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January 15, 2026
OpenAI’s ChatGPT translator challenges Google Translate
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TL;DR
- OpenAI has launched ChatGPT Translate, a standalone web translation tool.
- It supports over 50 languages and is a competitor to Google Translate.
- The service features two text boxes for source and translated text, similar to Google Translate.
- ChatGPT Translate allows users to direct the style of translated text (e.g., 'more fluent,' 'academic,' 'business formal').
- It is intended to support text, image, and voice translation, though image support is not yet available.
- The desktop website currently only supports text translation, while mobile browsers support text or microphone input.
- There is no dedicated ChatGPT Translate app available on app stores.
- OpenAI has not specified the AI model powering the translation tool.