Interactive bilingual contrast reading method

Abstract

The invention discloses an interactive bilingual contrast reading method, and belongs to the field of foreign language learning. The method comprises the steps that two reading modes are provided for a user for second language content needing to be read by the user, the two reading modes are an original text reading mode and a contrast reading mode, and in the original text reading mode, when the second language content is displayed in a reading area in a typesetting mode, phonetic symbol display positions are reserved on the upper sides of second language words; reserving a first language translated word display position on the lower side of the second language word, and contrasting with a reading mode: when the second language content is typeset and displayed in the reading area, typesetting and displaying a target word phonetic symbol on the upper side of the second language word, typesetting and displaying a first language translated word of the target word on the lower side of the second language word, a user switches between an original text reading mode and a contrast reading mode through interactive operation. According to the embodiment of the invention, the problems that the paraphrase of a certain word cannot be quickly obtained by traditional contrast reading, and the current reading progress of a user is interrupted by word searching are solved.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The invention relates to the field of foreign language learning, and in particular to an interactive bilingual comparative reading method. Background Art

[0002] Reading original foreign language texts is an effective way to learn a foreign language. However, on the one hand, encountering unfamiliar words will affect reading speed. On the other hand, because a word usually has multiple meanings, readers need to spend time to find the correct meaning of the word in the current context, which increases the difficulty of reading.

[0003] Traditional bilingual parallel reading usually involves the correspondence between foreign language sentences and translated sentences or between foreign language paragraphs and translated paragraphs. When readers encounter new words, they need to spend time looking for the meaning of the new words in the translated text. This also makes it easy for readers to become dependent on the translated text, thus reducing the learning effect of the original foreign language text. Summary of the invention

[0004] In order to solve the above problems, an embodiment of the present invention provides an interactive bilingual comparative reading method. The technical solution is as follows: According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an interactive bilingual comparative reading method, the method comprising: For the second language content that users need to read, two reading modes are provided for users, namely original text reading mode and comparative reading mode; Original reading mode: When displaying the second language content in the reading area, a position for displaying phonetic symbols is reserved above the second language words, and a position for displaying the first language translation is reserved below the second language words; Comparative reading mode: When the second language content is displayed in the reading area, the phonetic symbol of the target word is displayed above the second language word, and the first language translation of the target word is displayed below the second language word; The user switches between the original text reading mode and the comparative reading mode through interactive operations; According to the interactive bilingual comparative reading method of the embodiment of the present invention, when the reader encounters an unfamiliar word, the comparative reading mode can be quickly entered through interactive operations, because the layout position of the second language content in the comparative reading mode is consistent with the original reading mode, and the reader does not need to move his eyes from the unfamiliar word to obtain the phonetic symbol of the unfamiliar word and the interpretation of the target unfamiliar word in the current context from the upper and lower sides of the unfamiliar word in the comparative reading mode, thereby quickly understanding the target unfamiliar word and greatly reducing the difficulty of foreign language reading. And when the reader understands the interpretation of the unfamiliar word, it is convenient to return to the original reading mode and continue to read the original foreign language in an immersive way. Under this low-difficulty foreign language reading method, readers can easily read the foreign language content they are interested in, and learn and memorize words from the foreign language context through a large amount of foreign language reading driven by interest, thereby achieving the purpose of foreign language learning. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0005] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention, the accompanying drawings required for use in the description of the embodiments will be briefly introduced below. Obviously, the accompanying drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention. For ordinary technicians in this field, other accompanying drawings can be obtained based on these accompanying drawings without paying creative work.

