Glate
Translate text and generate speech audio on Linux desktop
Keshav Bhatt ✓ Verified
com.ktechpit.glateGlate is a fast desktop translator with built-in text-to-speech for everyday translation workflows.
It supports translation across 100+ languages, per-line translation view, voice playback, history tracking, and sharing translated text or speech output.
- Translate between 100+ languages instantly
- Line-by-line translation view for structured content and review
- Text-to-speech playback with selectable voice/gender plus audio export tools
- Translation history with search, quick load, copy, and remove actions
- Share translations via text save, e-mail, and public paste link generation
- Standalone About dialog with quick access to project links and developer apps
- Global quick-translate hotkey support on X11/XWayland
- Available in English, German, French, Brazilian Portuguese and Italian
- System-following Light/Dark appearance with Fusion and Fusion 2 theme choices
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4.230 Jun 2026
Major UI, theming and localization update.
- Moved About out of Settings into a standalone dialog with direct toolbar access and quick project/developer links.
- History list UI reworked for consistent row sizing, spacing and controls across Fusion and Fusion 2 themes.
- Default skin switched to Fusion with a lighter default accent colour for better readability.
- Fusion combo-box popups now use compact, scrollable height instead of expanding to full screen.
- Added localization support for English, German, French, Brazilian Portuguese and Italian.
- Added in-app language selector and startup locale loading from bundled translations.
- Language and custom title bar (CSD) changes now show a restart prompt with “Restart Now” and “Restart Later”.
- Updated toolbar/account/about icons and refreshed release metadata.
4.121 Mar 2026
Audio export improvements and usability polish.
- Added read buttons in LineByLine mode
- Advanced audio export options
- Export dialog remembers the last used folder across sessions
- Status messages simplified to remove internal technical terms
4.021 Mar 2026
Major update with reworked UX, improved sharing, and single-instance enforcement.
- Single-instance enforcement: raising the existing window when app is launched again
- History window overhauled: item selection, theming, and layout improvements
- TTS buttons now disabled when source text is empty
- Paste sharing now correctly handles UTF-8 text including CJK and Devanagari scripts
- Plan comparison dialog shows Free, Evaluation, and Pro feature differences
- Dark and light theme contrast improvements across dialogs
- Snap packaging updated to core24 with CMake-based builds
- Added Flatpak manifest and CI release artifacts
- Aligned desktop metadata with reverse-DNS app ID for stores


