JPH09106399A - Machine translation device and machine translation method - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a machine translation device that outputs a translation result that is excellent in readability and is easy to understand. A machine translation apparatus of the present invention divides an original sentence by a predetermined division rule, an input unit 1 for inputting an original sentence and various instructions, an original sentence storage unit 2 for storing the original sentence input by the input unit 1, and an original sentence. Phrase dividing means 4 and phrase dividing means 4
A translation unit 5 that translates an original sentence into a translated sentence for each unit divided by, a corresponding sentence creating unit 7 that stores a corresponding original sentence and a translated sentence in a corresponding sentence storage unit 8, and an original sentence and a word string in this order. By providing the display means 11 for displaying the translated texts arranged in a corresponding manner in parallel, the comparison between the original text and the translated text becomes clear for each set unit,
You can get translation results that are easy to understand.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a machine translation device and a machine translation method for translating an original sentence in one language into a translated sentence in another language.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In conventional translation, a user who specializes in translation mainly translates information in other languages into information in his own language using a machine translation device. However, recently, due to the spread of personal computers and communication devices and the development of the Internet, general users who do not specialize in translation have more opportunities to need translation.

Further, a general user often wants to understand the information he / she wants to read on the spot, and inevitably uses the machine translation device.

[0004]

However, in the conventional machine translation device as described above, it is impossible to completely translate all sentences, and the translated sentence output by the machine translation device contains an error. There are also many. Also, if the translated text contains an error, the user will have to re-read the original text to understand it.
The task of re-reading the original sentence after reading the translated sentence requires a lot of time and effort for the user, especially between English and Japanese in which the word order of the original sentence and the translated sentence is largely changed.

For example, "The newest information on de
vice drivers and how to get installationmanual fro
If you translate "m the author are explained in this section." with a conventional translation device, "getting the installation manual from the author is the most up-to-date information about device drivers and how to do this section."

In this example, since it may not be translated correctly, it is difficult for the user to understand the meaning of the sentence just by reading the translated sentence. Further, in this case, since the word order of the original sentence and the translated sentence is exchanged, it takes time and effort to compare the original sentence and the translated sentence, and in the end, there is a problem that the original sentence is read again.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above problems and provide a machine translation apparatus and a machine translation method that output a translation result that is excellent in readability and is easy to understand.

[0008]

In order to solve this problem, the present invention provides an input means for inputting an original sentence and various instructions, a storage means for storing the original sentence input by the input means, and a predetermined original sentence. Dividing means for dividing according to the dividing rule,
A translation means for translating an original sentence into a translated sentence for each unit divided by the dividing means, a corresponding sentence creating means for storing a corresponding original sentence and a translated sentence in a storage means as a pair, and an original sentence and a word string in order. A display means for displaying the arranged translated texts in parallel is provided.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a machine translation device and a machine translation method that output a translation result that is excellent in readability and that is easy to understand.

[0010]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The invention according to claim 1 of the present invention is an input means for inputting an original sentence and various instructions, a storage means for storing the original sentence input by the input means, and a predetermined original sentence. Splitting means for splitting by a splitting rule, translation means for translating an original sentence into a translated sentence for each unit divided by the dividing means, and corresponding sentence creation for storing the corresponding original sentence and translated sentence in the storage means as a pair And a display unit for displaying the original sentence and the translated sentences arranged in correspondence with the word strings in parallel, the original sentence being divided into set units and translated. Because
The comparison between the original sentence and the translated sentence becomes clear for each set unit, and the translation result can be easily obtained.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the corresponding sentence creating means is configured to insert a predetermined symbol at a division position of the original sentence and the translated sentence after the division process. , The original sentence is divided into the set units and translated, and a predetermined symbol is inserted at the dividing position, so that the comparison between the original sentence and the translated sentence can be seen at a glance for each set unit, and an easily understandable translation result can be obtained. It has the effect that

