KR20170017851A - Translation apparatus and control method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

A translation apparatus and a control method thereof are disclosed. A method of controlling a translation apparatus according to the present invention includes a step of receiving a sentence and link information about a sentence, a step of outputting a first translated sentence by translating a sentence into a language corresponding to a user command by using a translation engine module, a step of re-translating the sentence to generate a second translated sentence when the translation engine module is updated, and a step of outputting the second translated sentence and link information. Accordingly, the translation apparatus can improve the quality of the translated sentence before being updated, through the latest version of a translation engine module.

Description

Translation apparatus and control method therefor

The present invention relates to a translation apparatus and a control method thereof, and more particularly, to a translation apparatus for performing translation through an updated translation engine module and a control method thereof.

Generally, a translation device translates a source language into a target language by using a translation engine module to which various methods such as rule-based, pattern-based, and statistical-based methods are applied.

Such a translation engine module is being updated to a new version periodically according to various event conditions. Therefore, the target language translated through the updated translation engine module can be smoothly transmitted as compared with the target language translated through the version of the translation engine module before being updated.

That is, the translation quality level of the translated target language with respect to the original language requested by the user through the translation engine module updated to the latest version is superior to the translation quality of the target language translated through the translation engine module of the previous version.

Nevertheless, there is a problem that the translation engine module updated to the latest version can not effectively utilize the latest version of the translation engine module by translating only the currently requested original language into a high-quality target language.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in order to solve the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to use a latest version of a translation engine module more efficiently.

Furthermore, the present invention aims at improving the quality of translated translated sentences before they are updated through the updated translation engine module to the latest version.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for controlling a translation apparatus, the method comprising: receiving a sentence and link information for the sentence; translating the sentence into a language corresponding to a user command And outputting a first translation sentence, when the translation engine module is updated, generating a second translation sentence by re-translating the sentence, and outputting the second translation sentence and the link information .

If the sentence is a whole sentence included in a web page, the link information may include address information of the web page.

In addition, when the sentence is a sentence included in a web page, the link information may include address information of the web page and location information of the sentence.

The location information may be information obtained from a source program constituting the web page.

In addition, when the sentence is a whole sentence included in an electronic document, the link information may include path information in which the electronic document is stored.

If the sentence is a partial sentence included in an electronic document, the link information may include path information of the electronic document and location information of the sentence.

If the electronic document is a document in an office open file format, the location information may be information obtained from XML schema information constituting the electronic document.

If the electronic document is a document in the form of an office file, the location information may be information obtained based on an API source opened in association with the electronic document.

The step of outputting the second translation sentence may further include: when the link information related to the first translated sentence is further received after the first translated sentence is output, the step of outputting the second translated sentence, And can further output the received link information.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a translation apparatus including a communication unit for receiving a sentence and link information for the sentence, a language conversion unit for translating the sentence into a language corresponding to a user command through a translation engine module, Updating the translation engine module according to the updated version information and outputting the translated first translation sentence in relation to the sentence, and re-translating the sentence into the second translated sentence through the updated translation engine module And a control unit for controlling the language conversion unit and the output unit so that the output unit can output the second translated sentence and the link information retransmitted through the updated translation engine module.

If the sentence is a whole sentence included in a web page, the link information may include address information of the web page.

In addition, when the sentence is a sentence included in a web page, the link information may include address information of the web page and location information of the sentence.

The location information may be information obtained from a source program constituting the web page.

In addition, when the sentence is a whole sentence included in an electronic document, the link information may include path information in which the electronic document is stored.

If the sentence is a partial sentence included in an electronic document, the link information may include path information of the electronic document and location information of the sentence.

If the electronic document is a document in an office open file format, the location information may be information obtained from XML schema information constituting the electronic document.

If the electronic document is a document in the form of an office file, the location information may be information obtained based on an API source opened in association with the electronic document.

In addition, the control unit may further include: when the link information related to the first translated sentence is further received after the first translated sentence is output, the second translated sentence, the link information, and the further received link information The output unit can be controlled to output the output.

As described above, according to various embodiments of the present invention, the translation apparatus according to the present invention can improve the quality of translated translated sentences before being updated through the updated translation engine module to the latest version.

1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a translation system for providing a translation service according to an embodiment of the present invention;
2 is a block diagram of a translation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;
3 is a detailed block diagram of a language conversion unit according to an embodiment of the present invention;
4 is a block diagram of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention;
5 is a diagram illustrating an example of providing a translation result to a terminal device through a translation engine module in a translation device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a first example of providing a translated result to a terminal device through an updated translation engine module in a translation device according to an embodiment of the present invention,
FIG. 7 is a second example of providing a translated result to a terminal device through an updated translation engine module in a translation device according to another embodiment of the present invention, FIG.
8 is a flowchart illustrating a method of controlling a translation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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

1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a translation system for providing a translation service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1, a translation system 100 for providing a translation service includes a translation device 200 and a plurality of terminal devices (hereinafter referred to as first to third terminal devices) 300-1 to 300-3 do.

