Arab News launches translation services in 50 languages at FIPP Media congress in Madrid
MADRID: Arab News, Saudi Arabia’s first English-language daily, has launched the beta version of an artificial intelligence-powered translation service that makes its news, views, and analysis available in 50 languages.
The announcement was made by Editor-in-Chief Faisal J. Abbas during a special event in Madrid, coinciding with the FIPP World Media Congress 2025 and marking the newspaper’s Golden Jubilee.
“Thanks to modern-day technology, Arab News, which launched in 1975 to be a voice for Saudi Arabia in English, will now be the voice of a changing region in 50 languages, reaching a remarkable 6.5 billion people, or 80 percent of the world population,” Abbas told a side event on Wednesday evening.
Attendees included Princess Haifa bint Abdulaziz Al-Mogrin, the Saudi ambassador to Spain, Arab and Spanish diplomats, and senior editors and executives.
