KR20220004341A - System and method for providing e-mail translation service - Google Patents

Abstract

According to an embodiment of the present invention, an email translation service providing server comprises: a communication module; a memory in which an email translation service program is stored; and a processor executing the program, wherein the processor receives an email from a user terminal in response to the execution of the program, determines, when specific code information is included in a receiver's email account input by the user terminal, a translation language based on the specific code information, extracts a source language by analyzing translation target data composed of electronic documents or texts included in the email, specifies a translation dictionary stored in a database from the translation language and the source language, and sending, after performing machine translation based on the specified translation dictionary, a translation output back to a sender's email account.

Description

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING E-MAIL TRANSLATION SERVICE

The present invention relates to a system and method for providing an email translation service.

In a conventional online translation service, a translator translates an electronic document received online from a client and provides it to the client online. As described above, the conventional online translation service provides only a relay service between a translator and a client.

That is, in the conventional online translation service, the translation process is complicated, in which the translator translates the electronic document received from the client, then creates and transmits the electronic document again. Accordingly, the conventional online translation service has a disadvantage in that it takes a long time to check the quality and complete the translation after the draft translation is completed. In addition, the conventional online translation service has a disadvantage in that it is impossible to guarantee the translation quality, such as the content of the translation varies depending on the translator.

Korean Patent Laid-Open Patent No. 10-2016-0145140 (Title of the Invention: "Method and System for Providing Translation Information")

The present invention provides an email translation service providing system and method for generating a translation result in a translation language according to specific code information input by a user into a receiving email account and providing it to an outgoing email account in order to solve the problems of the prior art would like to provide

However, the technical task to be achieved by the present embodiment is not limited to the technical task as described above, and other technical tasks may exist.

As a technical means for achieving the above-described technical problem, according to an embodiment of the present invention, an email translation service providing server includes a communication module; a memory in which an email translation service program is stored; and a processor for executing the program, wherein the processor receives an email from the user terminal according to the execution of the program, and when the received email account input by the user terminal includes specific code information, translation based on the specific code information The language is specified, the source language is extracted by analyzing the translation target data composed of electronic documents or texts included in the e-mail, the translation language and the translation dictionary stored in the database are specified from the source language, and the machine is based on the specified translation dictionary. After the translation is performed, the translation result is sent back to the sending e-mail account.

The processor divides the content of the data to be translated and extracts the original language in units of words, phrases, and sentences.

The processor analyzes the data to be translated, extracts style information including the paragraph shape and letter shape of the source language, and when generating the translation result, based on the style information of the source language, paragraph shape and letter shape style corresponding to the translation language apply

The processor performs machine translation by matching the translation dictionary for each language corresponding to the translation language.

The processor groups the translation target data received from the user terminal by outgoing e-mail account, stores it in the database, and matches the translation relationship for at least one of words, phrases, or sentences based on the translation result for the translation target data. A dictionary is created for each outgoing e-mail account and stored in a database, and when a new translation request e-mail is received from the outgoing e-mail account, the translation request e-mail is translated based on the user-customized translation dictionary.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method for providing an email translation service includes (a) receiving an email from a user terminal, and when specific code information is included in the received email account input by the user terminal, a translation language based on the specific code information (b) extracting the original language by analyzing the translation target data composed of electronic documents or texts included in the email, and (c) specifying the translation language and the translation dictionary stored in the database from the original language, and performing machine translation based on the specified translation dictionary, and then replying the translation result to the outgoing e-mail account.

Step (b) includes dividing the content of the data to be translated and extracting the original language in units of words, phrases and sentences.

Step (c) is a step of analyzing the data to be translated, extracting style information including a paragraph shape and a letter shape of the original language, and a paragraph corresponding to the translation language based on the style information of the original language when generating a translation result and applying shape and glyph styles.

In step (c), the machine translation is performed by matching the translation dictionary for each language corresponding to the translation language.

Step (c) is a step of grouping the translation target data received from the user terminal by outgoing e-mail account and storing it in a database, matching the translation relation for at least one of words, phrases, or sentences based on the translation result for the translation target data generating and storing a user-customized translation dictionary for each outgoing e-mail account in a database; and translating the translation request e-mail based on the user-customized translation dictionary when a new translation request e-mail is received from the outgoing e-mail account.

According to the above-described problem solving means of the present invention, when a user writes an electronic document or text original, which is a data to be translated, by e-mail, by inputting specific code information into a receiving e-mail account, a corresponding translation result can be returned.

