DeepL Translator desktop programs for Windows and Mac

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The translation service Deepl released desktop programs for Microsoft's Windows and Apple's Mac OS operating system on September 12, 2019.

DeepL Translator was launched in August 2017 to provide better translation services than established translate services such as Google Translate or Bing Translate. The service launched with a limited number of supported languages -- only eight languages that you could translate -- and the promise to improve supported languages and the service in the future.

Options to translate documents using DeepL were integrated in July 2018 and support for new languages was added as well.

DeepL for Windows and Mac extends the service once more. The desktop programs integrate the translation service right on the desktop giving users options to translate text directly.

We took a look at the latest DeepL for Windows. The program is marked as beta.

DeepL for Windows

DeepL for Windows displays a short help screen when you run it on your system. Note that the application requires Internet connectivity to work.

It maps its translate functionality to the Ctrl-C key. Ctrl-C copies selected text to the clipboard and while that functionality remains untouched, pressing Ctrl-C twice pushes the copied text to the DeepL interface where it is translated automatically.

You may change the target language in the DeepL interface to any of the supported languages.

DeepL adds an icon to the Windows System Tray when you run it which you may use to bring up the program interface. You may type or paste text into the interface manually at any time to have it translated right then and there.
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