MacLinguist AlternativesTranslators & Dictionaries like MacLinguist

MacLinguist is described as 'Linguist is a light-weight translator for Mac OS X and Windows. It works by pointing your mouse cursor over some (possibly selected) text fragment and pressing Control button twice. Linguist shows a popup with a translation right where your mouse cursor is' and is a Translator in the education & reference category. There are more than 25 alternatives to MacLinguist for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, iPhone, Windows, Android and iPad apps. The best MacLinguist alternative is Google Translate, which is free. Other great apps like MacLinguist are Linguee, LibreTranslator, Yandex Translate and Microsoft Translator.

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  1. Google Translate icon
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    Instantly translate text in real-time across over 100 languages using Google Translate. Features include voice input on mobile, offline translations, and integration with Google services. Available for free with no registration, it offers transliteration, pronunciation guidance, and more.

    70 Google Translate alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Google Docs
     
  2. Linguee icon
     43 likes

    Linguee is a new kind of dictionary app for French-English, Spanish-English and other language pairs. You will find reliable translations in the shortest time, even when you're offline.

    103 Linguee alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Apple Watch
     
  3. LibreTranslator icon
     14 likes

    LibreTranslator is an Android translation app with translations from LibreTranslate.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid
     
  4. Translate text, images, and websites in over 100 languages using versatile text-to-speech and voice translation. Offers offline translations, transliterations, predictive typing, and works across devices including Apple Watch. Save favorites, access history, and enjoy Split View on iPads seamlessly.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • Telegram
    • iPad
    • Apple Watch
     
  5. Translates over 70 languages including text, voice, and images, with offline use available. Features device synchronization and instant wearable translation. Ideal for travel and everyday needs.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Apple Watch
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Android Wear
    • Kindle Fire
     
  6. ImTranslator icon
     13 likes

    Browser extension that provides online translations powered by Babylon, Google, Microsoft and other translation engines for over 66 languages.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Google Chrome
    • Yandex.Browser
    • Opera
    • Firefox
     
  7. Saladict icon
     8 likes

    Saladict is a professional inline translator browser extension, built for comparative reading, with comprehensive dictionaries covering all major languages.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Chrome OS
    • Google Chrome
    • Firefox
     
  8. Translate Shell icon
     11 likes

    Translate Shell (formerly Google Translate CLI) is a command-line translator powered by Google Translate (default), Bing Translator, Yandex.Translate and Apertium.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  9. Mate Translate icon
     13 likes

    Looking for an easy and fun to use language translator app? Then download Mate Translate today. Mate Translate works in 103 languages and can perform text translations, speech-to-text translations and it even synchronizes between all your devices.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Apple Watch
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Apple Messages
    • Opera
    • Telegram bot API
    • Firefox
     
  10. Offers online/offline translation, a dictionary, and phrasebooks. Syncs translations, supports text, speech, and image translation. Includes 18 language profiles, translation widget, and premium features like ad-free usage and offline mode.

    112 PROMT Translator alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • HUAWEI AppGallery
    • iPad
     
  11.  4 likes

    ImageTrans is a computer-aided image and comic translation tool. It can automatically locate text areas and perform OCR operations using state-of-art OCR technology and a homebrew text areas merging and detecting algorithm, which is specially designed for comics (also webtoon...

    94 ImageTrans alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
  12. S3.Translator icon
     13 likes

    S3.Translator is a browser extension offering automatic translations, language learning, and subtitle translation in YouTube through Google Translate, supporting over 100 languages while preserving HTML formats for text, phrases, and web pages. Features include text-to-speech and language auto-detection.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • Mozilla Firefox
     
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