DeepL vs Google Translate: Machine translation has never been so good

No translator can match DeepL for speed and spelling, and while its results will usually need some reworking to sound natural, machine translation has never been this close to being as good as humans. — Florian Schuh/dpa

Need something translated? For years, Google Translate has been the go-to for anyone looking to find out what a text in another language is about.

But one German startup is using machine learning to deliver instant translations that can often outperform the tech giant in terms of accuracy.