Working across languages.
WHAT IT DOES WELL
Common language pairs General prose Getting the sense of a document quickly
WHAT IT DOES BADLY
Languages with little training data Idiom and cultural reference Technical or legal precision
FOR NIGERIAN LANGUAGES
Support varies considerably. Widely spoken languages have better coverage than others.
Test with material you can verify before relying on it.
HOW TO ASK
Specify the audience and register.
"Translate for a general audience, informal register" produces different output from a literal translation.
WHAT TO NEVER PUBLISH UNCHECKED
Marketing material Contracts or legal documents Safety or medical information Anything where a mistranslation causes harm
HAVE IT REVIEWED
By a native speaker, before publishing.
A translation that is grammatically correct and culturally wrong damages you.
THE USEFUL APPLICATION
Understanding an incoming document, and producing a first draft a translator corrects.
