JP2002073604A - Device for providing translation service - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To realize a device with which a user can obtain translation results at a low cost and the translation quality of machine translation can be improved. SOLUTION: Translation knowledge storing means 1-1 to 1-n store translation knowledge of each different field. When the user 100 makes a translation request about an optional field, a translation server 3 selects the translation knowledge of the field from among the storing means 1-1 to 1-n and instructs a machine translating means 2 to perform machine translation by using the translation knowledge. The server 3 transmits machine translation results to the user 100, and when the user 100 requests a translator 101 to perform translation in response to the machine translation results, the translation is requested to the translator 101. When translation results are received from the translator 101, a translation knowledge manager 102 extracts the translation knowledge from the translation results and stores the translation knowledge in its corresponding translation knowledge storing means 1-1 to 1-n.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] The present invention relates to a translation service providing apparatus for providing a translation service on a network.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art There are two types of translation services on the Internet: machine translation and manual translation.

[0003]

However, due to the ambiguity of the language, there is a problem that the translation quality of a natural language is not sufficient when using the current machine translation technology. On the other hand, in the case of a manual service, it takes time to obtain a translation result from a request, and the cost is generally high. Usually, a specialized translator performs translation depending on the field of the document to be translated, but in order to perform translation dependent on such a field with machine translation, the translation work is performed in some form by a machine translation system. You need to register for. However, such a registration operation is troublesome. In particular, technical terms created one after another are not included in ordinary translation knowledge, and it is necessary to constantly update the translation knowledge.

[0004]

The present invention employs the following structure to solve the above-mentioned problems. <Structure 1> Translation knowledge storage means provided for each field for storing translation knowledge, machine translation means for performing machine translation using translation knowledge provided for each field, and accepting translation request documents from users for each field Requesting machine translation in the accepted field from the machine translation means, outputting the translation result from the machine translation means to the user, and as a result, there was a translation request from the user to the document by the translator. A translation server that requests a translation of the document to a translator; and a translation knowledge editing unit that stores translation knowledge extracted from a translation result by the translator in a translation knowledge storage unit. Service providing device.

<Structure 2> In the translation service providing apparatus described in Structure 1, the translation knowledge acquiring means for acquiring translation knowledge from the original text of the translation request document and the translation result of the original text by the translator, and the translation knowledge acquiring means. A translation knowledge editing unit for storing the translated knowledge in a translation knowledge storage unit.

<Structure 3> In the translation service providing apparatus according to Structure 1 or 2, provided in the translator side, the translator creates a record of the machine translation result corrected by the translator, and obtains translation knowledge specific to an arbitrary field. A translation service providing apparatus, comprising: a translation result editing unit that sends the translation result to a translation server.

<Structure 4> In the translation service providing apparatus according to any one of Structures 1 to 3, the apparatus is provided on the translator side,
A translation service providing device comprising a translation result editing means for receiving translation knowledge used in a machine translation result.

<Structure 5> In the translation service providing device according to any one of structures 1 to 4, the translation service providing device is provided on the user side,
User translation result editing means for creating a record corrected by the user with respect to the machine translation result or the translation result by the translator and sending it to the translation server as translation knowledge specific to an arbitrary field. Translation service providing device.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to specific examples. << Specific Example 1 >><Configuration> FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing a specific example 1 of the translation service providing apparatus of the present invention. The apparatus shown in the figure comprises translation knowledge storage means 1-1 to 1-n, machine translation means 2, translation server 3, communication means 4, and translation knowledge editing means 5.

