Mate Translate
Mate Translate is a Mac translation app that helps you translate selected text, webpages, speech, and clipboard content across apps.
What is Mate Translate?
Mate Translate is a native Mac translation app for reading and translating text without leaving the app you are using. It is designed for people who work with foreign-language websites, documents, messages, and study materials, and it integrates directly into common macOS workflows. On Mac, users can translate selected text from many apps, open quick translations from the menu bar, and use a keyboard shortcut for clipboard-based translation. The app also includes a Safari extension for translating selected text and full webpages in the browser. Additional user-facing features include text-to-speech, transliteration, phrase saving, and offline translation support on newer versions of macOS for supported language pairs. Mate Translate is published by Instant Translate and is primarily used as a language and reading aid on macOS.
Key features
- Translate selected text from many Mac apps
- Open quick translations from the menu bar
- Translate copied text with a system-wide keyboard shortcut
- Translate selected text and full webpages in Safari
- Listen to pronunciations with text-to-speech
- Save useful words and phrases for later review
- Use transliteration for supported languages
- Translate offline on newer macOS versions for supported language pairs
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Safety overview
Status: Mostly safe
Mate Translate is legitimate translation software for macOS. To work across apps and in Safari, it may ask for normal permissions or extension access related to translating selected text and webpage content. Any text you send for translation can be sensitive, so avoid pasting confidential material unless you are comfortable using the service for that content. Removing the app simply stops its translation features, including menu bar, shortcut, and browser integration.
Recommendation: Keep Mate Translate if you use it to translate text, webpages, or study language content on your Mac. Remove it if you no longer need those features; doing so will only disable its translation tools and related integrations.
Common paths
/Applications/Mate.app
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