Google Translate Alternatives for Linux

Google Translate is not available for Linux but there are some alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best Linux alternative is Apertium, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Google Translate and eight of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to Google Translate are Crow Translate, Argos Translate, Pot Translator and Simple Translate.

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  1. Apertium icon

    Apertium

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    Apertium is a rule-based machine translation platform. It is free software and released under the terms of the GNU General Public License.

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    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Apertium is a rule-based machine translation platform. It is free software and released under the terms of the GNU General Public License. Languages supported in...

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    RemovedUser
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    With Google Translate, we can translate any language to any language. Apertium only allows the translation of specific languages to other specific ones. Eg.: Portuguese to only Catalan, Spanish and Galician, but not English, French or German like Google Translate does.

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    Paul
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    A good free and open source alternative to Google Translate and DeepL.

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    • Most users think Apertium is a great Google Translate alternative.

    • Apertium is the most popular Linux alternative to Google Translate.

    • Apertium is the most popular Open Source alternative to Google Translate.

    • Apertium is Free and Open SourceGoogle Translate is Free and Proprietary
    • Apertium is Privacy focused and LightweightGoogle Translate is not according to our users
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    Crow Translate

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    Crow Translate is a simple and lightweight translator programmed in C++ / Qt that allows to translate and speak text using Google, Yandex and Bing translate API.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
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  4. Argos Translate icon

    Argos Translate

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    Open source offline translation app written in Python. Uses OpenNMT for translations, SentencePiece for tokenization, Stanza for sentence boundary detection, and PyQt for GUI. Designed to be used either as a GUI application or as a Python library.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  6. Simple Translate icon

    Simple Translate

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    WebExtensions for translating text on web pages. Contribute to sienori/simple-translate development by creating an account on GitHub.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Firefox
     
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    TranslateLocally

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    Fast and secure translation on your local machine with a GUI, powered by marian and Bergamot.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Mozilla Firefox
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    S3.Translator

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    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

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    Platforms

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

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    A simple and fast translation app for KDE Plasma that helps you translate text between different languages.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • KDE Plasma
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