Comparison of machine translation applications

Machine translation is an algorithm which attempts to translate text or speech from one natural language to another.

General information

Basic general information for popular machine translation applications.[1]

Name	Platform	License	Price	Latest stable release	Source availability	Number of supported languages	Notes
Anusaaraka	Unix compatible	GPL	No fee required	0.50	Yes		Rule-based, deep parser based, paninian framework based; all programs and language data are free and open-source
Apertium	Cross-platform (web application), Unix compatible, precompiled packages available for Debian	GPL	No fee required	3.4.2	Yes		Rule-based, shallow transfer; all programs and language data are free and open source
Babylon	Windows, Mac	Proprietary software	Depends on license ($9.90–$89 for one license)	10.3	No		Prompts to install the Babylon Toolbar, a browser hijacker which is difficult to remove.[2][3]
DeepL	Cross-platform (web application)	SaaS			No	20+	Neural machine translation
Google Translate	Cross-platform (web application)	SaaS	No fee required	Beta	No	100+	Statistical and neural machine translation
GramTrans	Cross-platform (web application)	Freeware	No fee required	?	No		Rule-based, using constraint grammar
IBM Watson	Cross-platform	SaaS	Free, commercial (varies by plan)	3.0	No	50+	Both rule-based and statistical models developed by IBM Research. Neural machine translation models available through the Watson Language Translator API for developers.[4][5]
IdiomaX	Windows, Symbian S60, Windows Mobile	Proprietary software	Depends on configuration	6.0	No		Rule-based
Microsoft Translator	Cross-platform (web application)	SaaS	No fee required	Final	No	100+	Statistical and neural machine translation
Moses	Cross-platform	LGPL	No fee required	4.0[6]	Yes		Drop-in replacement for Pharaoh, features factored translation models and decoding of confusion networks.
Moses for Mere Mortals	Ubuntu Linux	GPL	No fee required	2014-11-16	Yes		Free open source; based on Moses; translation memories integration.
NiuTrans	Cross-platform	GPL	No fee required	1.1.0	Yes	300+	Competitive performance for Chinese translation tasks; statistical machine translation. Supports phrase-based, hierarchical phrase-based, and syntax-based (string-to-tree, tree-to-string, and tree-to-tree) models for research purposes.
OpenLogos	Windows, Linux	GPL or paid initiative taker	No fee required	1.0.3	Yes		Rule-based, deep transfer
PROMT	Cross-platform (web application)	Proprietary software	Commercial	12.5	No	20+	Hybrid, rule-based, statistical and neural machine translation[7]
SYSTRAN	Cross-platform (web application)	Proprietary software	$200 (desktop) – $15,000 and up (enterprise server)	Version 7	No	50+	Hybrid, rule-based, statistical machine translation and neural machine translation
Yandex.Translate	Cross-platform (web application)	SaaS	No fee required		No	90+	Statistical and neural machine translation

Languages features comparison

The following table compares the number of languages which the following machine translation programs can translate between. (Moses and Moses for Mere Mortals allow you to train translation models for any language pair, though collections of translated texts (parallel corpus) need to be provided by the user. The Moses site provides links to training corpora.)

This is not an all-encompassing list. Some applications have many more language pairs than those listed below. This is a general comparison of key languages only. A full and accurate list of language pairs supported by each product should be found on each of the product's websites.

