JPH01169575A - Specified area processor for translator - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To specify an optional area in a document and to continuously process only the specified area by providing the title device with a means for inputting an area leading character number and an area final character number. CONSTITUTION:The area leading character number indicating the leading character of an area to be specified in a document is inputted from a keyboard 4 functioning as an area specifying character number input means and set. Similarly, an area final character number indicating the final character of the area to be specified in the document is inputted from the keyboard 4. When the specification of the area for document processing based upon the input from the keyboard 4 is decided by a main CPU 1, the CPU 1 continuously execute document processing in the area specified by the area leading character number and the area final character number. Namely, a translation module 5 translates an inputted source language into a target language by means of dictionaries, grammatical rules, tree structure conversion rules, etc.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] <Industrial Application Field> The present invention provides a designated area processing device for a translator, which is capable of specifying an arbitrary area of a text and continuously processing the text only on that specified area. Regarding.

<Prior Art> Conventionally, there are the following machine translation devices. This machine translation device inputs the source language input from the keyboard into the translation module under the control of the main CPU, and the translation module uses the dictionary, grammar rules, and tree structure stored in the memory to translate the input source language into the translation module. It uses conversion rules to translate into the target language. At this time, the object of text processing such as printing, translation, erasure, and spell checking performed by the machine translation device is limited to one sentence, the entire text, or the entire text below the cursor position.

<Problems to be Solved by the Invention> As described above, when performing text processing such as printing, translating, erasing, and spell checking with the above-mentioned conventional machine translation device, the processing target is one sentence, the entire text, or the cursor position. Since it is limited to the full text below, please specify a part of the text,
When performing the above text processing only on this specified part, −
You must execute sentence processing for each sentence, or move the cursor to the first sentence of the specified part and execute sentence processing for the entire text below the cursor position, and then interrupt processing at the last sentence of the specified part. The problem is that it is troublesome.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a designated area processing device for a translator that can designate any area in a text and process only this designated area continuously.

Means for Solving the Problems> In order to achieve the above object, the specified area processing device for a translation machine of the present invention uses a region first sentence number to specify an area for a sentence to which a sentence number has been added. and an area designation addition input means for inputting a region final sentence number, and a region first sentence number and a region final sentence number are inputted by the region designation sentence number input means, and it is determined whether or not a text region is specified. When it is determined by the area designation determination means and the area designation determination means that the area of the text is designated,
The present invention is characterized by comprising a specified area processing means that continuously executes text processing in a specified area specified by the area first sentence number and the area last sentence number in the text.

<Operation> In order to designate an arbitrary region of a text to be processed by text with a sentence number added, and to process the text while distinguishing this region from others, input the region first sentence number from the region designation sentence number input means. and the area final sentence number are input.

When the area first sentence number and the area last sentence number are input to the above sentence and the area designation determining means determines that a text processing area is specified, the specified area processing means selects the Continuously executes text processing in the specified area specified by the area first sentence number and the area last sentence number.

Therefore, - sentence processing can be executed for each sentence, or the cursor can be moved to the first sentence of the specified area and the sentence processing of the entire text below the cursor position can be executed, and the sentence processing can be interrupted at the last sentence of the specified area. It is possible to process only the designated area during text processing all at once and continuously without any trouble.

<Example> Hereinafter, the present invention will be explained in detail with reference to illustrated embodiments.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of a translator according to the present invention. 1 is a main CPU (central processing unit) having area designation determining means and designated area processing means; 2 is a main memory; 3 is a CRT (cathode ray tube);
4 is a keyboard, 5 is a translation module, and 6 is a memory that stores a dictionary 1 for translation, grammatical rules, tree structure conversion rules, and the like.

The translation module 5, when the source language is manually input,
It translates it and outputs the target language.

That is, the source language input from the keyboard 4 is sent to the translation module 5 under the control of the main CPU 1. The translation module 5 uses the dictionary 1 grammar rules, tree structure conversion rules, etc. stored in the memory 6 to translate the input source language into the target language as will be detailed later. The results are temporarily stored in the main memory 2 and displayed on the CRT 3.

FIG. 2 shows a specific configuration of the translation module 5 of this embodiment.

The operation of the translation module will be explained below using FIGS. 1 and 2.

