CROSS-LINGUAL INFORMATION SEARCHING METHOD, CROSS-LINGUAL INFORMATION SEARCHING SYSTEM AND CROSS-LINGUAL INFORMATION SEARCHING PROGRAM

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cross-lingual information searching technique enabling a user to visually recognize the polysemy of words searched for with picture information and to make selection out of translated words and search-related words presented on the basis of meanings related to the words searched for.SOLUTION: A cross-lingual information searching method includes steps of analyzing a search request; acquiring words searched for in the original language; searching a bilingual dictionary that stores translations of words in the original language and each of the words in the target language; acquiring translations of the respective words searched for, as translated word candidates; searching pictures with the translated word candidates as keys; acquiring picture information; classifying the acquired items of picture information by meanings related to the words searched for; extracting search-related words in the target language in each class; presenting the translated word candidates, classified picture data and search-related words to a user; generating a screen for selection of the translated word candidates and the search-related words; and performing information search in the target language with the translated word candidates and the search-related words selected by the user as keys.