[sword-devel] Dynamic automated translation of commentary or dictionary resources via Cloud service

[Martin Denham]

Hi Tobias,

Have you considered up-front translation of English commentaries into
languages where none exist?

Martin

On Sun, 26 Apr 2026 at 16:25, contact at tklein.info <contact at tklein.info>
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> If anyone would like to beta-test this new feature. Please let me know.
>
> I could provide you access to a software beta as well as an access token
> for the translation service.
>
> Best regards,
> Tobias
>
> On 4/25/26 09:07, contact at tklein.info wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> So I've had this idea to use Google Cloud Translation API to dynamically
> translate texts from commentary or dictionary entries into the currently
> chosen user interface language.
>
> I implemented a prototype and it works.
>
> Of course this is not something that would be enabled by default and
> people who like to be offline should not use such a feature.
>
> However, for people who don't mind the use of internet bandwidth ... it
> could be quite useful, expanding the available resources in ones native
> language dramatically.
>
> See an example screenshot of Ezra's commentary panel (on desktop) here
> <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IUXfnGutD2TnOQS9xLUj2js6f0-T-0EI/view?usp=drive_link>,
> in this case with auto-translated entries for Acts 15:39 in German.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Best regards,
> Tobias
>
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