Translation supporting apparatus and method and computer-readable recording medium, wherein a translation example useful for the translation task is searched out from within a translation example database

Abstract

A translation supporting apparatus which searches out a translation example useful for a translation task from within a translation example database is disclosed. The translation example database stores character strings of a first language and translation results of a second language corresponding to the character strings in a unit of a document. A retrieval request inputting apparatus inputs a translation target sentence. A similarity retrieval apparatus determines, for each translation example, a similarity to the translation target sentence, a similarity to a translation example context which is another translation example having such a predetermined relationship that it is included in the same document and is present within one sentence before or after the translation example, a similarity to a retrieval request context which is another translation target character string having such a predetermined relationship that it is included in the same document as the translation target character string and is present within the range of one sentence before or after the translation target character string, and a similarity between the translation example context and the retrieval request context, and integrates the four similarities. A similar example outputting apparatus refers to the integrated similarities and outputs those translation examples similar to the translation target character string.