Create Chatbot using an Unsupported Language

Question

I created a Custom Question Answering Project and I noticed in the list of languages that my local language is not supported. Is there a way to still use the service?

I did however find that my language is supported by Azure Translator. I saw that Azure supports Cloud – Text Translation and Document Translation in my language.

Should I translate the questions first to English using Azure Translator, then use my model in English using Custom Question Answering, then translate back to my local language using Azure Translator again to make this work?

Answer 1

@Ziggy Zulueta Thanks for the question. Yes, If your local language is not supported by the Custom Question Answering service, one option would be to use Azure Translator to translate the questions from your local language to a supported language, such as English, before passing them to the Custom Question Answering service. You could then translate the answers back to your local language using Azure Translator.

Here are the high-level steps to follow:

Use Azure Translator to translate the questions from your local language to a supported language, such as English.

Pass the translated questions to the Custom Question Answering service for processing.

Receive the answers from the Custom Question Answering service and use Azure Translator to translate them back to your local language.