TranslateLocally: Blazing-fast translation running on the local CPU
Nikolay Bogoychev, Jelmer Van der Linde, Kenneth Heafield
TL;DR
TranslateLocally is an open-source software that enables fast, high-quality machine translation on local CPUs, preserving user privacy and functioning efficiently on old hardware across multiple operating systems.
Contribution
It introduces a locally runnable translation tool that matches cloud speed and quality, addressing privacy concerns and hardware limitations.
Findings
Achieves cloud-like translation speed on local CPUs
Operates effectively on hardware as old as 10 years
Supports Linux, Windows, and macOS
Abstract
Every day, millions of people sacrifice their privacy and browsing habits in exchange for online machine translation. Companies and governments with confidentiality requirements often ban online translation or pay a premium to disable logging. To bring control back to the end user and demonstrate speed, we developed translateLocally. Running locally on a desktop or laptop CPU, translateLocally delivers cloud-like translation speed and quality even on 10 year old hardware. The open-source software is based on Marian and runs on Linux, Windows, and macOS.
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Taxonomy
TopicsNatural Language Processing Techniques · Topic Modeling · Web Data Mining and Analysis