According to reports from the Nihon Keizai Shimbun and NAMITEN, a new government-enterprise cooperation plan has been launched locally: AI Translation, and achieved a more than two-fold increase in the export volume of Japanese comics to 50,000 copies within five years.
Specifically, ten companies including Japan Innovation Network Corporation (JIC) under the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan, and local publishing giant Shogakukan invested 2.92 billion yen (currently about 136 million yuan) in Orange, a startup that uses AI to translate comics.
Nikkei reported that on the 7th local time, Orange outlined the investment details of Shogakukan and other companies and plans to export comics.The company aims to increase translation speed by 10 times to increase the number of manga exports and promote the development of Japan's content industryAfter AI completes the initial translation, the company also sends the content to professional translators for polishing.
The move is also expected to speed up translation and publication.Reduce losses caused by piracyThis summer, these AI-translated comics will be available in the U.S. as e-books for the first time.
Previously, only about 14,000 of the more than 700,000 Japanese manga works had been translated into English.These comics were pirated before they reached overseas readers.The Japan Manga Industry Association said it hopes to improve the competitiveness of Japan's content industry through anti-piracy measures.