The translation knowledge storage units 1-1 to 1-n are storage units for translation knowledge provided for respective fields, and include, for example, translation knowledge for respective fields such as sports, medicine, communication, and computers (a dictionary for each field and a dictionary). Knowledge used for translation processing in the field, such as grammar). Machine translation means 2
Based on a translation request from the translation server 3, this is a unit for performing machine translation using the translation knowledge of any of the translation knowledge storage units 1-1 to 1-n. A known technique can be used for the technique of machine translation. The translation server 3 is composed of a Web server, receives a translation request document from the user 100 via the communication unit 4 via the reception Web page 200, and requests the machine translation unit 2 for machine translation in the received field. As a result, when a machine translation result is obtained from the machine translation means 2, it has a function of sending it to the user 100. Translation server 3
Transmits a machine translation result to the user 100, and when the user 100 requests a translation of the translation target by the translator 101, requests the translation of the translation request document to the translator, and performs the translation. When a translation result is obtained from the user 101, the translation result is transmitted to the user 100.

The communication means 4 includes a user 100 and a translator 10
1 and an interface for connecting the translation knowledge manager 102 who maintains the translation service providing apparatus with a network such as the Internet using a predetermined protocol. The translation knowledge editing unit 5 is a functional unit for storing the translation knowledge extracted by the translation knowledge manager 102 from the translation result of the translator 101 in any of the translation knowledge storage units 1-1 to 1-n. The reception Web page 200
This is a Web page provided on the translation server 3 and implemented on the display of the user 100 for receiving a translation. The user 100 is a person who uses the present translation service providing apparatus, and there are a plurality of users 100. The translator 101 is an expert who undertakes translation when the user 100 is not satisfied with the translation quality of the machine translation, and there are a plurality of translators 101. The user 100 and the translator 101 communicate with the translation server 3 via the communication unit 4, respectively.
Is connected to

<Operation> FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the first embodiment of the present translation service providing apparatus. [Translation Process Using Machine Translation] (Step S101) The user 100 designates information (URL or the like) to be translated according to an interface provided by the translation server 3 via the communication unit 4. Here, the interface provided by the translation server 3 is, for example, that a reception Web page 200 for each field such as “sports” or “computer” is prepared and a translation request is received from the reception Web page 200 for the field desired by the user 100. This is an interface for specifying a URL to be executed. Alternatively, when a translation request is made from a Web page that the user 100 is browsing, a link for each field is provided so that the translation processing is performed by the present translation service providing apparatus, and this link is used as a reception for each field. The configuration may be as follows.

(Step S102) Based on the received field, the translation server 3 translates the translation knowledge storage means 1-1 to 1-1.
The user selects n to request translation from the machine translation means 2. As a result, the machine translation unit 2 performs the machine translation of the document to be translated using the translation knowledge of the selected translation knowledge storage units 1-1 to 1-n, and passes the translation result to the translation server 3.

(Step S103) The translation server 3 sends the machine translation result from the machine translation means 2 to the user 100 who has requested the translation via the communication means 4.

[Translation Process Using Translator 101] (Step S104) The user 10 who saw the result of the machine translation
A value of 0 requests translation by the translator 101 when the content of the machine translation result determines that the document is necessary, and when the translation quality of the machine translation is not sufficient. On the other hand, if it is determined that the document is not a necessary document based on the content of the device translation, no response is returned. Alternatively, a response to the effect that the translation result is OK is returned to the translation server 3. That is, first, the user 100 roughly translates the content of the document by machine translation, sees the result of the translation, grasps the content to some extent, and determines whether the document is required by the user. Then, if the user is a necessary document and wants a more accurate translation result, he / she requests a translation by the translator 101.

(Step S105) The translation server 3 requests the translator 101 for the document to be translated and the machine translation result using the communication means 4 (for example, by e-mail). here,
The criteria for selecting a specific translator 101 from the plurality of translators 101 are as follows. That is, the translator 101
Is registered in the translation service providing device, each translator 1
The information of the specialty field 01 is registered, and a translation is requested from the translator 101 that matches the field of the translation request from the user 100. Alternatively, the amount that can be handled by each translator 101 may be registered, and may be allocated to any of the translators 101 within the range.

(Step S106) The translator 101 transmits the translation result to the translation server 3 in response to the request, and the translation server 3 receives this.

(Step S107) When the translation server 3 receives the translation result from the translator 101 in step S6, it translates the translation result via the communication means 4 into the user 100.
And the translation result, the machine translation result, and the original text to be translated are sent to the translation knowledge manager 102.

