IFlytek, CIPG Will Build National AI Translator to Meet Rising Demand

China's top voice recognition firm iFlytek has penned a deal with China International Publishing Group to build a national artificial intelligence translator and keep up with rising demand. AI translations can lift the burden off human translators, who can barely keep up with requirements at government departments and companies looking to operate overseas, state-owned news agency Xinhua cited CIPG Deputy Director Fang Zhenghui as saying. The machine can translate Chinese into 33 languages, added Liu Qingfeng, president of Anhui-based iFlytek, saying it uses cutting-edge technology to improve the accuracy of machine translations. "When translation machines fail to recognize some special nouns or specific terms, human translators can monitor the process and help to polish the text," he said. "The machine [can] learn from these mistakes and improve its work next time."