Here, the translating apparatus 200 may be a device for converting a sentence inputted or received according to a user request into a language corresponding to the user command. Such a translation apparatus 200 may be built on a web server (not shown) that provides the aforementioned web service environment, or may be implemented independently.

When the translation request information is received from at least one of the first to third terminal devices 300-1 to 300-3 capable of data communication with the translation device 200, the translation device 200 may be included in the received translation request information Translate the sentence into a language corresponding to the user command through the translation engine module. Thereafter, the translation apparatus 200 transmits a translation sentence (hereinafter referred to as a first translation sentence) translated into a language corresponding to the user command to the terminal apparatus 300 that has transmitted the translation request information.

Accordingly, the terminal device 300 can convert a sentence inputted or selected by the user into a translated sentence received from the translating apparatus 200 and display it.

On the other hand, the above-mentioned translation request information may include a sentence input by the user or selected, and link information indicating the position of the sentence. Accordingly, when the translation request information is received, the translation apparatus 200 can generate and store the metadata including the sentence and link information included in the received translation request information. In addition, the translation apparatus 200 can generate and store metadata including language information for the first translated sentence related to the sentence, together with the sentence and link information included in the received translation request information have.

On the other hand, when the translation engine module is updated to a new version, the translation device 200 uses the updated translation engine module to retransmit the sentence included in the previously stored metadata in the language requested by the user. Thereafter, the translating apparatus 200 acquires the link information from the metadata including the sentence, and refers to the obtained link information to transmit the link information to one of the first to third terminal apparatuses 300-1 to 300-3 (Hereinafter referred to as a second translation sentence) and link information

Accordingly, based on the link information received from the translation device 200, the terminal device 300 transmits the translated version of the translation engine module to the new translation version through the translation engine module corresponding to the previous version, Can be translated into a second translated sentence.

On the other hand, as described above, the translation apparatus 200 can be constructed on a web server (not shown) that provides the aforementioned web service environment. In this case, the web server (not shown) refers to the link information output from the translation apparatus 200 to acquire the content related to the corresponding link information among a plurality of previously stored contents, The sentence can be converted into a second translated sentence retransmitted through a translation engine module updated to a new version and stored.

Up to now, a translation system 100 for providing a translation service according to the present invention has been schematically described. Hereinafter, the translation apparatus 200 according to the present invention will be described in more detail.

2 is a block diagram of a translation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2, the translation apparatus 200 includes an input unit 210, a language conversion unit 220, an output unit 230, a control unit 240, a storage unit 250, and a communication unit 260 .

The input unit 210 receives link information on sentences and sentences from the terminal device 300. When the translating apparatus 200 is constructed on a web server (not shown) that provides a web service environment, the input unit 210 may be a smart phone, a PC, a tablet PC And the link information for the sentence, which the user has requested to translate, received from the terminal device 300, such as a text message. Meanwhile, when the translation apparatus 200 is implemented independently, the sentence requested by the user transmitted from the terminal apparatus 300 and the link information for the sentence can be received through the communication unit 260, which will be described later.

As described above, when the user inputs or receives the translation request and the link information for the sentence through the input unit 210 or the communication unit 260, the language conversion unit 220 converts the sentence requested to be translated through the translation engine module Translate into the language corresponding to the user command. The output unit 230 outputs the first translated sentence translated into the language corresponding to the user command from the language converting unit 220 in association with the inputted sentence.

On the other hand, the control unit 240 controls the operation of each of the plurality of configurations of the translating apparatus 200 as a whole. In particular, the controller 240 updates the translation engine module according to the update version information. When the translation engine module is updated, the controller 240 translates the sentence translated into the first translation sentence through the updated translation engine module into a language corresponding to the first translated sentence The language conversion unit 220 converts the language conversion unit 220 into a language conversion unit.

In accordance with such a control command, the language conversion unit 220 translates a sentence translated into the first translated sentence into a language corresponding to the first translated sentence using the updated translation engine module. When the sentence is translated into the second translated sentence through the updated translation engine module, the output unit 220 outputs the second translated sentence related to the sentence translated into the first translated sentence, and the link information related to the sentence Output.

When such a second translation sentence and link information are output, the first translated sentence related to the sentence requested for translation can be converted into the second translated sentence through the following embodiment.

A processor (not shown) of a web server (not shown) may be connected to the output device of the translation device 200, if the translation device 200 is built on a web server (not shown) Based on the link information output through the first link 220, the content including the previously translated first translation sentence among the previously stored plurality of contents. Thereafter, the web server (not shown) may track the previously translated first translation sentence from the content based on the link information, and convert the first translated sentence into the second translated sentence retransmitted from the tracked first translation sentence.

When the translating apparatus 200 is implemented independently, the control unit 240 transmits the second translation sentence and the link information to the terminal apparatus 300 corresponding to the identification information included in the link information output through the output unit 220. [ And controls the communication unit 260 to transmit the information. In accordance with such a control command, the communication unit 260 transmits the second translated sentence and the link information to the terminal device 300 corresponding to the identification information included in the link information. Accordingly, the terminal device 300 acquires the content including the previously translated first translation sentence based on the link information received from the translation device 200. [ Then, the terminal device 300 can track the previously translated first translation sentence from the content based on the link information, and convert the first translated sentence into the second translated sentence retransmitted from the tracked first translation sentence.

