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New keyboard shortcut to translate a screenshot

When Safari can't translate a website, I usually screenshot the browser window, open a popular translator in a new window, then enter the screenshot image. It's faster than selecting and pasting text into the translator.


The process seems straightforward enough to automate with a keyboard shortcut. In Sonoma, I tried Automator, Script Editor, and Shortcuts. The pictured Shortcuts attempt was my best attempt. If anyone is up to the challenge, would you kindly suggest a way to automate the process?

The translator accepts images dragged, pasted, or browsed, but I'm not sure which is easier to automate.






MacBook Air

Posted on May 15, 2024 10:26 PM

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May 16, 2024 2:41 AM in response to ED in PA

ED ~ Hopefully, others here will have some better suggestions than the following shortcuts on macOS Ventura...


If there's no particular reason you're taking a screenshot, then this first alternative may work for you. It opens the Google Translate web page with the current Safari URL ready to paste in:



The following shortcuts use Apple's Translate action, which you probably don't want to use — as it will likely fail to translate as Safari did. However, perhaps the Extract Text action will give you some ideas:




Shortcuts User Guide for Mac - Apple Support


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New keyboard shortcut to translate a screenshot

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