[Editing of Translation Knowledge] (Step S108) The translation knowledge manager 102 looks at the original text to be translated, the machine translation result, and the translation result by the translator 101, and adds it to the translation knowledge from the translation result by the translator 101. Then, what is deemed better to do is extracted and stored in the translation knowledge storage means 1-1 to 1-n of the field using the translation knowledge editing means 5. Basically, such translation knowledge is stored in the translation knowledge storage means 1-1 to 1-n as translation knowledge of the field in which translation was performed, but if the translation knowledge manager 102 determines, Translation knowledge storage means 1-1 to 1-n, for example, a part thereof as translation knowledge of another field.
May be stored.

<Effects> As described above, according to the first embodiment, the translation request from the user 100 is first subjected to machine translation using the translation knowledge for each field, and as a result, the user 1
If 00 is not satisfied with the translation result,
The translation by the translator 101 is sent to the user 100, and the translation knowledge is extracted from the translation result and reflected in the translation knowledge for each field.
In the case of 00, after judging whether or not the necessary information is obtained by using inexpensive machine translation, the expert can obtain a high-quality translation result of only the really necessary information. Further, when making a translation request to the translator 101, a rough translation by machine translation is sent in advance, so that the burden on the translator 101 can be reduced. Furthermore, for the translator 101,
By receiving a translation request from the present apparatus, there is an effect that a translation request can be stably performed without conducting business activities such as advertisement. In addition, since the translation knowledge is extracted from the translation results of the plurality of translators 101 and integratedly managed and reflected in the translation knowledge storage units 1-1 to 1-n, it is necessary to add a new word, for example. Thus, there is an effect that the translation quality can be efficiently updated, and as a result, the translation quality of machine translation can be improved.

In the first embodiment, the Web page is accepted on the basis of each field. However, the field may be determined from the information of the URL document to be translated. As this method, for example, the frequency of words that appear in a document to be translated is obtained, and the field is estimated from statistics of the frequency. In particular, by focusing on words that appear only in a specific field, the field can be estimated more reliably. If the field is determined in this way, machine translation processing for each field can be performed in the same manner as received on the Web page.

<< Specific Example 2 >><Configuration> FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of a specific example 2 of the translation service providing apparatus. The apparatus shown in FIG.
-N, machine translation means 2, translation server 3a, communication means 4,
It comprises a translation knowledge editing means 5 and a translation knowledge acquisition means 6. In the specific example 2, the translation request from the user 100 is made by e-mail. That is, in this specific example, the user 1
When 00 requests a translation, the document to be translated is transmitted by e-mail to the translation server 3a. For this reason, the translation server 3a accepts a request and presents a translation result to the user 100 and the translator 101 via the communication unit 4, and transmits a translation result from the translator 101 via the communication unit 4. In addition to having a function of sending to the translation knowledge acquisition means 6 and the translation knowledge manager 102, it has a function of processing e-mail. The other configurations of the translation knowledge storage units 1-1 to 1-n to the translation knowledge editing unit 5 are the same as the configuration of the first embodiment, and thus description thereof will be omitted.

The translation knowledge acquiring means 6 is a means for acquiring translation knowledge (corresponding words, examples, etc.) from these sentences when the source language sentence and the target language sentence are given.
For example, the technology disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H10-63669 is applicable. The translation knowledge editing means 5 is used by the translation knowledge manager 102 to store the translation knowledge in the translation knowledge storage means 1-1 to 1-n, as in the specific example 1. It has a function of storing the acquired translation knowledge in the translation knowledge storage means 1-1 to 1-n.

<Operation> FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the embodiment 2 of the present translation service providing apparatus. [Translation Process Using Machine Translation] (Step S201) The user 100 sends the document to be translated and the specification information of the field thereof by e-mail according to the translation server 3a via the communication unit 4. Here, a field may be specified over the entire document, or a method of specifying a part of the document may be used. The translation server 3a receives this as a translation request.

