LLMs offer a big advantage over other types of machine translation: they can translate the source text in multiple ways. You can then pick and choose from among those versions to produce the final wording that you like best.<p>Here are five translations of the same passage from a speech by the Japanese prime minister. They were all prepared by GPT-4 from a single prompt:<p>1. Since becoming Prime Minister, I have visited many ASEAN countries. I recently returned from visits to Malaysia and the Philippines. In every country, I have felt the depth of business ties with Japan and the strength of personal connections beyond business.<p>2. As Prime Minister, I have had the opportunity to visit numerous ASEAN countries. Just recently, I traveled to Malaysia and the Philippines. Everywhere I went, I witnessed the profound business connections with Japan, as well as the enduring personal relationships that transcend business.<p>3. Since my appointment as Prime Minister, I've visited several ASEAN countries. My recent trips included Malaysia and the Philippines. In each country, the depth of business connections with Japan and the enduring strength of interpersonal relationships beyond business were evident.<p>4. In my role as Prime Minister, I've visited many ASEAN countries. Recently, I was in Malaysia and the Philippines. In each nation, I felt the depth of Japan's business ties and the robustness of personal connections that go beyond mere business.<p>5. As Prime Minister, I've had the honor of visiting several ASEAN countries. My recent travels took me to Malaysia and the Philippines. In every country, the strength of Japan's business ties and the resilience of personal relationships beyond business were apparent.<p>The prompt I used and the full source text and translations are here:<p><a href="https://gally.net/temp/20240110multipletranslations.html" rel="nofollow">https://gally.net/temp/20240110multipletranslations.html</a>