Meanwhile, the storage unit 250 stores the sentence, the link information, and the language information for translating a sentence, which are input through the input unit 210 or received through the communication unit 260, in a form of metadata including at least one of .

Accordingly, when the translation engine module is updated, the language conversion unit 220 obtains the translated sentence from the metadata stored in the storage unit 250 into the first translated sentence, and transmits the obtained sentence to the updated translation engine module via the updated translation engine module And the output unit 230 can output the second translated sentence retransmitted and the link information included in the corresponding metadata.

On the other hand, when the sentence input through the input unit 210 or received through the communication unit 260 is the entire sentence included in the web page, the link information may include address information for the corresponding web page, And link information related to the sentence may be generated in the form of metadata and stored in the storage unit 250. [

In this case, when the translation engine module is updated, the language conversion unit 220 acquires a translated sentence from the metadata stored in the storage unit 250 into the first translated sentence. Thereafter, the language conversion unit 220 re-translates the sentence using the updated translation engine module. When the sentence is re-translated into the second translated sentence, the output unit 230 outputs the link information included in the corresponding metadata and the second translated sentence that has been retransmitted. Therefore, the terminal device 300 such as a web server (not shown) determines a web page including the first translated sentence related to the whole sentence translation based on the link information outputted from the translation device 200 , And converts the first translated sentence of the determined web page into the second translated sentence.

Meanwhile, when the sentence input through the input unit 210 or received through the communication unit 260 is a sentence included in the web page, the link information may include address information and location information for the corresponding web page. Here, the location information may be code information corresponding to a sentence to be translated from a source program in HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) format constituting a web page, or information in which the corresponding code information is located. Link information related to such sentences and sentences may be generated in the form of metadata and stored in the storage unit 250.

In this case, when the translation engine module is updated, the language conversion unit 220 acquires a translated sentence from the metadata stored in the storage unit 250 into the first translated sentence. Thereafter, the language conversion unit 220 re-translates the sentence using the updated translation engine module. When the sentence is re-translated into the second translated sentence, the output unit 230 outputs the link information included in the corresponding metadata and the second translated sentence that has been retransmitted. Therefore, the terminal device 300 such as a web server (not shown) determines a web page including the first translated sentence related to some sentences based on the link information outputted from the translating apparatus 200. [ Thereafter, the terminal device 300 tracks the first translated sentence, which has been previously translated in relation to a part of sentences, from the predetermined web page based on the positional information included in the link information, and transmits the traced first translated sentence to the second translation Converts to sentence.

Meanwhile, when the sentence input through the input unit 210 or received through the communication unit 260 is a whole sentence included in the electronic document, the link information may include path information in which the electronic document is stored, And link information related to the sentence may be generated in the form of metadata and stored in the storage unit 250. [

In this case, when the translation engine module is updated, the language conversion unit 220 acquires a translated sentence from the metadata stored in the storage unit 250 into the first translated sentence. Thereafter, the language conversion unit 220 re-translates the sentence using the updated translation engine module. When the sentence is retransmitted to the second translation, the communication unit 260 extracts the identification information from the link information included in the meta data, and transmits the second translated sentence retransmitted to the terminal device 300 corresponding to the extracted identification information, Link information is transmitted. Accordingly, the terminal device 300 such as a smart phone, a tablet PC, and a PC transmits a first translated sentence related to the entire sentence translation based on the route information included in the link information received from the translation device 200 Extracts the electronic document including the extracted electronic document, and converts the first translated sentence of the extracted electronic document into the second translated sentence.

On the other hand, when the sentence input through the input unit 210 or received through the communication unit 260 is a sentence included in the electronic document, the link information includes path information in which the electronic document is stored and position information of the sentence can do.

Here, if the electronic document is a document in the office open file format having an extension of docx, docm, pptx, xlsx, etc., the location information may be information obtained from the XML schema information constituting the electronic document according to the embodiment. On the other hand, if the electronic document is an office file format document having an extension of doc, ppt, xls, etc., the location information may be information obtained based on the API source opened with respect to the electronic document.

Link information related to such sentences and sentences may be generated in the form of metadata and stored in the storage unit 250. In this case, when the translation engine module is updated, the language conversion unit 220 acquires a translated sentence from the metadata stored in the storage unit 250 into the first translated sentence. Thereafter, the language conversion unit 220 re-translates the sentence using the updated translation engine module. When the sentence is retransmitted to the second translation, the communication unit 260 extracts the identification information from the link information included in the meta data, extracts the second translated sentence retransmitted from the terminal device 300 corresponding to the extracted identification information, Link information is transmitted. Therefore, the terminal device 300 such as a smart phone, a tablet PC, and a PC transmits a first translated sentence related to the translation of some sentences based on the route information included in the link information received from the translation device 200 And extracts the electronic document containing the document. Thereafter, the terminal device 300 tracks the first translated sentence, which is previously translated in relation to the translation of a part of sentences, from the extracted electronic document based on the position information included in the link information, 2 translate into sentence.

