diff --git a/controller.py b/controller.py
index a40282df..34ea3a14 100644
--- a/controller.py
+++ b/controller.py
@@ -377,8 +377,10 @@ def callbackSelectedTranslationEngine(selected_translation_engine):
 def callbackToggleTranslation(is_turned_on):
     config.ENABLE_TRANSLATION = is_turned_on
     if config.ENABLE_TRANSLATION is True:
+        model.changeTranslatorCTranslate2Model()
         view.printToTextbox_enableTranslation()
     else:
+        model.clearTranslatorCTranslate2Model()
         view.printToTextbox_disableTranslation()
 
 def callbackToggleTranscriptionSend(is_turned_on):
diff --git a/model.py b/model.py
index f5913d17..e39b718f 100644
--- a/model.py
+++ b/model.py
@@ -66,8 +66,6 @@ class Model:
         self.speaker_energy_recorder = None
         self.speaker_energy_plot_progressbar = None
         self.translator = Translator()
-        if config.USE_TRANSLATION_FEATURE is True:
-            self.translator.changeCTranslate2Model(config.PATH_LOCAL, config.CTRANSLATE2_WEIGHT_TYPE)
         self.keyword_processor = KeywordProcessor()
 
     def checkCTranslatorCTranslate2ModelWeight(self):
@@ -76,6 +74,9 @@ class Model:
     def changeTranslatorCTranslate2Model(self):
         self.translator.changeCTranslate2Model(config.PATH_LOCAL, config.CTRANSLATE2_WEIGHT_TYPE)
 
+    def clearTranslatorCTranslate2Model(self):
+        self.translator.clearCTranslate2Model()
+
     def checkTranscriptionWhisperModelWeight(self):
         return checkWhisperWeight(config.PATH_LOCAL, config.WHISPER_WEIGHT_TYPE)
 
diff --git a/models/translation/translation_translator.py b/models/translation/translation_translator.py
index c966c672..a71d0f55 100644
--- a/models/translation/translation_translator.py
+++ b/models/translation/translation_translator.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import gc
 import os
 from deepl import Translator as deepl_Translator
 from translators import translate_text as other_web_Translator
@@ -44,6 +45,13 @@ class Translator():
             tokenizer_path = os.path.join("./weights", "ctranslate2", directory_name, "tokenizer")
             self.ctranslate2_tokenizer = transformers.AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(tokenizer, cache_dir=tokenizer_path)
 
+    def clearCTranslate2Model(self):
+        del self.ctranslate2_translator
+        del self.ctranslate2_tokenizer
+        gc.collect()
+        self.ctranslate2_translator = None
+        self.ctranslate2_tokenizer = None
+
     @staticmethod
     def getLanguageCode(translator_name, target_country, source_language, target_language):
         match translator_name: