🐝 BeeTranslate - VS Code Extension

Translate text as efficiently as a bee works! BeeTranslate brings AI-powered translation to VS Code with Claude.

Features

• 🚀 Quick Translation: Select text and press Cmd+Shift+T (Mac) or Ctrl+Shift+T (Windows/Linux)
• 🌍 Multiple Languages: Supports English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, and Chinese
• 🆓 Free to Use: Works out of the box with LibreTranslate (no API key required)
• ⚡ Optional OpenAI Integration: Use your own OpenAI API key for even better translations

Usage

1. Select text in your editor
2. Press Cmd+Shift+T (Mac) or Ctrl+Shift+T (Windows/Linux)
3. Choose your target language from the menu
4. The selected text will be replaced with the translation

Example

Select this French text:

Bonjour, comment allez-vous?

Press Cmd+Shift+T, select "🇬🇧 Translate to English", and it becomes:

Hello, how are you?

Configuration

Using OpenAI (Optional)

For better translation quality, you can configure your OpenAI API key:

1. Open VS Code Settings (Cmd+, or Ctrl+,)
2. Search for "Quick Translate"
3. Enter your OpenAI API key in the "Api Key" field

Settings

• quickTranslate.apiKey: Your OpenAI API key (optional)
• quickTranslate.defaultSourceLanguage: Default source language (default: "auto")
• quickTranslate.defaultTargetLanguage: Default target language (default: "en")

Installation

From VSIX file

1. Download the .vsix file
2. Open VS Code
3. Go to Extensions view (Cmd+Shift+X or Ctrl+Shift+X)
4. Click the "..." menu at the top
5. Select "Install from VSIX..."
6. Choose the downloaded file

From source

1. Clone this repository
2. Run npm install
3. Run npm run compile
4. Press F5 to open a new VS Code window with the extension loaded

Development

Building

npm install
npm run compile

Testing

Press F5 in VS Code to open an Extension Development Host window where you can test the extension.

Packaging

npm install -g @vscode/vsce
vsce package

This will create a .vsix file that you can install or share.

Supported Languages

• 🇬🇧 English
• 🇫🇷 French
• 🇪🇸 Spanish
• 🇩🇪 German
• 🇮🇹 Italian
• 🇵🇹 Portuguese
• 🇯🇵 Japanese
• 🇨🇳 Chinese

Notes

• Free Service: By default, the extension uses LibreTranslate's free API. This works well for most use cases but may have rate limits.
• OpenAI: If you provide an OpenAI API key, translations will use GPT-3.5-turbo for higher quality results.
• Internet Required: Both translation services require an internet connection.

Troubleshooting

Translation fails

• Check your internet connection
• If using OpenAI, verify your API key is correct and has available credits
• The free LibreTranslate service may occasionally be slow or unavailable

Keyboard shortcut doesn't work

• The default shortcut is Cmd+Shift+T (Mac) or Ctrl+Shift+T (Windows/Linux)
• If this conflicts with another extension, you can change it in VS Code's Keyboard Shortcuts settings

License

MIT

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Feel free to open issues or submit pull requests.