Interpreter – Offline screen translator for Japanese retro games

Interpreter

Offline screen translator for Japanese retro games. Captures text from any window, performs OCR, translates to English, and displays subtitles in a floating overlay.

Features

Fully offline - No cloud APIs, no internet required after setup

- No cloud APIs, no internet required after setup Free - No API costs or subscriptions

- No API costs or subscriptions Private - Text never leaves your machine

- Text never leaves your machine Optimized for retro games - Uses MeikiOCR, trained specifically on Japanese game text

- Uses MeikiOCR, trained specifically on Japanese game text Two overlay modes - Banner (subtitle bar) or inplace (text over game)

- Banner (subtitle bar) or inplace (text over game) Translation caching - Fuzzy matching avoids re-translating similar text

- Fuzzy matching avoids re-translating similar text Multi-display support - Overlay appears on the same display as the game

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