[0006] Figure 1 This is an optional flow chart of an interactive bilingual reading method provided in an embodiment of the present application; Figure 1a This is a schematic diagram of an original text reading mode scenario provided in an embodiment of the present application; Figure 1b This is a schematic diagram of a scenario of entering a comparative reading mode provided in an embodiment of the present application; Figure 1c This is a schematic diagram of a scenario of exiting the control reading mode provided in an embodiment of the present application; Figure 2a This is a schematic diagram of a page turning and reading book page provided in an embodiment of the present application; Figure 2b This is a schematic diagram of a page-turning and original text reading method provided in an embodiment of the present application; Figure 2c This is a schematic diagram of a page turning comparison reading provided in an embodiment of the present application; Figure 3a This is a schematic diagram of a transparent book page comparison reading book page provided in an embodiment of the present application; Figure 3b This is a schematic diagram of a transparent book page original text reading provided in an embodiment of the present application; Figure 3c This is a schematic diagram of a transparent book page comparison reading provided in an embodiment of the present application; Figure 4aThis is a schematic diagram of a light-development control reading original text provided in an embodiment of the present application; Figure 4b This is a schematic diagram of a light development control reading provided in an embodiment of the present application; Figure 5 This is a flowchart of obtaining a first language translation of a second language word using a word alignment method provided by an embodiment of the present application; Figure 6a This is a schematic diagram of a scenario of marking a single word in the first language translation provided by an embodiment of the present application; Figure 6b It is a schematic diagram of a first language translation scenario for marking a phrase consisting of multiple words provided in an embodiment of the present application. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0007] The following will be combined with the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention to clearly and completely describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the described embodiments are part of the embodiments of the present invention, not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field without creative work are within the scope of protection of the present invention.

[0008] Second language words. The second language is not limited to English, nor do they specifically refer to English words. The second language can be any natural language. For texts in Western inflected languages, there are explicit signs such as spaces between words to indicate word boundaries. Generally speaking, second language words refer to single words separated by spaces, but some fixed collocations still need to be treated as one word. For many isolating languages ​​and agglutinative languages ​​(such as Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, Tibetan, etc.), there are no spaces between words, so manual segmentation or word segmentation with the help of tools is required, and second language words refer to single words after word segmentation.

[0009] For details, see Figure 1 , Figure 1 This is an optional flow chart of an interactive bilingual reading method provided in an embodiment of the present application. The interactive bilingual reading method can be applied to a terminal, which can be an electronic device, including but not limited to a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a desktop computer, a laptop computer, a PDA, a mobile internet device (MID), a wearable device (such as a smart watch, a smart bracelet, etc.), etc. The method may include the following steps: Step S110, typeset and display the second language text in the reading area, reserve a position for displaying phonetic symbols above the second language words, and reserve a position for displaying the first language translated words below the second language words. In some embodiments, when the second language content is typeset and displayed in the original text reading mode, a display unit is created for the second language word, and the display unit displays the phonetic symbol of the target word, the target word, and the first language translation of the target word in order from top to bottom. The phonetic symbol of the target word is typeset and displayed in a transparent color (transparent) or the transparency (alpha) is set to be completely transparent, and the first language translation of the target word is typeset and displayed in a transparent color (transparent) or the transparency (alpha) is set to be completely transparent. The width of the second language word display unit is adaptive according to the content, and the arrangement order of the second language word display units is consistent with the order of the second language words in the second language content (generally from left to right and from top to bottom). For second language words and punctuation marks without phonetic symbols or first language translations, the second language words and symbols in each line of the second language content can be displayed on the same baseline by adjusting the second language word line height or using spaces or blank characters to replace the phonetic symbols and the first language translations.

[0010] See also Figure 1a , Figure 1a is a schematic diagram of a scene of original text reading mode provided in an embodiment of the present application, such as Figure 1a As shown, there is a reading area 101 in the reading application 100, and a second language text is displayed in the reading area 101, wherein the second language word display unit 102 and the second language word display unit 103 display the second language word "wish" and the second language word "had" respectively, and the second language word display unit 102 displays the phonetic symbol "wɪʃ" of the second language word "wish" in a transparent color above the second language word "wish", and displays the first language translation "hope" of the second language word "wish" in a transparent color below the second language word "wish", and the second language word display unit 103 displays the second language word "had", and leaves the upper and lower sides of the second language word blank. In this embodiment, the phonetic symbol of the second language word and the first language translation are transparently arranged and occupied, and are not visible to the user.

[0011] Step S120, in response to entering the comparison reading mode, displaying the phonetic symbol at the phonetic symbol display position reserved above the second language word, and displaying the first language translated word at the first language translated word display position reserved below the second language word.

