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PowerTranslator

A translation plugin for PowerToys Run, fast and stable.

中文

About

A plugin for PowerToys Run.

The plugin has been updated to use Youdao translation, which supports translation for all languages supported by Youdao translation.

• how to use
• how to install
• settings
• submit issue

Usage

• The default trigger key is |.

  • Press alt+space to open PowerToys Run, and enter ^[text to be translated].
  • Press Enter to copy the translation result to the clipboard.

  Demo of translating 'command'

  Demo of translating '命令'

• Chinese with pinyin: Refer to the above demo for translating '命令'.

• Quickly translate the clipboard:

  • When there is text in the clipboard, simply type the trigger keyword ^ to quickly translate the content in the clipboard.

    

• Specify the target language of translation:

  • Use ^[words]->[target language], for example, ^你好->ja means translate '你好' into Japanese. Common language codes:

    Language	Code	Note
    Chinese(Simplified)	zh-CHS	Simplified Chinese
    Chinese(Traditional)	zh-CHT	Traditional Chinese
    Japanese	ja	Japanese
    English	en	English
    Korean	ko	한국어
    French	fr	En français
    Russian	ru	русск

• Search suggestions:

  • Search content according to the current input suggestions.
  • You can choose whether to enable suggestions in the settings, corresponding to Enable search suggest.

• Read content:

  • Supports reading Chinese and English (shortcut key ctrl+enter).
  • Based on Youdao TTS interface.
  • Supports automatic reading of results function, which is off by default and can be turned on in the settings, corresponding to Automatic reading result.

• History record:

  • Typing h or having no translation target in the clipboard will display translation history.
  • Default 15 records.
  • Why doesn't it support customizing the upper limit entry? Because the official only provides a bool type custom parameter, the current version does not support customizing the upper limit of translation history. I will update it when it is supported later. Or you can download the source code and modify it yourself.

• Second Language

  • Enable the second translation target language, disabled by default
  • When enabled, the second language result will be automatically displayed with each translation

Install

1. Close PowerToys.
2. Download Translator.zip.
3. Extract it to %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\PowerToys\PowerToys Run\Plugins. As shown in the figure:
4. Start PowerToys.

Refer to official documents, Third-Party plugins for PowerToy Run

Installation-upgrade detailed tutorial

Setting

• If there is a trigger key conflict, modify the default trigger key (it is recommended to modify it to "`" and check for conflicts).
• It is recommended to check Clear previous query at startup, which can solve the problem that clipboard quick translation cannot be triggered.
• It is recommended to check Smooth input, which can optimize the input experience.
• Toggles the default target translation language, which defaults to 'auto'

Issue

If you find translation failure, unknown errors, or need new features, please submit an issue. I will fix or improve it in time.