NC, First Domestic Game Company to Develop Real-Time AI Translation Engine

[Asia Economy Reporter Kang Nahum] NCSoft announced on the 15th that it has developed the first in-house artificial intelligence (AI) translation engine among domestic game companies.

NCSoft applied this translation engine to its cross-play service 'PURPLE' and officially launched the service. NCSoft is the first domestic game company to develop an AI translation engine with its own technology and apply it to game services.

Users can use the Korean-English bidirectional real-time translation feature in 'PURPLEtalk'. It is available for all games listed on PURPLE.

The AI translation engine has also been applied to PURPLE in Taiwan and Japan. In Taiwan, bidirectional translation between Chinese, Korean, and English is possible. In Japan, Japanese, Korean, and English translation functions are provided.

NCSoft's AI translation engine supports specialized translation not only for everyday conversations but also for game terminology and colloquial expressions. It recognizes specialized terms, chat slang, and abbreviations for each game and translates them naturally into the target country's language.

NCSoft plans to enhance the AI translation engine, expand the target languages, and support people with diverse linguistic backgrounds to enjoy games together when its games expand overseas.

Meanwhile, NCSoft started AI research in 2011 and currently operates five research labs under the AI Center and NLP Center. The number of specialized researchers reaches 200.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.