Flitto (300080.KQ) said on the 9th that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Korea Industrial Safety Association to provide artificial intelligence-powered multilingual interpretation and translation aimed at preventing industrial accidents involving foreign workers.
Under the agreement, the two organizations will cooperate on building a real-time multilingual interpretation and translation system for safety and health training for foreign workers, creating a multilingual database of technical terms in industrial safety and health, integrating a real-time translation application programming interface into the association's AI-based safety management software, and jointly participating in government and local government support programs.
For training, the two sides will design interpretation and translation methods tailored to each format, including group sessions and on-site instruction, and develop a system that allows workers of different nationalities gathered at one site to take courses simultaneously in their native languages. The range of supported languages will expand with a focus on the main sending countries under the Employment Permit System for non-professional foreign workers, known as the E-9 visa. Technical terms drawn from the Occupational Safety and Health Act, hazardous and risk factors, and work processes will be compiled into a multilingual database to steadily improve translation accuracy.
The real-time translation API will be linked to the association's AI-based safety management software. That will make core safety procedures available instantly in multiple languages on web and mobile platforms, including risk assessments, toolbox meetings held before work begins, safe work permits and notices of accident outcomes. The two organizations will also jointly take part in public support programs run by the central and local governments to prevent industrial accidents among foreign workers, and will step up outreach efforts to close gaps in safety coverage for foreign workers.
"Building on the association's broad network and its expertise in industrial safety, we will establish an AI interpretation and translation model tailored to work sites," Flitto CEO Lee Jung-soo said.