First, the read original text is analyzed by the dictionary lookup morpheme analysis unit 2, which uses the dictionary in the memory 6 to analyze each morpheme string (word string).
For each word, grammatical information such as part of speech and translation are obtained, and tense, person, number, etc. are analyzed.

In the syntactic analysis unit 12, in accordance with the dictionary in the memory 6 and the grammatical rules, the dependencies between each word are determined as shown in FIG. 5 using a structural analysis tree showing the relationships, as will be described later.

The conversion unit 13 uses the tree structure conversion rules in the memory 6 to convert the structure of the parse tree for the input original text into the structure of the parse tree for the translated text. Then, the translated sentence generation unit 14 adds particles and auxiliary verbs appropriate for the translated sentence in the target language, and the obtained translated sentence is output from the translation module 5, stored in the main memory 2, and displayed on the CRT 3. .

Next, the specified area processing when performing translation processing by the operation of the translation module and text processing such as printing, erasing, and spell checking of texts will be described in detail.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of the area designation operation, and the area designation operation is executed as follows according to this flowchart.

In step Sl, an area first sentence number indicating the first sentence of the area to be specified in the text is input and set using the keyboard 4, which is an area specifying sentence number input means.

In step S2, an area final sentence number indicating the final sentence of the desired area in the text is manually set using the keyboard 4.

In step S3, the text area designation flag is set to "on" and the area designation operation ends.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of the designated area processing operation. The designated area processing operation will be described below with reference to FIG.

In step Sll, the text area specification flag is “on”
It is determined whether or not it is set.

As a result, if it is set to "on", step S1
If not, proceed to step 816.

In step S12, the area first sentence number set in step S1 of FIG. 3 is assigned to the value (initial value) of the loop counter, and the area last sentence number set in step S2 of FIG. 3 is assigned to the final value of the loop counter. The number is assigned.

In step S13, the printing and translation are performed for only one sentence with the same sentence number as the value of the loop counter.

Text processing such as erasure and spell checking is performed.

In step S14, the value of the loop counter is incremented.

In step S15, it is determined whether the value of the loop counter is less than or equal to the final value to which the region final sentence number was assigned in step S12. As a result, if the value is less than or equal to the final value, the process returns to step S13, and text processing for the next sentence is executed; if not, the specified area processing operation ends.

If it is determined in step S16 that the text area designation flag is not "on" in step Sll, the normal process of executing the text processing on the - sentence, the entire text, or the entire text below the cursor position is performed, and Ends area processing operation.

In this way, any area in the text can be specified by the area first sentence number and the area last sentence number, and the above text processing can be performed only for the specified area specified by the area first sentence number and area last sentence number. They can be executed in succession.

Therefore, the operability of text processing for designated areas in a text is greatly improved.

<Effects of the Invention> As is clear from the above, the specified area processing device for a translator according to the present invention has an area specifying sentence number input means.

It has an area designation determining means and a designated area processing means, and the area starting sentence number and the area ending sentence number are input into the text by the area specifying sentence number inputting means, and the area designation determining means inputs the area of the sentence. is specified, text processing is performed only in the specified area specified by the area first sentence number and area last sentence number in the above text.
Since the above specified area is set, when executing text processing in the specified area, you can execute text processing for each - sentence, or move the cursor to the first sentence of the specified area and execute text processing for the entire text below the cursor position. Therefore, the specified area in the text can be processed continuously all at once without interrupting the text processing at the final sentence of the specified area. Therefore, the operability of text processing for the specified area is greatly improved.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the translation machine according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the translation module in the above embodiment, FIG. 3 is a flowchart of the region specifying operation according to the above embodiment, and FIG. 4 is a flowchart of designated area processing operation. ! ...Main CPU, 2...Main memory, 3...CRT, 4...Keyboard, 5
...Translation module, 6...Memory, 11...
Dictionary lookup morphological analysis unit, 12... Syntactic analysis unit, I3... Conversion unit, I4.
...Translation generation unit.

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) In order to specify an area for a sentence to which a sentence number has been added, an area specification sentence number input means for inputting an area start sentence number and an area last sentence number, and an area start an area designation determination means that determines whether a sentence area is specified by inputting a sentence number and an area final sentence number; and when it is determined by the area designation determination means that a sentence area is specified. A designated area for a translator, characterized in that the designated area for a translator is provided with designated area processing means for successively executing sentence processing in a designated area specified by the area first sentence number and the area last sentence number in the text. Processing equipment.