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Machine translation is an algorithm which attempts to translate text or speech from one natural language to another.

General information

Basic general information for popular machine translation applications.[1]

Name Platform License Price Latest stable release Source availability Translation via website Number of supported languages Notes
Anusaaraka Unix compatible GPL No fee required 0.50 Yes Rule-based, deep parser based, paninian framework based; all programs and language data are free and open-source
Apertium Cross-platform (web application), Unix compatible, precompiled packages available for Debian GPL No fee required 3.4.2 Yes [1] Rule-based, shallow transfer; all programs and language data are free and open source
Babylon Windows, Mac Proprietary software Depends on license ($9.90–$89 for one license) 10.3 No Prompts to install the Babylon Toolbar, a browser hijacker which is difficult to remove.[2][3]
DeepL Cross-platform (web application) SaaS No fee required, paid "Pro" version available No [2] 30+ Neural machine translation
Google Translate Cross-platform (web application) SaaS No fee required No [3] 100+ Statistical and neural machine translation
GramTrans Cross-platform (web application) Freeware No fee required ? No [4] Rule-based, using constraint grammar
IBM Watson Cross-platform SaaS Free, commercial (varies by plan) 3.0 No 50+ Both rule-based and statistical models developed by IBM Research. Neural machine translation models available through the Watson Language Translator API for developers.[4][5]
Microsoft Translator Cross-platform (web application) SaaS No fee required Final No [5] 100+ Statistical and neural machine translation
Moses Cross-platform LGPL No fee required 4.0[6] Yes Drop-in replacement for Pharaoh, features factored translation models and decoding of confusion networks.
Moses for Mere Mortals Ubuntu Linux GPL No fee required 2014-11-16 Yes Free open source; based on Moses; translation memories integration.
NiuTrans Cross-platform GPL No fee required 1.1.0 Yes 300+ Competitive performance for Chinese translation tasks; statistical machine translation. Supports phrase-based, hierarchical phrase-based, and syntax-based (string-to-tree, tree-to-string, and tree-to-tree) models for research purposes.
OpenLogos Windows, Linux GPL or paid initiative taker No fee required 1.0.3 Yes Rule-based, deep transfer
PROMT Cross-platform (web application) Proprietary software Commercial 12.5 No [6] 20+ Hybrid, rule-based, statistical and neural machine translation[7]
SYSTRAN Cross-platform (web application) Proprietary software $200 (desktop) – $15,000 and up (enterprise server) Version 7 No [7] 50+ Hybrid, rule-based, statistical machine translation and neural machine translation
Yandex.Translate Cross-platform (web application) SaaS No fee required No [8] 90+ Statistical and neural machine translation

Languages features comparison

The following table compares the number of languages which the following machine translation programs can translate between. (Moses and Moses for Mere Mortals allow you to train translation models for any language pair, though collections of translated texts (parallel corpus) need to be provided by the user. The Moses site provides links to training corpora.)

This is not an all-encompassing list. Some applications have many more language pairs than those listed below. This is a general comparison of key languages only. A full and accurate list of language pairs supported by each product should be found on each of the product's websites.

