KR102192447B1 - Method and for providing automatic translation in user conversation using multiple languages - Google Patents

Abstract

A method and a server for providing automatic translation are disclosed. An automatic translation providing method according to an embodiment includes the steps of identifying languages set by a plurality of users included in a chat room; Receiving a message input from at least one or more of the plurality of users; Translating the content of the message into a language set by each of a plurality of users as the message is received; And providing the content of the message input by the user and the content of the message translated into the language set by each of the plurality of users to the chat room.

Description

How to provide automatic translation when talking to users in multiple languages {METHOD AND FOR PROVIDING AUTOMATIC TRANSLATION IN USER CONVERSATION USING MULTIPLE LANGUAGES}

The description below relates to a method of supporting translation during conversations with users using multiple languages.

Recently, as the penetration rate of mobile terminals including smart phones increases rapidly, various applications that provide instant messaging services in mobile user terminals have appeared. In this way, through an application providing an instant messaging service, it is possible to not only send and receive messages, but also share various contents. In particular, in recent years, due to the globalization of business, conversations between people who speak various languages frequently occur, and translation technology is also rapidly developing for communication between users who speak different languages.

Accordingly, applications that provide instant messaging services support various languages serviced in various countries. Korean Patent Registration No. 10-1271285 proposes a method of supporting multilingual translation of messages included in a chat window. However, in the related art, when a language to be translated is selected at the end of a message, translation is provided, so that a message is translated only when a user in a chat room inputs a message.

Accordingly, when a user who speaks multiple languages communicates, a technology is proposed to facilitate conversation by setting the main language for each user and providing a foreign language message by translating it into the user's main language. Need to be.

Automatic translation method and apparatus for translating the input message into the language set by each user based on the language set by a plurality of users included in the chat room, and displaying the content of the input message and the translated message in the chat room together Can provide.

The automatic translation providing method includes the steps of identifying a language set by a plurality of users included in a chat room; Receiving a message input from at least one or more of the plurality of users; Translating the content of the message into a language set by each of a plurality of users as the message is received; And providing the content of the message input by the user and the content of the message translated into the language set by each of the plurality of users to the chat room.

The step of providing the content of the message input from the user and the content of the message translated in the language set by each of the plurality of users to the chat room includes the content of the message translated from the content of the message input from the user. And extracting the content of the translated message corresponding to the language set by each of the users of, and providing the content of the message input from the user and the content of the extracted translated message to each user's chat screen. have.

The providing of the content of the message input by the user and the content of the message translated into the language set by each of the plurality of users to the chat room includes the content of the message translated from the content of the message input from the user. It may include the step of inquiring whether to display on the input user's chat screen, and providing content of a message corresponding to a query result of the query.

The step of providing the content of the message input from the user and the content of the message translated into the language set by each of the plurality of users to the chat room includes, on a chat screen of the user who inputs the message, the message input from the user Based on the content and the content of the message input from the user, providing the entire translated text translated into each language set by a plurality of users existing in the chat room.

Providing the content of the message input from the user and the content of the message translated into the language set by each of the plurality of users to the chat room, wherein the content of the message input from each of the plurality of users is the content of the translated message It may include the step of setting the position of the message to be displayed higher.

Providing the content of the message input from the user and the content of the message translated into the language set by each of the plurality of users to the chat room, based on the content of the message input from the user and the language set by each user As the content of the translated message is stored, it may include providing a chat history for the message performed in the chat room.

The step of providing the content of the message input from the user and the content of the message translated into the language set by each of the plurality of users to the chat room may include a chat history related to the chat room as a search word is input from the user existing in the chat room. And tracking the content of the message related to the search word and the content of the translated message corresponding to the content of the message, and providing the content of the tracked message as a search result.

The step of identifying a language set by a plurality of users included in the chat room includes providing a user interface for inputting a language to be used in the chat room from the plurality of users as a chat room including the plurality of users is created, It may include the step of setting a language to be translated based on the language input through the user interface.