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the corresponding sentence creating means displays the corresponding original sentence and translated sentence divided by the dividing means in parallel with each other. Is stored in the storage means, and the original sentence is divided into the set units and translated, and a predetermined symbol is inserted at the dividing position. Therefore, the unit in which the contrast between the original sentence and the translated sentence is set. This has the effect of making it easy to understand and to obtain a translation result that is easy to understand.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, there is provided a plurality of division rules for division by the division means according to an instruction from the input means, and the division rule is selected from among the division rules. It is configured to have a rule setting means for selecting and setting one, and since the original sentence is divided and translated for each set unit, the comparison between the original sentence and the translated sentence becomes obvious at each set unit, It has an effect that a translation result that is easy to understand can be obtained.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the second aspect, the symbols inserted by the dividing means are different in each division rule, and the original text is divided into set units. By translating and inserting a predetermined symbol at the division position, the comparison between the original sentence and the translated sentence becomes obvious at every set unit, and it is possible to obtain an easily understandable translation result.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the fourth aspect, according to an instruction from the input means, the rule setting means performs each translation when the translation means performs a plurality of translation processes. It is configured such that a division rule for the division processing of the division means is set for each processing,
Since the original sentence is divided and translated for each set unit, the comparison between the original sentence and the translated sentence becomes clear for each set unit,
It has an effect that a translation result that is easy to understand can be obtained.

In the invention according to claim 7 of the present invention, the first step of dividing the input original sentence into a plurality of word strings by a predetermined division rule, and the original sentence as a translated sentence for each of the divided word strings. It is configured to have a second step of translating and a third step of displaying the original sentence and the translated sentence arranged corresponding to the order of the word string in parallel, and the original sentence is set as a unit. Since it is divided and translated for each unit, the comparison between the original sentence and the translated sentence becomes clear for each set unit, and it is possible to obtain an easily understandable translation result.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, in the seventh aspect, the division rule of the first step is a rule for dividing the original sentence into phrases, and the original sentence is divided into phrases. Since this is translated, the comparison between the original sentence and the translated sentence becomes clear, and it is possible to obtain an easily understandable translation result.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, in the seventh aspect, the division rule of the first step is a rule for dividing each clause, and the original sentence is divided for each clause. Since this is translated, the comparison between the original sentence and the translated sentence becomes clear, and it is possible to obtain an easily understandable translation result.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, in the seventh aspect, in the third step, a predetermined symbol is inserted and displayed at the division position of the original sentence and the translated sentence after the division. And, the original sentence is divided into the set units and translated, and a predetermined symbol is inserted at the dividing position.
The comparison between the original sentence and the translated sentence becomes clear for each set unit, and the translation result can be easily obtained.

According to an eleventh aspect of the present invention, in the seventh aspect, in the third step, each word string of the divided original sentence and the corresponding translated sentence are displayed so as to be vertically parallel to each other. Since the original sentence is divided and translated for each set unit, the comparison between the original sentence and the translated sentence becomes clear for each set unit, and it is possible to obtain an easy-to-understand translation result. Have.

According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, in the seventh aspect, in the first step, the division is performed according to a rule selected from a plurality of division rules for the division. Since the original sentence is divided and translated for each set unit, the comparison between the original sentence and the translated sentence becomes clear for each set unit, and a translation result that is easy to understand can be obtained.

According to a thirteenth aspect of the present invention, in the tenth aspect, the symbols to be inserted in the third step are different in each division rule, and the original sentence is set for each set unit. Since it is divided into and translated, and a predetermined symbol is inserted at the dividing position, the comparison between the original sentence and the translated sentence becomes clear at every set unit, and an easily understandable translation result can be obtained.

According to a fourteenth aspect of the present invention, in the seventh aspect, in the first step, the original sentence is divided and then divided again, and the original sentence is divided into set units. Since the translation is divided and translated, the comparison between the original sentence and the translated sentence becomes clear at every set unit, and it is possible to obtain a translation result that is easy to understand.