Multi-pair translations
Language Language code In ICU? Google Translate[8] Microsoft Translator[9] Yandex Translate[10] Amazon Translate[11] IBM Watson[12] DeepL Translate
Afrikaans af Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
Albanian sq Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
Amharic am Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
Arabic ar Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Armenian hy Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
Assamese as Yes Yes Yes No No No No
Aymara ay No Yes No No No No No
Azerbaijani az Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
Bambara bm Yes Yes No No No No No
Bashkir ba No No Yes Yes No No No
Basque eu Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No
Belarusian be Yes Yes No Yes No No No
Bengali bn Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Bhojpuri bho Yes Yes Yes No No No No
Bodo brx No No Yes[verification needed] No No No No
Bosnian bs Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Bulgarian bg Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Burmese my Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No
Cantonese (Traditional) yue or zh-Hant-HK Yes No Yes No No No No
Catalan ca Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Cebuano ceb Yes Yes No Yes No No No
Chewa (Chichewa/Nyanja) ny No Yes Yes No No No No
Chinese (Simplified) zh-Hans-CN Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Chinese (Traditional) zh-Hant-TW Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No
Chuvash cv Yes No No Yes No No No
Classical Chinese lzh No No Yes No No No No
Corsican co No Yes No No No No No
Croatian hr Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Czech cs Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Danish da Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Dari fa-AF Yes No Yes No Yes No No
Dhivehi dv No Yes Yes No No No No
Dogri doi Yes Yes Yes No No No No
Dutch nl Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Elvish (Sindarin) sjn No No No Yes No No No
English en Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Esperanto eo Yes Yes No Yes No No No
Estonian et Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Ewe ee Yes Yes No No No No No
Faroese fo Yes No Yes No No No No
Fijian fj No No Yes No No No No
Finnish fi Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
French fr Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
French (Canada) fr-CA Yes No Yes No Yes Yes No
Galician gl Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No
Georgian ka Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
German de Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Greek el Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Guarani gn No Yes No No No No No
Gujarati gu Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Haitian Creole ht No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
Hausa ha Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No
Hawaiian haw Yes Yes No No No No No
Hebrew he Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Hill Mari mrj No No No Yes No No No
Hindi hi Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Hmong (Daw) hmn or mww No Yes Yes No No No No
Hungarian hu Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Icelandic is Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
Igbo ig Yes Yes Yes No No No No
Ilocano ilo No Yes No No No No No
Indonesian id Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Inuinnaqtun ikt No No Yes No No No No
Inuktitut iu No No Yes No No No No
Irish ga Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Italian it Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Japanese ja Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Javanese jv Yes Yes No Yes No No No
Kannada kn Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Kashmiri ks No No Yes No No No No
Kazakh kk Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
Khmer km Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No
Kinyarwanda rw Yes Yes Yes No No No No
Kirundi (Rundi) rn No No Yes No No No No
Klingon tlh No No Yes No No No No
Konkani kok Yes Yes Yes No No No No
Korean ko Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Krio kri No Yes No No No No No
Kurdish (Kurmanji) ku Yes Yes Yes No No No No
Kurdish (Sorani) ckb Yes Yes Yes No No No No
Kyrgyz ky Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No
Lao lo Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No
Latin la No Yes No Yes No No No
Latvian lv Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Lingala ln Yes Yes Yes No No No No
Lithuanian lt Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Lower Sorbian dsb No No Yes No No No No
Luganda lg Yes Yes Yes No No No No
Luxembourgish lb Yes Yes No Yes No No No
Macedonian mk Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
Maithili mai Yes Yes Yes No No No No
Malagasy mg Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No
Malay ms Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Malayalam ml Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Maltese mt Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Māori mi Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No
Marathi mr Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Meadow Mari mhr No No No Yes No No No
Meitei (Manipuri) mni-Mtei No Yes No No No No No
Mizo lus No Yes No No No No No
Mongolian mn Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
Montenegrin cnr No No No No No Yes No
Nepali ne Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No
Northern Sotho (Sepedi) nso No Yes Yes No No No No
Norwegian (Bokmål) nb Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Odia (Oriya) or Yes Yes Yes No No No No
Oromo om Yes Yes No No No No No
Papiamento pap No No No Yes No No No
Pashto ps Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No
Persian fa Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
Polish pl Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Portuguese pt Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Portuguese (Brazil) pt-BR Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Punjabi pa Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Quechua qu Yes Yes No No No No No
Queretaro Otomi otq No No Yes No No No No
Romanian ro Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Russian ru Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Samoan sm No Yes Yes No No No No
Sanskrit sa Yes Yes No No No No No
Scottish Gaelic gd Yes Yes No Yes No No No
Serbian sr Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Shona sn Yes Yes Yes No No No No
Sindhi sd Yes Yes Yes No No No No
Sinhala (Sinhalese) si Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Slovak sk Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Slovene sl Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Somali so Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No
Sotho st No Yes Yes No No No No
