mwkhettab/darija-translator

A full-stack Moroccan Arabic translator # Darija Translator 🇲🇦 A free, open-source Darija (Moroccan Arabic) translation app supporting 20+ languages. The system combines a fine-tuned Darija model with high-quality multilingual models to deliver accurate translations for real, informal Darija. Try it here. --- ## Features - 🌍 **Multiple Languages** – Translate to/from Darija and major world languages **🔁 Model-Aware Pipeline** – Uses a Darija-specific model for Moroccan Arabic and multilingual models for other languages - 🧠 **Custom Darija Model** – Fine-tuned specifically on real Darija data - 🖥 **Multilingual UI** – English, French, Arabic - 💸 **Free & Open Source** --- ## Architecture `client/` - SvelteKit frontend `server/` - FastAPI backend `model/` - Training & inference scripts --- ## Custom Model - **Base**: facebook/nllb-200-distilled-600M - **Training Data**: - Darija Open Dataset - Curated real-world Darija sentence pairs - **Goal**: Accurate informal Darija, including code-switching 👉 Models on Hugging Face: huggingface.co --- ## Examples ### Darija → English **Input** Kidayr ta9s barra daba? **Output** How’s the weather outside right now? --- ### English → Darija **Input** Where can I find a restaurant? I'm really hungry. **Output** فين نقدر نلقى ريسطورة؟ أنا جوع بزاف **Latin** fin n9dr nl9a ristoura? ana jou3an bzaf --- ## Tech Stack - Frontend: SvelteKit + Paraglide - Backend: FastAPI - ML: PyTorch, Hugging Face - Models: NLLB + OpenAI --- If you find this useful, please leave a ⭐