KOWRO Opens DMM GAME Translation Contest With Prizes Up to 100,000 Yen
The contest opens a professional-grade translation tool to the public for the first time, letting anyone experience the AI-human collaboration process used in actual game localization.
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KOWRO Inc. will publicly release some features of DMM GAME Translation, formerly AlgoGames Translation, and hold its first AI translation contest open to everyone from beginners to professionals. The contest uses original game translation tasks from English to Japanese, supports the latest external AI models, and offers Amazon gift cards up to 100,000 yen.
KOWRO Inc. announced the DMM GAME Translation 1st AI Translation Contest, open to anyone regardless of experience. Participants get access to some features of the company's professional translation service, which pairs AI with human translators.
The contest tasks participants with translating roughly 500 words of original game dialogue from English to Japanese. Judging runs in two stages: an AI screening followed by review from professional translators.
Prizes include a 100,000 yen Amazon gift card for first place, 30,000 yen for second, and 20,000 yen for third. The top 10 first-screening passers receive 5,000 yen cards. Entry registration runs until August 9.
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