Multi-pair translations
Language	Google Translate[8]	Microsoft Translator[9]	Yandex Translate[10]	Amazon Translate[11]	IBM Watson[12]
Afrikaans	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Albanian	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Amharic	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Arabic	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Armenian	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Assamese	No	Yes	No	No	No
Azerbaijani	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Bashkir	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
Basque	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Belarusian	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
Bengali	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Bosnian	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Bulgarian	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Burmese	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Cantonese (Traditional)	No	Yes	No	No	No
Catalan	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Cebuano	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
Chewa (Chichewa/Nyanja)	Yes	No	No	No	No
Chinese (Simplified)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chinese (Traditional)	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Chuvash	No	No	Yes	No	No
Classical Chinese	No	Yes	No	No	No
Corsican	Yes	No	No	No	No
Croatian	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Czech	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Danish	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Dari	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
Dhivehi	No	Yes	No	No	No
Dutch	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Elvish (Sindarin)	No	No	Yes	No	No
English	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Esperanto	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
Estonian	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Faroese	No	Yes	No	No	No
Fijian	No	Yes	No	No	No
Finnish	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
French	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
French (Canada)	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Galician	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Georgian	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
German	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Greek	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Gujarati	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Haitian Creole	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Hausa	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
Hawaiian	Yes	No	No	No	No
Hebrew	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Hill Mari	No	No	Yes	No	No
Hindi	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Hmong	Yes	No	No	No	No
Hmong Daw	No	Yes	No	No	No
Hungarian	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Icelandic	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Igbo	Yes	No	No	No	No
Indonesian	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Inuinnaqtun	No	Yes	No	No	No
Inuktitut	No	Yes	No	No	No
Irish	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Italian	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Japanese	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Javanese	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
Kannada	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Kazakh	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Khmer	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Kinyarwanda	Yes	No	No	No	No
Klingon	No	Yes	No	No	No
Korean	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Kurdish (Kurmanji)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Kurdish (Sorani)	No	Yes	No	No	No
Kyrgyz	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Lao	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Latin	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
Latvian	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Lithuanian	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Luxembourgish	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
Macedonian	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Malagasy	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Malay	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Malayalam	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Maltese	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Māori	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Marathi	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Meadow Mari	No	No	Yes	No	No
Mongolian	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Montenegrin	No	No	No	No	Yes
Nepali	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Norwegian (Bokmål)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Odia (Oriya)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Papiamento	No	No	Yes	No	No
Pashto	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Persian	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Polish	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Portuguese	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Portuguese (Brazil)	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
Punjabi	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Queretaro Otomi	No	Yes	No	No	No
Romanian	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Russian	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Samoan	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Scottish Gaelic	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
Serbian	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Shona	Yes	No	No	No	No
Sindhi	Yes	No	No	No	No
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Slovak	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Slovene	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Somali	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Sotho	Yes	No	No	No	No
Spanish	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Spanish (Mexico)	No	No	No	Yes	No
Sundanese	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
Swahili	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Swedish	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Tagalog (Filipino)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Tahitian	No	Yes	No	No	No
Tajik	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
Tamil	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Tatar	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Telugu	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Thai	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Tibetan	No	Yes	No	No	No
Tigrinya	No	Yes	No	No	No
Tongan	No	Yes	No	No	No
Turkish	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Turkmen	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Udmurt	No	No	Yes	No	No
Ukrainian	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Upper Sorbian	No	Yes	No	No	No
Urdu	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Uyghur	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Uzbek	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Vietnamese	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Welsh	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
West Frisian	Yes	No	No	No	No
Xhosa	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
Yakut	No	No	Yes	No	No
Yiddish	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
Yoruba	Yes	No	No	No	No
Yucatec Maya	No	Yes	No	No	No
Zulu	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Total (confirmed)	109	107	97	75	54

Paired translations
Language		Apertium	OpenLogos	Moses	GramTrans	SYSTRAN	IdiomaX
To English	Arabic to English	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
	Catalan to English	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No
	Chinese (Simplified) to English	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
	Chinese (Traditional) to English	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
	Czech to English	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
	Danish to English	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
	Dutch to English	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
	Esperanto to English	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No
	Estonian to English	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
	Finnish to English	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
	French to English	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
	Galician to English	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No
	German to English	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
	Greek to English	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
	Hindi to English	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
	Hungarian to English	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
	Irish to English	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
	Italian to English	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
	Japanese to English	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
	Korean to English	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
	Latvian to English	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
	Lithuanian to English	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
	Macedonian to English	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No
	Maltese to English	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
	Norwegian to English	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
	Persian to English	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
	Polish to English	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
	Portuguese to English	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
	Romanian to English	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
	Russian to English	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Serbo-Croatian to English	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No
	Slovak to English	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
	Slovene to English	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
	Spanish to English	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
	Swedish to English	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
	Turkish to English	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
	Ukrainian to English	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
	Welsh to English	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No
Language		Apertium	OpenLogos	Moses	GramTrans	SYSTRAN	IdiomaX
To Chinese (Simplified)	English to Chinese (Simplified)	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No
To Chinese (Traditional)	English to Chinese (Traditional)	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
To Crimean Tatar	Turkish to Crimean Tatar	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
To Dutch	English to Dutch	No	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
To Dutch	French to Dutch	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
To French	English to French	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
	German to French	No	?	Yes	No	Yes	No
	Spanish to French	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Catalan to French	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No
	Russian to French	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
	Dutch to French	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
	Italian to French	?	?	Yes	?	Yes	Yes
	Breton to French	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No
To Galician	English to Galician	Yes	?	Yes	No	No	No
	Portuguese to Galician	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No
	Spanish to Galician	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No
To German	English to German	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
	French to German	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
	Spanish to German	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
	Russian to German	No	No	No	No	No	No
	Italian to German	?	?	Yes	?	Yes	Yes
To Italian	English to Italian	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
	Spanish to Italian	No	?	Yes	?	Yes	Yes
	French to Italian	No	?	Yes	?	Yes	Yes
	German to Italian	No	?	Yes	?	Yes	Yes
To Japanese	English to Japanese	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
To Korean	English to Korean	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No
To Portuguese	English to Portuguese	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
To Russian	English to Russian	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
	French to Russian	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
	Spanish to Russian	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
	German to Russian	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
	Italian to Russian	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
To Spanish	English to Spanish	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
	Russian to Spanish	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
	French to Spanish	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
	German to Spanish	No	?	Yes	No	Yes	No
	Italian to Spanish	?	?	Yes	?	No	Yes
To Welsh	English to Welsh	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Language		Apertium	OpenLogos	Moses	GramTrans	SYSTRAN	IdiomaX
To Arabic	English to Arabic	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
To Catalan	English to Catalan	Yes	?	Yes	No	No	No
	French to Catalan	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No
	Italian to Catalan	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No
	Occitan to Catalan	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No
	Spanish to Catalan	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No
To Czech	English to Czech	No	?	Yes	No	Yes	No
To Czech	German to Czech	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
To Danish	English to Danish	No	?	Yes	Yes	No	No
To Esperanto	Catalan to Esperanto	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No
	Danish to Esperanto	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
	English to Esperanto	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
	French to Esperanto	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No
	Spanish to Esperanto	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No
To Finnish	English to Finnish	No	?	Yes	No	Yes	No
To Greek	English to Greek	No	?	Yes	No	Yes	No
To Haitian Creole	English to Haitian Creole	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
To Hebrew	English to Hebrew	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
To Hungarian	English to Hungarian	No	?	Yes	No	Yes	No
To Norwegian (Bokmål)	English to Norwegian (Bokmål)	No	?	Yes	Yes	No	No
To Norwegian (Bokmål)	Norwegian (Nynorsk) to Norwegian (Bokmål)	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No
To Norwegian (Nynorsk)	Norwegian (Bokmål) to Norwegian (Nynorsk)	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No
To Occitan	Catalan to Occitan	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No
To Occitan	Spanish to Occitan	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No
To Polish	English to Polish	No	?	Yes	No	Yes	No
To Polish	German to Polish	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
To Romanian	English to Romanian	No	?	Yes	No	Yes	No
To Serbo-Croatian	English to Serbo-Croatian	No	?	Yes	Yes	No	No
To Slovene	English to Slovene	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
To Slovene	German to Slovene	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
To Swedish	English to Swedish	No	?	Yes	No	Yes	No
To Turkish	English to Turkish	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
To Turkish	Crimean Tatar to Turkish	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
To Ukrainian	English to Ukrainian	No	?	Yes	No	Yes	No
Total (confirmed)		28	9	31	15	65	59

