---
license: apache-2.0
tags:
- translation
- marian
- windyword
- french-based-creoles
- haitian-creole
- mauritian-creole
- seychellois-creole
- réunion-creole
- english
language:
- cpf
- en
library_name: transformers
pipeline_tag: translation
base_model: Helsinki-NLP/opus-mt-cpf-en
---

# WindyWord.ai Translation — French-based Creoles → English

> Part of the Windstorm Labs open model catalogue. Scores, licence and attribution for every model: https://windytranslate.com/models/translate-cpf-en
>
> Canonical copy: https://huggingface.co/WindyTranslate/translate-cpf-en

**Translates French-based Creoles (Haitian Creole, Mauritian Creole, Seychellois Creole, Réunion Creole) → English.**

## Quality

No quality score is published in this repository. Current screening scores, where measured, are on the catalogue page linked above.

## Available Variants

Deployment formats in this repository (subfolders):

| Variant | Description |
|---|---|
| `lora/` | **WindyStandard** — production baseline. Transformers format for GPU inference. |
| `lora-ct2-int8/` | **WindyStandard · CPU INT8** — CTranslate2 INT8 quantization of WindyStandard for CPU inference. |
| `herm0/` | **WindyEnhanced** — further fine-tuned on the OPUS-100, Tatoeba and WikiMatrix parallel corpora. |
| `herm0-ct2-int8/` | **WindyEnhanced · CPU INT8** — CTranslate2 INT8 quantization of WindyEnhanced. |

### Quick usage

**Transformers (PyTorch):**
```python
from transformers import MarianMTModel, MarianTokenizer
tokenizer = MarianTokenizer.from_pretrained("WindyWord/translate-cpf-en", subfolder="lora")
model = MarianMTModel.from_pretrained("WindyWord/translate-cpf-en", subfolder="lora")
```

**CTranslate2 (fast CPU inference):**
```python
import ctranslate2
translator = ctranslate2.Translator("path/to/translate-cpf-en/lora-ct2-int8")
```

## Apps

The [Windy Word](https://windyword.ai) apps are built on this model family.

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## Provenance & License

Weights derived from [Helsinki-NLP/opus-mt-cpf-en](https://huggingface.co/Helsinki-NLP/opus-mt-cpf-en) (OPUS-MT, Helsinki-NLP, University of Helsinki), licensed Apache-2.0. Windy variants are released under the same licence.

Licence text: [`LICENSE`](LICENSE). Attribution: [`NOTICE.md`](NOTICE.md).