Hello everyone, today let's talk about book translation.
With the popularity of chatgpt, there are now many tools available for book translation. However, some of them have limited format support, and some require some knowledge of coding.
Today, I finally discovered a tool that allows beginners to easily translate books. It is a plugin on Calibre.
Calibre#
If you enjoy reading books, especially using Kindle, you must be familiar with Calibre. It is almost the number one tool in the field of book editing. Since many of the books we download are in the universal formats of epub and pdf, in order to prevent our Kindle from becoming a tool only for instant noodles, we need to use Calibre to convert the formats of the books. It can recognize 48 input formats and 20 output formats.
With its natural advantages, you only need a translation plugin to easily meet your book translation needs.
Plugin Import#
It is very simple to use. We download the plugin zip file to our local device without extracting it, then open the settings, find the plugins, and choose the last option to import from file. Then select the installation package that was just downloaded.
Book Translation#
After that, we can see the translation icon at the top end of the software. Clicking on it allows us to choose the export format and the language for translation.
Plugin Settings#
However, before using the plugin, we need to set it up. The default translation service is Google Translate, but it also supports Deepl, Youdao, Baidu, and chatgpt. Google and Deepl use free quotas, but the results are average. The others require your own API, especially chatgpt, which not only requires an API but also network support. Those who know how to use it should understand.
It is not only for books, but also for long papers, company materials, and any translation needs. You can save them locally and use this software for translation. It also supports batch processing, which can greatly improve your work efficiency.