Document translation method and apparatus, storage medium, and electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11580314-B2
Application number	US-202217872966-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 25, 2022
Priority date	Jun 23, 2020
Publication date	Feb 14, 2023
Grant date	Feb 14, 2023

Abstract

A document translation method includes: displaying a source text display region, a translated text region, and an editing region, wherein textual content in a document to be translated is displayed in the source text display region, and reference translated text for the textual content is displayed in the translated text region; and providing a translated text recommendation from the reference translated text according to input from a user within the editing region. The method further includes: displaying the translation recommendation in the editing area as a translation result, if a confirmation operation for the translation recommendation is detected; and receiving a translation inputted by the user that is different from the translation recommendation and displaying the translation inputted by the user in the editing area as the translation result, if a non-confirmation operation for the translation recommendation is detected.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A document translation method, comprising:
displaying an original text display area, a translated text area and an editing area, wherein textual content in a document to be translated is displayed in the original text display area, and a reference translation of the textual content is displayed in the translated text area; and
providing a translation recommendation from the reference translation, following an input of a user in the editing area;
wherein the document translation method further comprises:
displaying the translation recommendation in the editing area as a translation result, in a case that a confirmation operation of the user for the translation recommendation is detected; or
in a case that a confirmation operation of the user for the translation recommendation is not detected and a translation inputted by the user that is different from the translation recommendation is received, displaying the translation inputted by the user in the editing area as the translation result.

2. The document translation method of claim 1 , further comprising:
updating the reference translation in the translated text area, based on the translation inputted by the user.

3. The document translation method of claim 1 , wherein providing a translation recommendation from the reference translation comprises:
distinctively displaying the translation recommendation from the reference translation in the translated text area; and
the method further comprises: removing a distinctive display of the translation recommendation in the translated text area, in the case that the confirmation operation of the user for the translation recommendation is detected.

4. The document translation method of claim 1 , wherein providing a translation recommendation from the reference translation comprises:
displaying the translation recommendation in the editing area in a display mode different from inputted translation; and
displaying the translation recommendation in the editing area as a translation result, in a case that a confirmation operation of the user for the translation recommendation is detected comprises:
displaying the translation recommendation as the translation result in the editing area in the same display mode as the inputted translation, in the case that the confirmation operation of the user for the translation recommendation is detected.

5. The document translation method of claim 1 , wherein the translation recommendation comprises at least one of a word, a phrase, or a sentence.

6. The document translation method of claim 1 , wherein displaying the translation recommendation in the editing area as a translation result, in a case that a confirmation operation of the user for the translation recommendation is detected comprises:
displaying the translation recommendation in the editing area as the translation result, in response to a triggering operation of the user for a shortcut key on an electronic device.

7. The document translation method of claim 1 , further comprising:
updating the reference translation in the translated text area, in response to a modification operation of the user for the textual content in the original text display area.

8. The document translation method of claim 1 , wherein displaying an original text display area, a translated text area and an editing area comprises:
segmenting the textual content in the document to be translated to obtain segmented contents; and
displaying respective original text display areas, translated text areas and editing areas corresponding to the segmented contents, wherein each of the segmented contents is displayed in a corresponding original text display area, and the reference translation of the segmented content is displayed in a corresponding translated text area.

9. The document translation method of claim 8 , wherein segmenting the textual content in the document to be translated to obtain segmented contents comprises:
segmenting the textual content in the document to be translated to obtain the segmented contents, based on at least one of semantic information of the textual content or segment breaker information in the document to be translated.

10. A document translation apparatus, comprising:
a memory storing computer programs thereon; and
a processor configured to execute the computer programs stored in the memory, to
display an original text display area, a translated text area and an editing area, wherein textual content in a document to be translated is displayed in the original text display area, and a reference translation of the textual content is displayed in the translated text area; and
provide a translation recommendation from the reference translation, following an input of a user in the editing area,
wherein the processor is configured to execute the computer programs stored in the memory, further to display the translation recommendation in the editing area as a translation result, in a case that a confirmation operation of the user for the translation recommendation is detected; or in a case that a confirmation operation of the user for the translation recommendation is not detected and a translation inputted by the user that is different from the translation recommendation is received, display the translation inputted by the user in the editing area as the translation result.

11. The document translation apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the processor is configured to execute the computer programs stored in the memory, further to
update the reference translation in the translated text area, based on the translation inputted by the user.

12. The document translation apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the processor is configured to execute the computer programs stored in the memory, further to:
distinctively display the translation recommendation from the reference translation in the translated text area; and
remove a distinctive display of the translation recommendation in the translated text area, in the case that the confirmation operation of the user for the translation recommendation is detected.

13. The document translation apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the processor is configured to execute the computer programs stored in the memory, further to:
display the translation recommendation in the editing area in a display mode different from inputted translation; and
display the translation recommendation as the translation result in the editing area in the same display mode as the inputted translation, in the case that the confirmation operation of the user for the translation recommendation is detected.

14. The document translation apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the translation recommendation comprises at least one of a word, a phrase, or a sentence.

15. The document translation apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the processor is configured to execute the computer programs stored in the memory, further to:
display the translation recommendation in the editing area as the translation result, in response to a triggering operation of the user for a shortcut key on an electronic device.

16. The document translation apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the processor is configured to execute the computer programs stored in the memory, further to
update the reference translation in the translated text area, in response to a modification operation of the user for the textual content in the original text display area.

17. The document translation apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the processor is configured to execute the computer programs stored in the memor

Assignees

• Beijing Bytedance Network Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Du Yuzhang
• Zhu Peihao
• Zhou Chongxing
• Chen Yiming
• Wang Mingxuan
• Li Lei

Classifications

• G06F40/58 Primary

  Use of machine translation, e.g. for multi-lingual retrieval, for server-side translation for client devices or for real-time translation · CPC title

• G06F40/47 Primary

  Machine-assisted translation, e.g. using translation memory · CPC title

• G06F40/274

  Converting codes to words; Guess-ahead of partial word inputs · CPC title

• G06F40/103

  Formatting, i.e. changing of presentation of documents (automatic justification G06F40/189; automatic line break hyphenation G06F40/191) · CPC title

• G06F40/166

  Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting · CPC title