AI translators bridge language gaps at Canton Fair

Smart translators have become a boon for overseas buyers and Chinese exporters during the ongoing China Import and Export Fair, as demands for cross-language communications services have increased.

"After using the artificial intelligence translation device, I have more Chinese friends than Turkish friends," said Cemil Cihan, a Turkish horticultural equipment merchant visiting the fair on Tuesday.

Visiting an exhibition booth of the Chinese artificial intelligence company iFlytek, the Turkish businessman bought a dual-screen translation machine as a gift to his friend.

"The AI translation assistant has become one of the important tools for me to talk to Chinese business representatives, helping greatly to enhance business efficiency," he said.

iFlytek's dual-screen translation machine can translate 85 languages online, covering over 200 countries and regions, earning it the position as the designated translation device for the 137th session of the fair, widely known as the Canton Fair.

The translator also supports offline translation in 17 languages, serving over 800,000 users, with translation instances exceeding one billion, according to the company.

After scanning a QR code to enter a WeChat mini-program and paying a deposit, exhibitors and buyers have been able to also rent smart translation devices during the fair, which kicked off in Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong province, on Tuesday.

In addition to offering the AI translation service during the fair, iFlytek displayed a series of products and technologies based on its large-scale deep reasoning model trained on a national computing power platform.