DeBabel gives every language its own dedicated channel and translates messages between them in real time. Write in yours, everyone reads it in theirs.
A single LLM call produces all translations in parallel. No cascading delay.
Edits, deletes, reactions, replies and threads propagated across all language channels, consistently.
Auto-configuration wizard: describe the community, pick languages, done. Zero files to write.
HOW IT WORKS
DeBabel creates a channel for each active language. When someone writes in one, their message appears translated in the others — with the same author, the same reactions, the same threads.
On first invite, DeBabel creates a #debabel-setup channel and walks you through 6 steps: community description, languages, name for the first channel group. A few minutes.
With /debabel set-my-lang each user sets their own. From then on, they only see channels in their language — messages from others arrive translated.
The "Server Brief" you describe at setup is passed to the model: glossaries, slang, proper nouns, register. An FFXIV community won't see "tank" mistranslated as "armored vehicle".
WHAT IT DOES
It's not "a bot that repeats your message in other languages". It's full mirroring of the conversation, where each language channel is a live, parallel version of the others.
Edit your message? The translations in sibling channels update automatically. No drift.
Delete a message? It vanishes everywhere. Traces stay consistent across languages.
Reply to a message in your language; the reply is translated and linked to the original message in other channels. Threads work the same way.
Emoji applied to a message in one language appear on all its mirrors, with the correct author.
Lists of words that must not be translated (guild names, brands, jargon), managed by the admin. No more "Lord of the Rings" becoming "Signore degli Anelli".
Commands /debabel privacy info / export-my-data / delete-my-data exposed to every user. Retention windows of 30d / 365d / 10y depending on category.
PRICING
DeBabel is in private invite-only beta. The pricing model will be announced here before the public launch. To request access for your server, get in touch.
We're validating the product with a small group of servers. The pricing model will be defined and announced here before public launch.
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Technically DeBabel accepts all ~184 ISO 639-1 language codes: translation runs through Groq's llama-3.3-70b-versatile, which handles far more languages than we can yet guarantee at 100% quality. During the beta we're running a systematic benchmark (R9) language by language, to publish at public launch a clear list of "production-ready" / "in beta" / "unsupported" languages. At the moment the bot interface (wizard, help, errors) is localized in 11 languages: English, Italian, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Greek — but you can already configure the bot to translate into other languages via the admin panel.
Yes — the original message is sent to Groq (LLM provider on Hetzner USA infrastructure) for translation, then the results return and are posted on Discord. We don't train models on your messages. Full details in the privacy policy.
We use llama-3.3-70b-versatile from Groq with context-aware translation: the server description (Server Brief), the last 5 lines of the conversation and an admin-managed "protected terms" list are passed to the model. For gaming, technical chat and casual conversation, results are very solid. For literary or legal texts, no, we're not the right tool.
The original message stays in the Discord channel where you wrote it (it's a Discord message — it doesn't pass through our database). We keep a "mirror" record linking your message to its translations, to propagate edits and deletes, for up to 12 months of active traffic. More details on the data processed and your rights in the privacy policy.
Yes. An admin can remove the bot from the server at any time — the data tied to that server is deleted. As an individual user, you can use /debabel privacy delete-my-data in any server where DeBabel is active to delete your language preference and your records.
The code is in a private repo during beta. Open-sourcing is planned for later, once the architecture is stable and a sustainable business model is defined.
An independent developer in Switzerland (Lugano). There's no formal company yet — it's a side project becoming a serious product. Contact: beta@debabel.org.
Invite-only beta. Get in touch to request access for your server.
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