Spanish es Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Spanish (Mexico) es-MX Yes No No No Yes No No
Sundanese su Yes Yes No Yes No No No
Swahili sw Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
Swedish sv Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Tagalog (Filipino) fil or tl Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
Tahitian ty No No Yes No No No No
Tajik tg Yes Yes No Yes No No No
Tamil ta Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Tatar tt Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No
Telugu te Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Thai th Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Tibetan bo Yes No Yes No No No No
Tigrinya ti Yes Yes Yes No No No No
Tongan to Yes No Yes No No No No
Tsonga ts No Yes No No No No No
Tswana tn No No Yes No No No No
Turkish tr Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Turkmen tk Yes Yes Yes No No No No
Twi tw No Yes No No No No No
Udmurt udm No No No Yes No No No
Ukrainian uk Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Upper Sorbian hsb Yes No Yes No No No No
Urdu ur Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Uyghur ug Yes Yes Yes No No No No
Uzbek uz Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
Vietnamese vi Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Welsh cy Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
West Frisian fy Yes Yes No No No No No
Xhosa xh Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No
Yakut sah Yes No No Yes No No No
Yiddish yi Yes Yes No Yes No No No
Yoruba yo Yes Yes Yes No No No No
Yucatec Maya yua No No Yes No No No No
Zulu zu Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No
Total (confirmed) 127 133 129 98 75 57 30
Paired translations
Language Apertium OpenLogos Moses GramTrans SYSTRAN IdiomaX
To English Arabic to English No No No No Yes No
Catalan to English Yes No Yes No No No
Chinese (Simplified) to English No No No No Yes No
Chinese (Traditional) to English No No No No Yes No
Czech to English No No Yes No Yes No
Danish to English No No Yes Yes Yes No
Dutch to English No No Yes No Yes No
Esperanto to English Yes No Yes No No No
Estonian to English No No Yes No Yes No
Finnish to English No No Yes No Yes No
French to English No No Yes No Yes Yes
Galician to English Yes No Yes No No No
German to English No Yes Yes No Yes No
Greek to English No No Yes No Yes No
Hindi to English No No No No Yes No
Hungarian to English No No Yes No Yes No
Irish to English No No Yes No No No
Italian to English No No Yes No Yes Yes
Japanese to English No No No No Yes No
Korean to English No No No No Yes No
Latvian to English No No Yes No Yes No
Lithuanian to English No Yes No Yes No No
Macedonian to English Yes No Yes No No No
Maltese to English No No Yes No No No
Norwegian to English No No Yes Yes Yes No
Persian to English No No No No Yes No
Polish to English No No Yes No Yes No
Portuguese to English No No Yes Yes Yes No
Romanian to English No No Yes No Yes No
Russian to English No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Serbo-Croatian to English Yes No Yes No No No
Slovak to English No No Yes No Yes No
Slovene to English No No Yes No Yes No
Spanish to English Yes No Yes No Yes Yes
Swedish to English No No Yes Yes Yes No
Turkish to English No No No No Yes No
Ukrainian to English No No Yes No Yes No
Welsh to English Yes No Yes No No No
Language Apertium OpenLogos Moses GramTrans SYSTRAN IdiomaX
To Chinese (Simplified) English to Chinese (Simplified) No No No Yes Yes No
To Chinese (Traditional) English to Chinese (Traditional) No No No No Yes No
To Crimean Tatar Turkish to Crimean Tatar Yes No No No No No
To Dutch English to Dutch No ? Yes Yes Yes No
French to Dutch No No Yes No Yes No
To French English to French No Yes Yes No Yes Yes
German to French No ? Yes No Yes No
Spanish to French Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Catalan to French Yes No Yes No No No
Russian to French No Yes Yes No No Yes
Dutch to French No No Yes No Yes No
Italian to French ? ? Yes ? Yes Yes
Breton to French Yes No Yes No No No
To Galician English to Galician Yes ? Yes No No No
Portuguese to Galician Yes No Yes No No No
Spanish to Galician Yes No Yes No No No
To German English to German No Yes Yes No Yes No
French to German No No Yes No Yes No
Spanish to German No No Yes No Yes No
Russian to German No No No No No No
Italian to German ? ? Yes ? Yes Yes
To Italian English to Italian No Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Spanish to Italian No ? Yes ? Yes Yes
French to Italian No ? Yes ? Yes Yes
German to Italian No ? Yes ? Yes Yes
To Japanese English to Japanese No No No No Yes No
To Korean English to Korean No No No Yes Yes No
To Portuguese English to Portuguese No Yes Yes No Yes No
To Russian English to Russian No No Yes No Yes No
French to Russian No No Yes No No No
Spanish to Russian No No Yes No No No
German to Russian No No Yes No No No
Italian to Russian No No Yes No No No
To Spanish English to Spanish Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Russian to Spanish No No Yes No No No
French to Spanish Yes No Yes No Yes Yes
German to Spanish No ? Yes No Yes No
Italian to Spanish ? ? Yes ? No Yes
To Welsh English to Welsh No No Yes No No No
Language Apertium OpenLogos Moses GramTrans SYSTRAN IdiomaX
To Arabic English to Arabic No No No No Yes No
To Catalan English to Catalan Yes ? Yes No No No
French to Catalan Yes No Yes No No No
Italian to Catalan Yes No Yes No No No
Occitan to Catalan Yes No Yes No No No
Spanish to Catalan Yes No Yes No No No
To Czech English to Czech No ? Yes No Yes No
German to Czech No No Yes No No No
To Danish English to Danish No ? Yes Yes No No
To Esperanto Catalan to Esperanto Yes No Yes No No No
Danish to Esperanto No No Yes Yes No No
English to Esperanto Yes No Yes Yes No No
French to Esperanto Yes No Yes No No No
Spanish to Esperanto Yes No Yes No No No
To Finnish English to Finnish No ? Yes No Yes No
To Greek English to Greek No ? Yes No Yes No
To Haitian Creole English to Haitian Creole No No Yes No No No
To Hebrew English to Hebrew No No Yes No No No
To Hungarian English to Hungarian No ? Yes No Yes No
To Norwegian (Bokmål) English to Norwegian (Bokmål) No ? Yes Yes No No
Norwegian (Nynorsk) to Norwegian (Bokmål) Yes No Yes No No No
To Norwegian (Nynorsk) Norwegian (Bokmål) to Norwegian (Nynorsk) Yes No Yes No No No
To Occitan Catalan to Occitan Yes No Yes No No No
Spanish to Occitan Yes No Yes No No No
To Polish English to Polish No ? Yes No Yes No
German to Polish No No Yes No No No
To Romanian English to Romanian No ? Yes No Yes No
To Serbo-Croatian English to Serbo-Croatian No ? Yes Yes No No
To Slovene English to Slovene No No Yes No No No
German to Slovene No No Yes No No No
To Swedish English to Swedish No ? Yes No Yes No
To Turkish English to Turkish No No No No Yes No
Crimean Tatar to Turkish Yes No No No No No
To Ukrainian English to Ukrainian No ? Yes No Yes No
Total (confirmed) 28 9 31 15 65 59

