{"rewrite":{"id":"r_88abdf7742e9645b7f51f0cf","clusterId":"c_41d6f9b80a33fbcbde6d5efb","slug":"preferred-networks-releases-four-plamo-3-translate-models-as-open-weights","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Preferred Networks Releases Four PLaMo 3 Translate Models as Open Weights","summary":"Preferred Networks published the model weights of PLaMo 3 Translate, its translation-specialized large language model, on November 5, 2026. The release covers four sizes from 800 million to 31 billion parameters, downloadable and runnable on local hardware without a cloud service. PFN says the smallest model outperformed existing translation LLMs with more than 30 times its parameter count in its own Japanese-English evaluation. The model supports 53 languages and allows commercial use if conditions are met.","whyItMatters":"PFN is putting a translation-specialized model in an open-weight format at sizes that run on a phone, which moves on-device translation from a cloud service feature to something a user can download and run offline.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe weights are on Hugging Face under the pfnet organization, in 0.8B, 2B, 8B and 31B sizes, so the choice comes down to the hardware in front of you rather than a subscription tier. The 0.8B model is aimed at phones and other limited devices. PLaMo 3 Translate takes surrounding sentences as context during translation and accepts a glossary for fixing proper nouns and technical terms. For Japanese output it can produce either the polite desu/masu style or the plain da/dearu style. 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Its 0.8B model is aimed at phones; PFN says it outperformed translation LLMs over 30x larger in its own Japanese-English tests.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"Preferred Networks released the model weights for PLaMo 3 Translate on November 5, 2026, in four sizes from 800 million to 31 billion parameters. The models run locally on PCs, servers, and in the 0.8B case smartphones, with 53-language support and an optional glossary for proper nouns. Commercial use is possible if conditions are met.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"GIGAZINE\",\"url\":\"https://gigazine.net/news/20261105-plamo-3-translate-open-weight/\",\"title\":\"PFN releases four models of its Japanese-made AI translation system PLaMo 3 Translate for free; we tried it and found local translation on a smartphone is fast and highly accurate\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":5581,"outputTokens":891,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1793852402,"createdAt":"2026-11-05T04:17:33.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-11-05T04:18:55.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-11-05T04:18:55.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_41d6f9b80a33fbcbde6d5efb","canonicalTitle":"国産日本語翻訳AI「PLaMo 3 Translate」の4モデルをPFNが無料公開、スマホ上のローカル動作でも爆速＆高精度の日本語翻訳が可能になったので試してみた","representativeArticleId":"a_b7baade381cda020e1670fe6","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"PLaMo 3 Translate\"],\"studios\":[\"Preferred Networks\"],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"other\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-11-05T03:31:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-11-05T03:31:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-11-05T04:18:53.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"GIGAZINE","url":"https://gigazine.net/news/20261105-plamo-3-translate-open-weight/","title":"国産日本語翻訳AI「PLaMo 3 Translate」の4モデルをPFNが無料公開、スマホ上のローカル動作でも爆速＆高精度の日本語翻訳が可能になったので試してみた"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["PLaMo 3 Translate"],"studios":["Preferred Networks"],"people":[],"type":"news","domain":"other","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":["Preferred Networks released the model weights of PLaMo 3 Translate on November 5, 2026.","The release covers four sizes: 0.8B, 2B, 8B and 31B parameters.","PLaMo 3 Translate supports 53 languages, including Japanese and English.","PFN states the 0.8B model outperformed existing translation-specialized LLMs with more than 30 times its parameter count in its own evaluation.","The weights are published on Hugging Face and can run locally without sending text to an external cloud service."],"pageLinks":{"healthSlugs":["plamo-3-translate","preferred-networks"],"storySlugs":[],"entities":[{"slug":"plamo-3-translate","supported":0,"disputed":0,"contradicted":0,"unverified":3,"overall":"unverified","story_count":1,"has_dossier":false},{"slug":"preferred-networks","supported":0,"disputed":0,"contradicted":0,"unverified":1,"overall":"unverified","story_count":1,"has_dossier":false}],"stories":[],"entitiesOk":true,"storiesOk":true}}