According to a fifteenth aspect of the present invention, the first step of dividing the input original sentence into a plurality of word strings according to a predetermined division rule, and the original sentence into a translated sentence for each of the divided word strings. A program for embodying a second step of translating and a third step of displaying the original sentence and a translated sentence arranged in correspondence with the order of the word strings in parallel is stored. Since the original sentence is divided and translated for each set unit, the comparison between the original sentence and the translated sentence becomes clear for each set unit, and an easily understandable translation result can be obtained.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
This will be described with reference to FIG. (Embodiment) FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of a machine translation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, an English-Japanese machine translation device in which the source language is English and the translation language is Japanese will be described as an example.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 is an input means for inputting an original sentence and various instructions, 2 is an original sentence storage means for storing the original sentence text input from the input means 1, and 3 is an input means 1.
The division rule setting means 4 for setting the division rule of the original sentence in accordance with the instruction from the built-in syntax analysis means (not shown) according to the division rule set by the division rule setting means 3 for the original text stored in the original sentence storage means 2. It is a phrase dividing means for dividing based on the syntactic information of (1).

Reference numeral 5 is a translation means for translating the original sentence divided by the phrase division means 4 in division units according to a word dictionary having a built-in word dictionary, 6 is a word number counting means for counting the number of words included in the division units, and 7 is division. The corresponding sentence creating means for associating the original sentence and the translated sentence with each other, 8 inserts the delimiter symbol by the delimiter inserting means 9 at the dividing position in the corresponding sentence created by the corresponding sentence creating means 7, and the character font changing means 10 Is a corresponding sentence storage means for changing the character font and storing it as text information.

Reference numeral 11 is a display means for displaying the corresponding sentence stored in the corresponding sentence storage means 8, and 12 is a designated position detecting means for detecting a position designated by a cursor or the like by the input means 1 on the display screen of the display means. It is a means. Reference numeral 13 is a control means for controlling the operation of each means.

Here, the division rule setting means 3 uses the following 4
Seed division rules are set.

Rule (A): “Dividing into subject, verb, and object.” Rule (B): “Dividing into clause units.” Rule (C): “Dividing into noun phrase and verb phrase. Rule (D): “Freely divide by user's instruction.” FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of a machine translation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 2, the keyboard 20 realizes the input means 1, and the RAM 21
Realizes the original sentence storage means 2 and the corresponding sentence storage means 8, the display 23 realizes the display means 11, and the CPU 24 realizes the control means 13.

Further, in the ROM 22, the division rule setting means 3, the phrase division means 4, the translation means 5, the word number counting means 6, the corresponding sentence creating means 7, the corresponding sentence storing means 8, the delimiter inserting means 9, and the character font change. Means 10, display means 1
1. The control program, the division rule, and the word dictionary for each processing of the pointed position detecting means 12 are stored.

Regarding the machine translation apparatus of the present embodiment configured as described above, its operation will be described below with reference to FIG.
The operation of the machine translation apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart.

In advance, the user selects an appropriate division rule from the input sentence 1 based on the content of the original sentence, the degree of difficulty of the original sentence, etc., and causes the division rule setting unit 3 to set it. This setting may be performed after the input process of the original text.

In FIGS. 1 and 3, first, in (step 1), an original sentence to be translated is input via the input means 1. For this input, the input means may have a function of loading from a storage medium such as a floppy disk. In (step 2), the original text input from the input means 1 is temporarily stored in the original text storage means 2 in a text state. Further, in (step 3), the original text is displayed on the display screen of the display means 11.

Next, in (step 4), when the user gives a translation instruction through the input means 1, the original sentence is sent to the translation means 5. In (step 5), phrase division means 4
Judges whether or not the division rule has been set by the user, and if the division rule has not been set, waits for the user's setting.

Next, in (step 6), the phrase dividing means 4
Divides the original sentence according to the rule set by the division rule setting means 3.

