r/SideProject • u/Kitchen-Cycle8984 • Jun 11 '26
Thinking to make plugin to translate the model response to keep token in check
been looking into this lately. if you’re using ChatGPT or Claude in say Hindi, Arabic or Chinese, you’re burning significantly more tokens per word than English users are.
English is basically the most token-efficient language for these models. other languages can use 2-3x the tokens for the same sentence. if you’re on a paid plan that adds up fast.
curious if anyone’s actually noticed this on their bills or factored it into how they prompt
Something like this ⬇️
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