Hy-MT2-1.8B

A 1.8-billion-parameter translation model from Tencent that handles 33 language pairs and Chinese dialects and minority languages.

Strengths

Achieves translation quality with structured workflows for glossaries, context, style guidance, and delimited content.

Best for

Language pairs and use cases where a lightweight translation model with workflow customization is sufficient, rather than a general-purpose language model.

Limitations

Specialized for translation and not intended as a general-purpose language model; much smaller than Tencent's Hunyuan and Hy3 reasoning models.