See also

References

  1. ^ "Translations Made Simple: The Usefulness of Translation Apps". April 8, 2020. Archived from the original on April 29, 2020. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  2. ^ Remove FBI & Babylon Zombie Virus PCPitstop.com, author Steve Hogan, October 11, 2012
  3. ^ How To Uninstall The Babylon Toolbar Completely Martin Brinkmann, ghacks.net, August 17, 2011
  4. ^ "Watson Language Translator". www.ibm.com. 2016-11-28. Archived from the original on 2017-11-08. Retrieved 2017-11-08.
  5. ^ language-translator-nodejs: Sample Node.js Application for the IBM Language Translation Service, Watson Developer Cloud, 2017-11-08, retrieved 2017-11-08
  6. ^ "Moses - Moses/Releases".
  7. ^ "Нейронные сети, офлайн-переводчики и конкуренция. Технологии машинного перевода". 8 April 2019.
  8. ^ "Language support | Cloud Translation". Google Cloud. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  9. ^ "Microsoft Translator Languages - Microsoft Translator". Microsoft Translator for Consumers. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  10. ^ "Supported languages". yandex.com. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  11. ^ "What Is Amazon Translate? - Amazon Translate". docs.aws.amazon.com. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  12. ^ "IBM Cloud Docs". cloud.ibm.com. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
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