On the other hand, if the link information related to the first translated sentence is further received after the translated first translated sentence is outputted in association with the sentence for requesting the translation, the control unit 240 transmits the second translated sentence and the link information, And controls the output unit 230 to output the received link information. For example, when the first translation sentence related to the first sentence requesting translation among the sentences included in the first electronic document is received from the translation apparatus 200, the terminal apparatus 300 transmits the first translation sentence Converts sentences. In this way, in a state in which the first sentence included in the first electronic document is converted into the first translated sentence, the terminal device 300 sets the second sentence included in the second electronic document as the first sentence, Translate it into a translated sentence, or insert a first translated sentence on a second electronic document. As described above, when the second sentence included in the second electronic document is converted or inserted into the first translated sentence, the terminal device 300 transmits the path information in which the second electronic document is stored and the second sentence And transmits the link information including the position information of the link information to the translation apparatus 200.

When the link information is additionally received from the terminal device 300 after the first translation sentence is transmitted to the terminal device 300, the storage unit 250 stores the sentence received from the terminal device 300, (Hereinafter referred to as " second link information ") in addition to the metadata including the link information on the sentence (hereinafter referred to as first link information).

Thereafter, when the translation engine module is updated, the language conversion unit 220 obtains a translated sentence from the metadata stored in the storage unit 250 into the first translated sentence. Thereafter, the language conversion unit 220 re-translates the sentence using the updated translation engine module. When the sentence is re-translated into the second translation, the communication unit 260 extracts the identification information from at least one of the first and second link information included in the meta data, And the first and second link information. Accordingly, the terminal device 300 such as a smart phone, a tablet PC, and a personal computer (PC) can receive the translation information related to the translation of some sentences based on the route information included in the first and second link information received from the translation device 200 The first and second electronic documents including the first translation sentence are extracted. Thereafter, the terminal device 300 extracts, from the first and second electronic documents extracted based on the positional information included in the first and second link information, a first translated sentence related to the first and second sentences And translates the traced first translated sentence into a second translated sentence.

Thus, the first and second sentences included respectively in the first and second electronic documents are automatically converted from the first translation sentence to the second translated sentence.

Meanwhile, the communication unit 260 performs data communication with at least one of the first to third terminal apparatuses 300-1 to 300-3 to communicate with at least one of the first to third terminal apparatuses 300-1 to 300-3. From one, a sentence that the user requested to translate and link information associated with the sentence. In addition, the communication unit 260 may include at least one of the first to third terminal devices 300-1 to 300-3, and the communication unit 260 may transmit the translated sentence related to the sentence requested by the user to the translation, And link information for updating the link information.

When the data communication is performed using the wired communication method, the communication unit 260 may be connected to the first to third terminal devices 300-1 to 300-3 using a local area network (LAN), a WAN, And can perform data communication with at least one. Meanwhile, when performing data communication using a wireless communication method, the communication unit 260 may include various communication modules such as a short-range wireless communication module (not shown), a wireless communication module (not shown), and the like. Herein, the short-range wireless communication module refers to a short-range wireless communication module that performs short-range communication with an external device wirelessly, and includes a Bluetooth module, an IrDA module, an NFC module, a WIFI module , And a Zigbee module. The wireless communication module is a module that is connected to an external network and performs communication according to a wireless communication protocol such as WIFI, IEEE, or the like. In addition, the wireless communication module further includes a mobile communication module for performing communication by accessing a mobile communication network according to various mobile communication standards such as 3G (3rd Generation), 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), Long Term Evolution You may.

Meanwhile, the language conversion unit 220 converts the language into a language corresponding to a user command through a known translation algorithm. In the present invention, the language conversion unit 220 converts the language into a language corresponding to a user command Will be schematically described.

3 is a detailed block diagram of a language conversion unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3, the language converting unit 220 includes a preprocessing unit 221, a decoder 223, and a post-processing unit 225. The pre-

The preprocessing unit 221 analyzes the morpheme of the sentence inputted or received from the outside and generates source language words attached with tags indicating morpheme-specific characteristics. Then, the preprocessing unit 221 combines the tagged source language words to generate a sentence, and performs a normalization process.

The decoder 223 translates each tagged source language word into a sentence of the language corresponding to the user command using the language model 223-1 and the translation model 223-2. At this time, the decoder 223 can translate into a sentence of the language corresponding to the user command based on the statistical based machine translation method. More specifically, the decoder 223 can obtain a natural translation result through a process of generating a generation model derived from the language model 223-1 and the translation model 223-2 by applying a base theory (Bayes Theorem) .

The post-processing unit 225 may additionally generate or modify a tense, a punctuation mark, an inference, etc. to the translated translation result through the decoder 223 to finally generate a translated sentence in a form close to the language corresponding to the user command .

Up to now, each configuration of the translating apparatus 200 according to the present invention has been described in detail. Hereinafter, each configuration of the terminal apparatus 300 according to the present invention will be described in detail.

