The Bing Translator could be considered for integration in content Translation. It may not expand the number of languages supported, but may provide better quality for some based on input so far. We want to keep track of the new languages that can get coverage, as well as content quality for existing languages:
| Status | Subtype | Assigned | Task | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | None | T76456 Language Engineering tracker of trackers (tracking) | |||
| Open | None | T76454 [Epic] ContentTranslation - MT support | |||
| Open | None | T86700 Add more machine translation services (tracking) | |||
| Open | None | T279064 Observations from first research study for Section Translation on Bengali Wikipedia | |||
| Open | None | T90207 MS Bing MT for Content Translation | |||
| Resolved | Nikerabbit | T274147 Technical feasibility investigation for Bing translation support in cxserver | |||
| Open | None | T317604 Enable Bing Translation support in Content Translation for Odia |
Based on the analysis in T304865#8690534, Bing Translate would be a useful option for Yue/Cantonese Wikipedia since it uses the Yue-Kouyu variant. Other services do not support the specific language variant used on Yue Wikipedia.
Do we have any timeline on when to pick up this task?
Asking for: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T317604
We want to keep expanding the machine translation services available in Content Translaiton and Bing is a very interesting option given the feedback received form the communities listed above (Odia, Bangla, and Yue). However, the integration of external services depends on other organizations, so it is not possible for us to provide a timeline.
Recent support for additional translation models using MinT provides new alternatives fro these languages, being part of an open ecosystem that allows to contribute to improve their quality over time.