Translating the content of the message into a language set by each of a plurality of users upon receiving the input of the message is based on the changed language when a desired language is changed by a plurality of users included in the chat room. Thus, it may include the step of translating the content of the message existing in the chat room.

Receiving that a message is input from at least one user among the plurality of users may include determining a language in which the message is input as the message is input in a chat room in which messages are transmitted and received in different languages. Can include.

A computer program stored in a storage medium to execute an automatic translation providing method, the method comprising: identifying languages set by a plurality of users included in a chat room; Receiving a message input from at least one or more of the plurality of users; Translating the content of the message into a language set by each of a plurality of users as the message is received; And providing the content of the message input by the user and the content of the message translated into the language set by each of the plurality of users to the chat room.

The automatic translation providing server includes: an identification unit for identifying languages set by a plurality of users included in the chat room; A receiver configured to receive a message input from at least one or more of the plurality of users; A translation unit for translating the content of the message into a language set by each of a plurality of users as the message is received; And a providing unit for providing the content of the message input from the user and the content of the message translated into a language set by each of the plurality of users to the chat room.

The providing unit extracts the content of the translated message corresponding to the language set by each of the plurality of users from the content of the translated message for the content of the message input from the user, and the content of the message input from the user and the Contents of the extracted translated messages may be provided to each user's chat screen.

The provider queries whether to display the content of the message translated from the content of the message input from the user on the chat screen of the user who input the message, and retrieves the content of the message corresponding to the query result of the query. Can provide.

The providing unit translates into each language set by a plurality of users present in the chat room based on the content of the message input from the user and the content of the message input from the user on the chat screen of the user who inputs the message. You can provide the full translated text.

The providing unit may set the location of the message so that the content of the message input from each of the plurality of users is displayed higher than the content of the translated message.

The providing unit may provide a chat history for the message performed in the chat room by storing the content of the message input from the user and the content of the message translated based on the language set by each user.

As a search word is input from a user existing in the chat room, the providing unit tracks the contents of the message related to the search word and the contents of the translated message corresponding to the contents of the message from the chat history related to the chat room, and the traced The content of the message can be provided as a search result.

The identification unit provides a user interface for inputting a language to be used in the chat room from the plurality of users as a chat room including the plurality of users is created, and to translate based on the language input through the user interface. Language can be set.

When a desired language is changed by a plurality of users included in the chat room, the translation unit may translate the content of the message existing in the chat room based on the changed language.

The automatic translation providing server according to an embodiment provides a translation service for an input message based on a language set by a plurality of users included in a chat room, so that the content of the message can be translated more quickly.

The automatic translation providing server according to an exemplary embodiment simultaneously provides the content of the message input from the counterpart and the content of the translated message, so that the user can more conveniently check the content of the message.

The automatic translation server according to an embodiment, when a message written in a different language is received by the user, translates into a language set by the user and provides the content of the input message and the content of the translated message so that a conversation can be easily performed. do.

1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a network environment according to an embodiment.
2 is a block diagram illustrating an example of components that may be included in a processor of an automatic translation providing server according to an exemplary embodiment.
3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing an automatic translation by an automatic translation providing server according to an exemplary embodiment.
4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of determining a language of a message received by an automatic translation providing server according to an exemplary embodiment.
FIG. 5 is an example for explaining providing a result of translation of a message input from a user to a chat room in an automatic translation providing server according to an embodiment.
FIG. 6 is an example for explaining that an automatic translation providing server provides a result of translating a message to a chat screen of a user who inputs a message according to an exemplary embodiment.
7 is an example for explaining providing a search result including a search word in an automatic translation providing server according to an embodiment.

Hereinafter, embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a network environment according to an embodiment.

The network environment of FIG. 1 shows an example including a terminal 110, a server 100, and a network 120.

The terminal 110 may be a fixed terminal implemented as a computer device or a mobile terminal. Examples of the terminal 110 include a smart phone, a mobile phone, a navigation system, a computer, a notebook computer, a digital broadcasting terminal, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a portable multimedia player (PMP), and a tablet PC. For example, the terminal 110 may communicate with other terminals and/or the server 100 through the network 120 using a wireless or wired communication method.