(Step S202) The translation server 3a
The translation knowledge to be used is selected from the specification information of the field sent from the user 100, the translation knowledge is designated, and a translation is requested from the machine translation means 2. If there is no explicit designation of the field from the user 100, the same field as the previous field is selected based on the history information of the user 100. Or,
The initial value of the field of the user 100 may be registered first, and if there is no explicit designation of the field, the field of the initial value may be selected. As a result, the machine translation means 2 selects the selected translation knowledge storage means 1-1 to 1-1.
The document to be translated is machine translated using the translation knowledge of −n, and the translation result is passed to the translation server 3a.

(Step S203) The translation server 3a
The result of the machine translation from the machine translation means 2 is transmitted to the user 100 who has requested the translation via the communication means 4.

[Translation Process Using Translator 101] (Step S204) User 10 who has watched the result of machine translation
A value of 0 requests translation by the translator 101 when the content of the machine translation result determines that the document is necessary, and when the translation quality of the machine translation is not sufficient. On the other hand, if it is determined that the document is not a necessary document based on the content of the device translation, no response is returned. Alternatively, a response to the effect that the translation result is OK is returned to the translation server 3a.

(Step S205) The translation server 3a
The translator 101 requests the translation target document and the machine translation result using the communication unit 4 (for example, by e-mail).

(Step S206) The translator 101 transmits the translation result to the translation server 3a in response to the request, and the translation server 3a receives this.

(Step S207) The translation server 3a
Upon receiving the translation result from the translator 101 in step S206, the translation result is transmitted to the user 1 via the communication unit 4.
00, the translation result, the machine translation result, and the original sentence to be translated are sent to the translation knowledge acquiring means 6 and the translation knowledge manager 102.

[Editing of Translation Knowledge] (Step S208) The translation knowledge acquisition means 6 acquires the translation knowledge specific to the field by matching the source language sentence with the target language sentence and performing statistical processing or the like.

(Step S209) Translation knowledge manager 10
2 verifies the translation knowledge obtained by the translation knowledge acquisition means 6, edits appropriate translation knowledge by using the translation knowledge editing means 5, and translates the translated knowledge into translation knowledge storage means 1-1 to 1-1 of a corresponding field.
1-n.

<Effects> As described above, according to the specific example 2, the translation knowledge acquiring means 6 for acquiring the translation knowledge from the translation result of the translator 101 and the original text to be translated is provided.
In addition to the effects of the specific example 1, the burden on the translation knowledge manager 102 can be reduced, and the translation quality of machine translation can be improved at low cost.

<Third Embodiment><Configuration> FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a third embodiment of the translation service providing apparatus. The apparatus shown in FIG.
-N, machine translation means 2, translation server 3a, communication means 4,
A translation knowledge editing unit 5 and a translation knowledge acquisition unit 6b;
The difference from the specific example 2 is that the translator 101 is provided with the translation result editing means 7.

The translation result editing means 7 is provided on the translator 101 side, and has a function of receiving field-specific translation knowledge (for example, a glossary) used in machine translation, and a machine translation result provided from the translation server 3a. Has a function of creating a record corrected by the translator 101 (a record of which part of the machine translation has been corrected) and transmitting the corrected record to the translation server 3a as translation knowledge specific to the field. ing. Specifically, it is a means provided to the device on the side of the translator 101 as software and realized on this device.
The terminology collection is a collection of specialized terms and phrases that exist in each field, and is used to unify terms and phrases when performing translation. The translation knowledge acquiring means 6b is configured to acquire the translation knowledge from the translation result editing record by the translation result editing means 7 in addition to the function similar to that of the specific example 2. Other configurations are the same as those of the specific example 2, and corresponding portions are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof will be omitted.

<Operation> FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of Embodiment 3 of the present translation service providing apparatus. [Translation Process Using Machine Translation] (Step S301) The user 100 sends a document to be translated by e-mail according to the translation server 3a via the communication unit 4.

