1. An information providing device, comprising: a document saving unit configured to save an electronic document that is representative of a physical document posted in a given geographic posting place and to save respective electronic files for one or more translations of the electronic document in one or more other languages, in association with one another by way of document identification information for the electronic document; a recording unit configured to record a character string for identifying: (i) each of the electronic files, and (ii) location information for allowing visual recognition of the given geographic posting place of the physical document; a code image issuing unit configured to issue a code image including a character string image obtained by encoding the character string, where the code image is provided in proximity to the physical document at the given geographic posting place; and a control unit configured to: receive character code data from a terminal device of a user, where the character code data includes: (i) an indication of the character string decoded from the code image provided in proximity to the physical document, and (ii) an indication of a particular language selected by the user, extract from the document saving unit one of the electronic files containing one of the one or more translations in the particular language selected by the user that is indicated by the character code data, extract from the recording unit the location information that indicates the given geographical posting place of the physical document, and transmit the one of the electronic files and the location information to the terminal device so that the one of the electronic files and the location information are displayed on a display of the terminal device and the user may view the particular translation and be provided with a visual indication of the given geographic posting place of the physical document.
1. An information providing device, comprising: a document saving unit configured to save an electronic document that is representative of a physical document posted in a given geographic posting place and to save respective electronic files for one or more translations of the electronic document in one or more other languages, in association with one another by way of document identification information for the electronic document; a recording unit configured to record a character string for identifying: (i) each of the electronic files, and (ii) location information for allowing visual recognition of the given geographic posting place of the physical document; a code image issuing unit configured to issue a code image including a character string image obtained by encoding the character string, where the code image is provided in proximity to the physical document at the given geographic posting place; and a control unit configured to: receive character code data from a terminal device of a user, where the character code data includes: (i) an indication of the character string decoded from the code image provided in proximity to the physical document, and (ii) an indication of a particular language selected by the user, extract from the document saving unit one of the electronic files containing one of the one or more translations in the particular language selected by the user that is indicated by the character code data, extract from the recording unit the location information that indicates the given geographical posting place of the physical document, and transmit the one of the electronic files and the location information to the terminal device so that the one of the electronic files and the location information are displayed on a display of the terminal device and the user may view the particular translation and be provided with a visual indication of the given geographic posting place of the physical document. 2. The information providing device according to claim 1 , further comprising a translation document generating unit configured to detect a layout of the physical document prior to translation, and to edit the translation in the particular language indicated by the character code data to give the electronic file of the translation the same layout, wherein a content of the electronic file is transmitted to the terminal device.