Meta's Omnilingual MT for 1,600 Languages
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Meta's Omnilingual MT for 1,600 Languages
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#3I find that meta’s translations are very poor compared to others, at least for relatively obscure languages, which I figured was relevant considering the article.
Google Translate is a good default, but LLMs are really good at translations, as they’re better capable at understanding context and providing culturally appropriate translations.
(I live in Cambodia where they speak Khmer)
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#4That's a high count, but still a bit away from "Omni". Usual count is between 4k and 8k depending the source. But the first 1k might be the hardest, certainly.
Re: Meta's Omnilingual MT for 1,600 Languages
#5I find that meta’s translations are very poor compared to others, at least for relatively obscure languages, which I figured was relevant considering the article. Google Translate is a good default, but LLMs are really good at translations, as they’re better capable at understanding context and providing culturally appropriate translations. (I live in Cambodia where they speak Khmer)
*they're
(Sorry I had to)
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#6I find that meta’s translations are very poor compared to others, at least for relatively obscure languages, which I figured was relevant considering the article. Google Translate is a good default, but LLMs are really good at translations, as they’re better capable at understanding context and providing culturally appropriate translations. (I live in Cambodia where they speak Khmer)
*they're (Sorry I had to)
I could have sworn I edited it! I did notice myself as well, but thanks for the correction.
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#7Off topic, since the AI craze MS‘ documentation translation has ridiculous errors like translating try catch keywords to "versuchen" and "fangen" for German pages
Re: Meta's Omnilingual MT for 1,600 Languages
#8Off topic, since the AI craze MS‘ documentation translation has ridiculous errors like translating try catch keywords to "versuchen" and "fangen" for German pages
Yes their translations offer negative value, which is annoying because at work you can't usually choose your locale settings.
And the errors are really basic, like translating shortly to short, not the same thing at all!
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#9I find that meta’s translations are very poor compared to others, at least for relatively obscure languages, which I figured was relevant considering the article. Google Translate is a good default, but LLMs are really good at translations, as they’re better capable at understanding context and providing culturally appropriate translations. (I live in Cambodia where they speak Khmer)
*they're (Sorry I had to)
*ពួកគេគឺជា
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#10I find that meta’s translations are very poor compared to others, at least for relatively obscure languages, which I figured was relevant considering the article. Google Translate is a good default, but LLMs are really good at translations, as they’re better capable at understanding context and providing culturally appropriate translations. (I live in Cambodia where they speak Khmer)
Hello from Siem Reap, Cambodia! Awesome to see a fellow tech enthusiast from Cambodia.
I actually found Facebook’s translations pretty good (better than Google Translate for things longer than a sentence). From my understanding of Khmer, Khmer is a bit more verbose and context dependent, hence LLMs in Khmer would be a big help understand those nuances.
In the inverse case (LLMs generating khmer from English) I heard from locals that it sounds formal and “robotic” which I found quite interesting.