Comment by pimlottc

6 months ago

“Translate” has a lot of meanings in CS, I thought this was going to be able porting to a different framework or something. “Localize” would be clearer

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maxpr  6 months ago

Yep, localization is the best term here, but sometimes folks confuse it with other things, for example geo localization or localization of errors.

So we usually try to use both terms at the same time, often interchangeably, though translation is ultimately a subset of localization.

dang  6 months ago

Ah yes good point - I think that was my fault. Localized now :)

  • devmor  6 months ago

    I would rethink this decision. Localization requires understanding intent and adjusting terminology to apply non-literal interpretations to convey meaning; this project uses an auto-translator.

    • maxpr  6 months ago

      Interesting perspective.

      Unsure if I communicated it well, but unlike auto-translators such as Google Translate, this project leverages a context-aware LLM to recreate the meaning and intent of the original text in another language.

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