Show HN: Evaluating Local LLMs as language translators for my app (lector.dev)

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This is my first attempt at running an eval of this nature so would love some methodology feedback.

I can't guarantee the sources weren't already in the model's inputs without getting novel translations from native speakers, but from my experience using the top models, they feel very accurate. Even encountering somewhat obscure texts from a relatively small language the translations generally beat Google Translate for proper idiomatic meaning.

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Interesting study! First time I've really looked at this sort of study so probably not the best to comment on methodology but the overall premise of using LLMs for language conversion to increase an apps TAM is appealing