TranslationTranslate text on Mac
Ways to translate text you can see on your Mac, from built-in macOS translation to translating while you capture.
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TranslationOffline translation on Mac: download languages first
Translate on a Mac without internet: download languages in System Settings, use On-Device Mode, see which features work offline and what to check before a trip.
TranslationTranslate Chinese text from an image on Mac
Translate Chinese in a photo or screenshot on a Mac: tell Simplified from Traditional, get the characters recognized, translate on-device and look up pinyin.
TranslationTranslate Japanese text from an image on Mac
Translate Japanese in a photo, screenshot or manga panel on a Mac: get the characters recognized, handle vertical text and furigana, then translate on-device.
TranslationTranslate a PDF on Mac: text PDFs and scanned pages
Translate a PDF on your Mac: select and translate in Preview, upload whole files to Google Translate or DeepL, and handle scanned pages that have no text layer.
TranslationTranslate text on your Mac screen, in any app
Translate text anywhere on your Mac screen: Control-click selected text, use Live Text on images, translate pages in Safari, and capture text you can’t select.