External links

Apertium wiki (list of language pairs and licence information)
Xerox Easy Translator Service (list of language pairs)
Bing Translator Language List
Haitian Creole support in Bing/Microsoft Translator
Microsoft Research: Syntactically Informed Phrasal SMT
List of supported languages in Google Translate

References

"Translations Made Simple: The Usefulness of Translation Apps". April 8, 2020. Archived from the original on April 29, 2020. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
Remove FBI & Babylon Zombie Virus PCPitstop.com, author Steve Hogan, October 11, 2012
How To Uninstall The Babylon Toolbar Completely Martin Brinkmann, ghacks.net, August 17, 2011
"Watson Language Translator". www.ibm.com. 2016-11-28. Archived from the original on 2017-11-08. Retrieved 2017-11-08.
language-translator-nodejs: Sample Node.js Application for the IBM Language Translation Service, Watson Developer Cloud, 2017-11-08, retrieved 2017-11-08
"Moses - Moses/Releases".
"Нейронные сети, офлайн-переводчики и конкуренция. Технологии машинного перевода". 8 April 2019.
"Language support | Cloud Translation". Google Cloud. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
"Microsoft Translator Languages - Microsoft Translator". Microsoft Translator for Consumers. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
"Supported languages". yandex.com. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
"What Is Amazon Translate? - Amazon Translate". docs.aws.amazon.com. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
"IBM Cloud Docs". cloud.ibm.com. Retrieved 18 September 2021.

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[1] "Translations Made Simple: The Usefulness of Translation Apps". April 8, 2020. Archived from the original on April 29, 2020. Retrieved April 29, 2020.

[2] Remove FBI & Babylon Zombie Virus PCPitstop.com, author Steve Hogan, October 11, 2012

[3] How To Uninstall The Babylon Toolbar Completely Martin Brinkmann, ghacks.net, August 17, 2011

[4] "Watson Language Translator". www.ibm.com. 2016-11-28. Archived from the original on 2017-11-08. Retrieved 2017-11-08.

[5] language-translator-nodejs: Sample Node.js Application for the IBM Language Translation Service, Watson Developer Cloud, 2017-11-08, retrieved 2017-11-08

[6] "Moses - Moses/Releases".

[7] "Нейронные сети, офлайн-переводчики и конкуренция. Технологии машинного перевода". 8 April 2019.

[8] "Language support | Cloud Translation". Google Cloud. Retrieved 18 September 2021.

[9] "Microsoft Translator Languages - Microsoft Translator". Microsoft Translator for Consumers. Retrieved 18 September 2021.

[10] "Supported languages". yandex.com. Retrieved 18 September 2021.

[11] "What Is Amazon Translate? - Amazon Translate". docs.aws.amazon.com. Retrieved 18 September 2021.

[12] "IBM Cloud Docs". cloud.ibm.com. Retrieved 18 September 2021.

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Comparison of machine translation applications

General information

Languages features comparison

See also

External links

References