(Step S302) The translation server 3a
The translation knowledge to be used is selected from the information sent from the user 100, the translation knowledge is specified, and translation is requested from the machine translation means 2. Thus, the machine translation means 2 machine translates the document to be translated using the translation knowledge of the designated translation knowledge storage means 1-1 to 1-n, and passes the translation result to the translation server 3a.

(Step S303) The translation server 3a
The result of the machine translation from the machine translation means 2 is transmitted to the user 100 who has requested the translation via the communication means 4.

[Translation Process Using Translator 101] (Step S304) User 10 who has seen the result of machine translation
A value of 0 requests translation by the translator 101 when the content of the machine translation result determines that the document is necessary, and when the translation quality of the machine translation is not sufficient. On the other hand, if it is determined that the document is not a necessary document based on the content of the device translation, no response is returned. Alternatively, a response to the effect that the translation result is OK is returned to the translation server 3a.

(Step S305) The translation server 3a
The translator 101 requests translation knowledge specific to the field, such as a document to be translated, a machine translation result, and a glossary used in machine translation, using the communication unit 4 (for example, by e-mail).

(Step S306) The translator 101 sends the translation result to the translation server 3a using the translation result editing means 7 in response to the request. At this time, the translation result editing record (correction record of the machine translation means 2 by the translator 101) recorded by the translation result editing means 7 is also transmitted to the translation server 3a.

(Step S307) The translation server 3a
The translation result and the translation result edit record transmitted in step S306 are received.

(Step S308) The translation server 3a
The translation result from the translator 101 is sent to the user 100 via the communication means 4, and the translation result, the translation result editing record, the machine translation result, and the original text to be translated are transmitted to the translation knowledge acquisition means 6b and the translation knowledge manager. Send to 102.

[Editing of Translation Knowledge] (Step S309) The translation knowledge acquiring means 6b acquires translation knowledge from the source language sentence and the target language sentence as in the specific example 2, and also acquires the translation knowledge from the translation result edit record. To win. Here, in the translation result editing record, the correction part is clear, for example, which word was corrected and how, so that the translation knowledge obtained by the translation knowledge acquisition means 6b can be made to have high accuracy.

(Step S310) Translation knowledge manager 10
2 verifies the translation knowledge obtained by the translation knowledge acquisition means 6b, edits appropriate translation knowledge using the translation knowledge editing means 5, and translates this into the translation knowledge storage means 1-1 of the relevant field.
To 1-n.

<Effects> As described above, according to the third embodiment, the translation result editing means 7 is provided in addition to the configuration of the second embodiment. Since a part of the translated knowledge used can be used, there is an effect that the work efficiency of the translator 101 is improved. Also,
By using translation knowledge such as a glossary, it is easy to unify translated words, and it can be expected that translation quality will be improved. Furthermore, in extracting the translation knowledge from the translation result of the translator 101, by using the translation result editing record,
You can acquire more accurate translation knowledge,
There is an effect that the burden on the translation knowledge manager 102 can be reduced, and the translation quality of machine translation can be improved at lower cost.

<< Example 4 >><Configuration> FIG. 7 is a configuration diagram of Example 4 of the translation service providing apparatus. The apparatus shown in FIG.
-N, machine translation means 2, translation server 3a, communication means 4,
It comprises a translation knowledge editing means 5, a translation knowledge acquisition means 6c, and a user translation result editing means 8. Here, the translation knowledge storage units 1-1 to 1-n to the translation knowledge editing unit 5 have the same configuration as that of the first embodiment, and thus description thereof will be omitted. still,
One of the translation knowledge storage units 1-1 to 1-n is configured to store translation knowledge unique to the user.

The translation result editing means 8 for the user
A function for receiving translation knowledge (for example, a glossary) specific to the field used in the machine translation,
The 00 side is a means for designating translation knowledge to the translation service providing apparatus, and transmits a result corrected by the user 100 to a machine translation result transmitted from the translation server 3a or a translation result by the translator 101. It has the function to do. That is, the user translation result editing means 8 requests the user 100 to request, for example, “I want this term to be translated in this way” or “to want to make a special translation, such as a colloquial translation,” for example. It has a function for making a request to the translation service providing device. Further, the translation knowledge acquiring means 6c has a function of acquiring translation knowledge from information transmitted from the user translation result editing means 8. Other configurations are the same as those of the specific example 2, and corresponding portions are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof will be omitted.

