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Translater

Corrupt minecraft text by translating it back and forth

Fabric
Loaders
Fabric
Downloads on Modrinth
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Updated
September 16, 2026Sep 16
Published
in 2021
Options — The options screen but google translated · swipe

At a glance

Runs on Fabric
For Minecraft 1.16.5–26.3
Client only — no need to install it on the server
Latest version — 26.3.0 from September 16, 2026
Requires LibJF
License MIT — free
Where it's needed
In gamerequiredOn servernot needed

Install in the game only; not needed on the server

Game versions1.16.5–26.3

Translater takes all the text in minecraft and runs it through Google Translate 5 times (configurable). This leaves the text in a state that is still partially understandable but hilarious to play with. The mod caches all responses from Google Translate to reduce loading times as creating the cache can take up to 3 hours for vanilla (~5000 pieces of text) This allows it to have no major impact on loading/performance after generating the cache. In fact, a pre-generated name cache is even contained in the mod and will be used if possible. You can also download the additional file with pre-cached responses for most mods to improve speeds at the cost of a bit more disk space. Please note that generating the additional file takes some time, so it might not be available right after an update This should work fine with most other mods that use the vanilla system for translation.

You can configure the following things:

  • The amount of times all text should be translated (defaults to 10, requires cache recreation)
  • Whether to use random languages as source languages (this causes most text to be unrecognizable, requires cache recreation)
  • The target language for translations, should also equal the games language. You can use "auto" to attempt automatic detection
  • Progress indicators for translations to watch over the initial generation
Note: you may need to increase the throttleMillis in the libjf-translate-v1 config to avoid rate limiting from your service

FAQ

How to install Translater?

Install Fabric for your Minecraft version, download Translater for the same version and loader, put the file into the mods folder and launch the game with the loader profile.

Which Minecraft versions does Translater support?

Translater has builds for Minecraft 1.16.5–26.3.

Is Translater needed on the server?

Client only — no need to install it on the server

License and source
MIT Licensefree to use and share with credit to the author
Original — Modrinth↗Files unchanged, verified with SHA-512Is this your mod? For rights holders

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