[pshc]

Compared to google translate of yore, it’s gotten way more fluent thanks to transformers. Good translation relies heavily on context of course. Voice recognition and text to speech quality have increased dramatically. And near real-time (or as real-time as is possible given a pair of languages) is becoming feasible.

[th0ma5]

For sure, just the gains of LLMs in the mix cannot be measured and most still recommend human in the loop as always.