Opus-MT

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Open neural machine translation models and web services

  • .dockerignore
  • .gitmodules
  • apply_bpe.py
  • content_processor.py
  • docker-compose.yaml
  • Dockerfile
  • Dockerfile.base
  • Dockerfile.gpu
  • LICENSE
  • Makefile
  • opusMT-client.py
  • opusMT-router.py
  • opusMT-server-cached.py
  • opusMT-servers.json
  • README.md
  • requirements.txt
  • server.py
  • service-template
  • services.json
  • write_configuration.py

# Installation Guide

1. Get the code
git clone https://github.com/Helsinki-NLP/Opus-MT

Downloads the entire project code from GitHub to your computer.

cd Opus-MT

Moves into the project folder you just downloaded.

2. Docker

Easy Recommended
Prerequisites
  • Git Needed to download the project code from GitHub.
  • Docker Desktop Needed to build and run containers. Install it and keep it running in the background.
docker-compose up

Runs the command against the services defined in the compose file.

docker build . -t opus-mt

Builds a runnable image based on the Dockerfile.

docker run -p 8888:8888 opus-mt:latest

Runs the built image as an actual container.

docker build -f Dockerfile.gpu . -t opus-mt-gpu

Builds a runnable image based on the Dockerfile.

nvidia-docker run -p 8888:8888 opus-mt-gpu:latest

Runs the built image as an actual container.

βœ… Run docker compose ps to check the containers are Up. If the README mentions a port, open http://localhost:PORT in your browser.

Pulled directly from this repo's README.

3. Python

Easy
Prerequisites
  • Git Needed to download the project code from GitHub.
  • Python 3 On Windows, be sure to check 'Add Python to PATH' during installation.
pip install -r requirements.txt

Installs the Python libraries listed in requirements.txt (or similar).

βœ… If it runs without errors and prints output in the terminal, it worked.

Pulled directly from this repo's README.

4. Make

Medium
Prerequisites
  • Git Needed to download the project code from GitHub.
  • Make Usually pre-installed on Linux/macOS. On Windows, install separately (e.g. via MSYS2 or WSL).
make

Compiles the code based on the generated build configuration to produce an executable.

βœ… If it finishes without errors, it worked. Try running the generated executable directly.
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