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title: "Quick Translate for Mac, a free Droplet in Droppy"
description: "Select text in an app, press your shortcut, and read its translation in a card beside the selection. Copy it or replace the original text."
canonical: "https://getdroppy.app/features/quick-translate"
last-updated: "2026-11-02"
---

# Read it in your language.

Quick Translate

Select text in an app, press your shortcut, and read its translation in a card beside the selection. Copy it or replace the original text.

[Download for macOS](https://getdroppy.app/download/latest) [Purchase](https://getdroppy.app/#pricing)

Free with Droppy. Open the Droplet Store to get started.

## What it does

Quick Translate brings translation to the text you are already reading or writing. Choose your target language and a second language for text already in it. Supported language pairs translate on this Mac with Apple Translation on macOS 15 or later.

- Translate selected text with your own shortcut
- Copy the translation or replace editable selected text
- Choose a target language and a second language
- Optional translation button beside selected text
- On-device Apple Translation for supported language pairs on macOS 15 or later

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## Related features

[Thunderstorm Press Option-Space to find apps, files and settings, run snippets, convert units and move windows from one panel. Learn more](https://getdroppy.app/features/thunderstorm) [Text Capture Pull the text out of any part of the screen, an image or a PDF. Recognition stays on your Mac. Learn more](https://getdroppy.app/features/ocr) [Notes Jot a thought down the moment it comes, right from the notch. Notes save as you type, with live Markdown. Learn more](https://getdroppy.app/features/notes)

## Ready to try Droppy?

Every feature and every Droplet, one price, yours for good.

[Download for macOS](https://getdroppy.app/download/latest)