The communication method is not limited, and short-range wireless communication between devices as well as a communication method using a communication network (for example, a mobile communication network, a wired Internet, a wireless Internet, a broadcasting network) that may be included in the network 120 may be included. For example, the network 120 includes a personal area network (PAN), a local area network (LAN), a campus area network (CAN), a metropolitan area network (MAN), a wide area network (WAN), and a broadband network (BBN). , Internet, and the like. In addition, the network 120 may include any one or more of network topologies including a bus network, a star network, a ring network, a mesh network, a star-bus network, a tree or a hierarchical network, etc. Not limited.

The server 100 may be implemented as a computer device or a plurality of computer devices that communicate with the terminal 110 and the network 120 to provide commands, codes, files, contents, and services. For example, the server 100 may be an automatic translation providing server that provides an automatic translation service to the terminal 110 accessed through the network 120.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an example of components that may be included in a processor of an automatic translation providing server according to an embodiment, and FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing an automatic translation by the automatic translation providing server.

The automatic translation providing server 100 may include a processor 210, a storage unit 230, and a communication unit 240 for providing a translation service. The processor 210 included in the automatic translation providing server 100 may include an identification unit 221, a reception unit 222, a translation unit 223, and a providing unit 224. In addition, the storage unit 230 may store and maintain identification information of the user, information related to a message input from the user, and information related to a translated text obtained by translating the content of the message, and the communication unit 240 may transmit and receive messages between terminals. I can.

The processor 210 and components of the processor 210 may control the automatic translation providing server to perform the steps 310 to 340 included in the method of providing the automatic translation of FIG. 3. In this case, the processor 210 and the components of the processor 210 may be implemented to execute an instruction according to the code of the operating system included in the memory and the code of at least one program. Here, the components of the processor 210 may be expressions of different functions performed by the processor 210 according to a control command provided by a program code stored in the automatic translation providing server 100.

The processor 210 may load a program code stored in a program file for an automatic translation providing method into a memory. For example, when a program is executed in the automatic translation providing server 100, the processor may control the automatic translation providing server to load the program code from the program file into the memory under the control of the operating system.

In step 310, the identification unit 221 may identify languages set by a plurality of users included in the chat room. In this case, as a chat room including a plurality of users is created, a plurality of users included in the chat room may transmit and receive messages in different languages. In the chat room, a user interface for inputting a language to be used in the chat room is provided by a plurality of users, and as the language to be translated is set based on the language input through the user interface, the identification unit 221 identifies the set language. do.

In step 320, the receiving unit 222 may receive a message input from at least one or more of the plurality of users. Referring to FIG. 4, it is a flowchart illustrating a method of determining a language of a message received from an automatic translation providing server. In step 410, the receiving unit 222 may determine the language in which the message is input as it receives the input of the message. In step 420, the receiving unit 222 may determine whether the language of the input message is included in the language set by a plurality of users included in the chat room. In this case, when the language of the input message is included in the language of the message included in the chat room, the receiving unit 222 may perform step 330. Meanwhile, when the language of the input message is not included in the language of the message included in the chat room, the receiving unit 222 may provide the original text of the input message to the chat room without performing translation.

For example, assume that languages set by a plurality of users present in a chat room are Korean, Japanese, English, and Chinese. As the language of the message input from at least one of the plurality of users is detected as Japanese, the language of the message may be extracted as Japanese. At this time, the receiving unit 222 performs a step 330 for providing a translation of the message when the language input from the user is included in the language range set in the chat room (eg, Korean, Japanese, English, and Chinese). can do.

In step 330, the translation unit 230 may translate the content of the message into a language set by each of the plurality of users as the message is received. The translation unit 230 may translate the content of the message into a language set by each of the plurality of users based on the language of the message input by the user. For example, when the language of a message input from a user is Japanese, a message written in Japanese may be translated into a message corresponding to a language range set in a chat room, for example, Korean, Japanese, English, and Chinese.