[0012] In some embodiments, when switching from the original reading mode to the comparative reading mode, when the second language content is typeset and displayed in the comparative reading mode, the second language words, the phonetic symbols of the second language words, and the first language translation are typeset and displayed in the same manner as in the original reading mode, except that the phonetic symbols of the second language words and the first language translation of the second language words are typeset and displayed in a color visible to the user. It can be seen that when entering the comparative reading mode from the original reading mode, the second language content of the reading interface and the position of the second language content in the reading area do not change, except that in the comparative reading mode, the phonetic symbols of the second language words are displayed on the upper side of the second language words, and the first language translation of the second language words is displayed on the lower side of the second language words.

[0013] See also Figure 1b , Figure 1b is a schematic diagram of a scenario of entering a comparative reading mode provided in an embodiment of the present application, such as Figure 1b As shown, there is a reading area 101 in the reading application 100, and a second language text is displayed in the reading area 101. The user long presses the screen 100a to switch the application from the original text reading mode to the comparison reading mode. The phonetic symbols of the second language words are displayed on the upper side of the second language words in a color visible to the user, and the first language translation of the second language words is displayed on the lower side of the second language words in a color visible to the user, as shown in FIG. Figure 1b As shown, in the comparison reading mode, the phonetic symbol "wɪʃ" 102b above the second language word "wish" 102a is displayed in gray, and the first language translation word "hope" 102c below the second language word "wish" 102a is displayed in gray, as shown in FIG. Figure 1b As shown, in the comparison reading mode, the phrase "too...to..." 104 is displayed in blue to prompt the user.

[0014] Step S130 , in response to exiting the comparison reading mode, hiding the first language translation and phonetic symbols.

[0015] In some embodiments, exiting the comparative reading mode means switching from the comparative reading mode to the original reading mode, i.e. returning to the typesetting and display mode of the original reading mode, and the phonetic symbols of the second language words and the first language translation words are changed from the color visible to the user to the transparent color so as to be invisible to the user.

[0016] See also Figure 1c , Figure 1c is a schematic diagram of a scenario of exiting the comparison reading mode provided in an embodiment of the present application, such as Figure 1c As shown, there is a reading area 101 in the reading application 100, in which a second language text is typeset and displayed. The user cancels the long press of the screen 100b and the application switches from the comparison reading mode to the original text reading mode, and the phonetic symbols of the second language words and the first language translations are no longer displayed.

[0017] In a possible implementation, the interactive bilingual reading method is applied to printed publications. For details, see Figure 2a , 2b , 2c, Figure 2a This is a schematic diagram of a page turning and reading book provided in an embodiment of the present application. Figure 2b This is a schematic diagram of a page-turning and original text reading method provided in an embodiment of the present application. Figure 2c is a schematic diagram of page turning and comparison reading provided in an embodiment of the present application. Figure 2a , Figure 2b , Figure 2c The parts with the same number in the table refer to the same object. Figure 2a As shown, page 201 and page 202 are typeset and printed with the same second language content. Page 201 is typeset in the original text reading mode, with space reserved for the phonetic symbols of the second language words on the upper side of the second language words, and space reserved for the first language translation of the second language words on the lower side of the second language words. Page 202 is typeset in the control reading mode, with the phonetic symbols of the second language words on the upper side of the second language words, and the first language translation of the second language words on the lower side of the second language words. Figure 2b As shown, when the user turns to 201, the user sees the original text in the second language on the reading page, without any redundant comparative reading information. Figure 2c As shown, when the user encounters a second language word that is difficult to understand while reading the second language original text, the user does not need to move his or her line of sight, but only needs to turn over page 201 to see page 202 below page 201. The second language word that the user has difficulty understanding is located at the same position on page 202 as on page 201. On page 202, the phonetic symbol of the target word is displayed on the upper side of the second language word, and the first language translation of the target word is displayed on the lower side of the second language word. The user can quickly understand the meaning of the second language word in the current context through the phonetic symbol on the upper side of the second language word and the first language translation on the lower side. After the user understands the meaning of the second language word in the current context, the user can turn the page back to page 201 to continue reading the original text.

