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BabelBot quick start for Discord translation

Add BabelBot to your Discord server and see your first translation in about two minutes.

Guided setup takes about two minutes. You add BabelBot to your server, choose your languages, and send a test message.

Add BabelBot, choose your target languages, then send a test message in Discord.

Before you start

You need the Manage Server permission on the Discord server.

🚀 Get set up

Add BabelBot

Open guided setup and select Add BabelBot on Discord. Choose your server in Discord. Discord sends you back, and the page finds your server.

Did you already add BabelBot? Sign in and choose the server from the list.

Choose your languages

Pick the languages your members read. BabelBot translates each message into these languages. You can change them at any time.

Choose how translations appear

Pick Reply in channel or Group in a thread. Then select Save and test. If Discord asks you to sign in, sign in. Discord confirms that you can manage the server.

Send a test message

Select Open Discord. In a text channel, write a sentence in a language that is not one of your target languages. BabelBot replies in a few seconds.

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LucíaToday at 9:02 PM
¡Hola a todos! ¿Alguien quiere jugar esta noche?
Lucía¡Hola a todos! ¿Alguien quiere jugar esta noche?
BabelBotAPPToday at 9:02 PM

Hello everyone! Anyone want to play tonight?

SamToday at 9:04 PM
Count me in! Does 9 PM work for everyone?
SamCount me in! Does 9 PM work for everyone?
BabelBotAPPToday at 9:04 PM

¡Me apunto! ¿Las 9 PM os viene bien a todos?

The target languages are English and Spanish. Lucía gets an English translation, and Sam gets a Spanish one.

That's it. Guided setup sees the translation and shows That's it, it works! Members can now chat in their own languages.

🛠️ No translation?

  • Write in a language that is not one of your target languages.
  • Use a text channel where BabelBot can see and send messages.
  • Send normal text. BabelBot skips messages that contain only links, emoji, or commands.
  • Make sure that Translations is on in Overview.

Still stuck? Read Troubleshooting.

✅ After setup

For 30 days, Overview shows a Finish setting up checklist. It links to good next steps: turn translation off in channels that do not need it, try a flag reaction, and link language channels. Select Hide checklist to close it.

To change a setting later, open the dashboard or run /dashboard in your server.

🔧 Set up without the guide

  1. Sign in to the dashboard and select your server.
  2. On Overview, turn Translations on.
  3. Open DashboardTranslationTarget languages and add at least one language.
  4. Open DashboardTranslationReply mode and choose how translations appear.
  5. Send a test message in Discord.

📅 Good first-week settings

  • Reply mode: Reply in the channel
  • Target languages: start with one or two
  • Channel rules: turn translation off in mod, log, and bot channels

➡️ Next steps

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Dashboard tour

Find each setting in the dashboard.
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How BabelBot works

Learn why BabelBot skips some messages.
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Commands

See what members can do in Discord.

Welcome

Members of your Discord server can chat in their own languages. BabelBot translates for them.

Dashboard Guide

Find each BabelBot setting in the dashboard and see what it changes in Discord.

On this page

🚀 Get set upAdd BabelBotChoose your languagesChoose how translations appearSend a test message🛠️ No translation?✅ After setup🔧 Set up without the guide📅 Good first-week settings➡️ Next steps