In addition, since a user-customized translation dictionary is stored and managed for each user's outgoing e-mail account, machine translation can be performed using terms mainly used in the field corresponding to the data to be translated.

1 is a block diagram of a system for providing an email translation service according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram illustrating a detailed module of an email translation service providing server according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is an exemplary diagram illustrating a user-customized translation dictionary generated based on an outgoing e-mail account of a user terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing an email translation service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those of ordinary skill in the art can easily implement them. However, the present invention may be embodied in several different forms and is not limited to the embodiments described herein. And in order to clearly explain the present invention in the drawings, parts irrelevant to the description are omitted, and similar reference numerals are attached to similar parts throughout the specification.

Throughout the specification, when a part is "connected" with another part, this includes not only the case of being "directly connected" but also the case of being "electrically connected" with another element interposed therebetween. . Also, when a part "includes" a certain component, it means that other components may be further included, rather than excluding other components, unless otherwise stated.

In this specification, a "part" includes a unit realized by hardware, a unit realized by software, and a unit realized using both. In addition, one unit may be implemented using two or more hardware, and two or more units may be implemented by one hardware. Meanwhile, '~ unit' is not limited to software or hardware, and '~ unit' may be configured to be in an addressable storage medium or to reproduce one or more processors. Thus, as an example, '~' refers to components such as software components, object-oriented software components, class components, and task components, and processes, functions, properties, and procedures. , subroutines, segments of program code, drivers, firmware, microcode, circuitry, data, databases, data structures, tables, arrays and variables. The functions provided in the components and '~ units' may be combined into a smaller number of components and '~ units' or further separated into additional components and '~ units'. In addition, components and '~ units' may be implemented to regenerate one or more CPUs in a device.

A network refers to a connection structure in which information can be exchanged between each node, such as terminals and servers, and includes a local area network (LAN), a wide area network (WAN), and the Internet (WWW: World). Wide Web), wired and wireless data communication networks, telephone networks, wired and wireless television networks, and the like. Examples of wireless data communication networks include 3G, 4G, 5G, 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), Long Term Evolution (LTE), World Interoperability for Microwave Access (WIMAX), Wi-Fi, Bluetooth communication, infrared communication, ultrasound Communication, Visible Light Communication (VLC), LiFi, and the like are included, but are not limited thereto.

The user terminal may be implemented as a computer or a portable terminal capable of accessing an email translation service providing server through a network. Here, the computer includes, for example, a laptop, a desktop, and a laptop equipped with a web browser (WEB Browser), and the portable terminal is, for example, a wireless communication device that ensures portability and mobility. , may include all kinds of handheld-based wireless communication devices such as various smart phones and tablet PCs.

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

Referring to FIG. 1 , an email translation service providing system of the present invention includes a plurality of user terminals 10 and 10n, an email translation service providing server 20 and a database 30 .

The e-mail translation service providing server 20 processes operations for providing an e-mail translation service in conjunction with an e-mail translation service program running on the user terminals 10 and 10n.

For example, the user terminal 10 includes a communication module, a memory, and a processor, and the communication module of each terminal may perform data communication with the email translation service providing server 20 under the control of the processor, respectively.

As shown in FIG. 1 , the email translation service providing server 20 includes a communication module 210 , a memory 220 , a processor 230 , and a database 30 .

The communication module 210 provides a communication interface necessary to provide a signal transmitted and received to the user terminal 10 in the form of packet data in connection with the communication network. Here, the communication module 210 may be a device including hardware and software necessary for transmitting and receiving signals such as control signals or data signals through wired/wireless connection with other network devices.

The memory 220 stores an email translation service program for providing an email translation service to the user terminal 10 . In addition, the memory 220 performs a function of temporarily or permanently storing data processed by the processor 230 . Here, the memory 220 may include a volatile storage medium or a non-volatile storage medium, but the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto.

The memory 220 may store a separate program such as an operating system for processing and controlling the processor 230 , or may perform a function for temporarily storing input or output data.

The memory 220 may include a flash memory type, a hard disk type, a multimedia card micro type, a card type memory (eg, SD or XD memory), and a RAM. , ROM may include at least one type of storage medium. Also, the user terminal 10 may operate a web storage that performs a storage function of the memory 220 on the Internet.

The processor 230 executes a program for providing an email translation service, and provides a function of controlling hardware of the terminal according to the execution of the program. That is, the processor 230 performs hardware control functions such as file system, memory allocation, network, basic library, timer, device control (display, media, input device, 3D, etc.), and other utilities required as the program is executed. can

Here, the processor 230 may include all kinds of devices capable of processing data, such as a processor. Here, the 'processor' may refer to, for example, a data processing device embedded in hardware having a physically structured circuit to perform a function expressed as a code or command included in a program. As an example of the data processing device embedded in the hardware as described above, a microprocessor, a central processing unit (CPU), a processor core, a multiprocessor, an application-specific integrated (ASIC) circuit) and a processing device such as a field programmable gate array (FPGA), but the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto.

