TranslateBar
A menu bar translator for macOS

Translation, right where you work.

TranslateBar keeps everyday translation one click away, without accounts, advertising, or sending your text to a third-party translation service.

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Designed for macOS 15 and later

TranslateBar translating Chinese text into English from the macOS menu bar
Type, paste, or dictate. Your translation stays close to the task at hand.

Always within reach

Lives in your menu bar so translation is one click away.

Private by design

No accounts, no tracking, no ads. Your text stays yours.

Works with what you do

Translate typed, copied, or dictated text without breaking your flow.

Built for your flow

Translate without leaving your flow.

Keep your source and result together in one compact window. Copy a translation, listen to it, or continue editing without losing context.

  • Scrollable, selectable results
  • Swap languages in one click
  • Optional spoken translations
TranslateBar translation window with original and translated text
TranslateBar preferences for launch behavior, local translation, and keyboard shortcut
Made to feel at home

A focused utility with native Mac behavior.

Choose whether TranslateBar launches at login, appears in the Dock, or watches the clipboard. Set a shortcut that fits the way you work.

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Your words stay yours

Translation handled by technology built into macOS.

TranslateBar has no accounts, analytics, advertising, trackers, or translation servers of its own.

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