Translater
by JFronny
With Translater, Minecraft text passes back and forth through several languages until the result is corrupted, a joke mod in the Cursed category that runs on the client alone.
What it does
Translater takes the text shown in the game and sends it through a chain of machine translations, moving it between languages and back to the target language. The number of round trips defaults to 10 and can be changed in the configuration. Whether random source languages are used decides how far the text drifts, and that choice is what makes most of the output hard to recognize.
The mod has a cache, and the translations it fetches are stored there, so text already processed is not requested again. Progress indicators follow the initial generation while the translations are produced. Because the translation service limits how many requests a client may send, the throttleMillis value in the libjf-translate-v1 config may need to be raised to avoid rate limiting.
Translater is published for Fabric on 35 release versions, 1.16.5 – 26.3, and requires LibJF. Mod Menu is optional and adds a settings screen for the mod. The code is released under the MIT License and is open source.
Key features
Round-trip translation
Text is translated through several languages in sequence, and the count of round trips is set in the config.
Random source languages
The mod can pick random source languages, which makes most of the resulting text unrecognizable.
Automatic language detection
An option attempts automatic detection of the source language instead of using a fixed one.
Translation progress display
Progress indicators show how far the initial generation of translations has come.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
26.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.21.x12 of 12 versions with builds
1.20.x7 of 7 versions with builds
1.19.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.18.x3 of 3 versions with builds
1.17.x2 of 2 versions with builds
1.16.x1 of 1 version with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
How it compares
Random Language is a Fabric client mod for 1.19 – 26.3 under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only, and it is open source. TextureCorruptor works only on 1.21.11 and is released under the MIT License, so it covers a single game version. Text Randomizer is a client-side mod for Fabric and NeoForge across 1.21 – 26.3, also under the MIT License and open source.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Translater | Fabric | 1.16.5 – 26.3 | Client-side only | 2026-09-15 |
| Random Language | Fabric | 1.19 – 26.3 | Client-side only | 2026-10-13 |
| TextureCorruptor | Fabric | 1.21.11 | Client-side only | 2026-04-13 |
| Text Randomizer | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.21 – 26.3 | Client-side only | 2026-10-11 |
Questions
Does Translater need LibJF?
Is Translater needed on the server?
Which game version does Translater support?
In the catalog
Translater is one of 7,555 Cursed mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,235 Cursed mods for Fabric. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.
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What the author says
You can configure the following things: - The amount of times all text should be translated (defaults to 10, requires cache recreation) - Whether to use random languages as source languages (this causes most text to be unrecognizable, requires cache recreation) - The target language for translations, should also…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/translater
- Owner
- JFronny
- Published
- 2021-02-22
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-09-15
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15