Then, in (step 7), the translation means 5
Translates the original sentence for each division unit. In (step 8), the translation unit 5 uses the untranslated division unit (phrase unit).
The presence or absence of is detected, and if there is, the corresponding original phrase is translated.

Further, in (step 9), the corresponding sentence creating means 7 inserts a delimiter symbol between the division position and the translated sentence of the original sentence by the delimiter symbol inserting means 9. In (step 10), the corresponding sentence creating means 7 associates the divided original sentence and its translated sentence with each other and stores them in the corresponding sentence storing means 8. In (step 11), the corresponding original sentence and translated sentence stored in the corresponding sentence storage means 8 are displayed.

Further, if there is a setting of a division rule which is a division instruction from the user, the process returns to (step 6) and the divided original sentence of the corresponding sentence storage means 8 is divided again.
The processes of (step 7) to (step 11) are repeated.

In step 12, if there is no re-division instruction from the user, the final translation result is displayed and the phrase division translation is completed.

The phrase-based translation processing in this embodiment will be described in detail below with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 3 again based on a specific example.

The following original text is input by the input means 1 (step 1), stored in the original text storage means 2 and displayed on the display means 1.
1 is displayed (step 2) to (step 3).

Here, as a first example, the original text is as follows. I must thank the boy who found my wallet. Further, the division rule setting means 3 has a rule (A): "subject,
Divide by verb and object. Is set by the user's selection.

Next, the original sentence storage means 2 is input through the input means 1.
When the user issues a translation request for the original sentence stored in (step 4), the phrase dividing means 4 operates to perform the phrase dividing process of the original sentence (step 6). As a result of the above phrase division,
The original text is divided into the following three phrases.

I must thank the boy who found my wallet Here, the structure of the sentence is expressed by a tree structure so that the structure of the phrase of the original sentence becomes clear. It is shown in the block diagram of the original phrase processed by the machine translation device according to the form.

The phrase dividing unit 4 divides the original sentence according to the above rule (A), and while the phrase to be translated is present, the translation unit 5 performs the translation process of the phrase (step 7).

When the translation process is performed for each phrase, the translation result is as follows. I → I must thank → I must thank the boy who found my wallet → The boy who found my wallet → When the translation process of the translation means 5 is completed for all the phrases to be translated, the corresponding sentence creation means 7 , Delimiter insertion means 9
Is operated to insert a delimiter {/} into the phrase delimiter in the original sentence to generate the following translated sentence (step 9).

I / Thank you / Boy who found my wallet At the same time, the delimiter insertion means 9 inserts the delimiter at the position where the original sentence is also phrase-divided so that the following sentence is obtained. Is generated.

I / must thank / the boy who found m
y wallet. Next, in (step 10), the corresponding sentence creating means 7 stores the original sentence and the translated sentence in which the delimiter is inserted in the corresponding sentence storing means 8 as a pair.

Further, in (step 11), the original sentence and the translated sentence stored in the corresponding sentence storage means 8 are displayed on the display means 11. The transition of the display screen before and after the translation process at this time is shown in FIG.
Is shown in a diagram showing a display screen of the machine translation device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

As a second example, the original sentence of the first example is phrase-divided using the phrase-division rule (B): "divide by clause unit." With reference to the tree structure of FIG. 4, by this division processing, the original sentence is divided into two phrases, a main clause and a relative pronoun clause, and as a result of the translation processing, the following original sentence and translated sentence can be obtained. These are displayed on the display means 11 as follows.

I must thank the boy / who found my wallet. I must thank the boy / I found my wallet. As a third example, about the detailed division processing (re-division processing) of the phrase division means 4. explain.

First, the original text [The boy who found my walle
t is a high school student.] is set to perform phrase division using rule (A): “divided by subject, verb, object”.

When a translation request is made by the user, the phrase dividing means 4 operates to perform phrase division based on a predetermined rule for phrase division. As a result, the original sentence is divided into the following three phrases.

