With A Vision To Build A ‘Universal Translator’, Meta AI Open-Sources ‘NLLB-200’ Model That Can Translate 200 Languages

Meta has announced its high-quality machine translation capability model to translate most of the world’s languages called NLLB (No Language Left Behind). [NLLB-200](https://about.fb.com/news/2022/07/new-meta-ai-model-translates-200-languages-making-technology-more-accessible/) is an effort to develop a single language translation AI model by meta researchers that could translate up to 200 languages (many of which are still not supported even by some of the best existing models today) with state-of-the-art results. Fewer than 25 African languages are supported by widely used language translation tools today, whereas NLLB-200 increases …

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