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177 points keepamovin | 4 comments | 02 Sep 25 10:50 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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logicprog ◴[02 Sep 25 10:59 UTC] No.45101366[source]▶
I really like those local AI features. It's tempting me yo move to vanilla Firefox over LibreWolf...
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gucci-on-fleek ◴[02 Sep 25 11:19 UTC] No.45101536[source]▶
I'm still ambivalent on the rest of the AI features, but the AI translation is absolutely amazing. The translation quality isn't perfect, but being able to seamlessly translate 20+ languages 100% locally is amazing.
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1. diggan ◴[02 Sep 25 12:08 UTC] No.45102029[source]▶
Agree, for us switching between languages all the time, with some of those languages being less known to us, it's a great tool!

My only wish was that I can force it to always allow me to try translating things, even if it doesn't identify it as some specific language. Sometimes what I want to translate is like 30% one language and 70% another language, and I still want to translate it to another language, but since the tool doesn't see it as "foreign enough" or something, I don't even get the choice of having it translated.

Besides that, it's a wonderful despite it not being perfect. Hopefully with time it'll only get better as they get more data. On that note, I'd be more than happy to contribute data if they added some way of giving "good translation / bad translation" feedback, but haven't seen that. I guess I had two wishes in the end.

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2. jffry ◴[02 Sep 25 12:26 UTC] No.45102201[source]▶
If you select a chunk of text in the page and right click there should be a context-menu option to translate the text. It's a popup with a textarea and not in-situ, but it's the same local model as far as I can tell
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3. gucci-on-fleek ◴[02 Sep 25 12:50 UTC] No.45102449[source]▶
> My only wish was that I can force it to always allow me to try translating things, even if it doesn't identify it as some specific language.

You can, but it's somewhat hidden. Open the hamburger menu in the top right, then select “Translate page…”.

4. zveyaeyv3sfye ◴[02 Sep 25 16:07 UTC] No.45104962[source]▶
> in-situ

I believe you mean ex situ:

> By contrast, ex situ methods involve the removal or displacement of materials, specimens, or processes for study, preservation, or modification in a controlled setting, often at the cost of contextual integrity.

Might as well use the correct words if you want to talk above people's heads.