Gfp <[email protected]> writes: > I wanted to translate an article > > with A t > but it said: > you need babel
BTW, nowadays you can do translation locally, without sending your stuff to the Internet: Something that is very easy to use and easy to setup (but outside of Emacs) is the program SpeechNote - available via flatpak in flathub. It can translate texts and also read them (and do voice recognition as well). This tool works fast without problems even on my over 10 years old laptop. Speech Note uses the translation service that is integrated into Firefox, everything is free software I think. What was the name of the engine again? - ah [...looks it up...] - "Bergamot Translator". Unfortunately this engine can't be used directly from Emacs. I don't know a suitable way to make it possible. For inside Emacs a small locally installed llm works well, e.g. controlled via "ellama" or something like that. Requires a bit of setup but it's also not hard to do and the quality is usually better. A 1 GB llm running on CPU is often good enough if you don't need perfect results but only want to understand or get a bit of help. And it can also correct or proofread your texts while you are writing. Also works ok'ish on my 10 years old laptop (unless I'm in a hurry). I'm no expert and really hate this llm stuff and have an antique computer so you have good chances that you can get it working as well. Michael.