4 is a block diagram of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4, the terminal device 300 includes a communication unit 310, an input unit 320, a display unit 320, and a display unit 330. The communication unit 310 includes a communication unit 310, an input unit 320, A controller 330, a controller 340, and a storage unit 350.

The communication unit 310 may communicate with at least one of the first to third terminal devices 300-1 to 300-3 by using a LAN (Local Area Network), a WAN, Ethernet, or the like, And data communication can be performed. Meanwhile, when performing data communication using a wireless communication method, the communication unit 310 may include various communication modules such as a short-range wireless communication module (not shown), a wireless communication module (not shown), and the like. Herein, the short-range wireless communication module refers to a short-range wireless communication module that performs short-range communication with an external device wirelessly, and includes a Bluetooth module, an IrDA module, an NFC module, a WIFI module , And a Zigbee module. The wireless communication module is a module that is connected to an external network and performs communication according to a wireless communication protocol such as WIFI, IEEE, or the like. In addition, the wireless communication module further includes a mobile communication module for performing communication by accessing a mobile communication network according to various mobile communication standards such as 3G (3rd Generation), 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), Long Term Evolution You may.

As described above, the communication unit 310 may be implemented by the various wireless communication methods described above, and may adopt other communication technologies not mentioned in this specification as necessary.

The input unit 320 is an input means for receiving various user commands and transmitting the user commands to the controller 340. The input unit 320 may receive a user's operation command or a user's touch command. When receiving a user operation command, the input unit 320 may be implemented as a keypad having various function keys, numeric keys, special keys, character keys, and the like. Meanwhile, when receiving a touch command of the user, the input unit 320 may be implemented as a touch pad having a mutual rearrangement structure with a display unit 330 implemented as a touch screen.

The display unit 330 displays an execution screen of an application executed according to a user command, a web page execution screen, or a video content received from an external source such as a content server (not shown) and processed by the control unit 340 Can be displayed. The display unit 330 may be implemented as a liquid crystal display (LCD), an organic light emitting diode (OLED), or a plasma display panel (PDP). Meanwhile, as described above, when the input unit 320 is implemented as a touch pad, the display unit 330 may be implemented as a touch screen having a mutual layer structure together with an input unit 320 implemented as a touch pad.

The control unit 340 controls the operation of each of the components constituting the terminal device 300 as a whole. In particular, when a user command for translation is input in a state where a web page screen or an electronic document is displayed, the control unit 340 displays a sentence corresponding to a user command and a sentence corresponding to the sentence included in the displayed web page screen or electronic document And transmits the generated translation request information to the translation apparatus 200. The translation request information includes translation request information, If at least one of the translated sentence and the link information related to the sentence corresponding to the user command is received from the translating apparatus 200 via the communication unit 310, the control unit 340 determines whether or not the corresponding It is possible to convert the sentence corresponding to the user command into the translated sentence received from the translation apparatus 200.

The storage unit 350 may store an electronic document, a content, and an application program for executing each of a plurality of applications that are operated by a user. In addition, the storage unit 350 may store an operating system program for controlling the dmkl operation of the terminal device 300. Here, the operating program may be an execution program that is read in the storage unit 350, compiled, and operates each configuration of the terminal apparatus 300 when the terminal apparatus 300 is turned on. The storage unit 350 may be a ROM, a RAM or a memory card (e.g., an SD card or a memory stick) removable / attachable to the display device 100, a nonvolatile memory, a volatile memory, a hard disk drive (HDD) or a solid state drive (SSD).

Up to now, the configurations of the translating apparatus 200 and the terminal apparatus 300 according to the present invention have been described in detail. Hereinafter, various operations for providing the translated result in the translation device 200 according to the present invention to the terminal device 300 will be described in detail through various embodiments.

5 is a diagram illustrating an example of providing a translation result to a terminal device through a translation engine module in a translation device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 5, the terminal device 300 can execute and display the electronic document 310 corresponding to the user command. In the state that the electronic document 310 is displayed, the user can request translation of 'Could you email me the data?' In Korean, among the sentences included in the electronic document 310. When such a translation request is input, the terminal device 300 selects a source sentence for 'Could you email me the data?' That requests translation among the sentences included on the displayed electronic document 310. In addition, the terminal device 300 acquires the location information on which the source sentence is located based on the program (XML schema information or API source) constituting the electronic document 310. Then, the terminal device 300 transmits the link information including the location information where the source sentence is located and the path information in which the displayed electronic document 310 is stored, to the translation apparatus 200.

When the link information is received from the terminal device 300, the translation apparatus 200 translates the source sentence included in the translation request information into Korean by using the translation engine module of the version V1 of the current version. For example, the source sentence 'Could you email me the data?' Can be translated into Korean via the V1 version of the translation engine module, 'Do you want to email me?' As such, when the source sentence is translated into Korean, the translation apparatus 200 transmits the first translated sentence translated into Korean to the terminal apparatus 300. At this time, the translation apparatus 200 can transmit the link information received from the terminal apparatus 300 together with the first translation sentence.

