How the translation works
Your text is translated by LibreTranslate, free and open-source translation software, using Argos Translate language models. It runs on a server we rent next to our file converter, not on a paid AI service, which is why the tool can stay free. The models are neural machine translation that works sentence by sentence, so short, plain sentences come out best, while long sentences, idioms, slang and specialist terms often come out awkward or wrong. Every model translates to or from English. Between two other languages, such as Arabic to French, the text is translated into English first and then into the target language, so more meaning is lost, and the page shows a note when that happens. Long text is split at paragraph or sentence ends into pieces of about 3,000 characters, translated in order and joined back, so line breaks and blank lines stay where they were.
Which languages translate best
The list has 50 languages: the ones the open-source models cover, not every language in the world. Widely written European languages such as Spanish, French, German, Portuguese and Italian, translated to or from English, usually give the most readable results. Arabic, Hindi, Chinese, Japanese, Russian and Turkish work for everyday messages, but check names, numbers and anything formal. For the smaller models, including Urdu, Bengali, Tagalog, Swahili, Albanian, Basque, Irish and Kyrgyz, the tool shows a note that quality may be weaker. Some languages common in the Gulf, such as Malayalam, Tamil, Nepali and Pashto, are not available yet. In every case the quality is lower than paid translation services, especially for long or complex text, so ask a fluent speaker to check anything you rely on.
Official documents, contracts and medical text
Machine translation is a quick way to understand a letter or reply to a message, but it is not a certified translation. Government offices, courts, embassies and attestation services in the Gulf usually ask for a translation by a licensed legal translator, stamped and signed, so use this tool to understand a document, not to submit it. For contracts, medical instructions and anything where a mistake could cost money or harm someone, ask a professional translator or a fluent speaker to check the result.
Limits, fair use and your privacy
The translator is free, but our server has limited processing power, so there are limits that keep it running for everyone: 20,000 characters per translation, 60,000 characters a day for each visitor, and a daily total for the whole site. Daily limits reset at midnight UTC, which is 4 am in the UAE and 3 am in Saudi Arabia. Your text is sent over an encrypted connection to our own translation server, and the translation comes straight back. We do not store or log the text or the translation: the server keeps no translation cache, no suggestions and no request log with your text. To count the daily limit we keep only a number of characters next to a scrambled code that changes every day; we never keep the text or your IP address. Avoid pasting passwords, card numbers or other secrets.