# Discourse Translator **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-translator/32630 **Category:** Plugin **Tags:** official, multi-lingual, translator, end-of-life **Created:** [August 28, 2015, 7:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-translator/32630 "2015-08-28T07:27:07Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 455
### Author: ![filipesm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a3d4f5/32.png) [@filipesm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/filipesm) #### Post date: [June 20, 2026, 12:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-translator/32630/455 "2026-06-20T12:32:03Z")
Hello! I expect the costs of running an LLM (for use with Discourse AI) are greater than those of using a specialised translation API (or hosting LibreTranslate). Do we have any assurance that, even without new features, this plugin will still be maintained for bugs/security? Or should we move to the LLM way? We really don’t want to use Big Tech models, and hosting LLMs is not super cheap ☹ --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-translator/32630)._