Launch HN: Pinch (YC W25) – Video conferencing with immersive translation(ycombinator.com) Hey HN! I'm Christian, and my co-founder Keyu and I are building Pinch (www.startpinch.com), a virtual conferencing platform with translation that mimics your voice and synchronizes your lips in real-time to make you sound and appear as a native speaker in over 15 languages.
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How Translation Works, Book Title Edition(scalzi.com) As any translator will tell you, translating a piece of fiction isn’t about simply transcribing words one-to-one from one language to another. It’s about capturing a vibe — making sure the tone and intent of the piece come through in words when a mere transliteration would fail.
Show HN: i18n-ai-translate(github.com/taahamahdi) Leverage ChatGPT, Gemini, or Ollama for seamless translation of localization files. Supports directories of nested translation files. Requires i18next-style JSON files.
Meta takes us a step closer to Star Trek's universal translator(arstechnica.com) Back in 2023, AI researchers at Meta interviewed 34 native Spanish and Mandarin speakers who lived in the US but didn’t speak English. The goal was to find out what people who constantly rely on translation in their day-to-day activities expect from an AI translation tool.
Advice on Reading Homer in Translation(talesoftimesforgotten.com) The Iliad and the Odyssey are often regarded as being among the greatest works of world literature and many people have an interest in reading them—but how does one go about starting? Which translations are the best? In what manner should one read them?