Float Translate lets you translate, look up words, and run quick actions the moment you select text in any app.
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Float Translate lets you translate, look up words, and run quick actions the moment you select text in any app.
Put your common actions into the capsule: translate, copy, speak, AI summarize, polish, explain terms, save to vocabulary, or trigger a custom workflow.
La cápsula aparece donde seleccionas texto.
Select any text here to see the capsule appear beside it.
Compare results from DeepL, Google Translate, ChatGPT, and other translation services in one view, and control when each service participates by text length, page URL, foreground app, and usage limits.
AI services use your own API key.
Press a shortcut to capture the word or sentence at the cursor and view the result in the nearby mini window.
Press a shortcut in any input box to replace your text with its translation. Reply in the right language without switching apps or copying from a translator.
Capture any screen region or import an image to recognize text and QR codes. Recognized content flows straight into translation, lookup, or your clipboard.
FloatTranslate
Screen OCR + instant translation
Capture text from images, PDFs, and apps
Text from cursor capture, selections, the clipboard, or OCR enters the same capability system. Translation, lookup, saving, and capabilities provided by extensions can be composed freely. Trigger the whole chain with one shortcut, or add it to the capsule or translation panel.
Choose a service and the form shows what it actually supports: available models and vocabulary lists load automatically, ready to select; variables can fill prompts, URLs, request bodies, and headers with input text, clipboard content, and source or target languages at runtime.
No programming experience required. Describe what you need in one sentence, and the companion Agent Skill and development scaffold will create an extension following best practices. It has the same capabilities as built-in extensions and can be used directly in the translation panel, Capsule, OCR window, shortcuts, or workflows.
Windows is available now. macOS is in development; join the macOS waitlist on the Download page, and we'll notify you when it is released.
Free already includes Selected text translation with side-by-side engines, Screen OCR, History, favorites, and statistics, Basic workflows, and Extension marketplace; Pro adds Cursor word and sentence capture and Silent translation. See the complete comparison on the Pricing page.
Yes. Pro is a one-time purchase, not a monthly or annual subscription. See the current offer on the Pricing page.
Not necessarily. When you use API services such as OpenAI or Claude, add your own API key in Services. You can also use an Agent installed and signed in on your computer, such as Codex or Claude Code, without entering an API key in FloatTranslate.
No. Translation history, favorites, OCR images, and local settings stay on your device by default. Only when you start a translation is the text to be translated sent to the translation service you choose.
The app interface currently supports English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. Translation is not limited to these 5 languages: if an enabled translation service supports a language, you can use it for translation; the exact range varies by service.
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