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> Without Google Translate I'd have had a much harder time in a recent trip to Japan. I haven't used Google Translate in years. You do know there are alternati
by palata 2y ago
> Without Google Translate I'd have had a much harder time in a recent trip to Japan.
I haven't used Google Translate in years. You do know there are alternatives, don't you?
- underdeserver 2y agoI do. I try them from time to time, they weren't better.
- palata 2y agoI didn't say they were better. Just that without Google Translate, I doubt you would have had a much harder time in your recent trip to Japan because you could have used them, and they aren't particularly worse :-).
- Tainnor 2y agoIt's not just about whether you yourself use Google Translate, it's that - much more than anywhere else I've ever travelled - Japanese people will regularly use Google Translate to communicate with you, usually by typing or speaking into their tablet and then showing you the machine translation.
- underdeserver 2y agoActually in quite a few places there (mostly in Kyushu) they used a bespoke handheld device or DeepL.
- Mithriil 2y agoTry out the big LLMs for translating and explaining translation (e.g. ChatGPT). Much better than Google translate in my experience.
- GuinansEyebrows 2y agoI don't think switching to an LLM is exactly in line with what GP was trying to say :)