A schematic procedure for providing an email translation service provided through an email translation service program according to an embodiment of the present invention is as follows.

The processor 230 receives the email from the user terminal 10, and when the received email account input by the user terminal 10 includes specific code information, designates a translation language based on the specific code information, and The original language may be extracted by analyzing the translation target data composed of the included electronic document or text, machine translation may be performed based on the translation dictionary stored in the database 30 , and the translation result may be returned to the sending e-mail account.

Here, the specific code information may be configured to include the English abbreviation of each language to indicate the translation language. For example, when the specific code information is en, it may refer to English, and if it is jp, it may refer to Japanese.

Therefore, when a user transmits an e-mail in which the content desired for translation is written in text or an e-mail with an electronic document desired for translation is transmitted, by inputting specific code information into the receiving e-mail account, the desired translation You can receive a reply with the translation result in your language.

The database 30 may store a translation dictionary 310 for each language matching each translation language. In addition, the translation target data 301 and the translation result 302 accumulated while performing the program for providing services related to the e-mail translation service program are grouped by outgoing e-mail account and stored in the user-customized translation dictionary 320. can In this case, a detailed description of the construction of the user-customized translation dictionary will be described later with reference to FIG. 3 .

2 is a block diagram illustrating a detailed module of an email translation service providing server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2 , the processor 230 may perform various functions according to the execution of the program stored in the memory 220 , and may include detailed modules according to each function. Exemplarily, the processor 230 includes an email analysis unit 201 , a content analysis unit 202 , a document division unit 203 , a translation unit 204 , a style processing unit 205 , and an email sending unit 206 . can do.

The processor 230 typically controls the overall operation for providing the e-mail translation service by controlling the operation of the respective units.

For example, the email analysis unit 201 may identify the user based on the outgoing email account of the email received from the user terminal 10 . In addition, a translation language may be designated based on specific code information included in the received email account input by the user terminal 10 .

For example, if the user wants to translate Korean into English, after writing the content of the email in Korean, enter “2en@heybunny.io” in the input field of the incoming email account and send it, the translated result into English You can receive a reply by e-mail. Here, “2en@heybunny.io” as the receiving email account means “Heybunny, please translate my email into English”, and as specific code information, “2en” means “translate into English” . As another example, if specific code information is input as “2jp”, it means “translation into Japanese”.

The content analysis unit 202 may extract the original language by analyzing the data to be translated composed of an electronic document or text included in the e-mail. In addition, by dividing the content of the data to be translated, it is possible to extract the original language in units of words, phrases and sentences. For example, in the case of an electronic document attached to an e-mail, text may be extracted, divided into units, and an original language may be identified.

The document division unit 203 may analyze the data to be translated and extract style information including a paragraph shape and a letter shape of the original language. For example, the style information may include a paragraph shape including an arrangement method and line spacing, and a font shape including a font size and font.

The translation unit 204 may generate a translation result after performing machine translation for each translation language based on specific code information matched with the translation dictionary 310 for each language stored in the database 30 . In addition, a translation result may be provided by performing translation processing in units of words, phrases, and sentences based on a user-customized translation dictionary 320 to be described later.

The style processing unit 205 may apply a paragraph shape and a letter shape style corresponding to the translation language based on the style information of the original language when generating the translation result. For example, when the data to be translated is an electronic document, when the document style information extracted by the document dividing unit 203 includes justification and rolling, the paragraph shape and letter shape can be applied to the translation result as it is. can The present invention is not limited thereto, and the document style of the translation result may be applied according to preset style information by matching specific code information.

The email sending unit 206 may return the translation result to which the style is applied to the user's outgoing email account. For example, when the data to be translated is an electronic document, the translation result can be generated and provided as an electronic document, and in the case of text, a reply can be made as a body by e-mail.

3 is an exemplary diagram illustrating a user-customized translation dictionary generated based on an outgoing e-mail account of a user terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3 , the processor 230 groups the translation target data 301 received from the user terminal 10 by outgoing e-mail account, stores it in the database 30, and translates the translation target data 301 for the translation target data 301 . Based on 302 , a user-customized translation dictionary 320 matching a translation relation with respect to at least one of a word, a phrase, or a sentence may be generated for each outgoing e-mail account and stored in the database 30 . Thereafter, when receiving a new translation request email from the outgoing email account, the processor 230 may translate the translation request email based on the user-customized translation dictionary 320 .