Here, the phrase of the original sentence processed by the machine translation device according to the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 6 is expressed as a tree structure so that the structure of the phrase of the original sentence becomes clear. It is shown in the block diagram.

The boy who found my wallet is a high school student Next, the translation means 5 operates to translate each divided phrase,
The following translation is generated.

The boy who found my wallet → the boy who found my wallet is → a high school student → high school student And the delimiter inserted by the delimiter insertion means 9 {/}
Is inserted in both sentences and displayed on the display means 11 as follows.

The boy who found my wallet / is / a high school st
udent. Boy / my high school student who found my wallet. At this time, the display means 11 is relative to the original text and the translated text of an adjacent pair by the hatching, etc. in the background of the characters of the corresponding original text and the translated text. The same highlighting method can be used for every other pair to clarify the relationship.

Here, the word number counting means 6 counts the number of words in each phrase and detects a phrase having a number of words equal to or more than the number of words preset by the user through the input means 1.

Therefore, the user sets the rule (C): "split into noun phrases and verb phrases" by the split rule setting means 3, and further sets the word number counting means 6 to the word number "6". A case where an instruction for detailed division processing is given will be described. In this example, the subject part is "the", "boy", "wh"
The word number counting means 6 detects that it is formed from six words, such as "o", "found", "my", and "wallet", and this phrase becomes the division target phrase, and the phrase division means 4 uses the rule ( Perform phrase division according to C).

This division processing mode can be set at any time, and long original texts can be divided in detail when needed.

From the above, the original sentence is divided into five phrases as follows. That is, referring to the tree structure in Fig. 6, if the part corresponding to the subject in this original sentence is divided into smaller phrases, it is divided into a noun phrase and a relative pronoun clause. The relative pronoun clause is divided into a noun phrase and a verb phrase.

When the translation processing is performed on each phrase by the translation means 5, the translation result is as follows.

The boy → boy who found → my wallet → my wallet is → is a high school student → high school student Next, the delimiter insertion means 9 divides the translation result of each phrase of the translated sentence. The following translation is generated by inserting the symbol {/}.

The boy / that person found / my wallet /
For the high school original text, the following original text is generated by the phrase dividing means 4 inserting a delimiter at the position where the phrase is divided.

The boy / who found / my wallet / i
s / a high school student. As described above, the processed and generated original sentence and translated sentence are stored in the corresponding sentence storage unit 8 in correspondence with each other by the corresponding sentence creating unit 7 and are shown to the user via the display unit 11. .

The transition of the display screen in the detailed division processing mode at this time is shown in the diagram of the display screen of the machine translation apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention in FIG.

As the delimiter, it is possible to use {/} as the delimiter for the first division and {|} for the second division as follows.

The boy ｜ who found ｜ my wallet ／ is ／ high sc
hool student. The boy who found it | My wallet / is / high school student The boy who found my w
It's easy to see that allet was one big phrase.
It is also possible to set different delimiters for each division rule.

As a fourth example, rules (A), (B),
The continuous division processing by (C) will be described.

This processing is performed, for example, by the rule (A) for the first division and the rule (B) for the second division.
Further, when the user sets that the third division is performed according to the rule (C), the division process is automatically performed according to the user's instruction. That is, each time the user instructs the division process, the division is performed according to the predetermined rule.

[I must thank the boy who found m
The transition of continuous partitioning for y wallet.] is shown below.

First, when there is a translation instruction from the user to the original sentence, the translation means 5 operates the phrase dividing means 4, and according to the rule (A), the original sentence is divided into phrases as follows, and each phrase is translated. The means 5 translates, the delimiter insertion means 9 inserts a delimiter, and the following translation result is displayed.

I must thank the boy / who found my wallet. I thank the boy / who found my wallet. When the user gave further translation instructions to this translation result, rule (B) The phrase is divided by and the following translation result is obtained.

I must thank / the boy / who found / my wallet. I appreciate / boy / the person found / my wallet If the user gives further translation instructions to this translation result, the rule ( The division according to C) is performed, and the following translation result is obtained.

