Webtoon Adds AI Translation Tools to User-Uploaded Comics Platform
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Charles Pulliam-Moore
2mo ago· 4 min readenNews
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Summary
Webtoon is introducing AI-powered translation tools to its Canvas platform for user-uploaded comics, enabling creators to localize their manga into multiple languages including English, Spanish, French, Indonesian, Thai, Traditional Chinese, and German. The platform overhaul aims to help artists build global followings, understand their audience better, and potentially increase their earnings by making their work accessible to international readers.
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· 3 pulledCanvas, Webtoon's platform for user-uploaded comics, is about to get a major overhaul that's designed to help creators make more money and share their art with a wider audience.
Today, Webtoon announced its plans to roll out a number of new features for Canvas that will make it easier for artists to build global followings and gain a deeper understanding of who's engaging with their work.
Soon, manga creators who upload their work to Canvas will be able to use an AI-powered translation tool to localize their scripts into English, Spanish, French, Indonesian, Thai, Traditional Chinese, and German.
Webtoon will soon roll out new AI-powered translation functionality for its user-uploaded manga platform.
