Lingista

An international online text editor

Lingista, writing across languages

A free online editor that translated words and phrases as you typed.

What it did

A bilingual dictionary open under a magnifying glass and a phone, in blue
what writing in a second language used to requireLingista

Write in more than one language and keep going: the translation appears as you type.

Lingista was a free online text editor for people who write in a language other than their own. As you wrote, it translated the words and phrases you needed on the spot, so you could keep composing instead of switching to a translator in another tab. The translations were provided by Microsoft’s translation service.

More than 70 languages, free

  • Writing in several languages

    Mix languages within one text, without switching tabs or apps.

  • More than 70 languages

    The major world languages, covering 95 percent of the world’s population: English, Spanish, French, German, Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, Portuguese, Russian, Italian, Korean, Hindi and some 58 more.

  • Language detection

    The language was detected automatically, with alternative translations to choose from.

  • Free

    Free to use, with no hidden costs and no limits.

One translation, four keys

  1. Write in your own language

    Mid-sentence, in the text you were composing.

  2. Press Shift twice, or the space bar

    The words you had just typed were translated on the spot.

  3. Choose an alternative if you wish

    Lingista detected the language and offered other translations to pick from.

  4. Keep writing

    No translator tab, no interruption.