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Which AI is best for translation?

Q: Which AI is best for translation?

Our editorial best pick: Hy-MT2-7B. Built only for translation, with 33 language pairs plus some Chinese dialects, and very cheap. It handles short texts only.

Our editorial best pick: Hy-MT2-7B.

Last updated October 16, 2026.

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Hy-MT2-7B

Built only for translation, with 33 language pairs plus some Chinese dialects, and very cheap. It handles short texts only.

Made by Tencent.
Smartness: Not rated yet
Reads at once: about 10 pages
1,000-word essay: under 1 cent
50-page PDF summary: under 1 cent

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