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https://github.com/emilamaj/translate
Simple and powerful AI-powered chrome translation extension, delivering better performance than established competitors like Google Translate by leveraging LLMs, Large Language Models.
https://github.com/emilamaj/translate
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Simple and powerful AI-powered chrome translation extension, delivering better performance than established competitors like Google Translate by leveraging LLMs, Large Language Models.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/emilamaj/translate
- Owner: emilamaj
- Created: 2024-03-27T11:17:08.000Z (10 months ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2024-10-01T06:30:11.000Z (3 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-10-24T21:56:20.406Z (3 months ago)
- Topics: chatgpt, extension-chrome, openai, translation
- Language: JavaScript
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- Size: 211 KB
- Stars: 0
- Watchers: 2
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: readme.md
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README
# GPT Translate Chrome Extension
GPT Translate is a Chrome extension that provides enhanced text translation capabilities by leveraging the power of Large Language Models (LLMs) like gpt-4o-mini.
## Screenshots
See GPT Translate in action:
- Translating a famous address of Abraham Lincoln into a "redneck" variant of English.
- Translating Molière's famous quote from Le Tartuffe into a more familiar, "beauf" variant of French.
## Features
- Contextual Translations: Utilizes gpt-4o-mini to understand the context of sentences for accurate translations, instead of using simpler translation engines like Google Translate, that often provide literal word-by-word translations.
- Custom Target Language: Allows users to specify their target language manually and remembers preferences. Madeup languages can be given or familiar variants of existing languages, such as "redneck English" or "
- Selection Capture: Automatically captures selected text from the current tab for translation, reducing the need to manually copy and paste text.
## User Installation
GPT Translate can be added to Chrome through the Chrome Web Store:
[TODO]: Add link to Chrome Web Store
Alternatively, you can manually install it by following these steps:
1. Clone this repository to your local machine.
2. Open Chrome and go to `chrome://extensions/`.
3. Enable Developer Mode by toggling the switch in the top-right corner.
4. Click on 'Load unpacked' and select the directory of your cloned repository.
5. The extension should now be added to your browser and ready to use.
## Development
This extension is built in vanilla JavaScript, utilizing the Chrome Extensions API to interact with browser content and a background service worker for asynchronous tasks.
Additional features and improvements might benefit from using a lightweight framework like Vue.js or React.js for more complex user interfaces.
The extension performs calls to a light Express.js backend that serves as a proxy to the OpenAI API, which is used to interact with the gpt-4o-mini model.
## Deployment
A valid OpenAI API key is required to deploy the backend and use the extension. The key should be stored in a `.env` file in the backend directory.
The `.env` file should look like this:
```
OPENAI_API_KEY='sk-XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX'
```
The backend's main file is located in `./backend/index.js`. To deploy the backend, run the following commands:
```bash
cd backend
npm install
node index.js
```
## Contributions
Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to fork the repository, make your improvements, and submit a pull request.
## License
GPT Translate is released under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for more details.