For example, when the user terminal 10 transmits a translation request e-mail to the first outgoing e-mail account 101, the processor 230 converts the translation request e-mail from the translation target material 301 into words, phrases and sentences. The divided original language may be extracted and stored in the user-customized translation dictionary 320 . Thereafter, when receiving a translation request e-mail including the new translation target material 301 from the first outgoing e-mail account 101, the processor 230 converts words, phrases and sentences matching the user-customized translation dictionary 320 into units of words, phrases and sentences. Translation processing may be performed on the translation target material 301 . Subsequently, the translation result 302 for the translation request e-mail may be returned to the first outgoing e-mail account 101 . In this case, the processor 230 accumulates and manages a plurality of translation target materials 301 received from the first outgoing e-mail account 101, and whenever the translation results 302 are generated, the user-customized translation dictionary 320 ) can be updated.

For example, the language-specific translation dictionary 310 may include a translation dictionary in which definitions of terms used for translation, translations of corresponding terms, etc. are defined, and the corresponding terms are organized by language and industry. The language-specific translation dictionary 310 may be stored in a database 30 that is independent of the email translation service providing server 20 and may be connected to the email translation service providing server 20 . Alternatively, the database 30 in which the translation dictionary 310 for each language is stored may be installed in the e-mail translation service providing server 20 and performed as a service.

In addition, the database 30 may include a user-customized translation dictionary 320 generated in response to each of the plurality of user terminals 10 and 10n using the e-mail translation service providing server 20 .

For example, the user-customized translation dictionary 320 may include a word directly input by a user, a term used in a translation job, and a term referenced from an external dictionary database (not shown). For example, the user-customized translation dictionary 320 may be provided in the form of a detailed database or table included in the database 30 . Also, the user-customized translation dictionary 320 may be a virtual database included in the database 30 , but is not limited thereto. As an example, the user-customized translation dictionary 320 may be generated corresponding to each outgoing email account or generated in response to the user terminal 10 including one or more outgoing email accounts.

Here, the external dictionary database may be various dictionary databases operated by countries, institutions, associations, and the like. For example, the external dictionary database may be a biographical dictionary, a legal dictionary, a medical dictionary, or a food dictionary. Alternatively, the external dictionary database may be a dictionary database provided by another electronic document management server or a dictionary database provided through a machine translation program. In addition, the external dictionary database may be an external ontology, thesaurus, or word-net, but is not limited thereto.

For reference, the components shown in FIG. 2 according to an embodiment of the present invention refer to hardware components such as software or FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) or ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit), and perform predetermined roles. .

However, 'components' are not limited to software or hardware, and each component may be configured to reside in an addressable storage medium or to reproduce one or more processors.

Thus, as an example, a component includes components such as software components, object-oriented software components, class components, and task components, and processes, functions, properties, procedures, sub It includes routines, segments of program code, drivers, firmware, microcode, circuitry, data, databases, data structures, tables, arrays, and variables.

Components and functions provided within the components may be combined into a smaller number of components or further divided into additional components.

Hereinafter, a description of the configuration performing the same function among the configurations shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 described above will be omitted.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing an email translation service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4 , in the method for providing an email translation service according to an embodiment of the present invention, when an email is received from the user terminal 10 and specific code information is included in the received email account input by the user terminal 10 , a step of designating a translation language based on specific code information (S110), a step of extracting the original language by analyzing the translation target data 301 composed of an electronic document or text included in the e-mail (S120), and the translation language and the original text and specifying the translation dictionary stored in the database 30 from the language, performing machine translation based on the specified translation dictionary, and then replying the translation result 302 to the sending e-mail account (S130).

Step S120 includes dividing the contents of the translation target material 301 and extracting the original language in units of words, phrases and sentences.

Step S130 is a step of analyzing the translation target data 301, extracting style information including paragraph shapes and letter shapes of the original language, and a translation language based on the style information of the original language when the translation result 302 is generated. and applying a paragraph shape and a font style corresponding to the .

In step S130, the machine translation is performed by matching the translation dictionary 310 for each language corresponding to the translation language.

In step S130, the translation target material 301 received from the user terminal 10 is grouped by outgoing e-mail account and stored in the database 30, a word based on the translation result 302 for the translation target material 301 , generating a user-customized translation dictionary 320 matching the translation relation for at least one of a phrase or a sentence for each outgoing e-mail account and storing it in the database 30, and when a new translation request e-mail is received from the outgoing e-mail account , translating the translation request email based on the user-customized translation dictionary 320 .

