Translation of Non English to another Non English

[Raymond Camden]

Query, if a person tries to translate to non-English languages, let's say Japanese to Korean, does the API do something like:

JA-EN and then EN-KO

or straight one to the other? I ask because in testing and looking the local files, 2 packs (EN-JA and EN-KO) get downloaded.

[Thomas Steiner]

@Nathan Memmott, could you help answer this question? Do we use English as a bridge language in some cases like Japanese to Korean? Thanks! 

[Raymond Camden]

Wouldn't the quality be better if it went from one language directly to the other? Will this change in the future?

On Wed, Feb 19, 2025 at 11:46 AM Nathan Memmott <mem...@google.com> wrote:

Yeah, all language packs are between English and another language. To translate between two non-English languages, we must first translate from source language to English and then English to target language. 

Nathan

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[Raymond Camden]

Thanks all!

On Wed, Feb 19, 2025 at 12:11 PM Nathan Memmott <mem...@google.com> wrote:

+Thomas Steiner +Chrome Built-in AI Early Preview Program Discussions since I didn't reply all.

On Wed, Feb 19, 2025 at 10:10 AM Nathan Memmott <mem...@google.com> wrote:

Yeah how we do translations may change in the future and the quality may improve.

Nathan