Automate i18n translations without breaking your locale files.

TranslateBot is open-source tooling for developers who want to keep gettext and other i18n files up to date using LLMs — safely, cheaply, and inside existing workflows.

If you’ve ever:

• Manually translated .po files
• Broken {placeholders} or HTML tags
• Paid too much for small string updates

TranslateBot is built for that exact problem.

• Preserves formatting — placeholders, HTML, and format strings stay intact
• Fits existing workflows — works with your current i18n setup
• Only translates what changed — no unnecessary overwrites
• Dry runs supported — see changes before writing files
• Provider-agnostic — OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, Azure via LiteLLM
• Low cost by default — ~$0.01 per language for small apps (GPT-4o-mini)

pip install translatebot-django
python manage.py translate --target-lang nl

No new file formats. No vendor lock-in.

• 📘 Documentation: https://translatebot.dev
• 📦 PyPI: https://pypi.org/project/translatebot-django/
• 🐛 Issues & feedback welcome

Released under the Mozilla Public License 2.0 — open source, business-friendly.