In step 340, the providing unit 224 may provide the content of the message input from the user and the content of the message translated into the language set by each of the plurality of users to the chat room. For example, the providing unit 224 provides the content of the message input from the user and the content of the translated message corresponding to the language set in the chat room based on the language set by a plurality of users existing in the chat room. Can be provided on the chat screen of. The provider 224 queries whether to display the content of the message translated from the content of the message input from the user in addition to the content of the message input from the user on the chat screen of the user who entered the message, and the query result for the query It is possible to provide the content of the message corresponding to. The providing unit 224 is on the chat screen of the user who has entered the message, the entire translated language in each language set by a plurality of users existing in the chat room based on the content of the message input from the user and the content of the message input from the user. Translations can be provided.

FIG. 5 is an example for explaining providing a result of translation of a message input from a user to a chat room in an automatic translation providing server according to an embodiment.

5 illustrates an operation of providing a translation service for a message to be transmitted and received. The chat room 500 may be opened through a device or an application that provides a messenger function. At this time, the chat room 500 refers to a space in which users can chat, and provides an instant messaging service. The chat room 500 can chat in 1:1 or 1:N (group). For example, as a user transmits a message to at least one other user through a messenger application, the chat room 500 may be created. Another at least one user who has received the message sent from the user may be invited to the chat room 500, and the invited user acts as a member 560 of the chat room 500. A message may be transmitted and received through the chat room 500 including a user and another at least one user who has received the message transmitted from the user, and a record of the transmission and reception of the message may be stored in the chat room.

Alternatively, a message communication tool provided to perform a collaboration process may provide a messenger function capable of transmitting and receiving messages. The message communication tool is a tool that performs a collaborative process, and provides integrated use by recognizing and linking projects, tasks related to the project, mail, messages, schedule, task tracker, messenger, and documents as tasks. It means to enable collaboration among members participating in the task and to share the progress of the task in real time. Accordingly, chat between users can be performed in the same or similar manner as described above through a messenger function provided by the message communication tool.

In the description below, as the message communication tool provides the messenger function, a chat room can be opened by inviting the person in charge or referrers related to the project to the chat room, and the person in charge or referrers invited from the chat room can communicate using different languages. A method of providing translation services in the context of implementation will be described. In this case, the person in charge associated with the project may refer to a person who directly participates in the project, and the reference related to the project may refer to a person who indirectly participates in the project. For example, when conducting a project in a company, there may be partners in addition to the company. Accordingly, in order to smoothly exchange messages between people related to the project, a message communication tool can provide a messenger that provides an instant messaging service.

The automatic translation providing server may be divided into a chat area 550 that outputs a message input from a user and a member area 560 that provides information of a user participating in the chat room. The automatic translation providing server may display a message input from a user and a translated message in the chat area 550, and may display information of a user participating in the chat room in the member area 560.

The automatic translation providing server may display information of a user who has entered a message in the chat area 550 and a message corresponding to the user together. Accordingly, messages existing in the chat area 550 may be provided as chat history.

The automatic translation providing server may provide at least one of identification information, nickname, job title, affiliation, and language information of a plurality of users participating in the chat room 500 to the member area 560. In addition, the automatic translation providing server may determine whether a member included in the chat room 500 is accessing the message communication tool, and separately indicate that the member who is accessing the message communication tool is online. In other words, the automatic translation providing server may identify a user who is connected to the message communication tool and a user who has not connected, and display the online connection status or the offline status in the chat room. Alternatively, the automatic translation providing server may display the user's status (online or offline) according to the presence or absence of a messenger provided by the message communication tool.

The automatic translation providing server may provide a user interface 530 for inputting a search word. As a search word is input through the user interface 530 for inputting a search word from a user, the automatic translation providing server may search for content of a message including the search word based on the chat history stored in the chat room. The automatic translation providing server may provide content of a message including a search word to a chat screen.

Suppose there is a user including AA, BB, CC, DD, EE, FF, and GG in the chat room 500. At this time, each user can set a language to be used in the chat room. For example, the automatic translation providing server provides a user interface 520 for inputting a language to be used in a chat room from a plurality of users, and a language to be translated is set based on the language selected through the user interface 520. I can. AA can be set to Japanese, CC to Chinese, DD to Japanese, and EE to English. The default value may be set to Korean. Other users (eg, BB, FF, GG) who have not set another language based on Korean may be automatically set to Korean.

