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.

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          2 days ago

          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.