Kagi Translate Feedback

eirk

Translating a phrase like {sentence} in {language}, where {language} is the target language, from english results in the in {language} part to ignored

ie:
we went to the park yesterday in french -> nous sommes allés au parc hier
we have two dogs, one cow, and fourteen chickens. in latin -> Duo canes, unam bovem, et quattuordecim gallinas habemus.

just a weird edge case I suppose. could be an intentional feature though?

SonephetR2

eirk Nice idea, honestly. I would use it. Must faster to type than switch language manually, looking through the 254 languages on offer… Accept ISO language codes if you implement this though!

bert

Vlad

kdh8219

Vlad https://translate.kagi.com/English/Japanese/https://ip.wtf

Vlad

kdh8219 This has been fixed

duckdealer

Vlad I'm trying to use the example from the Kagi Help page for Kagi Translate. It gives the example https://translate.kagi.com/?text=kagi&source=Japanese&target=English for creating bangs. I might be missing something, but is there a way to make it so if I set the bang to say !ja it goes to translate.kagi.com when given Japanese text? Then if a URL is given it goes to translate.kagi.com/theURLgiven .

Or is there a translate bang already that I didn't see?

Thanks!

Vlad

duckdealer You can create a custom bang in Kagi like this

!ja
https://translate.kagi.com/?text=%s&source=Japanese&target=English

this should work for both text and urls

Quenti

The Occitan translations for pretty good, some adjustments still but it's the same with any automatic translation tool.
Thanks for having added the Occitan.
Regards

SonephetR2

Vlad How about the less resource-intensive approach of translating strings when a sentence-ending punctation (/!?;./) is typed? As-you-type translation really bugs me because I see so much nonsense appearing on the side as I gradually form a grammatically correct input.

SonephetR2

RonanCJ I'd go further. To compete effectively with Google Translate, Kagi Translate also needs to show the correct script for romanized inputs. Right now, if I type a transliterated string (in Mandarin, Russian, Vietnamese, Thai, Lao, etc.), Kagi Translate uses that input to generate a translation, but, contrary to Google Translate, I don't get the input corrected back in the proper form. Oftentimes, I use Google Translate simply to get the right spelling or tones or as a quick way of typing a text in my target language on a Latin-script layout. Another important use case is that if the translation fails, users have a better chance of knowing what to correct in their input.

theDoctor

theDoctor Not sure why my account shows as deleted in this post, but that's besides the point.

After thinking on this more, I honestly think that it would be nice to have the live streaming response from the LLM. It should be simple to implement (considering we already have that capability in Assistant). It shows the live progress, it shows that something is happening, and maybe it's just me, but I like it.

Note: if this is technically difficult, more expensive, etc., then entirely ignore this. This is a 'nice to have' at best.

syl

starfleet74 Likewise. For me, the days of translating an entire web page are over.

These days, I am mostly translating a few words from a social media post, or perhaps most commonly, a single unfamiliar word in a foreign language.

It is hard to imagine anything better than the Google Translate extension for Chrome.

carl

syl Just a tip: If you're on MacOS or iOS, you can right-click or select any foreign word and use the "Look up" menu function, and it will show a translation.

imlonghao

I suggest let's not to translate text in the <code> block.

Translate code (Python/JSON/Go/...) into other language make it unreadable.

Example, https://translate.kagi.com/Chinese%20(Simplified)/https://blog.cloudflare.com/topaz-policy-engine-design

Vlad

imlonghao Added this feature!

muro

Requests for Kagi Translate
I would like the page not to reload during translation.
I would like to be able to edit the text after translation.
I would like to want API
(I am using Kagi Translation)

Amino4873

I use Google Translate/DeepL for translating Japanese adult video covers. I tried Kagi Translate but it often refuses to translate anything, saying "I'm sorry, I can't assist with that request.". Is that intended or will this restriction be relaxed or lifted?

RonanCJ

Vlad @bert helpfully provided an example of Google Translate showing pinyin while Kagi Translate does not, and here are some examples of Google's romanization in Japanese, Korean, and Russian:

Vlad

utf9k This works for me now, can you confirm?

utf9k

Vlad

Hey Vlad,

Sorry for the delay in replying. I had a look and it seems worse now 😅

The page appears to get duplicated multiple times which you can see in the attached screenshots

Vlad

busywhistling

Additionally, do you intend to provide an API for this? Depending on the cost, I'd love to integrate it with my RSS readers somehow.

What would be the acceptable cost for the API?

busywhistling

Vlad I suppose its a bit difficult to say... but if I get an "unlimited" translation API for 5€ p.m. over (alongwith) my existing annual Kagi professional subscription (or usage based API, like the current search API), I'd consider it a great deal. I'd expect the usage metrics to be similar to search, if not lower, and over time, as I move more towards German native media, my usage would decrease.

Btw still eagerly waiting for streaming support in the FastGPT API. 🙂

Vlad

DeoConfidimus Can you provide more info how to reproduce this, expected result?

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