Translation device, translation method, and storage medium
AssigneeFuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
InventorsNaoko Sato, Masatoshi Tagawa, Michihiro Tamune, Atsushi Itoh, Hiroshi Masuichi, Kiyoshi Tashiro
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Abstract
A translation device for translating a document has an image analysis unit and a translation unit. The image analysis unit determines a word and an abbreviation of the word. The translation unit translates the word and generates a new abbreviation based on the translated word.
Claims16
A translation device for translating a document, comprising:
- an image analysis unit that determines a word and an abbreviation of the word;
- and
- a translation unit that translates the word and generates a new abbreviation based on the translated word.
A translation method for translating a document comprising:
- determining a word and an abbreviation of the word;
- translating the word;
- and
- generating a new abbreviation based on the translated word.
A storage medium readable by a computer, the storage medium storing a program of instructions executable by the computer to perform a function for translating a document, the function comprising:
- determining a word and an abbreviation of the word;
- translating the word;
- and
- generating a new abbreviation based on the translated word.
A translation device, comprising:
- a first dictionary storing a set of words and their corresponding meanings in a plurality of languages;
- an input unit that generates image data from a document;
- an image analysis unit that determines an abbreviation definition region of the document, by analysing a layout of the document from the image data generated by the input unit, an abbreviation or a symbol of a word being defined being included in the abbreviation definition region;
- a character recognition unit that recognizes character strings included in the document from the image data generated by the input unit;
- a word translation unit that selects from the first dictionary a translation of a word included in the abbreviation definition region, an abbreviation of which is determined by the image analysis unit;
- an abbreviation generating unit that generates a translation of an abbreviation or a symbol by selecting the first letter of the translation of the word selected by the word translation unit;
- a second dictionary that stores a set of an abbreviation or a symbol and the translation selected for the abbreviation or the symbol by the abbreviation generating unit;
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- a translation unit that generates a full translation of a document from the image data by selecting translations of words from the first dictionary and selecting translations of abbreviations or symbols from the second dictionary.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.