Hello all! I’m looking for a good alternative to Google Translate. I would prefer one that isn’t using a modern LLM, but I understand if that’s not possible. I would also like it to not be collecting personal data.
Hello all! I’m looking for a good alternative to Google Translate. I would prefer one that isn’t using a modern LLM, but I understand if that’s not possible. I would also like it to not be collecting personal data.
DeepL https://www.deepl.com/en/translate
OP specifically requested non-LLM.
How can a translation app work without LLM though ?
The same way they worked before LLMs came on to the scene a few years ago.
Were you under the impression that that was simply an intractable problem before we decided to brute force it with GPUs? Various online translation services have existed for well over a decade (honestly, I don’t even remember when they first started to become a thing, but it’s not a new technology). NLP has been an important domain of computer science for the vast majority of the life of the field itself.
What’s NLP?
Natural Language Processing.
As the article mentions, it is closely related, though very much not identical to, the field of Artificial Intelligence. And do please note that my usage of “Artificial Intelligence” here is absolutely not synonymous with the big tech buzzword circlejerk definition of “AI” that’s bandied about so clumsily these days (which is, incidentally, why I always tend to quote it, or just refer directly to LLMs, when I am taking about “AI” as understood by the layman/marketing and sales types).