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What combination of languages is Google Translate best and worst at handling, and which languages tend to produce the most accurate or inaccurate translations?
Google Translate is most accurate when translating from English to Afrikaans, German, and Portuguese, with an accuracy of up to 85% for Spanish-English and French-English translations.
In 2019, Google Translate showed a 34% improvement in accuracy compared to its original study.
Google Translate has access to more English documents, making it better at translating into English from other languages.
However, Google Translate may struggle with colloquial phrases, with an average accuracy of 72% for all languages analyzed.
DeepL delivers precise translations of language nuances, particularly for major European and select Asian languages.
DeepL supports fewer languages than Google Translate (30+ vs.
100+) but focuses on depth and quality of translation.
DeepL supports major European languages such as English, German, French, and Spanish, as well as select Asian languages like Japanese and Chinese.
Google Translate's accuracy varies across language pairs, making some combinations better than others.
Google Translate is less accurate for English to Latin translations compared to other language pairs.
Since 2011, Google Translate has shown significant improvements in accuracy for many European languages, but several Asian languages still perform poorly.
ChatGPT, an AI model by OpenAI, outperforms Google Translate in translating colloquial phrases, with an average accuracy rate of 94% compared to 72%.
In a study, Google Translate struggled with an average of 277 mistakes for every 10 words analyzed in everyday phrases.
Despite its larger language support, Google Translate's accuracy depends on the specific language pairs being targeted.
Translating from English to Spanish on Google Translate has a very high accuracy rate due to its frequent use.
DeepL's accuracy rate for English-to-Spanish translation is generally over 90%.
In a comparison, Nearly every time ChatGPT Plus offered the best translation, but Google Translate surprised researchers with its performance.
A 2021 study showed that Google Translate had a lower accuracy rate than DeepL and ChatGPT for translating English text into Chinese.
Google Translate's performance in handling specific language pairs can be inconsistent.
Google Translate's accuracy tends to vary depending on the combination of the source and target languages.
The Google Neural Machine Translation (GNMT) system has improved the translation of the two most used language pairs, Spanish-English and French-English, increasing accuracy to 85%.
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