Canton Fair Highlights Evolution of Foreign Trade Translation Tools

China News Service reported that the China Import and Export Fair, also known as the Canton Fair, marked its 140th session as an ongoing window into the nation opening up and foreign trade upgrading. Language tools in Chinese foreign trade have transitioned from historical trade pidgins to student interpreters, culminating in the widespread adoption of artificial intelligence translation across diverse trade settings. At the 140th session, an exhibition humanoid tour robot named Xiaozhi offers Chinese and English switching while supporting more than 80 languages for foreign merchants. Buyers and booth staff utilize dual-screen artificial intelligence translation devices enabling two-way simultaneous interpretation without passing hardware back and forth, allowing workers to speak Chinese while the system outputs the client native tongue. At the iFLYTEK booth, 40-gram artificial intelligence glasses project translation subtitles onto lenses across 122 languages, while translation earphones let a Brazilian buyer discuss business details directly in his native tongue.

A Brazilian buyer testing iFLYTEK translation earphones engaged in business talks in his native tongue and stated he wanted to bring the multilingual wearable devices back to sell locally in his home country.