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[#]: subject: "Dialect: An Open-Source Translation App for Linux"
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[#]: via: "https://itsfoss.com/dialect/"
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[#]: author: "Ankush Das https://itsfoss.com/author/ankush/"
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[#]: collector: "lujun9972"
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[#]: translator: "geekpi"
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[#]: reviewer: " "
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Dialect: An Open-Source Translation App for Linux
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_**Brief:** Dialect is a straightforward app that lets you translate between languages using web services. To explore more, let us take a closer look._
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While you can launch the web browser and directly use any translation service to get the job done, a desktop app can sometimes come in handy.
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Dialect is a simple translation app that utilizes web services to translate while giving you some extra abilities.
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### Open-Source Translation App with Google Translate & LibreTranslate
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![][1]
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Dialect is primarily an app tailored for GNOME desktops, but it should work fine with other desktop environments.
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It lets you quickly translate languages along with a few extra options.
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At its core, it lets you choose between Google Translate or LibreTranslate as the translation service.
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Even though LibreTranslate cannot come close to Google Translate’s accuracy, featuring it as an option to switch is an excellent addition. At least, for some basic usage, if a user does not want to utilize Google’s services, you have an alternative ready on your desktop.
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### Features of Dialect
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Along with the ability to switch translation services, you get a few more tweaks:
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* Pronunciation
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* Text to Speech functionality (Google)
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* Dark mode
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* Translation shortcut
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* Live Translation
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* Clipboard buttons to quickly copy/paste
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* Translation history (undo/redo)
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As you can notice in the screenshot, the live translation feature may get your IP addressed banned from using the service because of API abuse.
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I tried using LibreTranslate (as shown in the image above) and Google Translate with the live translation feature enabled, and it worked fine.
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Maybe if you rely on translations quite often, you may want to avoid the feature. But, for my quick usage, the services didn’t ban by IP address for quite a few test runs.
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It is important to note that you can specify a custom LibreTranslate instance if you want. By default, it uses “translate.astian.org” as the instance.
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You may not find a separate translation history section, but the arrow buttons in the top-left corner of the window will let you see your previous translations and the translation settings as well.
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So, it works as a redo/undo feature as well.
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### Installing Dialect in Linux
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Dialect is available as a [Flatpak][4]. So, you should be able to install it on any Linux distro of your choice. If you are new to this, you might want to check out our [Flatpak guide][5] for help.
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First, add Flathub repo:
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```
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flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
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```
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And then install the application:
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```
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flatpak install flathub com.github.gi_lom.dialect
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```
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Once installed, look for it in the system menu and start it from there.
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You can also explore its [GitHub page][6] for more information.
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[Dialect][7]
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via: https://itsfoss.com/dialect/
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作者：[Ankush Das][a]
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选题：[lujun9972][b]
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译者：[译者ID](https://github.com/译者ID)
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校对：[校对者ID](https://github.com/校对者ID)
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本文由 [LCTT](https://github.com/LCTT/TranslateProject) 原创编译，[Linux中国](https://linux.cn/) 荣誉推出
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[a]: https://itsfoss.com/author/ankush/
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[b]: https://github.com/lujun9972
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[1]: https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/dialect-screenshot.png?resize=800%2C331&ssl=1
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[2]: https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/dialect-app-options.png?resize=800%2C470&ssl=1
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[3]: https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/dialect-libretranslate.png?resize=800%2C326&ssl=1
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[4]: https://itsfoss.com/what-is-flatpak/
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[5]: https://itsfoss.com/flatpak-guide/
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[6]: https://github.com/dialect-app/dialect/
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[7]: https://flathub.org/apps/details/com.github.gi_lom.dialect
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