Is AI for translation a good idea? YES, it is a phenomenal idea, because it makes selling worldwise much more accessible… But how good is it in reality?

I’ve built an AI translation tool and translated over 500,000 products with it, so far.

So, I can show you how things look on the inside and how good of a translator AI can be.

We will talk about AI translation in general, and then talk about specific models.

Is AI made for translation?

Perfect translation doesn’t exist.

Not even professional human translators can write 100% accurate translations that also preserve the meaning, and convey the original emotion.

That being said, AI translation will never be 100% accurate, and that’s not a problem.

There are AI models and technologies like NMTs (Neural Machine Translation models) like Google Translate or DeepL that have one single goal.

Which is to translate.

Then, we have tools like LLMs (Large Language Models) that were not built to translate, but it is extremely good at.

An example is ChatGPT.

We won’t talk about NMTs or LLMs.

How these technologies work is beyond the scope of this video.

But, as a rule of thumb, LLMs are better at preserving the emotion and meaning.

Whereas, NMTs are better at providing the most accurate word-for-word translation.

Flaws of AI translation?

The main flaws of AI translation are the lack of enough context and the training data set.

For example, if you ask Google Translate to translate a word like “hood” it will offer multiple options.

Clothes, cars, real estate, etc.

But when you want to use it in a business context and build automations with it… it will just guess, and it rarely gets it right.

Then, the problem with the training data can be observed at ChatGPT.

It has been trained on the entire internet.

Not everybody online uses proper language, especially in multilingual contexts, which are the places where it “learned” to translate from.

Knowing this, it is still extremely good.

Just don’t be surprised when it fails.

Even if you translate thousands of products in automatic workflows, just check from time to time some of the outputs.

Is ChatGPT a Good Translator?

It all depends on what you’re using it for.

Are you using ChatGPT for legal documents?

Maybe it is not the best for that, and you should hire a human translator.

Are you using GPT to translate product descriptions and specifications?

It is a great tool for this.

It’s indeed a hassle to copy and paste stuff around, but there are good solutions out there that automate everything for you.

But if you really want to go manual and as cheap as possible… here’s the best free AI translator.

Best AI for E-Commerce Translation

If you run an E-Commerce store and need hundreds, thousands or tens of thousands of products translated…

Then the best tool for you is Ovesio.

Which, right now, has the best AI translation on the market.

Besides this, it also generates conversion-oriented product descriptions and SEO metatags.

The Ovesio AI Translation engine uses the best AI translators on the market.

When you send a text to be translated, it will be translated using Gemini, DeepL, Microsoft Translator, GPT, and Google Translate.

Then, the Ovesio AI Inspector will perform a deep analysis and choose only the best parts from each translated version.

So there’s absolutely no way to get better translation then Ovesio.

Conclusion

AI is a great translation tool, and even though it is not 100% accurate, the precision is quite close to that.

If you also take into account the fact that it is 99% cheaper than traditional translation services, it makes it that much more worth it.

Multi-integrator tools like Ovesio sit at the top of the AI translation food-chain, because you get 4 translators with only one subscription, and also an AI Inspector that chooses the best parts from each translation for you.

So choose the best AI tool for your needs.

If you need high-quality for E-Commerce, go with Ovesio.

If you just need quick translations on the go, use ChatGPT.

To learn how to use AI translation services, click here.