Can you apply the generalnn category to get the Neural version of Bing Translator when using the MT Enhanced plugin?

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See: https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/translation/2016/11/15/microsoft-translator-launching-neural-network-based-translations-for-all-its-speech-languages/

Text API calls using the &ldquo;generalnn&rdquo; standard category are powered by neural networks for translations between the above 10 languages. Learn more about standard categories here .

-> How do I do that using the SDL MT Enhanced plugin in Studio 2017?

Paul · Answer

Hi Michel Farhi-Chevillard , 
 
The current version of the app on the store should already do this. 
 
Regards 
 
Paul

Andrea-Melinda Ghisa · Answer

Hi Michel, 
 Do you have the latest version of the plugin? 
 You can see in the first picture I only added the Translator key. 
 
 The results : 
 
 The plugin uses by default the neural MT you don't have to do anything in order to use it. You only have to give the Translator key. 
 If you have another question don't hesitate to ask. 
 
 Regards, 
 Andrea.

Paul · Answer

Hi Michel Farhi-Chevillard , Try the latest version, 1.9, from the appstore. We updated it this morning to properly support the CategoryID if you are using custom engines. I also updated this wiki explaining: community.sdl.com/.../1271.microsoft-translator-credentials-for-mt-enhanced-app 
 I should add that I have not tested this against generalnn to see whether this is returning NeuralMT or not, but the CategoryID was not working correctly before so perhaps this also solved this issue. Regards Paul

Andrea-Melinda Ghisa · Answer

Hi @ Michel Farhi-Chevillard , 
 
 The plugin is working as expected. The category id you are using is wrong. Please change in to "tech" you should receive the same results as you shown me in the photo.

And the results in Studio:

If you have any questions do not hesitate to ask. 
 Kind regards, 
 Andrea.

Andrea-Melinda Ghisa · Answer

Hi, Use category id "tech" instead of "generalnn" and you should receive the same results as in the example. Regards, Andrea.

Paul · Answer

Hi Pablo Pérez , 
 
"generalnn" was the category to use for the generic neural MT. In fact there is no other type of neural MT from Microsoft other than general as far as I am aware. A custom system is always an SMT system. 
 
So I think you can use "generalnn", or "NN" or just leave it blank and all of these will probably return the generic neural MT.

Paul · Answer

Hi Pablo Pérez , 
 
I think the article referred to was probably old and things changed. I got this information directly from the Microsoft developers responsible for these engines after the original post from Michel and Andrea.

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Can you apply the generalnn category to get the Neural version of Bing Translator when using the MT Enhanced plugin?