Mate: Universal Tab Translator

Name: Mate: Universal Tab Translator
Author: Twopeople Software

Translate in menu bar, browser

Only for Mac

Free · In‑App Purchases

Age Rating

4+
Years
Category

Education
Developer

Twopeople Software
Language

EN
+ 21 More
Size

18.9
MB

Mac

Mate translates 250+ languages right from your menu bar. Whether you're working, learning a language, or just need to understand something quickly, Mate is always one click away. Translate text, speech, and websites. Works across your Mac, iPhone, iPad, and all major browsers — with everything synced between devices. TRANSLATE ANYWHERE ON macOS - Menu Bar App — open Mate instantly from the menu bar and translate without switching apps. - Safari Extension — translate entire web pages or selected text right in the browser. - System-Wide Shortcut — press ⌥⇧T to translate your clipboard or selected text from any app. - Context Menu — right-click selected text in almost any app to translate it instantly. - PopClip Integration — select text and translate it in one click with PopClip. BUILT FOR LANGUAGE LOVERS - Phrasebook — save translations you want to remember. Organize them into lists and review anytime. - Noun genders for French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Swedish, and Dutch. - Phonetic transcription and transliteration. - Speech translation — speak and get instant results. NETFLIX & VIDEO TRANSLATION Translate subtitles on Netflix in real time. Learn languages while watching your favorite shows. Learn more at gikken.co/mate-translate/netflix AVAILABLE EVERYWHERE Mate works on macOS, iOS, Safari, Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and Opera. One account keeps your history and phrasebook in sync across all of them. Privacy Policy: https://gikken.co/mate-translate/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://gikken.co/mate-translate/eula/

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Right away I have a feature request
09/03/2018
Dead Write
Downloaded this a few days ago & decided to bite the price bullet, even though there is at least one other decent translation app for Mac out there that costs significantly less. What sold me on this one is the interdevice (Mac OS & iOS) sync capability and that there are things I like about the display options. For example, when I add a word to translate, the translation includes a list of related words indicating overlapping meanings. So I learn that rather than use “pedir” for “ask”, I might want to use “invitar”. The other app does this, too, but not as concisely and immediately visible, i.e., you have to scroll down the page.But there is one significant (for me) feature that as far as I can tell this app lacks. That feature is that there is no way to unmoor the popup window from the Mac menu bar and move it around the desktop. So I can’t move that window around when it covers a part of the screen with information I am working with. This is a problem, for example, in Safari when the info I want to be able to see is at the very top of the page. I can deal with this a lot of the time by repositioning Safari (but then I have to reposition it when I am through) and by moving the Mate app in the menu bar, but all that that is klutzy. So if I could unpin the dropdown window & place it anywhere on the screen, where it would stay till I got rid of it, that would be great!
Right away I have a feature request
09/03/2018
Dead Write

Downloaded this a few days ago & decided to bite the price bullet, even though there is at least one other decent translation app for Mac out there that costs significantly less. What sold me on this one is the interdevice (Mac OS & iOS) sync capability and that there are things I like about the display options. For example, when I add a word to translate, the translation includes a list of related words indicating overlapping meanings. So I learn that rather than use “pedir” for “ask”, I might want to use “invitar”. The other app does this, too, but not as concisely and immediately visible, i.e., you have to scroll down the page.But there is one significant (for me) feature that as far as I can tell this app lacks. That feature is that there is no way to unmoor the popup window from the Mac menu bar and move it around the desktop. So I can’t move that window around when it covers a part of the screen with information I am working with. This is a problem, for example, in Safari when the info I want to be able to see is at the very top of the page. I can deal with this a lot of the time by repositioning Safari (but then I have to reposition it when I am through) and by moving the Mate app in the menu bar, but all that that is klutzy. So if I could unpin the dropdown window & place it anywhere on the screen, where it would stay till I got rid of it, that would be great!
Pretty good
07/24/2022
Johoboo
I have tried every single Mac translator app that is free or allows a free trial. This is the only acceptable one. It's not perfect, but it works for me. The keyboard shortcut works in Calibre reader, which is very important since the mac dictionary does not work in there, but I wish I didn't have to copy the text first. The shortcut should automatically translate the selected text in my opinion. I like the popup when selecting text in safari. Problems: The sound does not work for russian. Also It does not translate offline; when my internet went out, this app was useless.

