interpreter

Offline screen translator for Japanese retro games. Captures text from any window, performs OCR, translates to English, and displays subtitles in a floating overlay.

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Cost / License

  • Free
  • Open Source

Platforms

  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Linux
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  1.  Privacy focused

Features

  1.  OCR
  2.  No Tracking
  3.  No registration required
  4.  Ad-free
  5.  Built-in Dictionary
  6.  Translator

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  • live-translation

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interpreter information

  • Developed by

    US flagbquenin

  • Licensing

    Open Source and Free product.

  • Written in

  • Alternatives

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  • Supported Languages

    • English

AlternativeTo Categories

Education & Reference, Office & Productivity

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  •  19 Forks
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What is interpreter?

Offline screen translator for Japanese retro games. Captures text from any window, performs OCR, translates to English, and displays subtitles in a floating overlay.

Features

  • Fully offline - No cloud APIs, no internet required after setup
  • Free - No API costs or subscriptions
  • Private - Text never leaves your machine
  • Optimized for retro games - Uses MeikiOCR, trained specifically on Japanese game text
  • Two overlay modes - Banner (subtitle bar) or inplace (text over game)
  • Translation caching - Fuzzy matching avoids re-translating similar text

Requirements

  • Python 3.11+ (Python 3.14 not yet supported)
  • macOS, Windows, or Linux (X11/XWayland)
  • Git (Windows: install Git for Windows)

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