Hands-on with Tencent Hy-MT2 1.8B Q4_K_M (1.08GB) on M1 Max 64GB via llama-server. JSON, SRT, HTML, glossary, and minority-language prompts with full input-output pairs. The 1.25bit 440MB build does not load on stock llama.cpp 8990, and 30B-A3B (hy_v3) is not in the Mac route yet.
MyMemory is a free translation API (not a memory or LLM service) that runs from client-side JavaScript without signup. CORS-enabled, 5,000 chars/day per IP anonymously or 50,000 with an email parameter. Includes endpoint spec, language codes, working JS example with error handling, and notes on integrating it into a static-site translation tool.
