--- title: "기밀 문서를 위한 로컬 vs 클라우드 번역" description: "계약서를 웹 번역기에 붙여넣는 것은 데이터 전송입니다. 언제 괜찮은지, 언제 안 되는지, 그리고 자신의 컴퓨터에서 번역할 경우 무엇이 달라지는지 여기에 나와 있습니다." canonical: "https://www.yaps.ai/ko/blog/local-vs-cloud-translation" language: "ko-KR" --- 항목 03 Comparison · 30 AUG 2026 # 기밀 문서를 위한 로컬 vs 클라우드 번역 번역 상자는 데이터 전송처럼 보이지 않습니다. 텍스트 필드처럼 보입니다. 바로 그렇기 때문에 기밀 문서가 그 안에 들어가게 되고, 습관적으로가 아니라 신중하게 질문에 답할 가치가 있는 것입니다. Yaps Team 13분 읽기 [일지로 돌아가기](/ko/블로그) **이 항목에서는** 입장 03 · 8 섹션 - [0.0서문](#preface) - [1.0붙여넣기를 하면 실제로 무슨 일이 일어납니까](#what-actually-happens-when-you-paste) - [2.0클라우드 번역이 적절한 답일 때](#when-cloud-translation-is-the-right-answer) - [3.0정답이 아닐 때](#when-it-is-the-wrong-answer) - [4.0실제로 변경되는 로컬 번역은 무엇인가요](#what-local-translation-actually-changes) - [5.0 Yaps가 처리하는 방법](#how-yaps-handles-it) - [6.0실제로 따를 수 있는 실용적인 정책](#a-practical-policy-you-can-actually-follow) - [7.0자주 묻는 질문](#frequently-asked-questions) - [·기밀 문서를 Google 번역기로 번역하는 것이 안전한가요?](#is-it-safe-to-translate-confidential-documents-with-google-translate) - [·로컬 번역과 클라우드 번역의 차이점은 무엇인가요?](#what-is-the-difference-between-local-and-cloud-translation) - [·로컬 번역이란 내 데이터가 더 안전하다는 의미인가요?](#does-local-translation-mean-my-data-is-more-secure) - [·기계 번역이 GDPR 규정을 준수합니까?](#is-machine-translation-gdpr-compliant) 입장 03 · Yaps 일지 30 AUG 2026 · 13분 읽기 비교 ![두 개의 동일한 문서, 왼쪽은 경계 안에 포함되어 있으며 잿불 라인이 다시 그 안으로 돌아가고 있고, 오른쪽은 회색 선이 멀리 있는 구름 쪽으로 나가고 있음](/images/blog/local-vs-cloud-translation.jpg) 0.0 ## 서문 A colleague needs the German contract in English by lunchtime. You paste it into a translation box, copy the result, and get on with your day. That was a data transfer. The contract left your organisation, went to a third party, and arrived under terms nobody in your team has read. It did not feel like one, because a text field does not look like an export. This post is about when that matters and when it genuinely does not, because the answer is not "never use cloud translation". It is a judgement, and it is easier to make once. 01 / The real question Whose text Not which translator is best, but what you are allowed to send 02 / Cloud strength Quality Better on idiom, nuance and unusual language pairs 03 / Local strength No transfer Nothing to disclose, log, or explain later 04 / Cost per word 0 Local has no metering, which changes what you translate 직접 시도해 보세요 지금쯤이면 이 기사 전체를 받아쓰게 되었을 수도 있습니다. Yaps는 음성을 깨끗한 텍스트로 바꿔줍니다. 오프라인에서도 기기에서. [Yaps 다운로드](/ko/다운로드)iPhone · Android · Windows · Mac · Linux 1.0 ## 붙여넣기를 하면 실제로 무슨 일이 일어납니까 Cloud translation sends your text to a server, which returns a translation. That is the whole mechanism, and it is not sinister. It is how the best translation quality in the world is delivered. What varies is everything around it: whether the text is retained, for how long, whether it is used to improve the service, who can access it, which jurisdiction it sits in, and whether a business agreement changes any of that. Consumer free tiers and paid enterprise tiers of the same product often differ substantially on exactly these points. The honest summary is that reputable providers are not doing anything reckless with your paragraph. The problem is narrower and more practical: **you may not have had the right to send it in the first place.** Key Takeaway ¶ The risk is rarely that a translation provider misbehaves. It is that you made a disclosure you were not authorised to make, on behalf of a client who never agreed to it, using a tool that made the decision invisible. 2.0 ## 클라우드 번역이 적절한 답일 때 Being clear about this, because a post that says "never use the cloud" is not useful to anyone. **Published or public material.** Marketing copy, a website, a press release, documentation you are about to publish anyway. The text is going public. There is nothing to protect. **Your own low-stakes text.** A message to a hotel, a recipe, a menu, a forum post. **Anything where quality is the binding constraint.** Idiom, humour, marketing that has to persuade, poetry, or an unusual language pair. The largest cloud systems are genuinely better here, and pretending otherwise does readers a disservice. **When you have an enterprise agreement.** Many providers offer terms with no retention and no training use, backed by a contract. If your organisation has one, much of this discussion is already settled, and you should use the tool your legal team approved. > Cloud translation is not the villain. Using a consumer text box for material that belongs to somebody else is the problem, and it is a habit rather than a decision. > > > Yaps 3.0 ## 정답이 아닐 때 **Client material under a duty of confidence.** Legal, medical, financial, social work, therapy, HR. If you would not forward the document to a stranger, a text box does not change that. **Anything under NDA.