block where “offer” is located is obtained in step S409 of FIG. The block 4 on the original text side corresponding to step S410 in FIG. 8 is acquired and translated. In step S413 of FIG. 8, the translated sentence after the translation is searched to identify the original sentence corresponding to “offer”. If the source word phrase corresponding to “offer” can be identified as “provide”, the candidate word “offer, provide, supply, produce, represent, distribute} of“ provide ”is acquired in step S414 of FIG. Then, in step S406 in FIG. 8, the original / translation correspondence information table 15 in Table 2 is referred to, and the block corresponding to the translated block in which “offer” is located is identified as the original block 4; Cut out the original text using the block length on the original text side, and search for "provided" in the original text "Everyone strives to provide the latest information at any time." In step S407 of FIG. 8, the position information “first paragraph 218th byte” is calculated, and in step S408, the position information “first paragraph 218th byte” and the text “provide” are stored in the storage device 26. Keep it.

  Next, in step S501 in FIG. 9, the source text window 43 is found using the window ID, and in step S503 in FIG. 9, the source text window 43 is displayed on the front of the screen. In step S504 in FIG. Detect that the "byte" is displayed on the screen. In step S506 of FIG. 9, the character string “provide” from “first paragraph, 218th byte” is highlighted. Finally, the word "provide" is displayed in a pop-up dialog near "offer".

  Since the original sentence / translation correspondence information is updated at the timing when the original sentence or the translation is edited, and saved in the original sentence / translation correspondence table 35, the correspondence between the original sentence and the translated sentence can be specified. Therefore, by designating one word / phrase for the words / phrases of the original sentence and the translated sentence displayed on different screens such as the original sentence window 43 and the translated sentence window 44, the other corresponding word / phrase can be displayed.

  In the above description, the corresponding phrase presentation unit 36 uses the original window ID and the translated window ID to correspond to the translated window 44 corresponding to the original window 43 in which the original sentence is displayed or the translated window 44 in which the translated sentence is displayed. Although the original window 43 to be specified is specified, the corresponding window may be specified using the original file path and the translated file path.

  The original text window ID exists when the original text window is open, and similarly, the translated text window ID exists when the translated text window is open. Therefore, the original window ID and the translated window ID in the original / translation correspondence information table 35 are updated in real time.

For this reason, when the original text window and the translated text window are closed, the original text window ID and the translated text window ID are deleted, so that the correspondence between the original text and the translated text can be maintained even when the window is closed. A file path indicating the location of the file displayed in the original text window and the translated text window is provided in the translated text correspondence information table 35.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing an example of processing contents for creating the original / translation correspondence information having the original file path and the translation file path by the original / translation correspondence information creating means 33. If both or one of the source window and the translated window are closed (S601), the source / translation correspondence information creation unit 33 deletes the window ID of the closed window and closes it. The file path indicating the location of the file displayed in the window is stored in the original / translation correspondence information table 35 (S602). Table 5 shows an example of the original / translation correspondence information table 35 having a file path.

  As shown in Table 5, the original text window and the translated text window are provided with a file path field, and the file path is stored when the window is closed.

  When the corresponding phrase display request is made, the corresponding phrase display request is made through the original sentence window or the translated sentence window, so that both or one of the original sentence window and the translated sentence window is opened (S603). When the window is opened, the original / translation correspondence information creating unit 33 stores the window ID assigned by the application processing unit 18 of the opened file in the original / translation correspondence information table 35 (S604).

  The original / translation correspondence information creating means 33 determines whether both the original window and the translation window are open (S605). If both windows are not open, refer to the original / translation correspondence information table 35. Then, the window is opened by the file path of the unopened window, and the window ID assigned by the application processing unit 18 of the opened window is stored in the original / translation correspondence information table 35 (S606). As a result, both the original window and the translated window are opened, and the corresponding phrase display request is made. When there is a corresponding phrase display request, the corresponding phrase presentation unit 36 executes a corresponding phrase specification, translated word candidate acquisition process S301, a corresponding phrase display process S302, and a translated word candidate display process S303.

