Best Discord translation bots in 2026

We compared each bot on six things that change what members see in Discord.

• Languages: how many languages the bot supports, and how many target languages one server can run at once.

• Delivery: where the translation appears. It can be a reply under the message, a thread, a separate channel, or a repost under the member's own name and avatar.

• Free tier: what you get without paying, and how the bot counts it: translations, characters, or allowances per member.

• Linked channels: whether the bot mirrors chat between language channels, in which directions, and whether edits and deletions follow.

• Media and voice: whether the bot translates the text inside images, PDFs and voice messages, or only forwards the file. Whether it handles live voice chat, and on which plan.

• Pricing model: per server, per person, character packs, tasks, or one-time.

We did not give translation quality a score. Quality depends on your languages, your slang and your conversation. Test a real exchange from your server instead, as the last section explains.

BabelBot: automatic AI translation with bridges

BabelBot translates every new message in the channels you choose, with no commands, in 130+ languages. An admin sets target languages and delivery in a web dashboard. Setup takes about two minutes and needs no credit card.

• Three delivery modes on every plan: a reply under the message (plain text or embed), a translation thread attached to the message, or Replace the original. Replace the original reposts the message in regular text channels with the member's name and avatar, then deletes the original after delivery. A reply that is too long for one message goes to a thread.

• Context: automatic translations can use up to 5 earlier messages in the same channel, so short replies, slang and jokes keep their meaning.

• Bridges (linked language channels): pairs or hubs of up to 26 channels. Messages mirror both ways with the speaker's name and avatar. When the original is edited or deleted, its copies follow. Replies, reactions and threads follow too.

• Channel controls: turn automatic translation on or off for text channels, voice channel chat, and forum and media posts. Channel and category rules change languages and delivery per channel. Skip languages leave chosen languages untranslated. Custom words keep names and game terms the same.

• Personal translation: any member can use Translate Text (right-click) or a flag reaction. Translate Text is unlimited on every plan and does not use the server's AI translations.

• Paid extras: Pro and up translate images, PDFs, video attachments, audio files and voice messages. Ultra adds live voice chat translation and cross-server connections.

Plans: Free has 100 AI translations a month, 3 target languages, 1 bridge and 5 custom words. Pro costs €9.99 a month with 10,000 AI translations, 5 target languages, 5 bridges and media translation. Ultra costs €19.99 a month with 50,000 AI translations, 10 target languages, unlimited bridges and live voice chat translation. Founder Access costs €199 once for unlimited AI translations with Ultra features, one server at a time, and is limited to 100 plans in total.

One plan covers every member of one server. One automatic translation counts once, even with several target languages. Each translation posted to a linked channel and each flag translation count separately. On Free, translations pause when the 100 run out, until the 1st of the next month. A Top.gg vote by any member resets the allowance to 100 right away.

Main limitation: the free allowance is small for a busy server, and media and voice need a paid plan. Voice chat translation posts text; it does not speak translations aloud. Some other comparisons still list older BabelBot limits, such as 50 AI translations a month and 2 target languages. The numbers on this page are current.

iTranslator: a broad all-round option

iTranslator runs in 130,000+ servers and has a character-based free tier. It translates automatically into another channel or below the original, by channel or by role. It also has flag reactions, right-click translation and a personal app for DMs. Admins set it up in a dashboard with 28 interface languages.

• Free: 10,000 characters per server and 30 languages. Members reset the count by voting on Top.gg every 12 hours and running /checkvote.

• Premium: €9.99 a month per server, ex VAT (€8.32 a month billed yearly). No character limit and 109+ languages.

• Pro AI: €29.99 a month, ex VAT (€24.99 a month billed yearly). Adds an OpenAI-based translator, text-to-speech and voice channel transcription.

• Output: text, embed or webhook styles. Attachments are forwarded, not translated.

Best use: large servers that want role-based rules and control over how output looks. Main limitation: the free tier stops at 30 languages, and AI translation and voice tools are on the most expensive plan.

Discord Translator: linked language channels

Discord Translator (by nvu.io) has the largest install base in the comparisons we read, at about 300,000 servers. It is built around linked language channels and can mirror whole categories. It also translates under each message or for chosen users, with 10+ message styles that include webhook. It uses Google Translate for 100+ languages, and you set it up with a dashboard, slash commands or prefix commands.

• Pricing: no subscription. A 5,000-character trial, then $10 for 200,000 characters. Credits do not expire.

