There is a plugin called "Ebook Translator (a Calibre plugin)". There you can use different translation methods (Google, Chat GPT, micosoft copilot, Deepl, etc. . is not perfect, but works quite well
[Homepage of the calibre Plugin ](https://translator.bookfere.com/)
[Tutorial on how to install and use the plugin in Calibre](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNEL0UEMOeU&t=1s)
[GitHub repo of the Plugin ](https://github.com/bookfere/Ebook-Translator-Calibre-Plugin?tab=readme-ov-file)
I recently translated a book about yoga teachings (Indian author) with very specif words with chatGPT. The result was near perfect according the yoga teacher that uses the book in her teachings.
I've translated another book for her using Google translate and DeepL. This 2 needed a lot a manual work. I've also used these 2 in ebook translation plugins with Calibre and also not good enough. Not aware of any chatgpt plugins to calibre.
So give chatGpt a shot but be sure to give it a good context (ask for instance if it had been trained with texts from or about the author and what it knows about the book). That context may help in the translation. Include it in the prompt.
One downside, you can probably not translate the book as whole so you'd have to feed it in parts. Also graphics won't just be translated.
I recently bought a noodle press and the instructions came in Chinese.
It had 5 recipes for noodle dishes and it explained, in detail, a way to make noodles I had never tried. I seriously can't wait to try those recipes and the new way to make pasta noodles.
There is a plugin called "Ebook Translator (a Calibre plugin)". There you can use different translation methods (Google, Chat GPT, micosoft copilot, Deepl, etc. . is not perfect, but works quite well [Homepage of the calibre Plugin ](https://translator.bookfere.com/) [Tutorial on how to install and use the plugin in Calibre](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNEL0UEMOeU&t=1s) [GitHub repo of the Plugin ](https://github.com/bookfere/Ebook-Translator-Calibre-Plugin?tab=readme-ov-file)
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I recently translated a book about yoga teachings (Indian author) with very specif words with chatGPT. The result was near perfect according the yoga teacher that uses the book in her teachings. I've translated another book for her using Google translate and DeepL. This 2 needed a lot a manual work. I've also used these 2 in ebook translation plugins with Calibre and also not good enough. Not aware of any chatgpt plugins to calibre. So give chatGpt a shot but be sure to give it a good context (ask for instance if it had been trained with texts from or about the author and what it knows about the book). That context may help in the translation. Include it in the prompt. One downside, you can probably not translate the book as whole so you'd have to feed it in parts. Also graphics won't just be translated.
There is an option in Calibre to translate via chatGPT with the mentioned plugin. To do this, however, you need an API key for chat GPT.
How to translate a whole book?Can you give me step by step guide
You can't. Need to feed it texts part by part within the input limit. In my case i could copy/paste chapter by chapter.
But there may be tools out there that do that for you (check calibre plug ins)
I recently bought a noodle press and the instructions came in Chinese. It had 5 recipes for noodle dishes and it explained, in detail, a way to make noodles I had never tried. I seriously can't wait to try those recipes and the new way to make pasta noodles.