Shanghai Financial Court starts to operate AI-based “Smart interpreter system”
The system uses the latest AI product 笔译 (bi yi)
https://baike.baidu.com/item/笔译
and can perform simultaneous interpretation in over 20 languages in the form of speech and text.
According to the court, the introduction of the system removes the anxiety that foreigners involved in litigation can’t understand the language in the trial process, improves the efficiency of trials involving foreigners, and broadcasts legal interrogation overseas. It is being used to help foreign officials to participate in discussions in real time and to deepen their understanding of Chinese financial justice, and for court operations such as simultaneous interpretation of foreign relations and automatic translation of court documents.
Japan JST China news, December 10, 2019
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