• Counting: characters count once per target language, so two target languages use twice the characters.

• Media and voice: mirrors attachments and stickers. No live voice translation.

Best use: communities that already chat in language channels and prefer to buy credits once. Main limitation: character packs run out fast on a busy server with several languages. Estimate your monthly characters before you buy.

Talksy: translations that look like the speaker

Talksy posts each translation below the original message under the speaker's name and avatar. Members opt in with /talksy and choose their own language. An optional stealth mode deletes the original. It also has flag reactions, right-click translation, channel routes and a glossary, with AI translation on every plan.

• Free: per member each month, 100 automatic, 100 manual and 50 flag translations. Per server, 1 route with 200 messages a month and 30 glossary terms.

• Pro: €8.99 a month or €86.30 a year. One Pro belongs to a person and covers them in every server. The owner can sponsor servers, which gives every member of a sponsored server unlimited translation.

• Media and voice: attachments are forwarded as they are. Its public docs do not claim content translation or voice translation.

Best use: servers where each member wants one language of their choice, and people who want personal translation in many servers. Main limitation: translation depends on each member opting in.

Interaction Bot: translation plus text-to-speech

Interaction Bot is a utility bot that adds translation, text-to-speech and speech-to-text to moderation and Q&A tools. It runs in about 56,000 servers and supports 100+ languages. Automatic translation can be limited to channels, roles or categories, and setup happens in its dashboard.

• Free: no character cap, with up to 20 channel and 20 role translation setups per server.

• Premium: Patreon tiers from €3.99 a month that cover 1, 3 or 10 servers.

Best use: servers that want one bot for several jobs, where text-to-speech in voice channels matters. Main limitation: its public pages say little about delivery style or linked channels, so test those before you depend on them.

RitaBot and other subscription bots

RitaBot prices by tasks, which are channel and language setups, so the cost grows with the number of translated channels. It uses Google Translate and DeepL. It translates channels automatically, supports flag reactions, threads, forums and channel links across servers, and posts in a webhook style. Setup uses slash commands. A one-month trial gives 25 tasks and 10,000 characters. Paid plans start at $2.99 a month for flag reactions only, $6.99 a month for 100 tasks, and go up to $21.99 a month for 550 tasks.

HephBot Translate is the other name that comes up for free servers. Its standard translator is free with no character limit and covers 35+ languages, with channel mirroring, flag reactions and right-click translation. Paid tiers add a stronger translator, including bring-your-own-key options.

Best use: RitaBot fits servers with a few focused channels. HephBot fits text-only servers that want unlimited free basic translation. Main limitation: neither documents media content translation or live voice translation. Check current plan limits before you commit, because they change.

NeuroVox: translations spoken in voice channels

NeuroVox joins a voice channel, transcribes speech and speaks the translation aloud, with text output too. It lists 24+ languages. The free plan gives 15 minutes of voice translation a day, and Pro costs €9.99 a month. It is a voice bot, so it does not translate text channels the way the other bots do.

A bridge links two or more language channels, so a message posted in one appears, translated, in the others. Members chat in their own channel, in their own language, and still talk to everyone.

With BabelBot, a member writes in #español. The message appears in #english and #português under that member's name and avatar, translated. A reply in #english goes back to #español and #português the same way. That is what both directions means.

Most comparisons stop at the first post. What happens next matters more:

• Edits: a member fixes a typo in #español, and the copies in #english and #português update. Without edit sync, the other channels keep the old text.

• Deletions: a moderator deletes the original message, and its copies in the linked channels are deleted too. Deleting a copy leaves the original and the other copies in place, so delete spam at the original. Without delete sync, removed spam stays visible in the other channels.

• Replies, reactions and threads: a reply in one channel shows as a reply in the others, and reactions and threads follow, so each language channel reads as one conversation.

For moderation, delete sync is the most important. Check it for any bot before you link channels in a public server.

BabelBot Free includes 1 bridge, Pro 5, and Ultra and Founder Access unlimited. A pair counts as 1 bridge, and each extra channel in a hub counts as 1. Each translation posted to a linked channel uses one AI translation, so a busy hub with many languages uses the allowance faster than reply mode. The bridges guide explains setup.

Most bots give some free text translation and charge for volume, AI quality, media or voice. The free tiers count in different ways, so compare them by what your members do most.

