Hey Christofer, Thanks for the clarification! I did some tests and here's something in my mind. Welcome any feedback!
There're several ways to achieve the goal 'ask in A language and return in A, while most questions/answers are B or others'. Option 1 - use current AI capabilities in Answer. You can enable AI and chat in 'AI Assistant', then ask in your prefered language. Generally, it'll translate and return in your language. e.g. I asked in Chinese and returned in Chinese, and the question/answers were all in English. *Screenshot is attached.* Option 2 - use local coding agent via CLI + SKILL (WIP) I saw there's a starter issue for this. https://github.com/apache/answer/issues/1555. I do think it can also work as the existing AI capabilities or even better. BTW, I guess this is a starter feature for this goal(CLI+SKILL). I'm very happy to contribute to make it come true. CC @fenbox @LinkinStar Option 3 - support translation for search/search result, and also support translating to target language for questions/answers/comments Option 4 - only support translation for search/search result, and leverage browser translation feature to translate. Which option do you prefer? Also + @fenbox @linkinstar to share if any comments. Hope we can figure out a better user experience in the discussion! Han On Wed, Sep 9, 2026 at 1:13 AM Christofer Dutz <[email protected]> wrote: > Yeah, > > So I know I’m good with English, but I know there are many people (even at > the ASF) which work and think in other languages. > I just thought, if we allowed anyone to query our knowledge-bases and get > responses in whatever language they like, this could be a great feature. > > > Chris > > > Von: Han Gao <[email protected]> > Datum: Dienstag, 8. September 2026 um 15:47 > An: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Betreff: Re: Using AI for translation? > > Hi Christofer, > > When you say "user asks a question in German", do you mean user ask in the > search bar? Or something else? > > Per your statement, here's my understanding. *Let's assume the majority > language is English, and this user uses German. * > 1. user search a question in German in search bar > 2. service translate to English and search > 3. return in the original language and render in German in search result > 4. when in specific question page, it can show in either German or > origin(English) > > Is that what you mean? > > Han > > On Mon, Sep 7, 2026 at 4:59 PM Christofer Dutz <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > Ok … just wanted to make sure if it’s already in there and I just need to > > configure it. > > If it’s not … yeah … I think this could be a huge benefit for users. > > > > Especially with the whole Apache RAI initiative, I could imagine that the > > ASF could possibly provide the infra/credits for running such a > translation > > service on the Apache hosted Apache Answer instance. > > > > Chris > > > > > > Von: Feng Dong <[email protected]> > > Datum: Montag, 7. September 2026 um 05:07 > > An: [email protected] <[email protected]> > > Betreff: Re: Using AI for translation? > > > > That's a good idea, I agree. > > > > LinkinStar <[email protected]> 于2026年9月7日周一 10:45写道： > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I think that's a good suggestion. Currently, in version 2.0 Apache > > Answer, > > > the AI serves only as a tool to assist with Q&A, helping users find > > answers > > > more quickly and avoid duplicate questions. The addition of AI-powered > > > automatic translation might help users who speak other languages > quickly > > > ask questions in English. > > > > > > Best regards, > > > LinkinStar > > > > > > On Sun, Sep 6, 2026 at 12:38 AM Christofer Dutz < > > [email protected] > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > I was brainstorming a bit about how we could possibly use Answer on a > > > > foundation level. > > > > > > > > I’m still looking for ways we can all communicate in our own > languages, > > > so > > > > I had a look if answer allowed using something like an AI translation > > > > system. > > > > If seems general support for AI accessing Answer seems to be > available > > > > since 2.0, but could Answer support using AI? > > > > > > > > I was thinking … possibly a knowledgeable is in English, but a user > > asks > > > a > > > > question in German … it would be great if the translation service > could > > > > translate the query to English, this could then be executed and then > > the > > > > result would be translated back to the original question language. > > > > > > > > Has this been discussed? Is this possible? > > > > > > > > Chris > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
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