# Allow LLM providers to serve as translators for the discourse-translate plugin

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-llm-providers-to-serve-as-translators-for-the-discourse-translate-plugin/319383>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Tags:** translator, completed, ai\
**Created:** [July 31, 2024, 3:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-llm-providers-to-serve-as-translators-for-the-discourse-translate-plugin/319383 "2024-07-31T03:46:25Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 31, 2024, 10:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-llm-providers-to-serve-as-translators-for-the-discourse-translate-plugin/319383/3 "2024-07-31T10:02:33Z")

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> [@NateDhaliwal](#):
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> not sure about vice-versa

If custom prompt is allowed then it works that way. But isn’t too practical if there is more text.

(And because we can’t adjust system prompt perhaps needed rules are close to impossible IF translation is done for one language only)

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