At a Glance
- OpenAI launched a standalone ChatGPT Translate page at chatgpt.com/translate supporting 50 languages
- The page teases future voice and image translation but gives no release date
- Translation features already exist inside ChatGPT; the new site merely surfaces them
- Why it matters: OpenAI is challenging Google Translate’s dominance as AI-powered language tools become a key battleground
OpenAI has peeled translation out of its main ChatGPT interface and given it a home of its own. The new chatgpt.com/translate page offers text conversion in 50 languages and hints that voice and photo uploads are on the way.
New Page, Same Engine
The design is spartan: a single box for text entry and a pulldown of languages. Once a translation is delivered, the page offers one-click prompts such as “translate this and make it sound more fluent” or “translate this as if you’re explaining it to a child.” Selecting any prompt shunts the user back into the main ChatGPT conversation screen, where image uploads and other extras are already available.
According to News Of Losangeles, the underlying translation capabilities have existed inside ChatGPT for months. The dedicated site simply repackages them in a Google Translate-style wrapper.
Google Rivalry Heats Up
The move lands as Google aggressively expands its own AI translation arsenal. In 2024 the search giant added 110 languages to Google Translate and is testing live translation through headphones plus new language-learning features.
At CES 2026 last week, News Of Losangeles reporter Macy Meyer demoed a pocket-sized device and companion headphones that allowed real-time conversation with a Polish speaker despite no knowledge of the language. The demonstration underscored how crowded the AI translation space has become.
What Still Needs Work
The ChatGPT Translate page concedes that voice and image input are coming, but provides no timeline. An OpenAI representative declined to discuss the new site on the record, telling News Of Losangeles only that the company is “working to make ChatGPT’s language skills even better.” The spokesperson pointed to a new internal benchmark the firm uses to evaluate AI performance across languages and cultures in India.
Key Takeaways
- OpenAI’s standalone translator is more packaging than product; all features already live inside ChatGPT
- 50 languages are supported at launch
- Future voice and image translation remain promised but undated
- The launch intensifies competition with Google, whose Translate service added 110 languages last year
(Disclosure: Ziff Davis, News Of Losangeles‘s parent company, filed suit against OpenAI in April, alleging copyright infringement related to training data.)
