Keyboard first
Open the Quick Panel from any app with ⌃⌥C, or record your own shortcut. Every action in it has a key.
Translate without leaving your flow.
Copy text in any app and press your shortcut. The translation appears in a small panel over your work. Press ⌘C to copy it, and the panel gets out of the way.
How it works
Select text in any app and copy it, the way you already do.
⌘C
The Quick Panel opens over your work with the translation ready.
⌃⌥Cor your own shortcut
⌘C copies the translation and closes the panel. Esc closes it without copying.
⌘C
Open the Quick Panel from any app with ⌃⌥C, or record your own shortcut. Every action in it has a key.
The Main Window handles paragraphs and edits. ⌘Return in the Quick Panel carries your text over.
Keep favorite language pairs and saved translations in the sidebar, one click away.
Select text you wrote, then choose Translate and Replace with Selarik from the Services menu. Return puts the translation in its place.
Selarik uses Apple’s on-device Translation. The first time you use a new language, macOS may need to download it.
Report a bug from Settings. You see the diagnostics before anything is sent, and they never include your text or clipboard.
It’s free while we’re in beta. We send builds to testers directly.
macOS 15 or later
A small Mac app for translating text you’ve copied. Press your shortcut and the translation appears in a panel over your work. For longer text, there’s a full window.
Yes. Select it, choose Translate and Replace with Selarik from the app’s Services menu, then press Return to put the translation in its place. If an app doesn’t show it, you can still copy the text and press your Selarik shortcut (⌃⌥C by default) to translate it.
Macs running macOS 15 or later.
The language pairs Apple’s Translation supports. The first time you use a pair, macOS may ask to download its languages.
What you translate stays on your Mac. Translations are processed on-device using Apple Translation. Selarik contacts mandorkode.com only to check for and download updates. Those requests include your Selarik version and, like any web request, your IP address and your Mac’s preferred languages. Nothing you type, copy or save is sent. Read the privacy details.
Free during the beta.
Open Settings › About and choose Report a Bug. You review the diagnostics first, then open an email draft to us. You can also contact support.