Translate it

This extension is a text/comment translator powered by Google Translate (or Bing Translator).

Features

• Translates selected texts from Source Language to Target Language
  • Automatically detects Source Language and Target Language
    • Automatic Target Language is your prefer display language of VSCode
    • You can also change the Target Language in the Extension Settings
• Translates only comments when you select comments and codes
  • Supports more than 30 programming languages
  • See below a demo
• Displays translated result as Hover Message
  • You can change the Target Language and re-translate, by click Target Language on header of hover message
  • See below a demo
• And supports history logging in the Output Channel
  • See below a demo
• Now, you can choose your preferred translation API
  • Currently, Google and Bing translation APIs are supported

Installation

To install this extension go to View->Extensions and search for translate-it (or Translate it). Next click Install.

Usage

To use the extension go to the Command Palette (Cmd+Shift+P on macOS or Ctrl+Shift+P on Windows) and launch Translate it command.

Recommends to use keyboard shortcut Shift+Alt+T.

Or select Translate it from context menu (Right-click on editor).

It's available when you select some text (single or multi select).

And you can remove translation highlighting, if you select Remove Translation Highlighting from context menu (Right-click on editor).

or Launch Translate it: Remove Translation Highlighting command on the Command Palette.

Recommends to use keyboard shortcut Shift+Alt+T.

History Logging

You can find the histories of translation in the Output Channel.

Settings

Table of contributed settings (prefix "translateIt."):

Name	Default	Description
hoverDisplay	true	Display translated result as hover message (if false, always open Output Channel instead)
hoverDisplayHeader	true	Display hover message with header area : "Source Language → Target Language"
hoverMultiLineFormatting	true	Display hover message with Multi-Line Formatting
targetLanguage	"Automatic"	Target language (list the supported) translate to
api	"Google"	Preferred translation api to used

Issues

If you find any problems using this extension or you want to propose new features to it, feel free to open an issue on Github.

Release Notes

Detailed Release Notes are available here or above Changelog tab.

Attributions

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