Therefore, the terminal device 300 tracks the source sentence requesting translation based on the location information included in the link information received from the translation device 200, and transmits the traced source sentence to the first Can be converted into a translated sentence and displayed. That is, the terminal device 300 transmits a source sentence for 'Could you email me the data?' Requesting translation among the sentences included in the electronic document 310 in Korean Can be converted and displayed.

FIG. 6 is a first example of providing a translated result to a terminal device through an updated translation engine module in a translation device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As described in FIG. 5, the terminal device 300 converts, according to a user's request, a first translation sentence of 'Do you want to send me e-mail data?' In the source sentence for 'Could you email me the data?' The electronic document 310 including the sentence may be stored.

On the other hand, the translation engine module that translates the source sentence into the language corresponding to the user command can be updated from the V1 version to the V2 version. As described above, when the translation engine module is updated to the V2 version, the translation device 200 acquires the source sentence and the link information from the previously stored metadata. Thereafter, the translation apparatus 200 translates the source sentence estimated using the translation engine module updated to the V2 version. As shown in FIG. 6, the source sentence 'Could you email me the data?' Is re-translated into Korean by the translation engine module updated to the V2 version, 'Can you send the data to me via e-mail?' . When the source sentence is retransmitted through the translation engine module updated to the V2 version, the translation apparatus 200 transmits the second translated sentence, which has been re-translated in association with the link information and the source sentence, Lt; / RTI >

Therefore, the terminal device 300 acquires the route information and the location information from the link information received from the translation device 200, and based on the obtained route information and the location information, the terminal device 300 transmits the first translated sentence And automatically converts the tracked first translated sentence into a second translated sentence. Accordingly, the terminal device 300 can store or display the electronic document 310 'including the second translated sentence related to the source sentence. That is, the terminal device 300 transmits a first translated sentence, 'Can you send me the data by e-mail?' 2 Transform automatically into translation. After that, the terminal device 300 can store or display the electronic document 310 'including the second translation sentence' Can the data be sent to me by e-mail 'according to a user command.

FIG. 7 is a second exemplary diagram for providing a translated result to a terminal device through an updated translation engine module in a translation device according to another embodiment of the present invention.

As described in FIG. 5, the terminal device 300 converts, according to a user's request, a first translation sentence of 'Do you want to send me e-mail data?' In the source sentence for 'Could you email me the data?' The electronic document 310 including the sentence may be stored. At this time, the user copies the electronic document 310 stored in the terminal device 300 and stores it in the other terminal device, or copies the first translation sentence included in the electronic document 310 to another electronic document, ). ≪ / RTI >

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 7, the first terminal device 300-1 transmits, in response to a user request, 'Let me e-mail me about the source sentence for' Could you email me the data? ' The first electronic document 720 including the first translated sentence translated into Korean as 'data?' Can be stored or displayed. The second terminal device 300-2 transmits the first electronic document 730 included in the first electronic document 720 to one area of the second electronic document 730 previously stored in the second terminal device 300-2, After editing such as inserting a first translation sentence, the second electronic document 730 to which the first translated sentence is added can be stored or displayed.

That is, the first electronic document 720 stored in the first terminal device 300-1 and the second electronic document 730 stored in the second terminal device 300-2 are stored in the 'Could you email me the data?' And a first translation sentence translated into Korean, " Do you want to send me e-mail ?, " in connection with the source sentence.

On the other hand, when an event occurs in which the first translation text is inserted into the second electronic document 730, the second terminal device 300-2 transmits the location information of the first translation text to the second electronic document 730, And the link information including the path information in which the second electronic document 730 is stored, to the translation apparatus 200. At this time, the second terminal device 300-2 may transmit the first translated sentence to the translation device 200 together with the link information on the second electronic document 730 including the first translated sentence.

Therefore, the translation apparatus 200 compares the translation history information with the first translation sentence received from the second terminal device 200-2, extracts the metadata related to the first translation sentence, And further includes the link information received from the terminal device 200-2. Accordingly, in the meta data, the source sentence received from the first terminal device 200-1, the link information related to the source sentence, and the link information received from the second terminal device 200-2 are matched and stored .

Meanwhile, the translation engine module can be updated from the V1 version to the V2 version. As described above, when the translation engine module is updated to the V2 version, the translation device 200 extracts from the pre-stored metadata the above-described source sentence and link information related to the first and second terminal devices 200-1 and 200-2 1 and second link information). Thereafter, the translation apparatus 200 translates the source sentence estimated by the V2 version into the language requested by the user using the updated translation engine module. As described in FIG. 6, the source sentence 'Could you email me the data?' Can be retranslated in Korean by the translation engine module updated to V2 version, can you send the data to me by e-mail? have.

As described above, when the source sentence is retransmitted through the translation engine module updated to the V2 version, the translation apparatus 200 transmits the first link information obtained from the metadata and the translation information including the second translated sentence retransmitted in relation to the source sentence And transmits the result information 710 to the first terminal device 300-1. Also, the translation apparatus 200 transmits the translation result information 710 'including the second link information recoded in relation to the source information and the second link information estimated from the metadata to the second terminal apparatus 300-2 send.

