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CAT tools were only used by some foreign translation firms and translators up until a few years ago, but now CAT tools are commonplace. ​ But just because they are commonplace does not mean they are easy to use. As most of the commercially available CAT tools are from foreign companies, many of them do not provide guides or help files in Korean, and the numerous different types of CAT tools and features make things even more difficult. Today we will take a look at the CAT tool being developed here at Bering Lab. Bering Lab’s CAT tool utilizes 3 AI features that have been specially developed in-house here at Bering Lab. ​ 1. Quality Estimation - QE Model QE (Quality Estimation) is an artificial intelligence model that can automatically estimate the translation quality of a machine translation at the sentence or word level. QE technology greatly reduces the time a user needs to review a machine translation. And we are proud to say that we even took 1st place in the Quality E

CAT tools were only used by some foreign translation firms and translators up until a few years ago, but now CAT tools are commonplace. ​ But just because they are commonplace does not mean they are easy to use. As most of the commercially available CAT tools are from foreign companies, many of them do not provide guides or help files in Korean, and the numerous different types of CAT tools and features make things even more difficult. Today, we will look at some CAT tools and their main characteristics. [TRADOS] The most widely used CAT tool at home and abroad, and the most popular CAT tool around the world. It has now become a must-have program for working with a global company or foreign agency. Not only does it support a wide variety of file formats, it also includes the following set of diverse features. [Feature list source: official Trados website] - Easily work between all of your devices through SDL Trados Live, Studio’s cloud-based companion service - Improved c

CAT tools were only used by some foreign(outside Korea) translation firms and translators up until a few years ago, but now CAT tools are commonplace. ​ But just because they are commonplace does not mean they are easy to use. As most of the commercially available CAT tools are from foreign companies, many of them do not provide guides or help files in Korean, and the numerous different types of CAT tools and features make things even more difficult. ​ Today we will examine the basic characteristics of CAT tools. What is a CAT tool? The CAT in CAT tool stands for "Computer Aided Translation" or "Computer-Assisted Translation,” meaning software that provides translation assistance. These programs help translators make better translations through automation; as the same terms and expressions often repeat when translating, automation simplifies these repetitive tasks while also allowing for fewer mistakes during large scale translation projects, which are pr

Legal/patent AI translation startup “Bering Lab” has received a KRW 250 million investment from Naver. The company, which was founded by a group of former US attorneys/paralegals, has even analyzed the terminology used in legal documents to develop an AI translation engine that has raised the bar for translation quality. Bering Lab improved accuracy through a process where they first do training with over 48 million legal/patent documents, then have attorneys refine the data. Bering Lab CEO Seong Moon said, “When I first joined a major Korean law firm, the work that took the most time was doing the initial translation of foreign legal documents,” and that, “When Bering Lab’s translation engine is used, the time required to translate a legal document can be reduced by 60% or more.” ​ The translation market has already been occupied by major global IT corporations such as Google and Naver. The volume and quality of the language data these entities can collect far outstrips what is av

Bering Lab CEO Seong Moon,  “Maximize the efficiency of legal/patent translations through artificial intelligence” On the 16th, The Industry Journal posted an interview with our CEO Seong Moon.  <The above is from a April 2021 article in The Industry Journal> Check out the full interview in the link below! (written in Korean) 인공지능(AI), 전문성과 정확성 두 마리 토끼 잡는다 [FULL TRANSLATION] In 2017, the International Interpretation & Translation Association (IITA) and Sejong University/Sejong Cyber University jointly held a competition between human translators and artificial intelligence translators (Naver Papago, Llsollu Systran, Google Translate). While the human translators prevailed, the artificial intelligences completed all of the translations in roughly 60 seconds, blowing away the humans in terms of speed. “For the legal/patent translation sector, if an artificial intelligence translation engine does the initial translation and then a legal/patent professional reviews that translat

AI-based legal/patent translation company Bering Lab has successfully attracted investment from Naver’s startup incubator D2SF (D2 Startup Factory) and Seoul Techno Holdings. 🎉 ​ Naver D2SF Leader Sanghwan Yang said “Bering Lab is made up of attorneys and AI developers, so the team has a deep understanding of the industry and a great deal of technical competence,” and “As an AI startup that is targeting a professional field, we expect not only rapid growth, but global expansion as well.” <The above is from a March 2021 article in Financial News> Check out the details in the article below! (written in Korean) 네이버 D2SF, AI 기반 법률·특허 번역 ‘베링랩’ 투자   [Full Translation] Naver D2SF Invests in AI-Based Legal/Patent Translation Company “Bering Lab” Financial News Reporter Mihui Kim   March 11, 2021   Legal technology startup founded by legal professional and AI developer [Financial News] Naver startup accelerator D2SF (D2 Startup Factory) announced on the 11th that it