From c254582a2334ae44c660da218f6cdf1995f08f7a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Silent Mode Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2026 14:15:01 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?site:=20bergamot.x=20landing=20page=20=E2=80=94?= =?UTF-8?q?=20on-device=20translator=20provider?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Registered bergamot.x on-chain with {s3: bns/bergamot/, u: silentmode.st/bergamot}. The page explains what Bergamot (Mozilla's WASM translator) will add to Theseus: an on-device translation provider that never sends the page to a server, as an alternative to the hosted LibreTranslate backend. Models mirror from Sia on first use, one direction per download. Lives at: - https://silentmode.st/bergamot (ICANN) - https://silentmode.st/bns/bergamot.x/ (gateway proxy) - bergamot.x (BNS; Sia-backed through bns/bergamot/) The provider stub comes in a follow-up Theseus commit. --- bergamot/index.html | 194 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 194 insertions(+) create mode 100644 bergamot/index.html diff --git a/bergamot/index.html b/bergamot/index.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a2e9e95 --- /dev/null +++ b/bergamot/index.html @@ -0,0 +1,194 @@ + + + + + +Bergamot — on-device translation — Silent Mode + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
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Bergamot designed · not yet built

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Web page translation that runs entirely on your computer. + The page's text never leaves the device — no cloud, no third party, nobody + building a profile of what you read.

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The one idea that makes this different

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Every hosted translator — Google, DeepL, LibreTranslate — reads + the page for you by taking a copy. The server sees the text, the user, the + page, the time, and often keeps it. Even an operator who promises not to log + is one subpoena, one breach, or one quiet policy change away from the opposite.

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The Bergamot pitch.
+ Mozilla's Bergamot project compiled a real neural translator (Marian NMT) to + WebAssembly, and trained a set of small language models that run on a laptop + CPU in milliseconds per sentence. Theseus will ship Bergamot as a built-in + translator provider: pick a language, download its ~17 MB model once, and + translation happens inside the tab. The server you'd otherwise send the page + to isn't in the loop.
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How it will work in Theseus

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  1. Pick on-device translation. + Settings › Language has a Translator engine + row with two options: LibreTranslate (hosted — fast, uses our server) + and Bergamot (on-device — nothing leaves your computer). Default is + LibreTranslate; flip to Bergamot once a model is downloaded.
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  2. Download a language pack. + Click a language that isn't installed yet in the language picker. + Theseus fetches the Argos-equivalent Bergamot model from + bergamot.x's Sia bucket (that's this page's + other half: the model distribution lives here), verifies the SHA-256, + installs it under your Theseus profile. One pack = one direction, ~17 MB.
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  3. Translate the page. + Same flow as today — the chip picks up a page in a language + different from yours, offers to translate, the WASM engine does the work + in a Web Worker so the UI stays smooth. No request goes to any server.
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  4. Keep the model, or delete it. + Each downloaded pack is a file in your profile. Delete it and the + language falls back to the hosted provider (if enabled) or disappears + from the "installed" list.
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Hosted vs on-device

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Two providers, same chip, pick per preference. Many users will + want both — fast fallback on obscure languages, local for everyday reading.

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libretranslate — hosted
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Fast, no setup

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  • Nothing to download; works the first time you pick a language
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  • Larger model (Argos) → better translations on long sentences
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  • The page's text is POSTed to silentmode.st/libre
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  • Only logs the request's existence, not its content (by policy, not by maths)
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bergamot — on-device
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Private, no server in the loop

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  • One-time download per language direction (~15–25 MB)
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  • Smaller model → good on short sentences, loses nuance on long ones
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  • Nothing leaves your computer; works on a plane
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  • Mozilla-origin models (firefox-translations) + mirrored to Sia so you don't need their CDN
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Supported directions (planned)

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The first batch mirrors Theseus's current hosted set — the + languages the chip already handles — so flipping to Bergamot never loses a + language that was working before. Each pair is one direction; the client + pairs src→en + en→dst + automatically when there is no direct src→dst.

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en → es / es → en
Spanish
to mirror
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en → fr / fr → en
French
to mirror
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en → de / de → en
German
to mirror
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en → el / el → en
Greek
to mirror
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en → ru / ru → en
Russian
to mirror
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en → it / it → en
Italian
to mirror
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en → pt / pt → en
Portuguese
to mirror
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en → nl / nl → en
Dutch
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The index of what's actually on Sia will live at + bergamot.x/index.json and will drive the picker's + "Install" buttons. Empty today — the first upload lands when Theseus's + Bergamot provider is wired up.

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Honest boundaries

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Smaller model = different quality

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Bergamot models are tuned for size and speed, not scale. Short sentences + read great; long literary paragraphs will sound more rigid than a hosted + translator produces. Pick the engine by the page.

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WebAssembly + a few modern APIs

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Needs SharedArrayBuffer, WASM SIMD, and cross-origin isolation to run + fast — all of which Theseus already enables for the right contexts. + Older sandboxed add-on hosts without these would get a slow path.

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No automatic model updates

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Downloaded packs sit in your profile until you upgrade them. If the + upstream model improves, Theseus will offer the newer pack in Settings; + it does not swap it under you.

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Status: name registered, provider stub landing in the next + Theseus. Model mirror empty.
+ bergamot.x is reserved on-chain and the provider + radio ships in Theseus so the plumbing is in place; the Bergamot runtime and + model mirror follow in a later release. Until then, picking Bergamot + in Settings routes the chip back to LibreTranslate with a one-time notice. + This page exists to explain where it is going.
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