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

submitted 2 years ago by vitonsky@programming.dev to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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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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[-] jeena@jemmy.jeena.net 4 points 2 years ago

Oh wow, it really solves a problem I have that Google Translate is not allowed to translate the whole website if it's in Korean, I guess it's some weird law, there are some like that in Korea. But with this one finally, thanks for the link!

[-] vitonsky@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

For now an embedded Bergamot Translator module does not support a Korean language, but thanks for your comment, i work on addding a new languages and your comment useful to demonstrate the importance a wide languages support.

With time a Korean language will supported, for now you can try to use a https://github.com/LibreTranslate/LibreTranslate as a Linguist custom translator (https://github.com/translate-tools/linguist/blob/master/docs/CustomTranslator.md). It will takes a time to configure your environment, but as result you can deploy a big AI model for text translation on your PC and use it with a Linguist if the private translation the key feature you needs for the Korean language

[-] jeena@jemmy.jeena.net 2 points 2 years ago

Thanks, I'll check it out, would be nice to be able to ditch Google Translate.

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