Translation support system

A confirmation and control method for a translation word approval request in a translation support system allowing communication between a plurality of clients and a management server, the clients including an approver client operated by an approver, the management server storing an approval request history file, and the approval request history file including at least an original word or phrase and an approved translation word corresponding to the original word or phrase, the method comprising, in the management server:

• a request history search step of searching the approval request history file using an original word or phrase and a requested translation word included in translation word approval request information received from a particular client;
• in response to the request history search step determining that the original word or phrase included in the approval request history file is the same as the original word or phrase included in the translation word approval request information, and in response to the request history search step determining that the approved translation word included in the approval request history file is the same as the requested translation word, a first notification generation step of generating, for the particular client, first notification information indicating that an approval has already been made for the original word or phrase and the requested translation word included in the translation word approval request information;
• in response to the request history search step determining that the original word or phrase included in the approval request history file is the same as the original word or phrase included in the translation word approval request information, and in response to the request history search step determining that the approved translation word included in the approval request history file is different from the requested translation word, a second notification generation step of generating, for the particular client, second notification information which indicates that an approval has been made for the approved translation word and for the original word or phrase included in the translation word approval request information, and which asks whether or not consent should be given to the approved translation word;
• in response to a response message received from the particular client in response to the second notification information including information indicating that consent should not be given to the approved translation word, a third notification generation step of generating third notification information which notifies, to the approver client, a re-request including the original word or phrase and the requested translation word included in the translation word approval request information, and which indicates, to the approver client, that the re-request is a re-request;
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• in response to the request history search step determining that the original word or phrase included in the translation word approval request information does not exist in the approval request history file, a fourth notification generation step of generating fourth notification information which notifies, to the approver client, the original word or phrase included in the translation word approval request information.