DeepL
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
1recommend
1warn against
Jun 5, 2026first mention
Oct 21, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“I use deepl to translate to Spanish and re-write stuff that sounds too stiff.”
Caveats and dissent
“nowadays - it can not do any good translation service at all”
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Who recommends it in their own words
Threads where it came up
- SOMETHING WORTH READING: About the pressure of writing 1 mention
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- "Don't You Just Upload It to ChatGPT?" 1 mention
- Lee Kuan Yew's Singapore Story 1 mention
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All comments 5
“I use deepl to translate to Spanish and re-write stuff that sounds too stiff.”
“nowadays - it can not do any good translation service at all”
“I used to use DeepL, but after getting flagged once on HN, I stopped using LLMs.”
“Then came DeepL—same idea.”
“I keep a machine translator and DeepL open next to it.”