DeepL Translator

While Google Translate is a popular and highly used service, the truth is that it is mostly useful for basic translations when you want to grasp the main idea of a text. If you are interested in more accurate translations that also account for the context, then DeepL seems like a better choice.

DeepL Translator is a program that provides the convenience of using DeepL for document translations directly on your desktop. All you need is a DeepL account, either Free or Pro, to get started.

Before you can use the app, you are prompted to add the API key corresponding to your account, an operation that doesn’t take too much time, especially if you already have an account. Now you are ready to start translating documents, by adding the text directly into the corresponding boxes, dragging and dropping a plain text file or adding a document.

Regardless of how you add your text, the program can detect the language automatically and proceed to translating it into the desired language. The translation are qualitative superior to what you might get from Google Translate, especially as DeepL relies on AI/ML, so they may seem more accurate and natural.

An advantage of using the app is that you can learn immediately about the costs involved in translating a document. For the free version, it also informs you about the characters left, as this DeepL subscription comes with a limit of 500,000 character per month.

If you are generally using translation services to understand the main idea or casually, then you will be just fine with free services, such as Google Translate. On the other hand, if you are working with technical documents and need accurate translation for documents that you will share with other professionals, then perhaps DeepL might be a better choice. In case you are already using the service, then DeepL Translator could make things more convenient.