<Operation> FIG. 8 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of Embodiment 4 of the present translation service providing apparatus. [Translation Process Using Machine Translation] (Step S401) The user 100 sends a document to be translated by e-mail according to the translation server 3a via the communication unit 4. The translation server 3a receives this as a translation request.

(Step S402) The translation server 3a
The translation knowledge to be used is selected from the information sent from the user 100, the translation knowledge is specified, and translation is requested from the machine translation means 2. Here, if there is translation knowledge unique to the user 100 who has requested the translation, the user 100 is selected including this translation knowledge. Thereby, the machine translation means 2
Using the translation knowledge of the designated translation knowledge storage means 1-1 to 1-n, the document to be translated is machine translated, and the translation result is passed to the translation server 3a.

(Step S403) The translation server 3a
The result of the machine translation from the machine translation means 2 is transmitted to the user 100 who has requested the translation via the communication means 4.

[Editing Process of Translation Result by User 100] (Step S404) User 10 who saw the result of machine translation
When the translation quality of the machine translation is not enough, the translation editing unit 8 edits the translation result using the user translation result editing unit 8 and transmits the edited result and the translation result edited record to the translation server 3a.

(Step S405) Upon receiving the editing result from the user translation result editing means 8, the translation server 3a
Sends this to the translation knowledge acquisition means 6c and the translation knowledge manager 102,
00 is reflected in the translation knowledge storage means 1-1 to 1-n. Alternatively, a translation knowledge storage unit for storing translation knowledge unique to the user 100 is newly created.

[Translation Process Using Translator 101] (Step S406) It is determined whether there is a translation request from the user 100 by the translator 101.

(Step S407) Step S406
When there is a translation request from the user 100 by the translator 101, the translation server 3a requests the translator 101 for the document to be translated and the machine translation result using the communication means 4 (for example, by e-mail).

(Step S408) The translator 101 transmits the translation result to the translation server 3a in response to the request, and the translation server 3a receives this.

(Step S409) The translation server 3a
Upon receiving the translation result from the translator 101 in step S408, the translation result is transmitted to the user 1 via the communication unit 4.
00, the translation result, the machine translation result, and the original sentence to be translated are sent to the translation knowledge acquiring means 6c and the translation knowledge manager 102.

[Editing of Translation Knowledge] (Step S410) The translation knowledge acquisition unit 6c acquires translation knowledge unique to the field by matching the source language sentence with the target language sentence and performing statistical processing. Here, if there is an editing record from the user 100, the translation knowledge specific to the field (user) is acquired including this. That is, the user 100 may want to see the result of translation by the translator 101 and make a request to translate this term. In such a case, the user translation result editing means 8 makes the request. This allows
The translation knowledge acquiring means 6c extracts the translation knowledge specific to the user for each field.

(Step S411) Translation knowledge manager 10
2 verifies the translation knowledge obtained by the translation knowledge acquisition means 6c (including the translation knowledge specific to the user specific fields), edits the appropriate translation knowledge using the translation knowledge editing means 5, and applies this. It is stored in the translation knowledge storage means 1-1 to 1-n of the field. Alternatively, a translation knowledge storage unit for storing user-specific domain-specific translation knowledge is newly created.

Therefore, when a translation request is issued from the user 100 next, machine translation is performed using the translation knowledge storage means 1-1 to 1-n in which the translation knowledge of the user 100 is reflected. Become.

<Effects> As described above, according to the specific example 4, in addition to the configuration of the specific example 2, the user translation result editing means 8 for instructing the translation knowledge specific to the field from the user 100 side. Is provided, when the user 100 feels that there is a defect in the translation, the user 100 can directly edit the translation, and the translation result intended by the user 100 can be obtained. Even when the translation knowledge unique to the user 100 is provided, since the machine translation process uses not only this translation knowledge but also the translation knowledge on the translation server 3a side, maintenance of information such as new words is performed by each individual user. There is an effect that there is no need to dare to add to the translation knowledge unique to 100.

