Bridging the app: South-North Korean translator launched

Manufacturers look to complete unfinished work of past proposed dictionary projects

The South Korean advertising company Cheil, the non-profit education organization DreamTouchForAll and Community Chest of Korea have launched a North Korean-to-South Korean translation application.The application, called Univoca: South Korean-North Korean Translator, contains about 3,600 South Korean terms chosen from three different South Korean high school textbooks.“A hundred or more people took part in the launching of this application,” Jae-young Choi, chief of Cheil’s Good Company Solution Center, told NK News.“Our company crews, NGOs and other individuals dedicated their efforts and time to this platform. Our first plan is to add more terms used in science and sociology