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Beyond English.

WHAT TO KNOW

Models are generally strongest in English, because most training data is English.

Performance in other languages varies with how much material existed.

WHAT THIS MEANS

Output in less-represented languages may be less fluent and less accurate.

FOR NIGERIAN LANGUAGES

Coverage varies considerably. Widely spoken languages have better support than others.

Test before relying on it.

A PRACTICAL TECHNIQUE

Prompt in English, request output in the target language.

That frequently produces better results than prompting in the target language.

FOR TRANSLATION

Specify the audience and register.

"Translate for a general audience, informal register" produces different output from a literal translation.

WHAT TO ALWAYS VERIFY

Anything published, by a native speaker Anything where a mistranslation causes harm

FOR MIXED-LANGUAGE CONTEXTS

Models handle code-switching inconsistently.

State explicitly what you want.


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