Lowe Get Lowe

Our story

Why Lowe exists

Lowe began with one student who couldn't read the notices on their own campus. Today it is a registered service for WeChat, the web, Windows and Android, built by an international student, for international students.

  • Started on 22 September 2026
  • Built at Hunan Institute of Technology
  • Made for every international student in China

I'm Lowe (江树臣), an international student from Cameroon studying software engineering at Hunan Institute of Technology (湖南工学院). I speak English and French, and when I arrived in China almost everything around me was in Chinese: notices from the international office, messages to teachers, the bank, the hospital, and even the lessons themselves.

Translation apps translate words, but they don't know how to write politely to a teacher, where the school published the resit dates, or what to bring for a residence permit. So I built the assistant I needed, and shared it with the students around me.

"No student should miss an exam, a deadline or a lesson because it was written in a language they are still learning."

How Lowe grew

  1. 22 Sep 2026The first Lowe web app goes online, and it is still running today: lowe-app-nine.vercel.app
  2. 28 SepThe WeChat mini program passes WeChat's review.
  3. 29 SepICP filing approved; live class translation goes live.
  4. 1 OctLeave requests on the school's form, with a hand signature and proof.
  5. OctThe Windows app on the Microsoft Store; the Android app.
  6. 4–5 OctLowe Classroom redesigned, Lowe Premium, and the LOWE Engine that now runs every Lowe app.

Built on open data

Open data used by Lowe: CC-CEDICT, HSK word lists (complete-hsk-vocabulary), Make Me a Hanzi, Tatoeba.