<< Usage Mode >> In each specific example, specific example 1
Accepts the translation request from the user 100 on a Web page, and accepts the translation request from the user 100 by e-mail.
4 to 4, the reception may be performed on a Web page.

In each of the above specific examples, the translation knowledge in a certain field is stored in the translation knowledge storage means 1-1 to 1-n in a one-to-one relationship, but the translation knowledge common to a plurality of fields is stored. It may be used. For example, a translation knowledge storage unit for storing a basic dictionary and a translation knowledge storage unit for storing a technical term dictionary are used, and a plurality of translation knowledge storage units 1-1 to 1-n are used in a machine translation process in a certain field. You may make it. In this case, a correspondence table of each field and the translation knowledge storage means 1-1 to 1-n is prepared, and when performing machine translation, the translation knowledge storage means 1-1 to 1-n is referred to by referring to this correspondence table. Is configured to be selected.

In each of the above specific examples, the present translation service providing apparatus includes information indicating each user's 100 preference for the translation service (frequently used fields and various parameters for the machine translation system: for example, as a sentence delimiter). Two line feeds may be used, and the kanji code may use shift JIS, etc.) as registration information. As a result, a machine translation result that matches the user's preference can be obtained.

In the specific example 3, the translation result editing means 7 is provided only on the translator 101 side, and in the specific example 4, the user translation result editing means 8 is provided only on the user 100 side. A translation result editing unit may be provided on both sides of the translator 101. In such a configuration, if the user has translation knowledge specific to the user, the translation is sent together with the translation request to the translator 101.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a specific example 1 of a translation service providing apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an operation flowchart of a first embodiment of the translation service providing apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of a specific example 2 of the translation service providing apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an operation flowchart of Embodiment 2 of the translation service providing apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram of Example 3 of the translation service providing apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an operation flowchart of Embodiment 3 of the translation service providing apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a configuration diagram of a specific example 4 of the translation service providing apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is an operation flowchart of Embodiment 4 of the translation service providing apparatus of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1-1 to 1-n Translation knowledge storage means 2 Machine translation means 3, 3a Translation server 5 Translation knowledge editing means 6, 6a, 6b, 6c Translation knowledge acquisition means 7 Translation result editing means 8 User translation result editing means 100 User 101 Translator 102 Translation knowledge manager 200 Reception Web page

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A translation knowledge storage means for storing translation knowledge provided for each field, a machine translation means for performing machine translation using the translation knowledge provided for each field, and a translation request document from a user. Separately, requesting the machine translation means in the accepted field for the machine translation means, outputting a translation result from the machine translation means to the user, and as a result, a translator from the user to the document A translation server that makes a translation request to the translator of the document when there is a translation request, and a translation knowledge editing unit that stores translation knowledge extracted from a translation result by the translator in the translation knowledge storage unit. A translation service providing device, comprising: 2. The translation service providing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the translation request acquisition unit acquires translation knowledge from an original of the translation request document and a translation result of the original by a translator. A translation service providing apparatus, comprising: translation knowledge editing means for storing acquired translation knowledge in translation knowledge storage means. 3. The translation service providing device according to claim 1, wherein the translation service is provided on the translator side, creates a record of the machine translation result corrected by the translator, and obtains translation knowledge unique to an arbitrary field. A translation service providing apparatus, comprising: a translation result editing unit that sends the translation result to a translation server. 4. The translation service providing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a translation result editing unit provided on the translator side for receiving translation knowledge used in a machine translation result. Characteristic translation service providing device. 5. The translation service providing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the translation service providing apparatus is provided on a user side and creates a record corrected by the user with respect to a machine translation result or a translation result by a translator. And
A translation service providing apparatus, comprising: a user translation result editing unit that sends to a translation server as translation knowledge specific to an arbitrary field.