Meta AI open-sources NLLB-200 model that translates 200 languages (opens in new tab)

(ai.facebook.com)

77 pointsjkw3y ago10 comments

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(a) it does not appear to be "open source" for any such definition (b) the paragraph that seems to be actionable has no hyperlinks for ether word "here"

> You can explore a demo of NLLB-200 here, showing how the model can translate stories from around the world, and read the research paper here.

charcircuit3y ago

>it does not appear to be "open source" for any such definition

The code for it is licensed under MIT and the pretrained model was released under CC-BY-NC 4.0.

code513y ago

Here you go: https://github.com/facebookresearch/fairseq/tree/nllb

solarkraft3y ago

That's nice. Translation is one of those fields that, besides maybe LibreTranslate, free software was always quite far behind on.

Tangent: Why does free software generally lack machine learning features? Is the expertise just not there or is it rather the cultural stigma of "evil black-boxes"?

pagekicker3y ago

Trying to figure out the most expedient way to set it up and test it. Anyone have any ideas?

whitten3y ago

Perhaps a docker container?

If you set one up, I would like to know how it should be done

pineaux3y ago

Is there a place where I can test this online?

mdaniel3y ago

Their more "marketing" page <https://about.fb.com/news/2022/07/new-meta-ai-model-translat...> linked to a "try it here": https://nllb.metademolab.com/

tim--3y ago

You can test it over at Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:ContentTranslation

daedalus20273y ago

I can not help but wonder if it can translate any non previously seen language like protoindoeuropean.

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10 comments

mdaniel3y ago

(a) it does not appear to be "open source" for any such definition (b) the paragraph that seems to be actionable has no hyperlinks for ether word "here"

> You can explore a demo of NLLB-200 here, showing how the model can translate stories from around the world, and read the research paper here.

charcircuit3y ago

>it does not appear to be "open source" for any such definition

The code for it is licensed under MIT and the pretrained model was released under CC-BY-NC 4.0.

code513y ago

Here you go: https://github.com/facebookresearch/fairseq/tree/nllb

solarkraft3y ago

That's nice. Translation is one of those fields that, besides maybe LibreTranslate, free software was always quite far behind on.

Tangent: Why does free software generally lack machine learning features? Is the expertise just not there or is it rather the cultural stigma of "evil black-boxes"?

pagekicker3y ago

Trying to figure out the most expedient way to set it up and test it. Anyone have any ideas?

whitten3y ago

Perhaps a docker container?

If you set one up, I would like to know how it should be done

pineaux3y ago

Is there a place where I can test this online?

mdaniel3y ago

Their more "marketing" page <https://about.fb.com/news/2022/07/new-meta-ai-model-translat...> linked to a "try it here": https://nllb.metademolab.com/

tim--3y ago

You can test it over at Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:ContentTranslation

daedalus20273y ago

I can not help but wonder if it can translate any non previously seen language like protoindoeuropean.

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