Translation requesting method, translation requesting terminal and computer readable recording medium

• US 20060200339A1
• Filed: 08/30/2005
• Published: 09/07/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 03/02/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp. (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Onda, Masanori, Ashikaga, Hideaki, Kato, Masahiro, Ikegami, Hiroaki, Satake, Masanori, Kimura, Shunichi, Yoshimura, Hiroki, Itonori, Katsuhiko
• Granted Patent: US 7,801,720 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/4
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/55 Rule-based translation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/58 Use of machine translation, e.g. for multi-lingual retrieval, for server-side translation for client devices or for real-time translation

Abstract

As described above, the present invention also provides, in one aspect, a translation requesting device for translating a document having: a first replacing unit that replaces an original phrase to a substitute phrase; a translating unit that translates the substitute phrase; and a second replacing unit that replaces the original phrase to a translation phrase based on the translated substitute phrase, wherein the substitute phrase is decided to maintain semantic properties of the original phrase.

Claims

1. A translation requesting method for translating a document comprising:

replacing an original phrase to a substitute phrase;

translating the substitute phrase; and

replacing the original phrase to a translation phrase based on the translated substitute phrase,

wherein the substitute phrase is decided to maintain semantic properties of the original phrase.

2. A translation requesting device for translating a document comprising:

a first replacing unit that replaces an original phrase to a substitute phrase;

a translating unit that translates the substitute phrase; and

a second replacing unit that replaces the original phrase to a translation phrase based on the translated substitute phrase,

wherein the substitute phrase is decided to maintain semantic properties of the original phrase.

3. The translation requesting device according to claim 2, wherein, the substitute phrase is translated in a translation server.

4. A storage medium readable by a computer, the storage medium storing a program of instructions executable by the computer to perform a function for requesting to translate a document, the function comprising:

replacing an original phrase to a substitute phrase;

translating the substitute phrase; and

replacing the original phrase to a translation phrase based on the translated substitute phrase,

wherein the substitute phrase is decided to maintain semantic properties of the original phrase.

5. A translation requesting method comprising:

replacing, in case that a minimal semantic unit phrase having a predetermined property is contained in an original text, the minimal semantic unit phrase with a substitute phrase having a same property as the minimal semantic unit phrase;

storing a translation phrase corresponding to the minimal semantic unit phrase and a translation phrase corresponding to the substitute phrase replaced with the minimal semantic unit phrase in association with each other in a storing means;

sending the original text which is underwent the replacing process via a communications interface to a translation server having translation functionality; and

replacing, in case that a translation text of the original text which is sent in the sending process is received from the translation server, the translation phrase corresponding to the substitute phrase in the translation text with the translation phrase corresponding to the minimal semantic unit phrase stored in the storing means.

6. A translation requesting terminal comprising:

a communications interface for communicating with a translation server via a network;

a replacement rule base storing in advance a minimal semantic unit phrase having a specific property and a substitute phrase having a same property as the minimal semantic unit phrase in association with each other;

a first replacing means for replacing the minimal semantic unit phrase in an original text with the substitute phrase stored in association with the minimal semantic unit phrase in the replacement rule base;

a translation requesting means for sending the original text, which has been subjected to replacement by the first replacing means, to the translation server via the communications interface;

a replacement table updating means for storing in a replacement table a translation phrase corresponding to the minimal semantic unit phrase and a translation phrase corresponding to the substitute phrase in association with each other; and

a second replacing means for replacing, in case that a translation text of the original text sent by the translation requesting means is received from the translation server, the translation phrase corresponding to the substitute phrase in the translation text with the translation phrase corresponding to the minimal semantic unit phrase which is stored in the replacement table in association with the translation phrase corresponding to the substitute phrase.

7. The translation requesting terminal according to claim 6, wherein the replacement table updating means deletes from the replacement table the translation phrase corresponding to the substitute phrase replaced by the second replacing means and the translation phrase corresponding to the minimal semantic unit phrase stored in association with the translation phrase corresponding to the substitute phrase.

8. The translation requesting terminal according to claim 6, wherein the replacement rule base stores a plurality of substitute phrases in association with the minimal semantic unit phrase, and the first replacing means randomly selects one of the plurality of substitute phrases and replaces the minimal semantic unit phrase with the selected substitute phrase.

9. The translation requesting terminal according to claim 6, wherein:

the replacement rule base stores a plurality of minimal semantic unit phrases; and

the translation requesting terminal further comprises a minimal semantic unit phrase selecting means for letting a user select a property of minimal semantic unit phrases to be replaced by the first replacing means.

10. A computer readable recording medium recording a program for causing a computer to execute:

replacing, in case that a minimal semantic unit phrase having a predetermined property is contained in an original text, the minimal semantic unit phrase with a substitute phrase having a same property as the minimal semantic unit phrase;

storing a translation phrase corresponding to the minimal semantic unit phrase and a translation phrase corresponding to the substitute phrase replaced with the minimal semantic unit phrase in association with each other in a storing means;

sending the original text which is underwent the replacing process via a communications interface to a translation server having translation functionality; and

replacing, in case that a translation text of the original text which is sent in the sending process is received from the translation server, the translation phrase corresponding to the substitute phrase in the translation text with the translation phrase corresponding to the minimal semantic unit phrase stored in the storing means.