[0018] In another possible implementation, the interactive bilingual reading method is applied to printed publications. For details, see Figure 3a , 3b , 3c, Figure 3a This is a schematic diagram of a transparent book page comparison reading book page provided in an embodiment of the present application. Figure 3b This is a schematic diagram of a transparent book page original text reading provided by an embodiment of the present application. Figure 3c Schematic diagram of transparent book pages for comparison and reading provided by the embodiment of the present application. Figure 3a , Figure 3b , Figure 3c The parts with the same number in the table refer to the same object. Figure 3a As shown, page 301 is a transparent page, page 302 is an opaque page, and a second language content is typeset and printed on page 302. When typeset and print the second language content, a phonetic symbol space is reserved on the upper side of the second language word, and a first language translation space is reserved on the lower side of the second language word. The phonetic symbol of the second language word in page 302 and the first language translation of the second language word are printed at corresponding positions on the transparent page 301. Figure 3b As shown, when the user reads page 302, the user sees the original text in the second language on the reading page, without any redundant comparative reading information. Figure 3c As shown, when the user encounters a second language word that is difficult to understand while reading the second language original text, the user turns the transparent page 301 in front of the page 302 backwards, and the transparent page 301 overlaps the page 302. At this time, the phonetic symbol of the second language word printed on the transparent page 301 is just on the upper side of the second language word in the page 302, and the first language translation of the second language word on the transparent page 301 is just on the lower side of the second language word in the page 302. The user can quickly understand the meaning of the second language word in the current context through the phonetic symbol on the upper side of the second language word and the first language translation on the lower side. After the user understands the meaning of the second language word in the current context, the page 301 can be turned over to continue reading the second language content of the page 302.

[0019] In another possible implementation, the interactive bilingual reading method is applied to printed publications. For details, see Figure 4a , 4b , Figure 4a This is a schematic diagram of an original text reading by light imaging and comparison provided in an embodiment of the present application. Figure 4b is a schematic diagram of a light-development comparison reading provided in an embodiment of the present application. Figure 4a , Figure 4b The parts with the same number in the table refer to the same object. Figure 4a As shown, a second language content is typeset in the book page 401. When the second language content is typeset, the phonetic symbols of the second language words are printed on the upper side of the second language words using light-developable ink, and the first language translation of the second language words is printed on the lower side of the second language words using light-developable ink. When reading the book page 401, the user can see the second language original content, while the phonetic symbols of the second language words and the first language translation are invisible or not obvious. Figure 4bAs shown, when the user encounters a second - language word that is difficult to understand while reading the second - language content of page 401, the user makes the special light emitter 400a irradiate the target word "alone" 402a. The phonetic symbol "əˈloʊn" 402b printed by light - developed imaging above the target word and the first - language translation "独自" 402c printed by light - developed imaging below the target word become visible to the user due to the light emitted by the light emitter 400a. The user can quickly understand the meaning of the word in the current context through the phonetic symbol above the second - language word and the first - language translation below it. After the user understands the meaning of the second - language word in the current context, the light emitter 400a is turned off to continue reading the original text.

[0020] In a possible implementation manner, please refer to Figure 5 , Figure 5 FIG. is a schematic flow chart of a method for obtaining the first - language translation of a second - language word using a word - alignment method provided by an embodiment of the present application. The method includes the following steps: S510, use a word - segmentation tool to perform word - segmentation operations on the second - language original text and the first - language translation to obtain a second - language original - text word sequence and the corresponding first - language translation word sequence.

[0021] Specifically, use a word - segmentation (Word Segmentation) program (such as spaCy, nltk, jieba, etc.) to perform word - segmentation operations on the second - language sentence to obtain a second - language word sequence, and use a word - segmentation (Word Segmentation) program (such as spaCy, nltk, jieba, etc.) to perform word - segmentation operations on the first - language translation sentence to obtain a first - language translation word sequence; Here, taking the second - language sentence "Knowledge is power." and the corresponding first - language translation "知识就是力量。" as an example, use spaCy to segment the second - language sentence "Knowledge is power." to obtain the second - language word sequence: ["Knowledge","is","power","."], and use the word - segmentation program jieba to segment the first - language translation sentence "知识就是力量。" to obtain the first - language translation word sequence ["知识","就是","力量","。"]; S520, use a word - alignment tool to perform word - alignment operations on the second - language word sequence and the first - language translation word sequence to obtain the first - language translation data of each word in the second - language text.

