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  "publishedAt": "2026-03-08T23:08:04.000Z",
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  "textContent": "### Website\n\ngithub.com\n\n### GitHub - DavidVentura/offline-translator: Use Firefox Translation Models for on-device...\n\nUse Firefox Translation Models for on-device translation on Android\n\n### Short description\n\nAn Android translator app that performs text and image translation completely offline using on-device models. Language packs contain the full translation models, translation happens on your device, no requests are sent to external servers.\n\nSupports automatic language detection and transliteration for non-latin scripts. There’s also a built-in word dictionary & an API to other apps, so that they can request translations to be performed for them\n\n### Why I think this tool should be added\n\n### Background\n\nThis tool recommendation is a product of this PG discussion on mobile translator tools. I’ve been using it for a few weeks now, and only have good things to say\n\nEdit: Here’s a pretty interesting blog post from the dev, detailing the app’s genesis\n\n### Criteria\n\nOffline Translator meets all Language Tools criteria:\n\n  1. **Must be open source** : Offline Translator’s source code is posted on GitHub, covered under a GPL-3.0 license\n  2. **Must be possible to self-host:** network connectivity is only required for initial model download. After this, it runs local-only; network access can be blocked entirely\n\n\n\n### Capability Gap\n\nThe Offline Translator would represent the first local translation tool available for PG’s recommended mobile OS (GrapheneOS).\n\nOther recommended translation tools do not have an Android app, requiring either a networked connection to a self-hosted instance or broader WLAN connectivity\n\n### Section on Privacy Guides\n\nLanguage Tools",
  "title": "Offline Translator for Android"
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