Simple Translation

Chinese-English mutual translation — hover, shortcut, or sidebar panel, all with neural text-to-speech.

Demo

Hover Translation — Hover over any text to see translation in a Markdown tooltip. Single words get dictionary-style definitions with multiple meanings and IPA phonetics.
Shortcut Translation — Select text and press Ctrl+Shift+T to show the same tooltip.
Sidebar Panel — Full-featured translation panel: auto language detection, dictionary mode for single words, phonetics display.
Neural TTS — 🔊 Read English text aloud via Youdao neural TTS (natural-sounding voices).
Dictionary Mode — Single words get rich dictionary definitions with parts of speech and multiple meanings (powered by DeepSeek).
IPA Phonetics — Single English words show IPA pronunciation (powered by DeepSeek).

API	When Used	Setup
DeepSeek	Configured → primary	Set `deepseekApiKey`
MyMemory	Fallback (no key needed)	Always available

Engine	Setup
Youdao	Set `youdaoAppId` + `youdaoAppSecret`

Setting	Default	Description
`simple-translation.hoverMode`	`auto`	`auto` = hover to translate, `shortcut` = Ctrl+Shift+T only
`simple-translation.deepseekApiKey`	`""`	DeepSeek API key for translation + phonetics
`simple-translation.deepseekModel`	`deepseek-chat`	DeepSeek model
`simple-translation.youdaoAppId`	`""`	Youdao application ID for TTS
`simple-translation.youdaoAppSecret`	`""`	Youdao application secret for TTS
`simple-translation.youdaoVoice`	`youxiaoying`	TTS voice name
`simple-translation.defaultFrom`	`auto`	Source language
`simple-translation.defaultTo`	`zh`	Target language

# Ubuntu/Debian
sudo apt install ffmpeg pulseaudio-utils

npm install
npm run compile
npm run package

License: MIT