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Linguist, an ultimate translation browser extension (vitonsky.net)

submitted 1 year ago by vitonsky@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world

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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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[–] vitonsky@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago

Yes, the links you needs:

Linguist docs about custom translators https://github.com/translate-tools/linguist/blob/master/docs/CustomTranslator.md
Code of custom translator for a LibreTranslate https://github.com/translate-tools/linguist-translators/blob/master/translators/LingvaTranslator.js
Guide to deploy a LibreTranslate on local machine https://github.com/LibreTranslate/LibreTranslate#install-and-run (or to use with docker: https://github.com/LibreTranslate/LibreTranslate#can-i-use-libretranslate-behind-a-reverse-proxy-like-apache2-or-caddy)

A LibreTranslate may download a gigabytes data once, to get AI models for all language directions, then translation will runs on your computer