I ｜ must thank / the boy / who found / my walle
t. Me ｜ Thank / Boy / The person found / My wallet In this way, each time the user directs, the phrase is subdivided and translated.

The transition of the display screen before and after the translation processing at this time is shown in the diagram showing the display screen of the machine translation apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention in FIG.

Further, the corresponding sentence storage means 8 has the display means 1
Since the position coordinate information of each word on the screen of 1 and the position coordinate information of the delimiter symbols corresponding to the original sentence and the translated sentence are stored, the delimiter symbol given to the original sentence and the corresponding translated sentence are given. It is also possible to display as follows by referring to the position coordinates with the delimiter and making the upper and lower positions correspond to each other.

I / must thank / the boy / who found / my wall
et. I / Thank you / Boy / Found / My wallet At this time, regarding the display of both sentences, there is no change in the spacing of the original text, and the delimiter of the translated sentence is arranged and displayed according to the position of the delimiter of the original sentence. There is.

However, the delimiter between the original sentence and the translated sentence {/}
In order to match the positions of, the translation of who found → found, was changed to who found → found.

If the translation is not changed as described above, I / must thank / the boy / who found / my wall
et. I / Thanks / Boy / The person found / It became my wallet, and the upper and lower positions of the delimiter between the original text and the translated text cannot all be displayed together.

As described above, when there is a large difference in the number of characters between the corresponding original sentence and the translated sentence, and the above delimiters cannot be aligned and displayed, the character font changing means 10 performs the character font changing process to Lower the number of points in the font of the character to display.

FIG. 9 shows the character font changing process.
The operation of the character font changing process of the machine translation apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart. In (Step 21), the length L of the original phrase is calculated, and in (Step 22), the corresponding length is calculated. The length S of the translated phrase is calculated, and in step 23, the original phrase and the corresponding translated phrase having the relationship of “L <S” are detected.

Further, in (step 24), the character font of the translated phrase of the original phrase and the translated phrase having the above relationship is reduced in the number of font points so that the length of the translated phrase becomes L or less. , (Step 25), the previous translated sentence is rewritten and stored in the corresponding sentence storage means 8, and displayed on the display means 11 in (step 26). The transition of the display screen before and after the translation process at this time is shown in the diagram of the display screen of the machine translation apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention in FIG.

Further, if there is no pair of the original phrase and the translated phrase having the above relation in (step 23), they are displayed as they are (step 26).

When the original sentence is displayed on two lines on the display screen, since the coordinate position of each word is stored in the corresponding sentence storage means 8, the line of the original sentence is as shown below. It is possible to add a translated sentence to the lower side of each.

I / must thank / the boy / who found me / thank you / boy / the person found / my wallet./my wallet Further, as a fifth example, the corresponding sentence storage means 8 displays Since the position coordinates of each word on the screen and the delimiter, the English word corresponding to the position coordinates, and the translated word corresponding to the English word are stored in the corresponding sentence storage means 8, the user selects the rule (D). Then, for the original sentence that has not been translated yet or the translated sentence that has already been translated, the division position of the original sentence displayed on the display unit 11 is instructed by an instruction from the input unit 1 such as a cursor. The phrase dividing means 4 operates to freely perform fine division.

Furthermore, by always indicating either the original sentence or the translated sentence on the display screen with a pen or the like, the corresponding original sentence and the translated sentence can be highlighted by hatching, hatching, shading or the like. it can.

The translation method achieved in this embodiment is such that a program stored in a storage medium such as a floppy disk, a CD-ROM, a magneto-optical disk, an optical disk (DVD), a hard disk, or the like is installed in a personal computer or It can be realized by storing and operating.

