Translation Has More Than One Definition of Correct
TL;DR for operators A translation can preserve the source meaning yet fail its intended use because a required term changes, a structured field disappears, a subtitle exceeds its length budget, or a recurring name becomes inconsistent. Index-Translate demonstrates that these requirements are distinct optimization objectives. Its multilingual foundation supports broad translation coverage, while dedicated training addresses instruction compliance, speech translation, syllable control, and complete documents. The experiments also expose trade-offs: improving one requirement can weaken another, and combining specialist models does not guarantee that their strengths survive. ...