{"id":245446,"date":"2023-08-23T04:19:26","date_gmt":"2023-08-23T08:19:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=303846"},"modified":"2025-07-01T18:25:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T01:25:11","slug":"meta-is-one-step-away-from-creating-the-impossible-the-universal-translator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/meta-is-one-step-away-from-creating-the-impossible-the-universal-translator\/","title":{"rendered":"Meta&#8217;s Revolutionary Progress: On the Verge of Unveiling the Universal Translator"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meta has released <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/downloads\/translator\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a new voice-to-text translation model capable of translating nearly 100 languages<\/a>, called SeamlessM4T, as the company continues its efforts to create a universal translator.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Facebook\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-m\/p\/b2253bb6-9b53-11e6-8b9d-00163ed833e7\/219705778\/facebook-icon.png\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Facebook<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/facebook.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/facebook.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SeamlessM4T, acronym for Massively Multilingual and Multimodal Machine Translation, can reportedly translate almost 100 languages from voice to text and text to text, according to the company. For voice-to-voice and text-to-voice actions, it recognizes 100 input languages and converts them into 35 output languages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Building a universal language translator, like the fictional Babel Fish from The Hitchhiker&#8217;s Guide to the Galaxy, is quite a challenge, as existing voice-to-voice and voice-to-text systems only cover a small portion of the world&#8217;s languages,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2023\/8\/22\/23840571\/meta-multilingual-speech-translation-model-ai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">explains Meta<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"200 languages within a single AI model: A breakthrough in high-quality machine translation\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uCxSPPiwrNE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The dream of Artificial Intelligence envisioned by parents in literature<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Babel Fish from The Hitchhiker&#8217;s Guide to the Galaxy, as envisioned by writer Douglas Adams, is a fish that you can put in your ear to instantly understand any language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meta claims that SeamlessM4T represents &#8220;a significant advancement&#8221; because this new model performs the entire translation task at once, unlike other large translation models that split translation across different systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the interesting features of SeamlessM4T, if it works correctly, is its supposed ability to recognize when a speaker switches codes or when someone moves between two or more languages in the same sentence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/Traductor-universal-de-Meta-1024x768-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-245452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/Traductor-universal-de-Meta-1024x768-1.jpg 960w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/Traductor-universal-de-Meta-1024x768-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/Traductor-universal-de-Meta-1024x768-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/Traductor-universal-de-Meta-1024x768-1-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/Traductor-universal-de-Meta-1024x768-1-150x113.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For instance, in a video demonstration, Meta showcased how the model can instantly differentiate between Hindi, Telugu, and English. This achievement, up to now, is truly challenging to attain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SeamlessM4T builds upon Meta&#8217;s previous translation models. Last year, Meta introduced its text-to-text automatic translation model &#8220;No Language Left Behind,&#8221; which supports 200 languages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They also developed SpeechMatrix, a dataset for multilingual voice-to-voice translation, and Massively Multilingual Speech for voice recognition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Zuckerberg presenta SeamlessM4T, un nuevo modelo de IA que &quot;permite que las personas que hablan diferentes idiomas se comuniquen de manera m\u00e1s efectiva. M4T puede hacer traducci\u00f3n de voz a texto, de texto a voz, de voz a voz y reconocimiento de voz para 100 idiomas. Con el tiempo\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tZdMvrs9zF\">pic.twitter.com\/tZdMvrs9zF<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Mauro Albornoz (@Mau_Albornoz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mau_Albornoz\/status\/1693977865191071791?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 22, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last year, Meta demonstrated its Universal Speech Translator, which translates spoken Hokkien, a widely spoken language in China that lacks an official writing system, into English.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Language translation is crucial for companies like Meta, which employs thousands of people to moderate a flood of posts on Facebook and Instagram in various languages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AI, when provided access to a dataset of these smaller languages, can be a tool for companies like Meta to enhance their moderation efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Facebook\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-m\/p\/b2253bb6-9b53-11e6-8b9d-00163ed833e7\/219705778\/facebook-icon.png\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Facebook<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/facebook.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/facebook.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Some of the links added in the article are part of affiliate campaigns and may represent benefits for Softonic.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If what you want is to unite humanity, give it the same language. 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