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Glate

Glate is a translation program, available on Linux: read-aloud, text translation and offline use.

  • Completely free
  • Linux

Overview

Glate is a translation program, available on Linux.

Features described in its Flathub listing and on its official website: read-aloud, text translation, offline use and keyboard shortcuts.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information
  • “Google translator for Linux Desktop Download for Linux.” — official website, 10 November 2026
  • “Offline translator, text to speech” — Flathub, 10 November 2026
  • “Glate - Translation/Text to Speech tool - Ktechpit” — official website, 10 November 2026
  • “An offline indicator shows when offline mode is on and which results were translated on your computer” — Flathub, 10 November 2026
  • “A short welcome for new users, keyboard shortcuts and What's new in the Help menu” — Flathub, 10 November 2026

At a glance

Glate is completely free: no known feature is locked behind a paid plan.

It is distributed under a proprietary licence: free to use under its terms, which may change; that licence is not an open source licence.

Weaknesses

  • Closed source

About

Glate is a fast desktop translator with built-in text to speech. Translate text between 100+ languages online through Google Translate, or use offline translation on your own computer, then listen to the result read aloud. Offline mode uses Mozilla's Firefox translation models: download a language once and translate without internet, privately, because your text never leaves your device. No model ships with the app, so you only download the languages you need. Features: Translate text between 100+ languages, with automatic language detection Offline translation for nearly 60 languages with Mozilla's Firefox translation models, downloaded on demand (Pro) An offline indicator shows when offline mode is on and which results were translated on your computer Text to speech: read the text or its translation aloud, or only the part you select, with a choice of voice Export speech to MP3, WAV, FLAC or AAC audio, with bitrate, sample rate and volume options Line-by-line translation view to check long text sentence by sentence, with copy and read aloud for each line Searchable translation history: load, copy or remove earlier translations Share a translation by email or a paste link, or save it as a text file Quick translate: select text in any app and translate it with a global keyboard shortcut Stays in the system tray, with a choice between quitting and minimizing to the tray on close Light and dark appearance that follows the system, Fusion and Fusion 2 themes, and your own accent colour A short welcome for new users, keyboard shortcuts and What's new in the Help menu Report a bug from the app, with the system details filled in for you Interface in English, German, French, Brazilian Portuguese and Italian

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
  • Facts collected from Automatic reading of the official pages (free status) —
  • Last technical check: 6 November 2026
  • Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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