Seiko Epson Adopts WOVN.io as the Translation Platform for Its Sustainability Page
Seiko Epson has implemented WOVN.io, a website localization AI solution, to power its English sustainability page. By utilizing a custom generative AI model trained on past translation data, the company has successfully improved translation accuracy while reducing the workload of manual editing.
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The website localization AI solution "WOVN.io" provided by Wovn Technologies, Inc. (hereinafter WOVN) has been implemented on the sustainability page of Seiko Epson Corporation (Headquarters: Suwa City, Nagano Prefecture, President: Junkichi Yoshida, hereinafter Seiko Epson). By utilizing a unique custom generative AI model translation engine trained on existing translation data, they have successfully achieved both an improvement in translation accuracy and a reduction in the burden of manual translation and correction work, even in the English dissemination of sustainability information where high reliability is required.
■ Significant Costs and Workload for Translating Sustainability Information Become a Challenge
Seiko Epson, with its roots in watch manufacturing, currently develops a wide range of businesses based on precision technology, focusing mainly on the printing business, as well as projectors and quartz devices. Placing importance on the background of having walked alongside the natural environment of its birthplace, Shinshu, the company holds environmental and social consideration in its management philosophy, and the entire company engages in initiatives and information dissemination regarding sustainability.
Seiko Epson has been working on disseminating sustainability information in English for some time. The information published on the English sustainability page is also used for evaluation by external ESG evaluation institutions, and the results can potentially affect corporate evaluation and investment decisions, requiring high reliability and accuracy in translation. Therefore, until now, they had been requesting a specialized in-house translation department to perform quality-focused translations.
On the other hand, with this operational method, in addition to the communication with the translation department that occurred every time a manuscript was created or revised, there were cases where expressions varied depending on the translator or the department in charge of each sustainability item requesting the translation. Furthermore, after creating the manuscript, tasks such as pouring the text into the web page and adjusting the layout were necessary. Combined with an annual comprehensive revision and multiple updates per month from the perspective of timely disclosure, the overall burden of the update work had become a challenge.
■ Achieving Efficient English Dissemination and Quality Assurance by Building a Unique Custom Generative AI Model Tailored to the Company's Translation Needs
Against this background, WOVN.io was introduced as a mechanism that can consistently streamline the process from web page creation to updating, while preventing work concentration in the specialized translation department, reducing the hassle of manuscript management, and minimizing translation variations.
Currently, translation accuracy is being improved by translating with a custom generative AI model dedicated to Seiko Epson, built by WOVN and trained on the company's past translation data. By establishing AI translation as the foundation of operations, they are maintaining the translation quality of sustainability information, which requires reliability, while suppressing the time and effort of manual confirmation and correction.
■ The Deciding Factor Was the Ability to Balance the Reliability Required for English Dissemination of Sustainability Information with Continuous Operability
The following four points were the deciding factors for adopting WOVN.io.
High-accuracy translation quality by the translation platform "Maestro" utilizing a custom generative AI model that meets company-specific translation needs
WOVN.io provides the AI translation platform "Maestro," which makes it possible to build a custom generative AI model dedicated to the customer based on past translation data. In addition, by utilizing the "glossary function" that allows professional terms and proper nouns to be registered in advance, expressions tailored to the company can be uniformly reflected while preventing translation inconsistencies. They highly evaluated the point that both high translation accuracy and consistency of expression can be achieved in the English dissemination of sustainability information where reliability is required.
Easy construction of English sites that can respond to external ESG evaluations
With WOVN, as long as there is one original website, an English site can be built without the need for additional development. For the sustainability page, while overseas ESG evaluation institutions evaluate its contents and the results can potentially affect corporate value, the deciding factor was the ability to easily build an English page that can respond to the evaluations of overseas institutions and disseminate information in English.
An easy-to-use UI for operational staff and ease of translation correction
The WOVN.io management screen is designed to be operated intuitively even by non-engineers, and it is also equipped with a "Live Editor" function that allows multilingual sites to be directly corrected on the browser while viewing the translated screen. The fact that multiple editors can operate without confusion and centrally manage manuscripts, even for pages involving many related departments like the sustainability page, was also a reason for adoption.
■ Significant Costs and Workload for Translating Sustainability Information Become a Challenge
Seiko Epson, with its roots in watch manufacturing, currently develops a wide range of businesses based on precision technology, focusing mainly on the printing business, as well as projectors and quartz devices. Placing importance on the background of having walked alongside the natural environment of its birthplace, Shinshu, the company holds environmental and social consideration in its management philosophy, and the entire company engages in initiatives and information dissemination regarding sustainability.
Seiko Epson has been working on disseminating sustainability information in English for some time. The information published on the English sustainability page is also used for evaluation by external ESG evaluation institutions, and the results can potentially affect corporate evaluation and investment decisions, requiring high reliability and accuracy in translation. Therefore, until now, they had been requesting a specialized in-house translation department to perform quality-focused translations.
On the other hand, with this operational method, in addition to the communication with the translation department that occurred every time a manuscript was created or revised, there were cases where expressions varied depending on the translator or the department in charge of each sustainability item requesting the translation. Furthermore, after creating the manuscript, tasks such as pouring the text into the web page and adjusting the layout were necessary. Combined with an annual comprehensive revision and multiple updates per month from the perspective of timely disclosure, the overall burden of the update work had become a challenge.
■ Achieving Efficient English Dissemination and Quality Assurance by Building a Unique Custom Generative AI Model Tailored to the Company's Translation Needs
Against this background, WOVN.io was introduced as a mechanism that can consistently streamline the process from web page creation to updating, while preventing work concentration in the specialized translation department, reducing the hassle of manuscript management, and minimizing translation variations.
Currently, translation accuracy is being improved by translating with a custom generative AI model dedicated to Seiko Epson, built by WOVN and trained on the company's past translation data. By establishing AI translation as the foundation of operations, they are maintaining the translation quality of sustainability information, which requires reliability, while suppressing the time and effort of manual confirmation and correction.
■ The Deciding Factor Was the Ability to Balance the Reliability Required for English Dissemination of Sustainability Information with Continuous Operability
The following four points were the deciding factors for adopting WOVN.io.
High-accuracy translation quality by the translation platform "Maestro" utilizing a custom generative AI model that meets company-specific translation needs
WOVN.io provides the AI translation platform "Maestro," which makes it possible to build a custom generative AI model dedicated to the customer based on past translation data. In addition, by utilizing the "glossary function" that allows professional terms and proper nouns to be registered in advance, expressions tailored to the company can be uniformly reflected while preventing translation inconsistencies. They highly evaluated the point that both high translation accuracy and consistency of expression can be achieved in the English dissemination of sustainability information where reliability is required.
Easy construction of English sites that can respond to external ESG evaluations
With WOVN, as long as there is one original website, an English site can be built without the need for additional development. For the sustainability page, while overseas ESG evaluation institutions evaluate its contents and the results can potentially affect corporate value, the deciding factor was the ability to easily build an English page that can respond to the evaluations of overseas institutions and disseminate information in English.
An easy-to-use UI for operational staff and ease of translation correction
The WOVN.io management screen is designed to be operated intuitively even by non-engineers, and it is also equipped with a "Live Editor" function that allows multilingual sites to be directly corrected on the browser while viewing the translated screen. The fact that multiple editors can operate without confusion and centrally manage manuscripts, even for pages involving many related departments like the sustainability page, was also a reason for adoption.