Accordingly, the first terminal device 300-1 acquires the route information and the location information from the link information included in the translation result information 710 received from the translation apparatus 200, and transmits the obtained route information and location information Based on the first sentence related to the source sentence, and automatically converts the traced first sentence into the second sentence. Accordingly, the first terminal device 300-1 can store or display the first electronic document 720 including the second translated sentence related to the source sentence. That is, the first terminal device 300-1 transmits a first translation sentence 'Previously translated' Do you want to send me e-mail data? 'In relation to the source sentence' Can you send me the data by e-mail ? 'In the second translation sentence. Thereafter, the first terminal device 300-1 stores or displays a first electronic document 720 including a second translation sentence 'can you send me the data by e-mail?', According to a user command can do.

Similarly, the second terminal device 300-2 acquires the route information and the location information from the link information included in the translation result information 710 'received from the translation apparatus 200, and transmits the obtained route information and location information Tracks the first translation sentence inserted on the second electronic document 730 on the basis of the first translated sentence, and automatically converts the traced first translated sentence into the second translated sentence. Accordingly, the second terminal device 300-2 can store or display the second electronic document 730 including the second translated sentence. That is, the second terminal device 300-2 transmits a first translation sentence of 'Let me send it through e-mail?' Inserted in the second electronic document 730 ' Can you? 'Automatically translated into a second translation sentence. Then, the second terminal device 300-2 stores or displays a second electronic document 730 including a second translation sentence 'can the data be sent to me by e-mail' according to a user command can do.

Hereinafter, a method of controlling a translation apparatus according to the present invention will be described in detail.

8 is a flowchart illustrating a method of controlling a translation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

8, when a sentence to be translated from outside and link information for the sentence are inputted, the translation apparatus 200 translates the inputted sentence into a language corresponding to the user command by using the translation engine module 1 translation sentence, and outputs the generated first translated sentence (S810, S820). Then, the translating device 200 judges whether or not the new version is updated with respect to the translation engine module. If the new version is updated, the translation device 200 re-translates the translated sentence into the first translation sentence using the updated translation engine module 2 translation sentence (S830, S840). Thereafter, the translation apparatus 200 outputs the second translated sentence and the link information which are re-translated through the updated translation engine module (S850).

Here, if the sentence input from the outside is the entire sentence included in the web page, the link information may include address information for the web page, and the link information related to the sentence and the sentence is generated in the form of metadata Lt; / RTI >

In this case, when the translation engine module is updated, the translation apparatus 200 acquires a translated sentence from the previously stored metadata into the first translated sentence. Thereafter, the translation apparatus 200 retransmits the sentence using the updated translation engine module. If the sentence is re-translated into the second translation, the translation apparatus 200 outputs the link information included in the corresponding metadata and the second translated sentence that has been retransmitted. Accordingly, the terminal device 300 that has requested the translation determines a web page including the first translated sentence related to the entire sentence translation based on the link information output from the translation device 200, Into a second translation sentence.

On the other hand, if the input sentence is a sentence included in the web page, the link information may include address information and location information for the web page. Here, the location information may be code information corresponding to a sentence to be translated from a source program in HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) format constituting a web page, or information in which the corresponding code information is located. Link information related to such sentences and sentences can be generated and stored in the form of metadata.

In this case, when the translation engine module is updated, the translation apparatus 200 acquires a translated sentence from the previously stored metadata into the first translated sentence. Thereafter, the translation apparatus 200 retransmits the sentence using the updated translation engine module. If the sentence is re-translated into the second translation, the translation apparatus 200 outputs the link information included in the corresponding metadata and the second translated sentence that has been retransmitted. Accordingly, the terminal device 300 requesting the translation determines a web page including the first translated sentence related to the partial sentence based on the link information output from the translation device 200. Thereafter, the terminal device 300 tracks the first translated sentence, which has been previously translated in relation to a part of sentences, from the predetermined web page based on the positional information included in the link information, and transmits the traced first translated sentence to the second translation Converts to sentence.

Meanwhile, if the input sentence is the entire sentence included in the electronic document, the link information may include path information in which the electronic document is stored, and link information related to the sentence and the sentence may be generated and stored in the form of metadata .

In this case, when the translation engine module is updated, the translation apparatus 200 acquires a translated sentence from the previously stored metadata into the first translated sentence. Thereafter, the translation apparatus 200 retransmits the sentence using the updated translation engine module. When the sentence is re-translated into the second translated sentence, the translation apparatus 200 extracts the identification information from the link information included in the meta data, and transmits the second translated sentence retransmitted to the terminal device 300 corresponding to the extracted identification information And link information. Accordingly, the terminal device 300 such as a smart phone, a tablet PC, and a PC transmits a first translated sentence related to the entire sentence translation based on the route information included in the link information received from the translation device 200 Extracts the electronic document including the extracted electronic document, and converts the first translated sentence of the extracted electronic document into the second translated sentence.

