JPH1185753A - Multilanguage translating method with no erroneous translation - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable translation with no erroneous translation without changing the meaning of a document by translating the document, which is prepared while using the previously defined combination of word, grammar and routine sentence, from a translated intermediate language document to a selected language. SOLUTION: The desired sentence to be translated is rewritten while using the previously defined combination of words, grammar and routine sentences without using free expressions. Namely, the words of high use frequency, basic grammar and routine sentences are previously defined and stored in a storage device as a translation table respectively allocating numbers having specified alphanumerals. Then, the desired sentence to be translated is decomposed into suitable words, grammar and routine sentences while using the translation table in the storage device and they are respectively translated to the stream of numbers in the intermediate language having the same meaning as the original correspondent sentence. This sentence meaning is translated from the guaranteed intermediate language document by selecting the target language, grammar and routine sentence while using the translation table in the storage device and the document is completed. Thus, the translation with no erroneous translation is enabled without changing the meaning of the document.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a language translation method using a computer.

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional translation method is a method of analyzing words and grammar of an original sentence and converting them into words and grammars conforming to the grammar of another target language. Conventionally, when publishing a document in a plurality of languages, a document translated into each language is prepared in advance and the reader selects the document. Conventionally, when a person in a plurality of languages speaks mainly in sentences on a computer network, the conversation is limited to the range of the linguistic ability of the parties.

However, according to the above-mentioned prior art, since the processing of analyzing a sentence and the step of converting a grammar are complicated, the processing is not correctly performed and the original sentence is meaningless. Translated into a different sentence, sometimes causing mistranslation. Finding and proofreading mistranslations requires a good knowledge of the language. In addition, there was a problem that the meaning of the sentence was changed due to the oversight of the mistranslation, and the proofreading was troublesome. Basically, only one language is translated at a time, and translating into a plurality of languages requires as much work as the number of languages. If there is a guarantee that there is no mistranslation, the proofreading work can be omitted, knowledge of other languages is not required, and the efficiency can be greatly improved. Conventionally, when one document is to be published in a plurality of languages on an international network or the like, it is necessary to prepare documents translated into each language.
Further, when the number of prepared languages increases, the number of man-hours increases, and it is difficult to publish documents in many languages. For example, the JPO has published its homepage on the Internet in both Japanese and English versions. Conventionally, when a person in a plurality of languages speaks mainly on a sentence using a computer on an international network, it is necessary to have a conversation in a language in which the parties have knowledge. In addition, there is a problem that it depends on the linguistic ability of the party and cannot understand the received other language, or causes misunderstanding by transmitting an incorrect other language. For example, conversations with people overseas are often unified in English,
It was a difficult task for those with poor English skills. Therefore, in the present invention, a translation method that can be translated into many languages at the same time without mistranslation, software that translates and displays or prints from one document to multiple languages without changing the meaning, and simultaneously translates multiple languages It is an object of the present invention to provide software that enables conversation in sentences while translating.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the invention according to claim 1 uses a combination of a word, a grammar, and a fixed phrase defined in advance without using a free expression. This is a method of converting an intermediate language document whose sentence is guaranteed into an intermediate language document and translating the intermediate language document whose sentence is guaranteed into a selected language. Further, the invention according to claim 2 is software for reading data from a storage medium or a network in which an intermediate language document whose sentence is guaranteed is stored, translated into a selected language, and displayed or printed. Further, according to the invention of claim 3, a document is inputted by using a combination of a word, a grammar, and a fixed phrase defined in advance, converted into an intermediate language document having a guaranteed sentence, and sent to a plurality of computers connected to a network. Send an intermediate language document that guarantees
It is software that translates an intermediate language document received from a plurality of computers connected to the network, which guarantees the sentence, into a selected language and displays it.