A message may be input from at least one or more of a plurality of users in the chat room. For example, EE can enter messages in English. Upon receiving the input message from the EE, the automatic translation providing server may determine that the input is in English. The automatic translation providing server may translate the content of the message input in English into the language set in the chat room, respectively. The automatic translation providing server can translate the content of the message input in English into Korean, Japanese, and Chinese. For example, a message may be translated through an API that provides translation.

The automatic translation providing server may provide the content of the message input in English and the content of the translated message to the chat room 500. The automatic translation providing server may provide the chat room to display the content of a message input from a specific user and the content of a message translated from the message together. The automatic translation providing server may provide an input message and a translated message in relation to a user who inputs a message.

The automatic translation providing server may provide the content of the message input from the user and the content of the translated message corresponding to the language set in the chat room on the chat screen of each user related to the chat room. The automatic translation providing server may extract the content of the translated message for the content of the message input from each user in correspondence with the language set by each user, and the extracted content of the translated message and The content of the input message can be provided on the chat screen of each user. In this way, for example, it is assumed that the chat screen related to the chat room 500 shown in FIG. 5 is a chat screen of BB. When the language set from the BB is Korean and the language of the message input from the EE is English, the content of the message input in English and the content of the message translated into Korean may be displayed on the chat screen of the BB.

In addition, the automatic translation providing server may set the location of the message so that the content of the message input from each of the plurality of users is displayed above the content of the translated message. In addition, the content of the input message and the location of the translated message may be set according to the user's setting, and the content of the input message and the translated message may be displayed on the chat screen according to the set location.

In addition, the automatic translation providing server may translate the content of the message input into the chat room based on the changed language when the language to be used is changed by a plurality of users included in the chat room.

In addition, the automatic translation providing server may detect a language set by the invited user as another user is invited to the chat room, and may translate the input message into the detected language. The automatic translation providing server may provide content of a message translated in a changed language to a chat room. In addition, the automatic translation providing server may provide the translated message by changing the chat history including the chatted messages into a changed language.

FIG. 6 is an example for explaining that an automatic translation providing server provides a result of translating a message to a chat screen of a user who inputs a message according to an exemplary embodiment.

The automatic translation providing server may provide the content of the translated message corresponding to the content of the message input by the user and the language set in the chat room on the chat screen of each user related to the chat room. In this case, when a message is input, when a message is not input, the contents of the message output on the chat screen may be displayed differently.

Referring to FIG. 6, a diagram for explaining providing a translated result to a chat screen of a user who inputs a message. For example, assume that the chat screen of FIG. 6 is the chat screen 600 of BB.

The automatic translation providing server is based on the content 620 of the message input from the user 610 on the chat screen of the user 610 and the content 620 of the message from the user, from a plurality of users present in the chat room. The entire translation text 630 translated into each set language may be provided. For example, a message may be input from BB. BB can input a message in Korean as it is set in Korean. At this time, the message input from the BB may be displayed in Korean on the chat screen 600 of the BB, and all messages translated into languages (eg, Chinese, Korean, and English) set by a plurality of users in the chat room are BB It can be displayed together at the bottom of the message entered from.

In this case, the automatic translation providing server queries whether to display the content of the message translated from the content of the message input from the user in addition to the content of the message input from the user on the chat screen of the user who entered the message, and inquire about the query. You can provide the content of the message corresponding to the result. In addition, it may be set to selectively display only a part of the content of the entire translated message in addition to the content of the message input from the user, and only the content of the set translated message may be displayed on the chat screen.

In this way, when a message is input from another user existing in the chat room based on the user (the person), the automatic translation service server displays the contents of the input message and the contents of the message translated in the language set by the user on the chat screen. can do. In addition, when the user (the person) inputs a message, the automatic translation server can display all the contents of the input message and the contents of the message translated in each language set by the remaining multiple users in the chat room on the chat screen. have.

