OpenAI launches Translate with ChatGPT
As reported by The Verge, OpenAI has launched ChatGPT Translate, a standalone web translation service positioned as a direct competitor to Google Translate.
ChatGPT Translate is a dedicated translation page that lets you choose source/target languages (or auto-detect) and translate text with optional tone presets (more fluent, business formal, child-friendly, academic). OpenAI offers translation across 40+ languages and supports text, voice, and image inputs, with instant output inside a chat so you can ask follow-up questions, refine phrasing, or switch languages. It’s aimed at students, travelers, and professionals and includes sample use cases and quick phrase-learning ideas.
Tom’s Take: ChatGPT Translate differs from Google Translate in that it offers style presets that let you adjust the tone (e.g., requesting a more fluent, academic, or business-formal translation). That said, it’s currently more limited than Google Translate as image translation isn’t available yet. Also, Google recently released a significant upgrade to Google Translate (and the Translate box in Search), featuring new Gemini-powered AI translation models designed to sound more natural and accurate.
The Verge notes this ChatGPT translate is basically the long-standing translation capability of ChatGPT now packaged neatly into a dedicated tool. Currently, there’s no dedicated mobile app yet, and OpenAI hasn’t said which model powers it.
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