Translation Apps or Tools for Otome/BL Games

[jokerblackjack]

I'm curious what apps or tools everyone uses for translating games :)
Could you recommend some to me?

The ones I currently use are:

- Gaminik (PC program and mobile app)
- Tap To Translate (mobile app)

Right now, I mainly use Gaminik, and I think it works pretty well

 

[甘味鎮痛剤]

LunaTranslator.
It supports most PC games — you just click on the icon, find the running game, and it can hook the text from it.

Most Japanese games need to be run in a different locale, but this translator has that feature built in. Just click on Game Management, add the game to it, and you won't need a separate locale emulator or to change your system settings.

For Switch games, you'll need to use an emulator — like Eden or Citron. First open Luna, then open the emulator, and it will hook the text from the emulator. The process is pretty much the same as with PC games.
I hope that helps you.

 

[Arisara]

I use MORT for PC and emuls. I like it more then lunatranslator.

 

[Lynettee]

What tool do you use for Ryujinx? I currently use LunaTranslator with its OCR function, since it's not compatible. I've tried Agent and textractor, but they cause Ryujinx to simply crash.

For mobile, I use Translate On Screen.

 

[makancurry]

LunaTranslator is the way to go for me most of the time, the setting might be intimidating at first but once you get a hang of it it's actually really reliable !

Also if the game you play is Unity Based, You can use Xunity Auto Translator (https://github.com/bbepis/XUnity.AutoTranslator)!
I usually use them if possible since the instalation is just - easier

 

[blackflag]

I just use my brain most of the time as my set up is for learning not translation, though I use LunaTranslator for chinese or korean games because, I cannot read those languages.

 

[甘味鎮痛剤]

What tool do you use for Ryujinx? I currently use LunaTranslator with its OCR function, since it's not compatible. I've tried Agent and textractor, but they cause Ryujinx to simply crash.

For mobile, I use Translate On Screen.

Ryujinx? Are you trying to use Luna's hook mode with it? Unfortunately, Ryujinx doesn't support hook mode — you can only use OCR with it. Or you could try Eden or Citron, those two Switch emulators can hook the text directly.

 

[Tenya]

Ryujinx? Are you trying to use Luna's hook mode with it? Unfortunately, Ryujinx doesn't support hook mode — you can only use OCR with it. Or you could try Eden or Citron, those two Switch emulators can hook the text directly.

OCR doesn't require hooking of any kind since it's basically just a screenshot of the text area which then is processed by the software to give you text you can copy/translate/do other things with it later on. (˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶) Though I wasn't aware Eden/Citron could hook into the engine directly, I might have to look into that. OCR accuracy is only as good as the model it is running on, but getting the text directly resolves any ambiguity.

As for me, I actually have a few (?) setups, I think. I wrote my own OCR app which has direct integration with Yomitan; that's pretty much how I can actually study consistently since it's fun, LOL.

Aside from that, I can always defer to an LLM if I get stuck on specific grammar/structure and it definitely helps a lot to actually fully understand what I'm reading. (*ᴗ͈ˬᴗ͈)ꕤ*.ﾟ

 

[甘味鎮痛剤]

OCR doesn't require hooking of any kind since it's basically just a screenshot of the text area which then is processed by the software to give you text you can copy/translate/do other things with it later on. (˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶) Though I wasn't aware Eden/Citron could hook into the engine directly, I might have to look into that. OCR accuracy is only as good as the model it is running on, but getting the text directly resolves any ambiguity.

As for me, I actually have a few (?) setups, I think. I wrote my own OCR app which has direct integration with Yomitan; that's pretty much how I can actually study consistently since it's fun, LOL.
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Aside from that, I can always defer to an LLM if I get stuck on specific grammar/structure and it definitely helps a lot to actually fully understand what I'm reading. (*ᴗ͈ˬᴗ͈)ꕤ*.ﾟ

Wow, You rock! (｡>∀<｡)

I feel like OCR mode can be a bit slow with text processing, especially when the text doesn't stay in one fixed place — it gets harder to handle. Also, some katakana might be misread, so I try to use hook mode whenever possible.

Luna also has a dictionary system — if you're up for it, you could give it a try~!

something like that.

It also has a general interface for large language models — you just need to enter your own API key.（The regular dictionary is more than enough for me, so I haven't tried using the large language model myself.）

 

[toboa]

I used to use textractor and it was pretty good, but I don't think it's still being updated. You can try using Luna translator which is newer and does get frequent updates.

 

[Huaaa17]

You can use luna translator, its translated most sentence good enough. for mobile you can use poplingo.

 

[Violetta19]

I also use Luna Translator, it helps me a lot.

 

[yueop]

I use Luna Translator. Even the free offers decent translation quality! Thanks to it, I'm so happy I can play various otome games.