Speech translation method and apparatus

Abstract

The present invention provides a speech translation method and apparatus. The speech translation method comprises: receiving a speech translation request input by a user through a speech search interface, wherein the speech translation request comprises a speech to be translated and a target translation language of the speech to be translated; converting the speech to be translated into characters and carrying out intention recognition on the characters obtained by conversion so as to obtain an intention of the speech to be translated; calling a translation base of a category to which the intention belongs so as to translate the characters obtained by conversion into characters in the target translation language; and displaying the characters in the target translation language by a translation interface. According to the present invention, the intention of the speech to be translated is obtained after the speech to be translated, which is input by the user, and then the translation base of the category, to which the intention belongs, is called to translate the characters obtained by converting the speech to be translated into the characters in the target translation language, so that translation accuracy is improved and user experience is promoted.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the technical field of voice interaction, in particular to a voice translation method and device. Background technique [0002] In the case of language barriers, users have natural voice search needs, and hope to convert one language into another language in the form of dialogue scenes to achieve a more natural way of cross-language communication. [0003] Taking the tourism scene as an example, the number of outbound tourists is currently about 135 million, 70% of which are independent travel, and about 100 million people from South Korea, Japan, and English-speaking countries. When traveling abroad, the biggest pain point for users is: outbound travel language No communication, especially free travel users, no fixed itinerary, most of them have to "ask", language barrier is a huge obstacle. [0004] In the prior art, when a user enters some text by voice, the search engine will recognize the content entered by the user, conv...

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[0005] However, the results of the existing online translation features are generally direct calls to the interfaces of existing translation products on the market. They are mostly word and / or phrase translations, and are more suitable for short text translations, not suitable for large translations. Segment translation, especially in some specific scenarios, the accuracy of translated sentences is low

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