7 is an example for explaining providing a search result including a search word in an automatic translation providing server according to an embodiment.

The automatic translation providing server may store the content of the message input by the user and the content of the translated message based on the language set by each user. The automatic translation providing server may provide a chat history for a message chatted in a chat room by storing the content of the message and the translated message from the user.

A search word 730 may be input from a user. As the search word 730 is input from the user existing in the chat room, the automatic translation providing server may track the contents of the message related to the search word and the contents of the translated message corresponding to the contents of the message from the chat history related to the chat room. For example, a search word 730 of'hello' may be input from a user. In this case, the automatic translation providing server may search for a message including the search word'hello' based on the chat history stored in the chat room. The automatic translation providing server may provide the contents of a message including the search word “hello” as shown in 710 by extracting a message including the search word “hello” from the chat history.

The apparatus described above may be implemented as a hardware component, a software component, and/or a combination of a hardware component and a software component. For example, the devices and components described in the embodiments are, for example, a processor, a controller, an arithmetic logic unit (ALU), a digital signal processor, a microcomputer, a field programmable gate array (FPGA). , A programmable logic unit (PLU), a microprocessor, or any other device capable of executing and responding to instructions, such as one or more general purpose computers or special purpose computers. The processing device may execute an operating system (OS) and one or more software applications executed on the operating system. In addition, the processing device may access, store, manipulate, process, and generate data in response to the execution of software. For the convenience of understanding, although it is sometimes described that one processing device is used, one of ordinary skill in the art, the processing device is a plurality of processing elements and/or a plurality of types of processing elements. It can be seen that it may include. For example, the processing device may include a plurality of processors or one processor and one controller. In addition, other processing configurations are possible, such as a parallel processor.

The software may include a computer program, code, instructions, or a combination of one or more of these, configuring the processing unit to behave as desired or processed independently or collectively. You can command the device. Software and/or data may be interpreted by a processing device or to provide instructions or data to a processing device, of any type of machine, component, physical device, virtual equipment, computer storage medium or device. Can be embodyed in The software may be distributed over networked computer systems and stored or executed in a distributed manner. Software and data may be stored on one or more computer-readable recording media.

The method according to the embodiment may be implemented in the form of program instructions that can be executed through various computer means and recorded in a computer-readable medium. The computer-readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, and the like alone or in combination. The program instructions recorded on the medium may be specially designed and configured for the embodiment, or may be known and usable to those skilled in computer software. Examples of computer-readable recording media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks, and magnetic tapes, optical media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs, and magnetic media such as floptical disks. -A hardware device specially configured to store and execute program instructions such as magneto-optical media, and ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. Examples of the program instructions include not only machine language codes such as those produced by a compiler, but also high-level language codes that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like.

As described above, although the embodiments have been described by the limited embodiments and drawings, various modifications and variations are possible from the above description by those of ordinary skill in the art. For example, the described techniques are performed in a different order from the described method, and/or components such as a system, structure, device, circuit, etc. described are combined or combined in a form different from the described method, or other components Alternatively, even if substituted or substituted by an equivalent, an appropriate result can be achieved.

Therefore, other implementations, other embodiments, and claims and equivalents fall within the scope of the claims to be described later.

Claims (1)

In the automatic translation providing method performed by the automatic translation providing server,
Determining connection states of a plurality of users included in the chat room;
Identifying a language set from each of the users whose connected state is an online connection state;
Receiving a message input from at least one or more of the online-connected users based on a language range set in the chat room including the identified language;
Determining whether the language of the received message is included in the language set by each of the users in the online connection state included in the chat room;
Translating the content of the received message into a language set by each of the online-connected users as the language of the received message is included in the language set by each of the users who are online connected in the chat room; And
Providing the content of the received message and the content of the message translated in the language set by each of the online-connected users at a set location to provide the content of the message translated into the language set by each of the online-connected users Steps to
Including,
The step of translating,
If the language of the received message is not included in the language range set in the chat room, providing the original text of the received message
Automatic translation providing method comprising a.

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