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title: SC Chat Translator
description: Free real-time chat translation for Star Conflict. Reads the game's chat log and translates every message into your language — no game modification, no account.
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      <h1>Understand every pilot in Star Conflict chat.</h1>
      <p class="lead">SC Chat Translator reads the game's chat log as you play and shows each message
        translated into your language: battle, squad, clan, trading, private and all the general chats.</p>
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        <a class="btn btn-primary" href="https://github.com/{{ site.repository }}/releases/latest">Download for Windows</a>
        <a class="btn btn-secondary" href="{{ '/user-guide.html' | relative_url }}">Read the guide</a>
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      <p class="fineprint">Free and open source · single .exe, no installation · Windows 10/11<br>
        Linux and macOS: <a href="{{ '/installation.html' | relative_url }}">run from source</a></p>
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      <img src="{{ '/assets/images/screenshot-chat.png' | relative_url }}" width="480" height="536"
           alt="The Chat tab: messages in Russian, Polish, German, Chinese and Spanish, each followed by an English translation.">
      <figcaption>Russian, Polish, German, Chinese and Spanish chat, translated to English.</figcaption>
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    <h2>What it does</h2>
    <p class="section-lead">A small companion window next to the game. It only reads the chat log Star Conflict
      already writes; it never touches the game itself.</p>
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        <h3>Real-time translation</h3>
        <p>New chat lines appear within seconds, the original and the translation one under the other.
          The source language is detected automatically.</p>
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        <h3>Your channels, your choice</h3>
        <p>Every channel is translated by default. Untick the ones you don't need; they are still shown,
          just not translated.</p>
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        <h3>Reply in their language</h3>
        <p>Type a message, pick a language, and the translation is copied to the clipboard,
          ready to paste into the game chat.</p>
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        <h3>Game dictionary</h3>
        <p>A community dictionary turns game slang and abbreviations into plain words before translating.
          Add your own terms, or sync the community list from GitHub.</p>
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        <h3>Chat history</h3>
        <p>Every message is stored locally with its translation. Browse by session or day, or export to CSV.</p>
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        <h3>Free, no account</h3>
        <p>Uses the free MyMemory service. Optionally add your email for a ten times larger daily limit.</p>
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    <h2>Get started</h2>
    <p class="section-lead">No installer, no setup wizard. Keep the app open next to the game.</p>
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      <li><strong>Download</strong><span>Get <code>SC_Chat_Translator_v…_Windows.exe</code> from the
        <a href="https://github.com/{{ site.repository }}/releases/latest">latest release</a>.</span></li>
      <li><strong>Start it, then the game</strong><span>The app finds Star Conflict's log folder by itself and
        follows the current chat.</span></li>
      <li><strong>Pick your language</strong><span>In Settings, choose the language chat is translated into.
        That's it.</span></li>
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      <h2>Free translation, and how to get more</h2>
      <p>Translation runs through <a href="https://mymemory.translated.net/">MyMemory</a>, a free service
        that needs no key. It has a daily limit:</p>
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        <li><strong>5,000 characters a day</strong> without an email, shared by your internet connection.</li>
        <li><strong>50,000 characters a day</strong> with your own email in Settings. No account,
          no confirmation mail.</li>
        <li><strong>Translate fewer channels</strong> to make the limit last longer.</li>
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      <p>When the limit is reached, chat keeps working and translation resumes by itself after the reset.</p>
      <p><a href="{{ '/translation-service.html' | relative_url }}">Why an email raises the limit, and why the app
        no longer uses Google Translate →</a></p>
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    <img src="{{ '/assets/images/screenshot-channels.png' | relative_url }}" width="480" height="462"
         alt="Settings: the Translated Channels group with a checkbox for each chat channel, all ticked.">
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    <h2>Help and feedback</h2>
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      <a href="{{ '/user-guide.html' | relative_url }}">User Guide</a> ·
      <a href="{{ '/troubleshooting.html' | relative_url }}">Troubleshooting</a> ·
      <a href="{{ '/game-dictionary.html' | relative_url }}">Contribute to the game dictionary</a> ·
      <a href="https://github.com/{{ site.repository }}/issues">Report a problem or suggest a feature</a>
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