Ask HN: Translation Service to Recommend?

#1

Post by iracic » Thu, Apr 11, 2019, 2:57 PM UTC

Google Translate alike, REST API, low volume (~200 characters), low frequency (50/hour), reliable, not too stringent latency. Any positive experience to share ?

Re: Ask HN: Translation Service to Recommend?

#2

Post by stephenr » Thu, Apr 11, 2019, 3:40 PM UTC

I used the Microsoft one for a project, it wasn’t bad, but it had a specific language bug (I don’t remember what) that meant a common phrase didn’t work for us, so the project swapped to google translate.

Re: Ask HN: Translation Service to Recommend?

#3

Post by iracic » Thu, Apr 11, 2019, 8:21 PM UTC

stephenr wrote: post #2

I used the Microsoft one for a project, it wasn’t bad, but it had a specific language bug (I don’t remember what) that meant a common phrase didn’t work for us, so the project swapped to google translate.

Thank you for reply. Did you test some other sites before going to Google Translate?

Re: Ask HN: Translation Service to Recommend?

#4

Post by ozzmotik » Thu, Apr 11, 2019, 9:09 PM UTC

i saw https://deepl.com mentioned in another comment on another post. seems pretty nifty, im having a good time just chaining translations across languages to see how effective it as at maintaining the original intent and context. im quite happy with it as a toy but i imagine it could be very useful in other more focused applications

Re: Ask HN: Translation Service to Recommend?

#5

Post by stephenr » Fri, Apr 12, 2019, 12:33 AM UTC

iracic wrote: post #3

stephenr wrote: post #2

I used the Microsoft one for a project, it wasn’t bad, but it had a specific language bug (I don’t remember what) that meant a common phrase didn’t work for us, so the project swapped to google translate.

Thank you for reply. Did you test some other sites before going to Google Translate?

Not really. They already had a google cloud account with other services and were happy to pay the higher costs to solve the issue quickly.

Re: Ask HN: Translation Service to Recommend?

#6

Post by iracic » Fri, Apr 12, 2019, 3:02 PM UTC

ozzmotik wrote: post #4

i saw https://deepl.com mentioned in another comment on another post. seems pretty nifty, im having a good time just chaining translations across languages to see how effective it as at maintaining the original intent and context. im quite happy with it as a toy but i imagine it could be very useful in other more focused applications

Seems promising. Thank you for info.