Translate API

Translate API

An Accurate Translation API 1/30th the Price of Google

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An alternative to Google translate (and anyone else) that's fast, accurate, and 1/30th the price. 20+ supported languages, not billed until 100k tokens, and already used thousands of times with real language learning users.
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Nic Ben
Hey Everyone! The landing page has a demo for you to test performance yourself for free with no card required. (Also landing page says 1/13 the price because had to account for all 3 big names, with varying prices each). My goal is to keep fundamental utilities and accessibility tools like translation services in the hands of small creators rather than some mega corporation, so any feedback is very much appreciated to help move in that direction. Nic
xucian
🧐 Good find
hey! congrats on releasing this! what does it use under the hood? I'm in the process of creating a physical device with a screen that can do live translations and I though with all these LLMs there surely is a faster/better translation solution around the corner. could this be it?
Nic Ben
@xucian hey, thanks! Yep, you were dead on. The only issue is that they can be very unpredictable in their responses (a flavor of their infamous hallucinations), so a lot under the hood here is corralling that. Took a lot of trial and error to get it to play nice and predictable. Nice guess lol
xucian
@nicben_ thanks for clarification. I imagined most of the work is around sanitization. it'll get more predictable over time, I guess. do you have any tips for my specific case? could it be fast enough for live translation? I'll take care of the speech-to-text part and such, ofc. also, I'm looking to start with english->greek and english->romanian. fun backstory: I'm doing this to help my dad experience red dead redemption 2, he's a huge fan of old western movies, hehe. and, why not, later turn it into a product
Nic Ben
@xucian Yep, definitely. It's fast enough for live translation (under .5 second latency), but any faster than that you'd need some on-premises hardware. Though I don't think that's entirely necessary. Cool idea though, I definitely think this would be as good as it gets for that use case.
xucian
@nicben_ thanks, any plans to add Romanian & Greek?
Nic Ben
@xucian Added :) Tested against Google translate and looking good. Lmk what you think of performance
Shinny
Interesting project! Super attractive price, is the accuracy comparable to the big names?
Nic Ben
@shinny When I used it over the other big names for my previous startup, I honestly couldn't tell the difference. But I encourage you to use the demo on the landing page (no account or card required) and see for yourself :)
Shinny
@nicben_ From playing with the demo, It looks pretty good :)
Nic Ben
@shinny Awesome! Do you have a use case for a service like this, or are you just exploring?
Shinny
@nicben_ Nothing at the moment, I've been playing with the idea of a live language translation app but don't have the time right now :)
Nic Ben
@shinny Right on. Well, you know where to find me when you're ready to tackle it, and when you do, I'll be your first supporter :)