[0022] Use GIZA++ to perform word alignment on the second-language word sequence ["Knowledge", "is", "power", "."] and the first-language translation word sequence ["知识", "就是", "力量", "。"], and obtain the corresponding relationship data between the second-language words in the second-language word sequence and the first-language translation words in the first-language translation word sequence "{(0)} 知识 {(1)} 就是 {(2)}力量 {(3)} 。". From this, it can be obtained that the first-language translation word of "Knowledge" in the second-language sentence is "知识", and the first-language translation word of "power" is "力量".

[0023] In another possible implementation, please refer to Figure 6a and 6b , Figure 6a and Figure 6b are schematic diagrams of a scenario for manually annotating first-language translation words provided by an embodiment of the present application. Among them, Figure 6a is a schematic diagram of a scenario for annotating the first-language translation word of a single word provided by an embodiment of the present application, Figure 6b is a schematic diagram of a scenario for annotating the first-language translation word of a phrase composed of multiple words provided by an embodiment of the present application. Among them, in Figure 6a , Figure 6b the parts with the same reference numerals refer to the same object. As Figure 6a shown, the page 600 of the application includes a body area 601. Taking the second-language word sequence of a second-language text displayed in the body area 601 of this document as an example, there is a second-language text, the second-language word sequence of the second-language text is displayed in the body area 601, and a display space for the first-language translation word is reserved below each word. Taking the word "defeated" 601a in the second-language text as an example, the lower space 601b is the display space reserved for the first-language translation word of the word "defeated" 601a, and 601c is the first-language translation word that has been annotated.

[0024] Specifically refer to Figure 6a , the annotation operation set for the target word is a click operation. When the target word "defeated" 601a is clicked, when the application monitors this annotation operation, in response to the annotation operation for the target word "defeated" 601a, a annotation box 602 associated with the target word "defeated" 601a is created. As Figure 6aAs shown, the annotation box 602 includes a target word preview area 602c, a first language translation word input area 602f, an alternative first language translation word display area 602g and an operation area 602h, wherein the target word preview area 602c displays the target word associated with the annotation box 602 and the first language translation word inputted in the first language translation word input area 602f, the first language translation word input area 602f is used to input the first language translation word of the target word, and the alternative first language translation word display area 602g displays the possible first language translation words of the target word, if the target word has been marked elsewhere in the document, If the first language translated word has been annotated, the annotated first language translated word will be displayed in the candidate first language translated word display area 602g. In addition, according to the part of speech of the target word in the current context (obtained through analysis by NLP programs such as spaCy and nltk), a suitable first language translated word is selected in the target word interpretation. Here, the target word "defeated" 601a is taken as an example. The part of speech of "defeated" is VERB through nltk part of speech analysis. The interpretation that conforms to the part of speech VERB in the word "defeated" interpretation is "v. defeat; defeat; frustrate; confuse", and the first three translations are "defeat, defeat, frustrate". The user selects a first language translated word in the candidate first language translated word display area 602g by clicking or touching, and the application automatically inputs the selected first language translated word into the first language translated word input area 602f. If there is already content in the first language translated word input area 602f, it is replaced by the selected first language translated word. The operation area includes application, global application, previous, next, etc. After the first language translation of the target word is input, the application area in the operation area 602h is operated to apply the input first language translation to the target word, and the global application area in the operation area 602h is operated to apply the input first language translation to all words in the current document that are the same as the target word. The previous area and the next area in the operation area 602h can switch the target word to the previous word and the next word of the current target word. On a device with a keyboard input, the arrow keys can also be used to quickly switch the target word. Optionally, the marking box 602 also includes a word interpretation area 602d and a whitelisting area 602e. The word interpretation area 602d is operated to display a pop-up box and display the target word interpretation content in the pop-up area. The whitelisting area 602e is operated to add the target word to the whitelist. This whitelist is used to mark the target word and does not need to enter the first language translation. The words added to the whitelist are displayed in a lighter color than other words in the text area 601, and the words added to the whitelist are automatically skipped when the previous area and the next area in the operation area 602h are operated or the previous and next words are switched using a key. If the target word has been added to the whitelist, the whitelisting area 602e is displayed to remove the whitelist. The whitelisting area is operated to remove the target word from the whitelist.

