Cohere open-sources North Small Translate model covering 50+ languages under CC BY-NC

cohere · x · 2026-09-11

Cohere released North Small Translate 1.0, a translation model proficient across 50+ languages with particular strength in European, Southeast Asian, and East Asian languages. Weights are on Hugging Face under CC BY-NC 4.0 in several quantizations. Cohere frames it as a continuation of its translation roots: "If you can't communicate with the rest of the globe, it's impossible to stay sovereign."

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