• BabelBot counts AI translations per server. Free resets every month, or right away when any member votes on Top.gg. Media content translation needs Pro, and live voice chat translation needs Ultra or Founder Access.

• iTranslator counts characters per server and resets by voting. It forwards files without translating them. Voice transcription and text-to-speech need Pro AI.

• Discord Translator counts characters, and the count never resets: you buy more. It mirrors files and has no live voice translation.

• Talksy counts translations per member each month. A member's vote resets that member's counters. It has no media content or voice translation.

• Interaction Bot limits the number of channel and role setups, not characters.

• RitaBot counts tasks and has no permanent free plan.

• HephBot gives unlimited standard text translation for free.

• NeuroVox counts voice minutes per day: 15 free, unlimited on Pro.

Forwarding a file and translating it are different. A bot that forwards a screenshot shows the same image in another channel. A bot that translates media reads the text in the image, PDF or voice message and posts it in the reader's language. BabelBot does the second on Pro and up. See the media translation guide for supported files.

Here is how a 2,000-member gaming server with English, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese and Korean speakers can set up translation. The same choices apply to most communities.

• #general and #lfg: automatic translation as replies. Players switch languages while they plan a match. Replies keep the original visible, and nobody types a command. With BabelBot, one plan covers every member, so new players get translations from their first message.

• #announcements: thread delivery. Long patch notes in four languages as replies would fill the channel. Threads keep one announcement in the channel, with the translations one click away.

• #english, #español, #português and #한국어: a bridge hub. Some players prefer to chat in their own language. The hub mirrors each channel to the others, and when a moderator deletes the original spam message, its copies go too.

• Custom words: add item names, map names and team nicknames so they stay as written.

• Raid nights in voice: on BabelBot Ultra, players read live transcripts and translations in the voice channel's text chat. If the group wants translations spoken aloud, a voice bot such as NeuroVox fits that job better.

• Personal lookups: a player who sees a message in a channel without translation uses Translate Text. It does not use the server's AI translations.

At this size, a free tier runs out quickly. Four target languages need BabelBot Pro, which allows 5. A hub of four language channels counts as 3 bridges, which also fits Pro. Live voice chat translation needs Ultra or Founder Access. If you compare a character-based bot, estimate your monthly messages first: Discord Translator counts characters once per target language, so four languages use four times the characters.

Choose by how your members talk, not by the longest language list. Most bots support the languages you need.

• Small server with a few languages: start on a free plan and test the delivery style in a real channel. BabelBot Free, iTranslator Free and HephBot are the usual starting points.

• Large international community: look for automatic translation for every member, delivery that does not fill channels (threads or reposts), bridges with edit and delete sync, and channel rules. Check how the plan counts usage: per server, per member or per character.

• Members who each want their own language: Talksy's opt-in model fits, if members are willing to set it up.

• Voice-heavy community: decide between text and speech. BabelBot Ultra and iTranslator Pro AI give text. NeuroVox speaks translations aloud. For a call where you cannot add a bot, a desktop caption app such as Whisperr runs on your own device.

• No subscription: Discord Translator's character packs, or BabelBot Founder Access for one payment with unlimited AI translations.

For live calls, see how Discord voice chat translation works in BabelBot.

Run a real conversation through the bot before you commit. Use a channel your members already use. Include a short reply with slang, an announcement and, for bridges, a reply in the other direction.

Then check four things in Discord: where the translation appears, whether members can find it, what happens when you edit or delete the original, and how much of the free allowance one day used.

To try BabelBot, add it, set your target languages in the dashboard and send a message. The automatic Discord translation bot page shows each delivery mode. The free Discord translation bot page explains what the free plan covers each month. The quick start walks through your first translation.

We checked the public pages below. Dates show when each page was published or last updated. Facts about each bot come from that bot's own pages where they are public.

• BabelBot: pricing and docs, checked October 31, 2026.

• iTranslator, Best Discord Translation Bots in 2026, September 28, 2026: prices and limits for iTranslator, Discord Translator, Interaction Bot, RitaBot and HephBot, and the Discord Translator edit sync report.

• Talksy, Best Discord translation bot 2026, September 25, 2026, and Talksy plans and limits: Talksy plans and the Interaction Bot server count.

• JotMe, 8 Best Discord Translator Bots, September 21, 2026: Discord Translator delete sync and HephBot mirroring.

• NeuroVox: NeuroVox languages, free minutes and price.

• Whisperr: the desktop caption app for voice calls.