[0090]

As described above, according to the present invention, the input means for inputting the original sentence and various instructions, the storing means for storing the original sentence input by the input means, and the original sentence are divided according to a predetermined division rule. A dividing unit; a translation unit that translates an original sentence into a translated sentence for each unit divided by the dividing unit; a corresponding sentence creating unit that stores a corresponding original sentence and a translated sentence in a pair in a storage unit; and an original sentence and a word string. A display means for displaying in parallel the translated texts arranged in correspondence with each other is provided. For this reason, since the original sentence is divided and translated for each set unit, the comparison between the original sentence and the translated sentence becomes clear for each set unit, and a translation result that is easy to understand can be obtained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of a machine translation device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of a machine translation device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the machine translation device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of original sentence phrases processed by the machine translation device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a display screen of a machine translation device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a configuration diagram of original sentence phrases processed by the machine translation device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a display screen of a machine translation device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a display screen of the machine translation device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing an operation of a character font changing process of the machine translation device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a display screen of a machine translation device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 input means 2 original sentence storage means 3 division rule setting means 4 phrase dividing means 5 translation means 6 word count counting means 7 corresponding sentence creating means 8 corresponding sentence storing means 9 delimiter insertion means 10 character font changing means 11 display means 12 indicated position Detecting means 13 Control means 20 Keyboard 21 RAM 22 ROM 23 Display 24 CPU

Claims (15)

[Claims] 1. An input unit for inputting an original sentence and various instructions, a storage unit for storing the original sentence input by the input unit, a dividing unit for dividing the original sentence according to a predetermined dividing rule, and a dividing unit for dividing the original sentence. A translation unit that translates the original sentence into a translated sentence for each unit, a corresponding sentence creation unit that stores the corresponding original sentence and translated sentence in the storage unit in a pair, and the corresponding correspondence in the order of the original sentence and the word string. A machine translation apparatus comprising: a display unit that displays the arranged translated texts in parallel. 2. The machine translation device according to claim 1, wherein the corresponding sentence creating means inserts a predetermined symbol at a dividing position of the original sentence and the translated sentence after the dividing process. 3. The corresponding sentence creating means stores in the storage means such that the corresponding original sentence and translated sentence divided by the dividing means are displayed in parallel with each other. The machine translation device described. 4. A plurality of division rules for division by the division means according to an instruction from the input means, and a rule setting means for selecting and setting one of the division rules. The machine translation device according to claim 1. 5. The machine translation device according to claim 2, wherein the symbols inserted by the dividing means are different in each division rule. 6. The rule setting means, in response to an instruction from the input means, sets a division rule for the division processing of the division means for each translation processing when the translation processing is performed a plurality of times by the translation means. The machine translation device according to claim 4, wherein the machine translation device is set respectively. 7. A first step of dividing an input original sentence into a plurality of word strings according to a predetermined division rule, and a second step of translating the original sentence into a translated sentence for each of the divided word strings.
A third step of displaying the original sentence and the translated sentence arranged in correspondence with the order of the word string in parallel, the machine translation method. 8. The machine translation method according to claim 7, wherein the division rule in the first step is a rule for dividing each phrase. 9. The machine translation method according to claim 7, wherein the division rule in the first step is a rule for dividing each clause. 10. The machine translation method according to claim 7, wherein in the third step, a predetermined symbol is inserted and displayed at the division position of the original sentence and the translated sentence after the division. 11. The machine translation method according to claim 7, wherein in the third step, each word string of the divided original sentence and the corresponding translated sentence are displayed so as to be vertically parallel to each other. 12. The machine translation method according to claim 7, wherein in the first step, the division is performed according to a rule selected from a plurality of division rules for division. 13. The machine translation method according to claim 10, wherein in the third step, the symbols to be inserted are different in each division rule. 14. The machine translation method according to claim 7, wherein in the first step, the original sentence is divided and then divided again. 15. A first step of dividing an input original sentence into a plurality of word strings according to a predetermined division rule, a second step of translating the original sentence into a translated sentence for each of the divided word strings, and the original sentence. A storage medium storing a program that embodies a third step of displaying in parallel the translated texts arranged corresponding to the order of the word strings.