On the other hand, if the input sentence is a part of sentences included in the electronic document, the link information may include path information in which the electronic document is stored and position information of the sentence. Here, if the electronic document is a document in the office open file format having an extension of docx, docm, pptx, xlsx, etc., the location information may be information obtained from the XML schema information constituting the electronic document according to the embodiment.

On the other hand, if the electronic document is an office file format document having an extension of doc, ppt, xls, etc., the location information may be information obtained based on the API source opened with respect to the electronic document. Link information related to such sentences and sentences can be generated and stored in the form of metadata.

On the other hand, after the translation apparatus 200 outputs the first translation sentence through the above-described step S820, if the link information related to the first translation sentence is further received, the translation apparatus 200 transmits the second translated sentence and the link information, And outputs link information.

For example, when the first translation sentence related to the first sentence requesting translation among the sentences included in the first electronic document is received from the translation apparatus 200, the terminal apparatus 300 transmits the first translation sentence Converts sentences. In this way, in a state in which the first sentence included in the first electronic document is converted into the first translated sentence, the terminal device 300 sets the second sentence included in the second electronic document as the first sentence, Translate it into a translated sentence, or insert a first translated sentence on a second electronic document. As described above, when the second sentence included in the second electronic document is converted or inserted into the first translated sentence, the terminal device 300 transmits the path information in which the second electronic document is stored and the second sentence And transmits the link information including the position information of the link information to the translation apparatus 200.

Accordingly, the terminal device 300 extracts the first and second electronic documents including the first translated sentence based on the route information included in the first and second link information received from the translation apparatus 300 do. Thereafter, the terminal device 300 extracts, from the first and second electronic documents extracted based on the positional information included in the first and second link information, a first translated sentence related to the first and second sentences And translates the traced first translated sentence into a second translated sentence.

Thus, the first and second sentences included respectively in the first and second electronic documents are automatically converted from the first translation sentence to the second translated sentence.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is clearly understood that the same is by way of illustration and example only and is not to be construed as limiting the scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

100: translation system 200: translation apparatus
210, 320: input unit 220: language conversion unit
221: preprocessor 223: decoder
225: post-processing unit 230: output unit
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Claims (18)

A method for controlling a translation device,
Receiving a sentence and link information for the sentence;
Translating the sentence into a language corresponding to a user command using a translation engine module and outputting a first translation sentence;
When the translation engine module is updated, generating a second translated sentence by retransmitting the sentence; And
Outputting the second translated sentence and the link information;
≪ / RTI > The method according to claim 1,
If the sentence is the entire sentence included in the web page,
The link information includes:
And the address information of the web page. The method according to claim 1,
When the sentence is a sentence included in a web page,
The link information includes:
Address information of the web page, and location information of the sentence. The method of claim 3,
The location information may include:
Wherein the information is information obtained from a source program constituting the web page. The method according to claim 1,
If the sentence is the entire sentence included in the electronic document,
The link information includes:
Wherein the electronic document includes path information in which the electronic document is stored. The method according to claim 1,
If the sentence is a partial sentence included in the electronic document,
The link information includes:
The route information storing the electronic document, and the location information of the sentence. The method according to claim 6,
If the electronic document is an office open file format document,
The location information may include:
Wherein the information is information obtained from XML schema information constituting the electronic document. The method according to claim 6,
If the electronic document is an office file format document,
The location information may include:
And information obtained based on an API source opened in association with the electronic document. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the outputting of the second translated sentence comprises:
And outputs the second translated sentence, the link information, and the further received link information if the link information related to the first translated sentence is further received after the first translated sentence is output Control method. In the translation device,
A communication unit for receiving a sentence and link information for the sentence;
A language conversion unit for translating the sentence into a language corresponding to a user command through a translation engine module;
An output unit for outputting a translated first translated sentence in association with the sentence; And
And a control unit for updating the translation engine module according to the updated version information and controlling the language conversion unit and the output unit to output the sentence again as a second translation sentence through the updated translation engine module,
The output unit includes:
And outputs the second translated sentence and the link information which are re-translated through the updated translation engine module. 11. The method of claim 10,
If the sentence is the entire sentence included in the web page,
The link information includes:
And the address information of the web page. 11. The method of claim 10,
When the sentence is a sentence included in a web page,
The link information includes:
Address information of the web page, and location information of the sentence. 13. The method of claim 12,
The location information may include:
And the information is acquired from a source program constituting the web page. 11. The method of claim 10,
If the sentence is the entire sentence included in the electronic document,
The link information includes:
Wherein the electronic document includes path information for storing the electronic document. 11. The method of claim 10,
If the sentence is a partial sentence included in the electronic document,
The link information includes:
The route information storing the electronic document, and the location information of the sentence. 16. The method of claim 15,
If the electronic document is an office open file format document,
The location information may include:
Wherein the information is information obtained from XML schema information constituting the electronic document. 16. The method of claim 15,
If the electronic document is an office file format document,
The location information may include:
And information obtained based on an API source opened in association with the electronic document. 11. The method of claim 10,
Wherein,
The control unit controls the output unit to output the second translated sentence and the link information and the further received link information if the link information related to the first translated sentence is further received after the first translated sentence is outputted And the translation device.

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