Developer Response
Thanks for the review! We appreciate your feedback! :)
Pretty good
07/24/2022
Johoboo

I have tried every single Mac translator app that is free or allows a free trial. This is the only acceptable one. It's not perfect, but it works for me. The keyboard shortcut works in Calibre reader, which is very important since the mac dictionary does not work in there, but I wish I didn't have to copy the text first. The shortcut should automatically translate the selected text in my opinion. I like the popup when selecting text in safari. Problems: The sound does not work for russian. Also It does not translate offline; when my internet went out, this app was useless.
Developer Response 09/13/2022
Thanks for the review! We appreciate your feedback! :)
Seamless, Accurate Translator
03/11/2021
barexaminee
I text a client in Spanish offline and this translator works seamlessly. I can copy or type text in, and set it so it translates instantly and copies automatically to my clipboard so I can just paste right into a text on my computer. I can actually type and translate so quickly on my computer that I actually have to slow down to accommodate a person texting with their fingers on a phone. It is much faster and more private than a web-based translater, and more accurate translation, too. And it also identifies which language I'm translating from instantly, so no clicking a button to switch from translating my language to theirs, to translating their language to mine. This is a very well designed app and makes it possible for me to work in another language without trying to use a live translator - which I do have access to - but which takes a lot of time and there are platform compatability issues there. LOVE THIS APP.

Developer Response
Thank you very much! Reviews like yours keep us energized to make Mate even better! 🤩
Seamless, Accurate Translator
03/11/2021
barexaminee

I text a client in Spanish offline and this translator works seamlessly. I can copy or type text in, and set it so it translates instantly and copies automatically to my clipboard so I can just paste right into a text on my computer. I can actually type and translate so quickly on my computer that I actually have to slow down to accommodate a person texting with their fingers on a phone. It is much faster and more private than a web-based translater, and more accurate translation, too. And it also identifies which language I'm translating from instantly, so no clicking a button to switch from translating my language to theirs, to translating their language to mine. This is a very well designed app and makes it possible for me to work in another language without trying to use a live translator - which I do have access to - but which takes a lot of time and there are platform compatability issues there. LOVE THIS APP.
Developer Response 05/26/2021
Thank you very much! Reviews like yours keep us energized to make Mate even better! 🤩
Unacceptable
12/03/2024
Nai-De
To sell an app, at a rather hefty price nonetheless, as a life-time purchase, just to switch later to a subscription model, is unconscionable.I don’t need translation services often, as I’m multilingual myself. So for the rare occasions, the original purchase would have been worth it. But I certainly won’t need the high subscription cost, when I might just as well ask ChatGPT to translate text for me, with similar quality.Worse, the barely used "forever" translation functionality, which I paid for, is now gone. For the few text passages I got to translate, that must have been the most expensive translations I’ve ever had done.It’s bogus what they do, and it’s bogus Apple allows them to switch the business model on existing customers.Other companies stopped selling their "forever" apps, and made available free downloads associated with a subscription service, while maintaining and keeping up the original deal with those who bought a "forever" app.To change the business model, without a refund, is not acceptable. If they had refunded the original purchase price in the process of switching to a subscription model then that would have been a nuisance, but at least somewhat fair, even though changing the terms of a contract post-fact would remain dubious.But to have people who paid for a service which they now don’t get, that’s bordering on the fraudulent.
Unacceptable
12/03/2024
Nai-De

To sell an app, at a rather hefty price nonetheless, as a life-time purchase, just to switch later to a subscription model, is unconscionable.I don’t need translation services often, as I’m multilingual myself. So for the rare occasions, the original purchase would have been worth it. But I certainly won’t need the high subscription cost, when I might just as well ask ChatGPT to translate text for me, with similar quality.Worse, the barely used "forever" translation functionality, which I paid for, is now gone. For the few text passages I got to translate, that must have been the most expensive translations I’ve ever had done.It’s bogus what they do, and it’s bogus Apple allows them to switch the business model on existing customers.Other companies stopped selling their "forever" apps, and made available free downloads associated with a subscription service, while maintaining and keeping up the original deal with those who bought a "forever" app.To change the business model, without a refund, is not acceptable. If they had refunded the original purchase price in the process of switching to a subscription model then that would have been a nuisance, but at least somewhat fair, even though changing the terms of a contract post-fact would remain dubious.But to have people who paid for a service which they now don’t get, that’s bordering on the fraudulent.

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Seller: Twopeople Software LLC
Size: 18.9 MB
Category: Education
Compatibility: Requires macOS 14.0 or later.

Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later.
Languages: English and 21 more

English, Arabic, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Hebrew, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
Age Rating: 4+

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