Method and apparatus for providing interpretation situation information to one or more devices based on an accumulated delay among three devices in three different languages

A server comprising:

• a communication interface configured to communicate with a plurality of devices, the plurality of devices comprising a first device, a second device and a third device;
• a memory storing one or more instructions;
• and
• a processor configured to execute the one or more instructions stored in the memory to:
• receive, via the communication interface, a speech input in a first language from the first device;
• obtain, by using an artificial intelligence (AI) model, a first estimated interpretation time that indicates a first time expected to be required to interpret the speech input in the first language into a second language;
• transmit, via the communication interface, interpretation situation information to at least one of the first device, the second device or the third device based on the first estimated interpretation time;
• interpret the speech input in the first language into the second language and a third language;
• transmit, via the communication interface, a result of the interpreting of the speech input into the second language to the second device;
• transmit, via the communication interface, a result of the interpreting of the speech input into the third language to the third device;
• and
• when interpretation of the speech input into the third language is not finished, transmit, via the communication interface, the interpretation situation information to the second device based on an accumulated delay time.

A method performed by a first device, the method comprising:

• receiving a speech input in a first language;
• transmitting the speech input in the first language to a second device and a third device;
• receiving, from the second device, a first estimated interpretation time that indicates a first time expected to be required to interpret the speech input in the first language into a second language;
• receiving, from the third device, a second estimated interpretation time that indicates a second time expected to be required to interpret the speech input in the first language into a third language;
• and
• providing interpretation situation information to at least one of the first device or the second device based on the first estimated interpretation time;
• and
• when the interpreting of the speech input into the third language is not finished, transmitting the interpretation situation information to the second device based on an accumulated delay time.