  As described above, since the source file displayed in the source window and the file path indicating the location of the target file displayed in the target window are stored in the source / translation correspondence information table 35, one of the source window or target window is displayed. After closing, double-clicking on the open phrase will open a new window and the other file will be displayed again in that window, with the corresponding phrase displayed. Therefore, even if one of the original sentence or the translated sentence is not opened, the corresponding file can be displayed by opening the file.

  In the above description, the original text file displayed in the original text window and the file path indicating the location of the translated text file displayed in the translated text window are stored in the original text / translation text correspondence information table 35 so that the window is closed. Although the correspondence information between the original sentence and the translated sentence can be maintained, the original file and the translated sentence file may be associated with each other even if the original application program and the translated application program are different.

  FIG. 11 is a functional block diagram of a machine translation system when a plurality of application processing units are provided corresponding to a plurality of application programs. In the functional block diagram shown in FIG. 1, two first application processing units 29 </ b> A and second application processing units 29 </ b> B are provided instead of one application processing unit 29.

  The first application processing unit 29A and the second application processing unit 29B are functions realized by, for example, calculation execution of two document creation application programs having different file formats. The plurality of application programs are application programs to which the macro plug-in 17 is adapted.

  Now, consider a case in which a translation that is a translation result is saved in a file format of another application processing unit 29B that is different from the application processing unit 29A that has requested translation of the original text. The translation unit 30 also receives the file path of the output destination of the translation result when receiving a translation request for the original text from the application processing unit 29A. Thereby, the translation part 30 outputs the translation result to the file path. The original / translation correspondence information creating unit 33 stores the file path in the original / translation correspondence information table 35.

  Thereby, the translation as a translation result can be displayed in the translation window of an application program different from the application program of the original sentence window, and the corresponding phrase presenting process can also be performed. That is, not only when the original sentence and the translated sentence are the same application program file, but also when the original sentence and the translated sentence are different application program files, the corresponding words can be specified and presented.

The functional block diagram which shows an example of the machine translation system concerning embodiment of this invention. The block block diagram which shows an example of the hardware constitutions of the machine translation system concerning embodiment of this invention. The flowchart which shows an example of the processing content of the cooperation of the application program and machine translation program in the machine translation system concerning embodiment of this invention. The top view which shows an example of the original sentence window and translation window in embodiment of this invention. The flowchart which shows an example of the creation content of the original text / translation correspondence information in the translation part in step S105 of FIG. The flowchart which shows an example of the processing content of the corresponding phrase presentation part in embodiment of this invention. The top view which shows an example of the display of a window when the corresponding phrase display part in the embodiment of the present invention designates the original sentence of the original window and issues a corresponding phrase display request. FIG. 7 is a detailed flowchart of a corresponding phrase identification / translation gazette acquisition process S301 in the corresponding phrase presentation unit shown in FIG. 6; FIG. 7 is a detailed flowchart of a corresponding phrase display process S302 and a translation word candidate display process S303 in the corresponding phrase presentation unit illustrated in FIG. 6. The flowchart which shows an example of the processing content which produces the original text / translation correspondence information which has the original text file path and the translation text file path by the original text / translation text correspondence information creation means in the embodiment of the present invention. The functional block diagram which shows another example of the machine translation system concerning embodiment of this invention.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 ... Machine translation system, 12 ... Arithmetic control device, 13 ... Processor, 14 ... Memory, 15 ... Machine translation program, 16 ... Application program, 17 ... Macro plug-in, 18 ... Cooperation interface, 19 ... Work area, 20 ... Display device 21 ... Input device 22 ... Mouse 23 ... Keyboard 24 ... Disk drive 25 ... Hard disk drive 26 ... Storage device 27 ... Input processing unit 28 ... Display output processing unit 29 ... Application processing unit 30 ... Translation unit, 31 ... Original file storage unit, 32 ... Translation file storage unit, 33 ... Original / translation correspondence information table, 34 ... Translation dictionary, 35 ... Original / translation correspondence information table, 36 ... Corresponding phrase presentation unit, 37 ... corresponding phrase specifying means, 38 ... translation word candidate acquiring means, 39 ... window display state detecting means 40 ... corresponding word display status detection unit, 41 ... corresponding word display means, 42 ... candidate word storage unit, 43 ... original window, 44 ... translation window 45 ... menu bar, 46 ... toolbar

