MacLinguist Alternatives

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, Windows, iPhone, Android and iPad apps. The best MacLinguist alternative is Google Translate, which is free. Other great apps like MacLinguist are Crow Translate, Linguee, LibreTranslator and Yandex Translate.

MacLinguist alternatives are mainly Translators but may also be Dictionaries or Text to Speech Services. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of MacLinguist.

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MacLinguist

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Linguist is a light-weight translator for Mac OS X and Windows. It works by pointing your mouse cursor over some (possibly...

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Google Translate
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Free • Proprietary
Translator
Text to Speech Service
Online
Android
iPhone
Chrome OS
Android Tablet
iPad
Google Drive - Docs
156 Google Translate alternatives
Google Translate is a free online translation service that can instantly translate text and web pages between over 50 languages.
- - Google Translate is the most popular Web-based, Android, iPhone & iPad alternative to MacLinguist.
- - Google Translate is the most popular free alternative to MacLinguist.
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Google Translate Features
1. Text to SpeechGoogle Translate allows you to transform written text into spoken text.
2. Works OfflineGoogle Translate can be used without the need to connect to the internet.
3. SynonymsGoogle Translate offers you alternatives to words or expressions that have similar meanings.
4. Built-in DictionaryGoogle Translate has a built-in dictionary where you can look up broader definitions of words.
5. Language DetectionGoogle Translate detects the entered language automatically without you having to specify it.
6. Website TranslationGoogle Translate uses a built-in translator to translate content into any language in real time.
Real-time translation
Online translation
Translation-platform
Multiple languages
Machine translation
Voice input
Built-in translation
Image to text
Crow Translate
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Free • Open Source
Translator
Windows
Linux
Flathub
78 Crow Translate alternatives
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.
- - Crow Translate is the most popular Windows & Linux alternative to MacLinguist.
- - Crow Translate is the most popular Open Source alternative to MacLinguist.
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Crow Translate Features
1. OCRExtract the text from a screen capture or file and paste it into another document for edits.
2. Works OfflineCrow Translate can be used without the need to connect to the internet.
3. Privacy focusedCrow Translate is considered a privacy friendly alternative.
Online translation
Real-time translation
Sits in the System Tray
Desktop Application
Linguee
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Free • Proprietary
Translator
Dictionary
Online
Android
iPhone
iPad
Apple Watch
103 Linguee alternatives
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.
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Linguee Features
Online translation
LibreTranslator
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Free • Open Source
Translator
Android
Android Tablet
F-Droid
124 LibreTranslator alternatives
LibreTranslator is an Android translation app with translations from LibreTranslate.
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LibreTranslator Features
1. Privacy focusedLibreTranslator is considered a privacy friendly alternative.
2. Ad-freeLibreTranslator doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
3. Dark ModeLibreTranslator supports dark mode for comfortable usage in low light conditions.
4. LightweightLibreTranslator consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
Online translation
Yandex Translate
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Free • Proprietary
Translator
Text to Speech Service
Windows
Online
Android
iPhone
Android Tablet
Telegram
iPad
Apple Watch
63 Yandex Translate alternatives
Translate Russian, Spanish, German, French and a number of other languages to and from English. You can translate individual words, as well as whole texts and webpages.
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Yandex Translate Features
1. Text to SpeechYandex Translate allows you to transform written text into spoken text.
2. Website TranslationYandex Translate uses a built-in translator to translate content into any language in real time.
Voice input
Multiple languages
Image to text
Personal dictionary
Machine translation
Saladict
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Free • Open Source
Online
Chrome OS
Google Chrome
Firefox
120 Saladict alternatives
Saladict is a professional inline translator browser extension, built for comparative reading, with comprehensive dictionaries covering all major languages.
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Saladict Features
Online translation
Multiple languages
Customizable
Wikipedia integration
Firefox Translations
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Free • Open Source
Translator
Firefox
65 Firefox Translations alternatives
Firefox Translations provides automated translation of web content. Unlike cloud-based alternatives, translation is done locally, on the client-side, so that the text being translated does not leave your machine.
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Firefox Translations Features
1. Privacy focusedFirefox Translations is considered a privacy friendly alternative.
2. Works OfflineFirefox Translations can be used without the need to connect to the internet.
3. Ad-freeFirefox Translations doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
4. No registration requiredYou can use most of the features in Firefox Translations without registration.
Multiple languages
Add-ons
Client-side
WebExtension
Microsoft Translator
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Free • Proprietary
Translator
Dictionary
Windows
Android
iPhone
Android Tablet
iPad
Apple Watch
Microsoft Edge
Android Wear
Kindle Fire
99 Microsoft Translator alternatives
Microsoft Translator is a free, personal translation app for more than 70 languages, to translate text, voice, conversations, camera photos and screenshots. You can also download languages for offline translation for free to use when you travel.
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Microsoft Translator Features
Multiple languages
Translate Shell
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Free • Open Source
Translator
Mac
Windows
Linux
76 Translate Shell alternatives
Translate Shell (formerly Google Translate CLI) is a command-line translator powered by Google Translate (default), Bing Translator, Yandex.Translate and Apertium.
- - Translate Shell is the most popular Mac alternative to MacLinguist.
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Translate Shell Features
Online translation
Mate Translate
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Freemium • Proprietary
Translator
Mac
iPhone
iPad
Apple Watch
Microsoft Edge
Google Chrome
Apple Messages
Opera
Telegram bot API
Firefox
134 Mate Translate alternatives
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.
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Mate Translate Features
1. Privacy focusedMate Translate is considered a privacy friendly alternative.
Online translation
ImTranslator
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Free • Proprietary
Translator
Google Chrome
Yandex.Browser
Opera
Firefox
108 ImTranslator alternatives
ImTranslator provides the access to online translation powered by Babylon, Google, Microsoft and other translation engines for over 66 languages. ImTranslator includes dictionary, text-to-speech, virtual keyboard, spell checker, back translation.
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ImTranslator Features
Browser extension
Opera extension
PROMT Translator
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Freemium • Proprietary
Translator
Windows
Online
102 PROMT Translator alternatives
PROMT Free Online-Translator.com is an online translation service from PROMT, a leading machine translation product and solution provider. Online-Translation.com provides automated translation online to and from the 7 major European languages: The service uses the unique...
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PROMT Translator Features
1. Website TranslationPROMT Translator uses a built-in translator to translate content into any language in real time.
Machine translation
Online translation