Translator

Translator adds a launcher provider that translates text through Google Translate or DeepL and copies the selected result to the clipboard.

Plugin

Field	Value
ID	noctalia/translator
Entry	Launcher provider: translate
Launcher Prefix	/tr

Usage

Open the Noctalia launcher and type /tr, followed by an optional target language and the text to translate.

/tr es hello world
/tr french good morning
/tr hello world

When the first word is a known language name, alias, or two- to three-letter language code, it is used as the target language. Otherwise the plugin uses the configured target_lang. If the provider rejects that first word as a language, the whole query is translated once more against target_lang, and the result row says which word was treated as text. Press Enter on a translation result to copy it to the clipboard.

Requirements

Depending on the configured provider, this plugin requires network access to either translate.googleapis.com (for Google Translate via the translate_a/single endpoint) or api.deepl.com / api-free.deepl.com (for DeepL via the v2/translate endpoint). DeepL free-tier keys end in :fx and automatically select the free endpoint.

Settings

Setting	Type	Default	Description
target_lang	string	en	Default target language code when the query does not include one.
provider	select	google	The translation service to use (google or deepl).
deepl_api_key	string	""	Your DeepL API Key (only required if you choose to use DeepL).

Notes

Results are cached in memory for the current plugin session, and duplicate in-flight requests are coalesced while typing.