The Beijing Key Laboratory of Multilingual Translation in Artificial Intelligence, led by Beijing International Studies University (BISU), has recently received official approval, according to the list announced by the Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission and the Administrative Commission of Zhongguancun Science Park

This laboratory represents BISU's first-ever provincial- and ministerial-level key laboratory in the AI field, marking a historic milestone in the integration of "AI + foreign languages" and in the construction of a technological innovation platform.

The laboratory is designed to meet the needs of building Beijing into an international communication and technological innovation center.

Its primary goal is to address data, evaluation, and technical bottlenecks in the multilingual translation industry by tackling four core tasks: developing an internationally competitive end-to-end multilingual translation model, achieving breakthroughs in key technologies in complex document image multilingual translation, building a high-quality corpus system covering 15 languages and five professional fields, and establishing a multilingual translation quality evaluation system to establish internationally recognized evaluation standards.

The laboratory is dedicated to creating an integrated "model-data-evaluation" closed-loop platform, advancing Beijing's multilingual translation industry from "usable" to "user-friendly."

Leveraging BISU's strong academic foundation and talent resources, the laboratory enjoys distinct strengths.

BISU has extensive expertise in developing evaluation index systems, constructing industry norms and standards, and building multilingual translation corpora. It has independently developed the country's first third-party AI simultaneous interpretation quality evaluation platform.

Furthermore, it has established the first domestic bidirectionally aligned precision-marked dataset for nine languages using Chinese as the pivot language, and has co-developed with Mango TV a large language model for intelligent film and television translation that covers 17 low-resource languages.

These achievements lay a solid data foundation and provide technical support for the laboratory's future development and operation. The laboratory also brings together professionals from cognitive neuroscience, natural language processing, and computer science, forming a robust academic leadership system that integrates comprehensive language and AI expertise.

Beijing key laboratories are vital components of the city's scientific and technological innovation system. They serve as crucial bases for gathering and cultivating outstanding innovative talents, conducting high-level scientific research, and driving breakthroughs in key technologies and the transformation of research outcomes.

The approval of the laboratory is a significant milestone in BISU's implementation of the national "AI+" strategy and the advancement of new liberal arts construction.