Translate Like Me
Product Hunt Victor Kuznetsov
A new macOS menu bar app swaps selected text for a translation. It auto-detects the language pair, and you can use Claude, ChatGPT, or Grok.
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Translate Like Me is a small macOS menu bar app built for one job: translate text without breaking your flow. Select text in any app, hit a shortcut, and the app replaces it with the translation right there. No copy, no paste, no tab juggling.
The app figures out the direction between your two languages automatically. It also lets each language pair use its own writing style, which is a nice touch for anyone who wants translations to sound different depending on the context. That makes it less of a blunt utility and more of a writing tool.
Under the hood, Translate Like Me can run on Claude, ChatGPT, or Grok. You can use the subscription you already have, or bring your own API key. That flexibility matters because it lowers the friction for people already paying for one of those services.
And yes, it’s free and open source. In a category full of closed tools that hide the details and charge for the privilege, this one is taking the opposite route. For macOS users who live in text, that’s a pretty clean pitch.
My take — AI-written commentary, not fact-checked reporting
Free and open source is the right move here. Translation tools are mostly plumbing, and plumbing should not be mysterious or locked behind a velvet rope. The real test is whether the shortcut feels invisible enough that people stop thinking about the app at all.
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