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Translator

luhaifeng666luhaifeng66614k downloads

Translate selected text.

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This is a plugin for Obsidian to translate (selected) text.

Usage

Use directly

  • Click the book icon in the left side menu, or click the command icon in the left side menu and select the command named Translator: translate to open the translator modal.
  • Enter the phrase and select the language that you wanna translate to.
  • Click the search button.

Translate the selected text

This plugin also supports translating the selected text.
You can select the text that you wanna translate and open the translator to translate it.

Set hotkeys

You can also set hotkey for the Translator: translate command.

  • Open Preferences in Obsidian.
  • Click the Community plugins in the side menu.
  • Click the Hotkeys icon next to the information of the Translator plugin.

Settings

You can config the plugin by following steps.

  • Open Preferences in Obsidian.
  • In the side menu, click Translator.
  • Choose the translation service(s) you wanna use and add configurations.

PS:

This plugin has now supported three translation services:

  1. Youdao translation service

  2. Microsoft translation service

  3. Baidu translation service

You can enable them by setting Enable configuration.


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Translate selected text or typed phrases directly in Obsidian using a simple translator modal. Choose Youdao, Microsoft, or Baidu as the translation engine and set a hotkey for quick access.
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Details
Payments
Optional
Current version
0.4.1
Last updated
2 years ago
Created
4 years ago
Updates
20 releases
Downloads
14k
Compatible with
Obsidian 0.12.0+
Platforms
Desktop only
License
MIT
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Author
luhaifeng666luhaifeng666
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GitHubluhaifeng666
  1. Community
  2. Plugins
  3. Languages
  4. Translator

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