# wensonsmith/YoudaoTranslator

Alfred Youdao Translate Workflow

Repository: https://github.com/wensonsmith/YoudaoTranslator
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/youdaotranslator
Language: JavaScript
License Family: other
Topics: alfred3-workflow, translate
Last push: 2025-06-11T06:06:19+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 34/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 26, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4471, "days_push": 448, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3460, forks 268 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:05.639945+00:00)

## What it is
An Alfred workflow for macOS that provides instant Chinese-English and multilingual translation via Youdao and Baidu translation APIs. It is built in TypeScript with a bundled txiki.js runtime, requiring no system dependencies like PHP.

## Use cases
- translate selected text with a hotkey in Alfred
- translate camelCase identifiers to Chinese
- look up English word pronunciation
- copy translation results to clipboard
- translate long sentences between Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean, French, and Russian

## When to choose
- you use Alfred on macOS and need quick inline translation
- you want a dependency-free translator workflow with hotkey support
- you need automatic Chinese-English detection and multi-language support

## When to avoid
- you don't use the Alfred launcher
- you need a cross-platform or Linux translation tool
- you need features still marked as under construction like word book or history

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: active
- function: nlp, developer-tools, cli
- domain: developer-tools
- platform: -
- tags: alfred-workflow, translation, youdao, launcher-plugin, dictionary, localization, natural-language-processing, command-line, macos

## Member repositories
- wensonsmith/YoudaoTranslator (main) score 34

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:05.639945+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:36:56.471480+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/wensonsmith/YoudaoTranslator (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:05.639945+00:00, sha 93ef3b54749c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.