METHOD FOR PROVIDING TRANSLATION INFORMATION, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, AND TRANSLATION INFORMATION PROVIDING APPARATUS

• US 20180357224A1
• Filed: 05/24/2018
• Published: 12/13/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/08/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: YAMAUCHI, MASAKI, FUJIWARA, NANAMI, IMADE, MASAHIRO
• Granted Patent: US 10,679,014 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/30 Semantic analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/47 Machine-assisted translation, e.g. using translation memory
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/51 Translation evaluation

Abstract

A translation information providing apparatus includes a forward translator that generates a first translation by translating a first original sentence in a first language into a second language, a back translator that generates a first back translation by back-translating the first translation into the first language, and a translation result outputter that outputs at least either the first original sentence or the first translation and, as the first back translation, a back translation that semantically matches or is semantically similar to the first original sentence.

Claims

1. A method for providing translation information performed by a translation information providing apparatus that translates a plurality of languages, the method comprising:

generating a first translation by translating a first original sentence in a first language into a second language;

generating a first back translation by back-translating the first translation into the first language; and

outputting at least either the first original sentence or the first translation and, as the first back translation, a back translation that semantically matches or is semantically similar to the first original sentence.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

generating a second translation by translating a second original sentence in the first language semantically different from the first original sentence into the second language;

generating a second back translation by back-translating the second translation into the first language; and

outputting, if the first and second translations are the same, at least either the second original sentence or the second translation and, as the second back translation, a back translation that is semantically different from the first back translation and that semantically matches or is semantically similar to the second original sentence.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

generating a plurality of first back translations by back-translating the first translation into the first language;

generating a first back translation set including at least one back translation that semantically matches or is semantically similar to the first original sentence, the at least one back translation being one of the plurality of first back translations; and

outputting at least either the first original sentence or the first translation and the first back translation set.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

generating a plurality of first translations by translating the first original sentence into the second language;

generating a plurality of first back translations by back-translating the plurality of first translations into the first language;

generating a first back translation set including at least one back translation that semantically matches or is semantically similar to the first original sentence, the at least one back translation is one of the plurality of first back translations; and

outputting at least either the first original sentence or the first translation and the first back translation set.

5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

calculating a degree of similarity indicating whether the first back translation semantically matches the first original sentence or how much the first back translation is semantically similar to the first original sentence;

generating a first back translation set including at least one back translation whose degree of similarity is higher than a certain value; and

outputting at least either the first original sentence or the first translation and the first back translation set.

6. The method according to claim 5, further comprising:

displaying the first original sentence and the first back translation set on a display; and

displaying, if a certain operation is performed for the first original sentence and the first back translation set, the first translation on the display.

7. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

displaying the first original sentence and the first back translation on a display; and

displaying, if a certain operation is performed for the first original sentence and the first back translation, the first translation on the display.

8. The method according to claim 6, further comprising:

displaying, if the certain operation is input, the first translation on the display in a direction different from a direction of the first original sentence.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a translation information providing program for causing a computer to function as a translation information providing apparatus that translates a plurality of languages, the computer performing operations comprising:

generating a first translation by translating a first original sentence in a first language into a second language;

generating a first back translation by back-translating the first translation into the first language; and

outputting at least either the first original sentence or the first translation and, as the first back translation, a back translation that semantically matches or is semantically similar to the first original sentence.

10. A translation information providing apparatus that translates a plurality of languages, the translation information providing apparatus comprising:

a forward translator that generates a first translation by translating a first original sentence in a first language into a second language;

a back translator that generates a first back translation by back-translating the first translation into the first language; and

a translation result outputter that outputs at least either the first original sentence or the first translation and, as the first back translation, a back translation that semantically matches or is semantically similar to the first original sentence.