FIG. 1 shows a first embodiment of the present invention. Simplify the process of analyzing sentences and converting grammars by creating or rewriting documents to be translated without using free expressions, using a combination of predefined words, grammar, and fixed phrases. I do. Figure 2 shows the predefined words, grammar, and fixed phrases.
Like the table shown in the table, frequently used words, basic grammar, and basic fixed phrases are defined, numbers with specific alphanumeric characters are assigned to each, and stored in the storage device as a conversion table Things. Then, a sentence created using a combination of predefined words, grammar and fixed phrases,
Using a conversion table of words, grammars and fixed phrases defined in advance in the storage device, the words are decomposed into matching words or grammars or fixed phrases, and each is converted into a sequence of corresponding numbers. This list of numbers is an intermediate language having the same meaning as the original sentence, and is defined as an "intermediate language document whose sentence is guaranteed". Then, the intermediate language document whose sentence is guaranteed is converted into a word, a grammar, and a fixed phrase in a target language using a conversion table of words, grammar, and fixed phrases defined in advance in the storage device. If necessary, a sentence is completed by adding processing specific to the language, such as conversion of verb conjugation. As a result, a document that is basically free from mistranslation is generated.
Further, by converting the language into a plurality of languages, it is possible to generate documents in a plurality of languages from an intermediate language document in which one sentence is guaranteed. FIG. 3 shows an embodiment of the second aspect of the present invention. Data is read from a storage medium in which an intermediate language document with guaranteed text is stored, translated into a selected language, and displayed or printed. As shown in FIG.
By publishing the intermediate language document whose text is guaranteed on the network server, it becomes possible to display or print the document translated into the selected language from many terminals at the same time.
The existing technology can be used as it is for the technology for publishing the document and the technology for transferring the document from the network. The software according to claim 2, wherein the language to be translated is selected in advance, and the intermediate language document whose linguistic guarantee transferred from the server or the linguistic intermediate document in the storage device is guaranteed.
According to the procedure of claim 1, it is translated into a selected language and displayed or printed. FIG. 4 shows an embodiment of claim 3 of the present invention.
Shown in The software according to claim 3 displays, in a selected language, software for inputting predefined words, grammar, and fixed phrases, and an intermediate language document received from a plurality of computers connected to a network and whose sentence is guaranteed. Has software. Software that inputs predefined words, grammar, and fixed phrases is a method of selecting and inputting words, grammar, and fixed phrases, and inputting sentences and expressing them using predefined words, grammar, and fixed phrases. Provide an input method that completes the input only when it is done. Then, as shown in FIG. 4, the input sentence is converted into an intermediate language document whose sentence is guaranteed, and transmitted to a plurality of computers connected to a network. In addition, software that displays an intermediate language document received in a selected language from a plurality of computers connected to a network in a selected language, selects a language to be translated in advance, and receives from a plurality of computers connected to the network. The intermediate language document whose sentence is guaranteed is translated into the selected language according to the procedure of claim 1 and displayed on a screen. [Other Embodiments] In the above embodiment, the text is input from the keyboard, but the text may be input by voice. In addition, the translated text may not only be displayed on the screen but also output as audio.

As described above, according to the present invention, translation can be performed without changing the meaning of a document. If you want to translate an existing document using this translation method,
Existing documents must be rewritten using predefined words, grammar and boilerplate, but since this work does not require knowledge of the target language, it is necessary compared to the conventional proofreading work in other languages. Language skills or man-hours are reduced. And basically no mistranslation occurs. Further, according to the present invention, it becomes possible for a person who reads the intermediate language document, which guarantees one sentence, to translate and display or print the intermediate language document in a selected language. With this, the person who creates the document only needs to create the document using predefined words, grammars and fixed phrases, and the storage device is compared with the case where the document has been conventionally translated into multiple languages and provided. Resources can be saved, and the number of work steps can be reduced.
Further, according to the present invention, a plurality of persons connected on the network can have a conversation in a sentence in the selected language without depending on the connection partner and their own language ability. In addition, by extending the conversion table of words, grammars, and fixed phrases defined in advance, it is possible to translate sentences that are more natural.
Further, when the number of languages that can be newly selected increases, an intermediate language document that has been created before that and whose sentence is guaranteed can be translated into a new language.

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FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an example of a conversion table of words, grammar, and fixed phrases defined in advance.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a state in which an intermediate language document whose sentiment on a network is guaranteed is displayed in various languages from many countries.

[4] FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a state in which a plurality of languages are simultaneously used for input and output on a network to converse in sentences.

FIG. 5 is a diagram comparing the prior art with the present invention.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A document created using a combination of words, grammar, and fixed phrases defined in advance, is converted into an intermediate language document whose sentence is guaranteed, and is translated from the intermediate language document whose sentence is guaranteed to a selected language. how to. 2. An intermediate language document which is read from a storage medium or a server on a network and which guarantees a sentence expressed by using a combination of a predefined word, a grammar, and a standard sentence is translated into a selected language and displayed. Or software to print. 3. A document is created using a combination of words, grammar, and fixed phrases defined in advance, converted into an intermediate language document whose sentence is guaranteed, and sent to a plurality of computers connected to a network. Software that transmits a language document, translates the intermediate language document received from a plurality of computers connected to the network, whose guaran- tee is guaranteed, into the selected language, and displays it.