Hi All, And as I mentioned before … might be worth contacting the folks from Apache RAI. They might be able to provide the AI compute for offering translations for the Apache instance of Answer as soon as that’s updated to a version containing this feature.
Chris Von: LinkinStar <[email protected]> Datum: Montag, 14. September 2026 um 13:13 An: [email protected] <[email protected]> Betreff: Re: Using AI for translation? Hi Luke, I've already tested it, and it works great. We'll do a code review later, and if everything looks good, we'll merge it. Hi @Feng Dong, could you offer some suggestions on the UI design? I feel like the button's position and style might not look quite right. Best regards, LinkinStar On Sun, Sep 13, 2026 at 5:00 AM Christofer Dutz <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Luke, > > Just played around with it … used German to query and I liked the > responses ;-) > > Great Job 😊 > > I asked it some questions I could see that had been asked before and it > looked great. > > Chris > > > Von: Luke Gao <[email protected]> > Datum: Samstag, 12. September 2026 um 12:47 > An: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Betreff: Re: Using AI for translation? > > Hey LinkinStart, Christofer, for the AI translation button to translate > question/answer before submitting, here's the issue and PR. > Issue: https://github.com/apache/answer/issues/1610 > PR: https://github.com/apache/answer/pull/1611 > > I've deployed thse changes to a test environment and you can visit > https://answer-demo-gh-8b20709f.eastus.cloudapp.azure.com to play. > user: [email protected]/123123123 (It's a test environment with mock data, so > feel free to play with it) > > On Fri, Sep 11, 2026 at 7:05 PM Christofer Dutz <[email protected] > > > wrote: > > > Really looking forward to playing around with this 😉 > > > > Having the ASF knowledge in the asf answer instance and possibly having > > Apache RAI help with providing the AI infrastructure, this could be a > cool > > thing for the foundation. > > > > Chris > > > > > > Von: Luke Gao <[email protected]> > > Datum: Freitag, 11. September 2026 um 10:42 > > An: [email protected] <[email protected]> > > Betreff: Re: Using AI for translation? > > > > Hi LinkinStar, glad that you agreed on the option 2 direction! I will do > > some POC and continue the discussion in related issues/discussions. > > > > On Thu, Sep 10, 2026 at 5:27 PM LinkinStar <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > Hi Han, > > > > > > Thank you for summarizing the options and the possible directions. > > > > > > First, Option 2—extending Answer through a local coding agent, CLI, and > > > Skills—is a very good direction to explore. It could support > multilingual > > > use cases as well as broader integrations between Answer and AI agents. > > We > > > would be very happy to see your contribution. We can continue the > > > discussion and refine the scope and technical design in the related > > issue. > > > > > > For current requests, I suggest that we first take an approach that is > > > simple to implement and can be validated quickly. The existing AI > > Assistant > > > can already help users ask in their preferred language and receive > > answers > > > in that language, so there is already a usable entry point for > > > cross-language retrieval and Q&A. > > > > > > For users creating questions and answers, we could add an AI > translation > > > button. After writing their content, a user could click the button to > > > translate it into the site’s designated content language. For example, > > on a > > > site where English is the primary content language, a question or > answer > > > written in German could be translated into English before submission. > > > > > > This approach has several benefits: > > > > > > - It is straightforward for users, who can draft content in their > > preferred > > > language. > > > - Questions and answers remain stored in one common language, which > helps > > > search, moderation, duplicate detection, and long-term knowledge > sharing. > > > - Answer already has an AI provider, model, and prompt configuration, > so > > > this should be relatively simple to implement and validate based on the > > > existing AI capabilities. > > > - Users should always be able to review, edit, or discard the > translated > > > text before submitting it. > > > > > > As a later improvement, we could add a “Translate” action on questions, > > > answers, and comments. It would translate the currently displayed > content > > > into the user’s interface language for reading. The original content > > would > > > remain the authoritative version, while the translation would be a > > reading > > > aid. > > > > > > This could be a practical first step: address language normalization > when > > > content is created while using the existing AI Assistant for > multilingual > > > retrieval. We can then improve on-demand translation, caching, provider > > > selection, and other details based on real usage and further > discussion. > > > > > > Best regards, > > > LinkinStar > > > > > > On Wed, Sep 9, 2026 at 11:11 PM Han Gao <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > 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 > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > > > > > > -- > > Thanks, > > Luke > > > > > -- > Thanks, > Luke >
