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cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/1924228

Hey everyone, check the Linguist

  • you can translate texts offline (with sent no one single byte to a Google and stay private)
  • a lot of features and flexible configuration
  • dictionary + history for learn languages
  • it is are hackable - you can write code to use your own translation service
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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I've been looking for a translator that doesn't spy on my webpage contents! This looks great

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Note that Firefox has this translator built in if all you need is whole-page translation.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

... If all you need is western European languages translation. If you need to translate any African or Asian language, you are SOL.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

If you need languages other than "western European languages", you're SOL with this offline translator; whether you use it within Firefox or the extension.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Be sure to change the translation engine manually in the settings, the default is google