The method for providing an email translation service according to an embodiment of the present invention may also be implemented in the form of a recording medium including instructions executable by a computer, such as a program module executed by a computer. Computer-readable media can be any available media that can be accessed by a computer and includes both volatile and nonvolatile media, removable and non-removable media. In addition, computer-readable media may include both computer storage media and communication media. Computer storage media includes both volatile and nonvolatile, removable and non-removable media implemented in any method or technology for storage of information such as computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules or other data. Communication media typically includes computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules, or other data in a modulated data signal such as a carrier wave, or other transport mechanism, and includes any information delivery media.

Although the methods and systems of the present invention have been described with reference to specific embodiments, some or all of their components or operations may be implemented using a computer system having a general purpose hardware architecture.

The above description of the present invention is for illustration, and those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains can understand that it can be easily modified into other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential features of the present invention. will be. Therefore, it should be understood that the embodiments described above are illustrative in all respects and not restrictive. For example, each component described as a single type may be implemented in a dispersed form, and likewise components described as distributed may be implemented in a combined form.

The scope of the present invention is indicated by the following claims rather than the above detailed description, and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalent concepts should be interpreted as being included in the scope of the present invention. do.

10: user terminal
20: E-mail translation service providing server
210: communication module
220: memory
230: processor
30: Database
310: Translation Dictionary by Language
320: customized translation dictionary

Claims (10)

In the e-mail translation service providing server,
communication module;
a memory in which an email translation service program is stored; and
A processor for executing the program,
The processor according to the execution of the program,
When receiving an email from a user terminal, and when specific code information is included in the received email account input by the user terminal, a translation language is designated based on the specific code information,
Extracting the original language by analyzing the translation target data composed of electronic documents or texts included in the e-mail,
An email translation service providing server for specifying a translation dictionary stored in a database from the translation language and the original language, performing machine translation based on the specified translation dictionary, and then returning a translation result to an outgoing email account.
According to claim 1,
the processor is
The e-mail translation service providing server that divides the content of the translation target data and extracts the original language in units of words, phrases and sentences.
3. The method of claim 2,
the processor is
By analyzing the translation target data, style information including paragraph shapes and letter shapes of the original language is extracted;
An email translation service providing server that applies a paragraph shape and a letter shape style corresponding to the translation language based on the style information of the original language when the translation result is generated.
According to claim 1,
the processor is
An email translation service providing server that performs machine translation by matching a translation dictionary for each language corresponding to the translation language.
According to claim 1,
the processor is
Grouping the translation target data received from the user terminal by the outgoing e-mail account and storing it in the database,
A user-customized translation dictionary matching a translation relationship for at least one of a word, a phrase, or a sentence based on the translation result for the translation target material is created for each outgoing e-mail account and stored in the database;
When a new translation request e-mail is received from the outgoing e-mail account, the e-mail translation service providing server that translates the translation request e-mail based on the user-customized translation dictionary.
An email translation service providing method performed by an email translation service providing server, the method comprising:
(a) receiving an email from a user terminal, and when specific code information is included in the received email account input by the user terminal, specifying a translation language based on the specific code information;
(b) extracting the original language by analyzing the data to be translated consisting of an electronic document or text included in the e-mail, and
(c) specifying a translation dictionary stored in a database from the translation language and the original language, performing machine translation based on the specified translation dictionary, and then replying the translation result to an outgoing email account; Way.
7. The method of claim 6,
Step (b) is
The method of providing an email translation service, comprising the step of dividing the content of the translation target data and extracting the original language in units of words, phrases and sentences.
8. The method of claim 7,
Step (c) is
extracting style information including a paragraph shape and a letter shape of the original language by analyzing the translation target data; and
and applying a paragraph shape and a letter shape style corresponding to the translation language based on the style information of the original language when the translation result is generated.
7. The method of claim 6,
Step (c) is
The method of providing an email translation service, which performs machine translation by matching the translation dictionary for each language corresponding to the translation language.
7. The method of claim 6,
Step (c) is
grouping the translation target data received from the user terminal by the outgoing e-mail account and storing it in the database;
creating a user-customized translation dictionary matching the translation relation for at least one of a word, a phrase, or a sentence based on the translation result of the translation target data for each outgoing e-mail account and storing it in the database; and
and translating the translation request email based on the user-customized translation dictionary when a new translation request email is received from the outgoing email account.

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