A tiny menu bar app. Select text in Safari, Chrome, Notes, PDFs, Slack — a popup appears and translates it instantly. No copy-pasting into Google Translate. No cloud. No accounts.
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Features
The AI model lives on your Mac. Translate on a plane, in a cafe with bad WiFi, or anywhere — no connection needed.
The more text you select, the better the translation. The AI reads surrounding context to pick the right meaning — not word by word.
Chrome, Safari, Notes, Word, PDFs, Slack — if you can select text, you can translate it. It's a native Mac app, not a browser extension.
Nothing is sent anywhere. The translation model runs entirely on your device. No accounts, no tracking, no data collection.
English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Turkish, Russian, Arabic.
How it works
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Highlight text in any app on your Mac. TranslateBar lives in your menu bar and shows a popup right next to your selection.
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Hit the translate button. Translation happens right on your Mac — no internet needed, no waiting.
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Copy the translation to clipboard, or replace the original text directly in the document you're working in.
Why not Google Translate?
Every time you paste text into Google Translate or DeepL, it's sent to a data center. TranslateBar translates everything right on your Mac — nothing is sent anywhere.
Made for
Government letters, rental contracts, utility bills — understand documents in your new country.
Research papers, lecture notes, university emails — translate without switching apps.
Understand your partner's family messages, recipes, and cultural references.
Book hotels on local sites, read reviews, navigate foreign websites — even without WiFi.
Drop your email or social handle — we'll send you a build when the next round opens.