How to Translate Selected Text in Any App on Windows or Mac

The quickest way to translate selected text in any app is a tool that works from a global shortcut, so you never leave the app you are in. Edyt does this on Windows and Mac. Select the text, press Ctrl+Shift+T, pick a language, and the translation appears next to your selection.

The usual way takes longer. You copy the text, open a tab, paste it, read the result, copy it, switch back, and paste it again. That is fine once. It gets old when you do it twenty times a day.

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Lucía FernándezGracias por la propuesta. Antes de…

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Mara Liulet's lock the offsite dates

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Dana Klunch thursday?

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Padel groupSam: court booked for 7pm 🎾

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Hola Sam 👋10:06

Gracias por la propuesta. Antes de avanzar, nuestro equipo legal necesita revisar los términos de facturación y la cláusula de renovación automática. ¿Podemos agendar una llamada esta semana para repasar los detalles?10:08

Me parece bien. ¿Les viene bien el jueves a las 10? Les envío una invitación.10:09

¡Perfecto! Nos vemos el jueves 🙌10:10

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How it works

1. Select the text in any app: email, chat, a document, a web page.
2. Press Ctrl+Shift+T.
3. Pick the language. Your recent languages stay at the top.
4. Read it, or click once to put the translation in place of the original.

Paragraphs, lists and line breaks stay where they were. If the result is too formal or a word is off, ask a follow-up in plain words and adjust it.

Which languages it covers

Edyt translates to 15 languages: English, Arabic, Spanish, Farsi, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Turkish, Russian, Hindi, Urdu, Chinese, Japanese and Korean. If you need one that is not on the list, a dedicated translator will serve you better.

Text you cannot select

Some text cannot be selected, like a screenshot or a scanned PDF. Turn on Read text from images in Settings, then hold Alt (Alt on Windows) and drag over it. Edyt reads the text on your computer, and you can translate that like anything else.

What to know before you try it

• It needs the desktop app. On a computer where you cannot install anything, Edyt Web translates text you paste into edyt.app/edytor.
• Each translation counts as one action. The free plan has 30 actions a week, and the pricing page has the current numbers.
• If translating is all you ever do, a dedicated translator is a reasonable choice. There is a comparison with DeepL and Google Translate.

Try it on the next message you get in another language. One message is enough to see whether it fits how you work.