INFORMATION RETRIEVAL ORIENTED TRANSLATION METHOD, AND APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIA USING THE SAME

• US 20100131261A1
• Filed: 06/05/2009
• Published: 05/27/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/25/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: National Taiwan University (Government of The Republic of China)
• Original Assignee: National Taiwan University (Government of The Republic of China)
• Inventors: Hsieh, Shang-Hsien, Lin, Ken-Yu, Lin, Hsien-Tang
• Application Number:
  US12/479,459
• Publication Number:
  US 20100131261A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/7
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/45 Example-based machine translation; Alignment

Abstract

An information retrieval translation apparatus for translating a plurality of Chinese terms including a first Chinese term and a second Chinese term is disclosed. The information retrieval oriented translation apparatus includes a first language database, a second language database, a comparison module and a translation term acquisition module. The first language database stores a plurality of first indices and a plurality of corresponding first translation terms. The second language database stores a plurality of second indices and a plurality of corresponding second translation terms. The comparison module compares the first and second Chinese terms with the first and second indices, respectively. The translation term acquisition module acquires the corresponding first translation term for the first index which corresponds to the first Chinese term, and the corresponding second translation term for the second index which corresponds to the second Chinese term.

Claims

1. An information retrieval translation method for translating a plurality of Chinese terms comprising a first Chinese term and a second Chinese term, comprising:

comparing the first Chinese term with a plurality of first indices stored in a first language database, wherein the first language database has a plurality of first translation terms corresponding to the first indices;

acquiring the corresponding first translation term for the first index which corresponds to the first Chinese term;

comparing the second Chinese term with a plurality of second indices stored in a second language database, wherein the second language database has a plurality of second translation terms corresponding to the second indices; and

acquiring the corresponding second translation term for the second index which corresponds to the second Chinese term.

2. The information retrieval translation method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the Chinese terms further comprise a third Chinese term.

3. The information retrieval translation method as claimed in claim 2, further comprising acquiring a translation term corresponding to the third Chinese term through an input interface.

4. The information retrieval translation method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first language database is a general dictionary, and the second language database is a professional dictionary.

5. The information retrieval translation method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first language database is different from the second language database.

6. An information retrieval translation apparatus for translating a plurality of Chinese terms comprising a first Chinese term and a second Chinese term, comprising:

a first language database storing a plurality of first indices and a plurality of first translation terms corresponding to the first indices;

a second language database storing a plurality of second indices and a plurality of second translation terms corresponding to the second indices;

a comparison module comparing the first Chinese term with the first indices, and the second Chinese term with the second indices; and

a translation term acquisition module acquiring the corresponding first translation term for the first index which corresponds to the first Chinese term, and the corresponding second translation term for the second index which corresponds to the second Chinese term.

7. The information retrieval translation apparatus as claimed in claim 6, wherein the Chinese terms further comprise a third Chinese term.

8. The information retrieval translation apparatus as claimed in claim 7, further comprising an input interface acquiring a translation term corresponding to the third Chinese term.

9. The information retrieval translation apparatus as claimed in claim 6, wherein the first language database is a general dictionary, and the second language database is a professional dictionary.

10. The information retrieval translation apparatus as claimed in claim 6, wherein the first language database is different from the second language database.

11. A storage medium for storing an information retrieval translation program, wherein the information retrieval translation program comprises a plurality of program codes to be loaded onto a computer system so that an information retrieval translation method for translating a plurality of Chinese terms comprising a first Chinese term and a second Chinese term may be executed by the computer system, and the information retrieval translation method comprises:

comparing the first Chinese term with a plurality of first indices stored in a first language database, wherein the first language database has a plurality of first translation terms corresponding to the first indices;

acquiring the corresponding first translation term for the first index which corresponds to the first Chinese term;

comparing the second Chinese term with a plurality of second indices stored in a second language database, wherein the second language database has a plurality of second translation terms corresponding to the second indices; and

acquiring the corresponding second translation term for the second index which corresponds to the second Chinese term.

12. The storage medium as claimed in claim 11, wherein the Chinese terms further comprise a third Chinese term.

13. The storage medium as claimed in claim 12, wherein the information retrieval translation method further comprises acquiring a translation term corresponding to the third Chinese term through an input interface.

14. The storage medium as claimed in claim 11, wherein the first language database is a general dictionary, and the second language database is a professional dictionary.

15. The storage medium as claimed in claim 11, wherein the first language database is different from the second language database.