Claims (7)

  A machine translation program that translates the original text of the first language into a translated text of the second language, an application program that processes the first language and the second language, and a macro that is incorporated in the application program and performs processing for linking with the machine translation program Plug-in, storage device storing a translation dictionary storing knowledge and rules necessary for translation, an input device for inputting at least a first language original as data, a first language original and a translated first A display device that displays and outputs a bilingual translation, and an arithmetic control device that translates the original text by executing the application program by linking the application program and the machine translation program with the macro plug-in In the machine translation system, the application program is calculated and executed. An application processing unit for creating an original text window for displaying an original text file created based on original text data input from the input device and a translated text window for displaying the original text of the original text file and displaying the translated text window on the display device And when there is a request for translation of the original text displayed in the original text window from the input device via the application processing unit, the original text of the original text file displayed in the original text window is translated into the translated text of the second language. A translation unit that translates using a dictionary and transmits a translation that is a translation result to the application processing unit; an original window that displays the original sentence and a translation window that displays the translation of the original sentence are associated and displayed in the original window The number of original text paragraphs, sentences, and character strings, and the translation displayed in the translated text window Source / translation correspondence information creating means for creating source / translation correspondence information that associates the number of paragraphs, sentences, and character strings with one of the original text displayed in the source text window or the translation displayed in the target text window When the corresponding phrase is requested by the input device and the corresponding phrase display request is made, it corresponds to the original text window in which the original sentence is displayed based on the original sentence / translated sentence correspondence information created by the original sentence / translated sentence correspondence information creating means. The source window corresponding to the target translation window or the target translation window where the target translation is displayed can be identified, the target sentence or source phrase corresponding to the source sentence or target phrase can be specified, and the specified phrase can be distinguished from other character strings. A machine translation system, comprising: a corresponding phrase presentation unit that is displayed on the display device in various forms.   The source / translation correspondence information includes an ID for identifying the source sentence window and an ID for identifying the target sentence window, and the corresponding phrase presentation unit displays the source sentence using the source sentence window ID and the target sentence window ID. 2. The machine translation system according to claim 1, wherein a source text window corresponding to the target text window or a target text window corresponding to the target text window displaying the target text is specified.   The corresponding phrase presenting unit identifies the translated sentence or the original sentence corresponding to the original sentence or the translated phrase, the translation window in which the identified corresponding phrase exists, or the output area of the original window is hidden, or 3. The machine translation system according to claim 1, further comprising: a window display state detecting unit that displays an output area in which a corresponding phrase exists when it is minimized.   The corresponding phrase presenting unit scrolls the output area to display the corresponding phrase when the corresponding phrase is not displayed in the display range of the output area of the translated window or the original sentence window where the identified corresponding phrase exists. The machine translation system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising a phrase display status detection unit.   The corresponding phrase presenting unit has a translation candidate acquisition unit that acquires a translation candidate of the identified corresponding phrase by referring to the translation dictionary, and the translation candidate acquired by the word candidate acquisition unit is displayed in the translation window or the original window. The machine translation system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the machine translation system is displayed.   The source / translation correspondence information includes a source file path indicating the location of the source file displayed in the source window and a target file path indicating the location of the target file displayed in the target window. Corresponding information creation means, when the source text window or the target text window is closed, the source text file path of the source text file displayed in the source text window or the target text file path of the target text file displayed in the target text window. When the original text window or the translated text window is closed, the corresponding text phrase is stored in the original text / translated text correspondence information table, and the original text window is displayed using the original text file path and the translated text file path. Translation window corresponding to or translation window showing the translation Machine translation system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that to identify the corresponding original window.   A plurality of application processing units are provided corresponding to the plurality of application programs to which the macro plug-in is adapted, and the translation unit sends the translated text to an application processing unit different from the application processing unit that requested the translation of the original text. And the source / translation correspondence information creating means stores the translation file path handled by another application processing unit in the source / translation correspondence information table, and the corresponding phrase presenting unit is stored in the source / translation correspondence information table. 7. The machine translation system according to claim 6, wherein an original program window application program and a translated text window of a different application program are associated with each other by using the original text file path and the translated text file path.

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