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No registration or API key. Google’s public translation endpoint is used first, with MyMemory as an automatic fallback.
In development · macOS
BarLingo
A minimalist native translator that lives in the menu bar. Press one shortcut, type or dictate, and get the translation without leaving the app you are working in.
0Translation languages
0Interface languages
0Opening animations
0Minimum macOS version
Translate without the detour
One shortcut. Two panes. Done.
BarLingo stays in the menu bar with no Dock icon by default. The configurable global shortcut opens a floating two-pane translator; swap languages, paste or type, then copy the result and return to your work.
Speak and listen
Dictate it. Hear it back.
Use native macOS dictation for the source text and read either side aloud with independently selected voices. Keyboard shortcuts keep dictation, clearing, reading and copying within reach.
Make it yours
Fits your language and your desktop.
Choose from 41 translation languages with right-to-left support and use the interface in 24 languages. Adjust position, size, transparency, glass intensity, colour scheme and opening animation — all without restarting.
More than translation
Small details that keep you moving.
Your keyboard, your way
Configure the show-and-hide shortcut and optionally switch to a chosen keyboard input source when the window opens.
Accessible throughout
VoiceOver, keyboard navigation and localized spoken examples are supported across all 24 interface languages.