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Naver said on March 31 that it has launched French and Spanish services on its mobile translation application Papago.
Papago, which previously provided translations services in Korean, English, Japanese, and Chinese, is powered by what Naver calls Neural Machine Translation technology.
The South Korean firm said the update will help South Koreans better understand cultural content from France and Spain. Tourists from such countries are also expected to receive help from Papago during their trips to South Korea, it added.
Naver said it plans to add Indonesian, Thai, traditional Chinese and Vietnamese to the list of languages that Papago can handle and focus efforts on providing users with more accurate translations.
By Alex Lee and newswires (
alexlee@heraldcorp.com)