Open-source platform for building parallel sentence datasets and training translation models for underrepresented languages.
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How it works
Contributing to African language NLP is straightforward. Start making an impact in minutes.
Select the local language you want to translate into from our supported list.
Read English sentences and provide accurate translations in your language.
Peer reviewers validate translations to ensure quality and accuracy.
Approved translations become ML-ready datasets for training NLP models.
Our Mission
We're building the infrastructure to ensure no African language is left behind in the AI revolution.
Develop machine translation, speech recognition, and text-to-speech models for low-resource languages across the continent.
Document and digitize endangered languages before they are lost, creating permanent digital records for future generations.
Share datasets, models, and tools openly so researchers and developers worldwide can accelerate language technology.
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Watch our models translate everyday phrases into local African languages in real time.
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Platform
Production-grade infrastructure to collect, validate, and ship language datasets.
Multi-reviewer approval system with automated checks for empty, copied, or low-quality translations.
Contributors build reputation through quality work. High-reputation users get faster approvals.
Exports in formats compatible with Meta NLLB and HuggingFace for seamless ML integration.
Research
Foundational research powering our work on African language NLP.
NLLB Team, Meta AI — arXiv 2022
Meta AI's landmark research introducing NLLB-200, a single model capable of translating across 200 languages, with a focus on improving quality for low-resource languages.
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Coverage
Help us expand coverage for these local languages
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Every translation you contribute helps preserve languages and enables machine translation for millions of speakers.