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HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering

Shipbuilding translation in HD Hyundai Samho's workplace chat

HD Korea Shipbuilding deployed shipyard-specific AI translation in 4 languages at Samho

In progressCompany's own claim

Problem

Foreign workers needed to understand shipbuilding terminology and work instructions across languages.

Approach

HD Korea Shipbuilding developed an LLM-based translation service called AI Agent and deployed it at HD Hyundai Samho. It trained the service on shipbuilding terminology and work instructions. Integration with TeamUp translated chat messages into each worker's selected language.

Results

4languages initially supported, according to HD Korea ShipbuildingCompany's own claim[1]

Takeaway

Translation was embedded in the communication tool workers already used. Translation accuracy and safety outcomes were not quantified.

Categories

Innovation type
Process innovation
AI technology
Generative AI
Evidence
Company's own claim

Sources

Source summaries

[1]Financial Newspaper9 Jul 2024

HD Korea Shipbuilding deployed AI Agent at Samho and integrated it with TeamUp. It initially supported 4 languages, with expansion and voice translation planned.

Full details are in the original sources.

Added 1 Nov 2026 · Updated 1 Nov 2026
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