Comment by hrmtst93837
2 days ago
One potential use case is for individuals who cannot read or write English. They could use automatic translation to read HN and an LLM to translate their comment into English. One possibly would be to forbid such use.
They wouldn’t know what is lost in translation. Automatic translation is often far from perfect, even more so when translating single comments without context. It’s a crutch when nothing else is available, but it’s not a good way to have a conversation.
It depends. You could include an entire comment thread along with the article in the context for an LLM. This would significantly improve translation quality.
Deepl and other services exist, and they at least aren't slop cannons