[0025] See also Figure 6b , the marking box 602 also includes a multiple-selection option area 602a. The multiple-selection option area 602a can be operated to enter or exit the multiple-selection state. When entering the multiple-selection state, multiple words can be selected at the same time to form a phrase. The selected words are generally fixed collocation phrases, phrases, etc. When multiple words are selected, the selected words are simultaneously displayed in the target word preview area 602c and the selected words 601a are highlighted in the text area 601. The words displayed in the target word preview area 602c can be operated to switch the target words associated with the first language translation input area 602f, so that the user can mark the first language translation for each word in the phrase. On a device with a keyboard and mouse input, you can also use buttons and a mouse to select multiple words to form a phrase, such as holding down the Ctrl key and clicking multiple words in sequence with the left mouse button, such as Figure 6b As shown, the user has selected the second language words "too" and "to" to mark the phrase "too...to..", and the selected second language words "too" and "to" are displayed in the target word preview area 602c. The user can click on the second language words "too" and "to" in the target word preview area 602c to specify the first language translation for the second language words "too" and "to" respectively.

[0026] In another possible implementation, it is possible to combine Figure 5 The word alignment method shown in the figure obtains the first language translation method of the second language word and Figure 6a , 6b A method for manually annotating first language translations is shown to obtain first language translations of each second language word in the second language content, that is, firstly by Figure 5 The word alignment method shown in the figure obtains the first language translation method of the second language word to obtain the first language translation of each second language word in the second language content, and then Figure 6a , 6b A method for manually marking first language translations is shown for proofreading and modification to obtain more accurate first language translations.

[0027] The serial numbers of the above embodiments of the present invention are only for description and do not represent the advantages or disadvantages of the embodiments.

[0028] The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention and is not intended to limit the present invention. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions, improvements, etc. made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. An interactive bilingual comparative reading method, characterized in that: The method comprises: For the second language content that users need to read, two reading modes are provided for users, namely original text reading mode and comparative reading mode; Original reading mode: When displaying the second language content in the reading area, a position for displaying phonetic symbols is reserved above the second language words, and a position for displaying the first language translation is reserved below the second language words; Comparative reading mode: When the second language content is displayed in the reading area, the phonetic symbol of the target word is displayed above the second language word, and the first language translation of the target word is displayed below the second language word; Users switch between original text reading mode and comparative reading mode through interactive operations.

2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that The method further comprises: In the original text reading mode, the phonetic symbol display position may not be reserved above the second language words, and in the corresponding comparison reading mode, the phonetic symbol of the target word may not be typeset and displayed above the second language words; When the original text reading mode does not reserve a phonetic symbol display position above the second language word, the first language translated word display position reserved below the second language word can be changed to the first language translated word display position reserved above the second language word. In the corresponding comparison reading mode, the first language translated word of the target word is typeset and displayed above the second language word.

3. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that The method further comprises: When the user switches between the original text reading mode and the comparison reading mode, the second language content displayed in the user reading area in the two reading modes is the same, and the positions of the second language words in the second language content are also the same.

4. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that The first language translation includes: The first language translation is the first language interpretation of the corresponding second language word, word group or phrase in the current context, usually a first language word rather than the first language complete interpretation of the corresponding second language word, word group or phrase.

5. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that The control reading mode also includes: In the comparative reading mode, the key words, phrases, and words are marked by displaying one or more designated second language words in a preset color.

6. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that The interactive operation includes: According to different application scenarios of the interactive bilingual reading method, the interactive operations are also different: When the interactive bilingual reading method is applied to an electronic device including an input device such as a mouse and a keyboard, the interactive operation may be a key operation or a mouse operation; When the interactive bilingual reading method is applied to a device supporting touch screen operation, the interactive operation may be a touch screen operation; When the interactive bilingual reading method uses physical printed materials, the interactive operations may be page turning, superposition, illumination, etc.

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