Choosing a translation model
What it is for
Section titled “What it is for”Pick a translation model for the quality you want and the price you accept.
How to use it
Section titled “How to use it”- In Settings › Subtitles › Translation, choose OpenRouter as Provider and paste its API key.
- In Model, type part of the model’s name and pick it from the list.
- Turn on Re-read the translation only with Claude Sonnet 5.5, then press Save.
Which model
Section titled “Which model”- Claude Sonnet 5.5 with Re-read the translation: the fewest mistakes on the hard lines, such as who is a man or a woman. About 5–10 lines to correct an episode; 0.88 $ an episode, 11 $ for 13 episodes, 23 $ for 26.
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: about 5–10 lines; two minutes and 0.03 $ an episode, under 1 $ for 26. The best value.
- Kimi K3: about 10 lines; 0.34 $ an episode, 9 $ for 26.
- Gemini 2.5 Flash: about 20 lines; under two minutes an episode, 0.05 $.
- A local model in Ollama: about 35 lines; free, and nothing leaves your computer.
Good to know
Section titled “Good to know”- Measured in October 2026 on one 45-minute anime episode, English into Italian, against a translation corrected by hand. Prices and models change.
- Grok took over half an hour for one episode. DeepSeek V4 Pro and V4 Flash made more mistakes than V4.1 Flash.