# 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, 9:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-llm-providers-to-serve-as-translators-for-the-discourse-translate-plugin/319383/4 "2024-07-31T21:48:37Z")

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> [@NateDhaliwal](#):
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> AI Helper plugin to translate text to English

That’s not the desired use case.

The intention is to translate all site content with discourse-translator but using an LLM (e.g. `gpt-4o-mini`) to handle the translation tasks rather than,

> #### Translation Services Supported
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> - [Microsoft Translator](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/translator/translator-info-overview)
> - [Google Translate](https://cloud.google.com/translate/)
> - [AWS Translate](https://aws.amazon.com/translate/)
> - [Yandex Translate](https://translate.yandex.com/)
> - [LibreTranslate](https://github.com/LibreTranslate/LibreTranslate) (open source)

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