Multi-Language Translation, One Iteration at a Time [2026-10-07]¶
Embedded engineers read documentation in the language they think in, so μForge.io now has translations in Chinese, Japanese, Spanish, German, French, Portuguese, and Russian, alongside the English original.
Built with LLM tools, over many iterations¶
None of this would have been practical without LLM tools, and we are grateful for them. It was not a single run, though. It took many iterations, for two reasons. The first is the limited usage plan: a long translation job regularly hit its limit before the pages were done and had to wait for a reset or continue elsewhere. The multiple free resets from ChatGPT helped a great deal, and thanks go to them. The second is that translating this way is slow and inefficient: technical pages are long and full of tables, code, pin names, and cross-links, so each pass produced something that needed checking, fixing, and re-running.
Keeping translations consistent¶
To make the iterations converge, we maintain a glossary of terms that must stay untranslated (part numbers, units, protocol names) or use an approved rendering, plus a QA checklist covering technical completeness, link and anchor correctness, and Markdown and code safety. Every language keeps the same page structure as the English source, and builds are checked in strict mode, so a broken link or missing page fails loudly instead of shipping quietly.
A caveat and a request¶
These are machine-assisted translations, and the English pages remain the reference. Since none of these languages is native to us, some pages may not read naturally to native speakers. When a technical detail matters for your design, check it against the English page and SiFli's official documentation. If you find a mistranslation or an awkward term, or think a page could be improved, tell us; that feedback goes straight into the glossary so the same mistake does not come back.
Next¶
We will keep refining terminology, seek native-reader review where we can, and keep the translations in step as the English pages change.
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