SEOUL, Nov. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — British literary translator Deborah Smith, best known for translating 2024 Nobel laureate Han Kang’s “The Vegetarian,” said the author’s win of the prestigious award shows that the global literary world is moving toward greater equity. Han’s victory, as the first Asian woman to win in the prize’s 121-year history, [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Users of Naver Papago, the South Korean online portal operator’s artificial intelligence-powered translation service, have steadily increased, topping 20 million last month on overseas demand, industry sources said Monday. The number of Papago’s monthly active users (MAUs), both for app and web versions, reached 20.74 million in May, up [...]
Language No Longer an Obstacle as LINKDOOD Ushers in New Era of Seamless International Business Communication SINGAPORE and HONG KONG, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) — In today’s increasingly globalized business landscape, multinational corporations face a significant challenge: effectively communicating across languages and cultures. LINKDOOD Technology unveiled a revolutionary native language real-time translation feature designed to [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – A new era of communication has dawned with the introduction of real-time translation services during phone calls, powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology on smartphones. SK Telecom announced on December 14 the launch of ‘A.Dot Interpretation Call,’ a service that offers real-time translation during iPhone calls. Users can select the [...]
SEOUL, July 23 (Korea Bizwire) — In response to the mistranslation of kimchi as Chinese “pao cai,” the South Korean government has announced the official Chinese word for kimchi as “shinchi.” The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced that new guidelines for the translation of Korean will take effect on Thursday. In the new [...]
SEOUL, April 4 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s top portal operator Naver Corp. said Tuesday that foreigners can shop for goods at local convenience stores through the company’s mobile translation application Papago. Under the agreement with GS Retail Co., a major convenience chain operator, Naver will update its application this month with English, Japanese, and [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Artificial intelligence (AI) language software by U.S. Internet giant Google Inc., scored higher than its rival AI machines in a translation battle between humans and machines held in South Korea earlier this week, industry officials said Wednesday. On Tuesday, a group of four professional translators competed against three AI-powered [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – A man versus AI match in language translation will take place in Seoul on February 21, hosted by the International Interpretation & Translation Association, Sejong University, and Sejong Cyber University. The contest will run for 50 minutes, and its participants include a professional human translator, Systran translator, Google translator, [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Thousands are applying to be voluntary workers at the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics, with fewer than 500 days left before the opening of the winter games, the first of their kind to be hosted in Korea. With the recruitment deadline imminent (September 30), the committee announced that translation work has [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Hosting a global sporting event like the Olympics is a lucrative opportunity to attract thousands of overseas tourists, boosting the local economy, and promoting products and culture that might have otherwise been left unnoticed. However, language barriers can often be frustrating for tourists travelling to a foreign country, which [...]