** Unreleased products, draft agreements, acquisition documents, unpublished manuscripts. **Personal data about other people.** A translated witness statement, a patient letter, or a staff grievance contains someone else's information, and they are not in the room to consent. **Anything where you would struggle to answer "where did this text go?"** That is the practical test. If a regulator, a client, or your own security team asked, would you have a comfortable answer? The habit ### Paste first, think later The text box is right there, it is free, and the result comes back in a second. Nothing about the interface signals that a document just left the building, so the decision never gets made consciously at all. The alternative ### Decide once, by category Public and low-stakes text goes to the cloud, where quality is best. Client and confidential material is translated locally. You make the rule once instead of making a judgement call every time you are in a hurry. 4.0 ## 실제로 변경되는 로컬 번역은 무엇인가요 The difference is not that local is more secure in some abstract sense. It is that **there is no transfer at all**, which removes a whole category of question rather than answering it. No processor to add to a register. No retention period to check. No jurisdiction question. No sub-processor list to review. No annual re-assessment when the provider updates its terms. Nothing to disclose to a client, because nothing was disclosed. That is a materially simpler position than having read a privacy policy carefully and concluded it was probably fine. Scroll | Consideration | Local translation | Cloud translation | | --- | --- | --- | | Text leaves your machine | No | Yes | | Quality on idiom and nuance | Good, not best | Best available | | Language coverage | Supported pairs only | Very broad | | Works with no connection | Yes, after setup | No | | Cost per word | None | Metered above free tiers | | Setup required | One-off language pack | None | | Something to disclose | Nothing | A third-party transfer | 설계부터 개인정보 보호 Yaps이 듣는 모든 내용은 기기에 남아 있습니다. 받아쓰기, 음성 메모 및 소리내어 읽기. 당신이 말하는 모든 내용은 당신의 장치에 남아 있습니다. [Yaps 다운로드](/ko/다운로드)iPhone · Android · Windows · Mac · Linux 5.0 ## Yaps가 처리하는 방법 Yaps translates on your own computer, in the desktop app on **macOS, Windows and Linux**. It is not part of the mobile app. It translates a note, a selected paragraph, or a file, and the file types are **Markdown (.md), plain text (.txt) and SRT subtitle files (.srt)**. Word documents, PDFs and slide decks are not accepted directly; if your source is a PDF, convert it to text first. You download a language pack once for the pair you need, and after that it works with no connection and no cost per word. Some pairs need an additional model downloaded before they become available, so check yours before building a process around it. The fuller picture is in our [guide to offline translation](/blog/best-offline-translation-app), and if your job is subtitles specifically, [translating an SRT without breaking the timing](/blog/translate-srt-subtitles) is its own problem worth reading about. 6.0 ## 실제로 따를 수 있는 실용적인 정책 Rules only work if they survive being in a hurry. This one is short enough to remember. **Ask one question: is this text mine to send?** If it is yours, or already public, use whatever produces the best translation. If it belongs to a client, a patient, an employer, or another person, translate it locally. **Set the default at the tool level, not the willpower level.** If confidential work is common for you, having a local translator already installed is what makes the right choice the easy one at 4pm on a Friday. **Machine output is a first draft, either way.** This is true of local and cloud alike. For anything being signed, filed, or published, a qualified human translator does the final work. Certified translation is a formal process that no software output satisfies. Translate locally 05 - Client and case material anything held under a professional duty of confidence. - Anything under NDA unreleased work, drafts, deal documents. - Other people's personal data statements, letters, records about someone else. - Long documents where metering would otherwise decide what you translate. - No connection on a plane, on site, or inside a secure facility. Cloud is fine, or better 05 - Text going public anyway marketing, documentation, a published page. - Unusual language pairs where local packs may not exist at all. - Persuasive copy where phrasing carries the commercial value. - You have enterprise terms a contract with no retention already settles it. - Your own casual text messages, menus, travel, anything low stakes. 