Skald 0.2.0

Quick-translate hotkey: translate without opening the panel.

The new default ⌥ ` (option-backtick, customisable) does one of two things:

• If you have text selected in the active app, the selection is replaced with its translation in place.
• If nothing is selected, the current clipboard contents are translated and pasted at your cursor.

Same engines, same languages, same offline fall-back as the panel — just no glass UI in the way.

Changes since 0.1.0

• Second customisable hotkey (⌥ ` by default) for in-place translation
• New Pasteboard helper extracted; both flows share paste logic
• Settings → Shortcuts now has two recorder rows
• Default hotkeys: ⌥/ opens the panel, ⌥ ` quick-translates

Install

1. Download Skald-0.2.0.zip.
2. Unzip → drag Skald.app into /Applications.
3. First launch: right-click → Open → Open.
4. Grant Accessibility when prompted.

See INSTALL.md for the full first-run walkthrough.

Known limitations

• Self-signed cert → first-launch Gatekeeper warning
• Auto-update is stubbed (real Sparkle feed comes in a later release)
• Requires macOS 15 (Sequoia) or newer