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Breaking Language Barriers with ChatGPT
Exploring Next Generation Translation Apps with Chat GPT and OpenAI
I recently utilized the OpenAI API as a backend for a travel-translation application. Check out the application here if you’re interested, or scroll to the bottom of the page! (GitHub for those interested in diving into the code)
The advent of Large Language Models (LLMs) has revolutionized translation capabilities, allowing one to break through language barriers that once posed significant challenges when traveling to foreign destinations, doing international business, or interacting with anyone that speaks a different language than your own.
Among these powerful LLMs is ChatGPT, which leverages the OpenAI API, and proved a helpful travel companion — providing translations and context not available in standard translation applications or books. In this article, I walk through my own use of ChatGPT as a translation tool and share with you a tool I created utilizing the OpenAI API, which streamlines the translation process.
ChatGPT … proved a helpful travel companion — providing translations and context not available in standard translation applications