01 Yaps를 시도해 보세요. ## Translate a confidential document without it leaving your computer. Translation runs in the Yaps desktop app on macOS, Windows and Linux. Download a language pack once, then it works offline with no cost per word. [Yaps 다운로드](/ko/다운로드)or[yaps.ai](/ko) 휴대폰 카메라로 스캔하세요 7.0 ## 자주 묻는 질문 ### Is it safe to translate confidential documents with Google Translate? Pasting text into a consumer translation service is a transfer to a third party, whatever the provider's policy says. For your own low-stakes text that is fine. For client material, patient information, or anything under NDA, it is a disclosure you may not be authorised to make, and the interface gives you no signal that you just made it. Enterprise agreements with no-retention terms change this materially, so check whether your organisation has one. ### What is the difference between local and cloud translation? Cloud translation sends your text to a server and returns a result. Local translation runs the model on your own computer, so the text never leaves it. Cloud is generally better on idiom, nuance and unusual language pairs. Local removes the transfer question entirely and has no cost per word. ### Does local translation mean my data is more secure? It means there is no transfer to secure. That is a different and simpler claim than being more secure in the abstract. Your own machine still needs the usual protections, but you no longer have a third party in the chain to assess, log, or explain to a client. ### Is machine translation GDPR compliant? That depends entirely on the provider's terms, your lawful basis, and your own obligations, and it is a question for your legal team rather than a blog post. What can be said plainly is that translating locally avoids the transfer that triggers most of those questions, which is why it is a simpler position to defend. ### Can I use cloud translation if I have an enterprise agreement? Often yes, and that is usually the intended path. Enterprise tiers commonly offer no retention and no training use, backed by contract. If your organisation has negotiated terms, use the approved tool. This discussion is mainly about the consumer free tiers that people reach for out of habit. ### Which is more accurate, local or cloud translation? Cloud, generally, particularly on idiom, humour, poetry, marketing copy and unusual language pairs. Local translation is good enough for understanding a document and for working drafts. The trade is some quality on hard passages in exchange for the text never leaving your computer. ### What file types can Yaps translate locally? Markdown (.md), plain text (.txt) and SRT subtitle files (.srt), plus notes and selected passages inside the app. Word documents, PDFs, spreadsheets and slide decks are not accepted directly. Convert a PDF to text first if that is your source. ### Does Yaps translation work offline? Yes, once the language pack is downloaded. That first download needs a connection. Everything after it runs on your machine, including with no connection at all. ### Does Yaps translate on iPhone or Android? No. Translation is a desktop feature, in the Yaps app for macOS, Windows and Linux. ### Should I translate a contract with software at all? For understanding what a contract says, machine translation is genuinely useful and translating it locally avoids disclosing it. For a contract that will be signed, relied upon, or filed, you need a qualified human translator. Machine output is a first draft in both cases, and certified translation is a formal process no software satisfies. ### How do I stop my team pasting client documents into web translators? Make the right option the easy one. People reach for the text box because it is there and it is instant, not because they decided to. Installing a local translator, and giving one short rule ("if the text is not ours, translate it locally"), works better than a policy nobody reads at four in the afternoon. ### Does local translation cost anything per word? No. There is no metering, no API key and no per-character billing, which quietly changes behaviour: you translate the whole document rather than only the paragraph you decided was worth paying for. ### What should I always check in any machine translation? Proper nouns, which get translated when they should be left alone; numbers and decimal separators, since a comma becoming a full stop changes a figure enormously; and formality, because many languages distinguish formal and informal address and the machine simply picks one. For anything that matters, have someone who reads the target language look at the result. Yaps 저널은 Yaps로 작성되었습니다. 당신의 목소리를 활용해보세요. 지저분한 음성 입력, 깔끔한 붙여넣기 가능한 텍스트 출력.비공개, 오프라인 우선, 무료로 시작할 수 있습니다. 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