# Language Translation using Baserow
**URL:** https://community.baserow.io/t/language-translation-using-baserow/1345
**Category:** Made with Baserow
**Tags:** use-case
**Created:** [September 9, 2022, 1:41pm UTC](https://community.baserow.io/t/language-translation-using-baserow/1345 "2022-09-09T13:41:14Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@lucw](https://community.baserow.io/u/lucw)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2022, 1:41pm UTC](https://community.baserow.io/t/language-translation-using-baserow/1345/1 "2022-09-09T13:41:14Z")
Wanted to show off a small example of my Baserow plugin, which introduces language translation capability. It’s a very small example but it took me a while to get there, many thanks to @nigel and @petrs
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Besides translation, other functionality such as dictionary lookup will be supported. My plan is to eventually have a full featured app which can be described as a “spreadsheet for language learning”. There will be a free tier, and a paid tier (which unlocks access to premium translation service such as DeepL).
While it’s easy to get a one-off translation on the web or on mobile using google translate, people who are learning languages need to be able to build and maintain lists of vocabulary and sentences and annotate them in various way. They need import/export functionality, some users may want to import into flashcard software. Language teachers who work online will also benefit from having such a tool.
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### Author:  [@petrs](https://community.baserow.io/u/petrs)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2022, 9:46pm UTC](https://community.baserow.io/t/language-translation-using-baserow/1345/2 "2022-09-09T21:46:57Z")
This is pretty creative use of custom fields!
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### Author:  [@HiramFromTheChi](https://community.baserow.io/u/HiramFromTheChi)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2022, 12:36am UTC](https://community.baserow.io/t/language-translation-using-baserow/1345/3 "2022-09-10T00:36:00Z")
This is awesome @lucw, thanks for sharing. 🙌
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### Author:  [@dynnammo](https://community.baserow.io/u/dynnammo)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2022, 6:45pm UTC](https://community.baserow.io/t/language-translation-using-baserow/1345/4 "2022-09-10T18:45:12Z")
You just killed Crowdin, Weblate and POEditor in 55s. Just kidding, _beau travail Luc_
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### Author:  [@nigel](https://community.baserow.io/u/nigel)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2022, 8:19am UTC](https://community.baserow.io/t/language-translation-using-baserow/1345/5 "2022-09-12T08:19:31Z")
This looks amazing! Very excited to try this out 🙂
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### Author:  [@lucw](https://community.baserow.io/u/lucw)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2022, 8:19am UTC](https://community.baserow.io/t/language-translation-using-baserow/1345/6 "2022-09-14T08:19:17Z")
Here’s a step by step video that I made for my users who study or teach Chinese:
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFudhnsN034)
I’m going to start gathering user feedback on my current prototype. At some point i’ll have instructions on how to install this plugin, however it’s not 100% straightforward as it requires some API keys for paid cloud services (google, azure), so i’ll need a little bit of time.
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### Author:  [@olgatrykush](https://community.baserow.io/u/olgatrykush)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2022, 7:15pm UTC](https://community.baserow.io/t/language-translation-using-baserow/1345/7 "2022-09-14T19:15:44Z")
Hey @lucw, looks great! How are you going to start gathering user feedback, do you plan to have a specific group or channel for that?
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### Author:  [@lucw](https://community.baserow.io/u/lucw)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2022, 12:23pm UTC](https://community.baserow.io/t/language-translation-using-baserow/1345/8 "2022-09-17T12:23:06Z")
I maintain a google sheets addon which has some overlap in functionality with this baserow plugin, so I’ll be recommending this to some users.
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### Author:  [@Khushisi](https://community.baserow.io/u/Khushisi)
#### Post date: [November 29, 2023, 9:03am UTC](https://community.baserow.io/t/language-translation-using-baserow/1345/9 "2023-11-29T09:03:51Z")
Hello,
That’s an impressive initiative with your Baserow plugin, integrating language translation and planning for additional features like dictionary lookup! 🌐💡 For language learners, the ability to build and maintain vocabulary lists with annotations is crucial. Considering your goal for a “spreadsheet for language learning,” have you explored or considered integrating [AI translation](https://wavel.ai/solutions/ai-video-translator) tools, especially those with advanced capabilities like DeepL, to enhance the translation services in your app?
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### Author:  [@lucw](https://community.baserow.io/u/lucw)
#### Post date: [November 29, 2023, 12:22pm UTC](https://community.baserow.io/t/language-translation-using-baserow/1345/10 "2023-11-29T12:22:26Z")
DeepL is supported. however i need to rate limit because the API is paid