BabelBot Discord translation documentation

Setup, commands, troubleshooting, and best practices for running BabelBot in multilingual Discord servers.

BabelBot is a Discord translation bot for multilingual communities. Server admins configure languages, channels, and bridges in the dashboard. Members read translations as replies or threads, use flag reactions, open message context menus, or start live voice chat translation in voice calls.

Features

Automatic translation of channel messages into your server's target languages
Translate on demand by reacting to a message with a flag emoji
Translate Text and Detect Language message context menus — right-click any message, no permissions needed
/set-context-language to set your personal default translation language
Live voice chat translation for Discord voice calls with /voice start, /voice stop, and /voice status (Ultra and Founder Access)
Channel bridges that relay messages between language-specific channels as pairs or hubs
Per-channel rules to override target languages, reply mode, flag reactions, and translation status
Reply as a channel reply or in dedicated threads
Custom words (glossary) to control how brand names, server slang, and game terms translate (Pro, Ultra, and Founder Access)
Skip automatic translation for source languages your community already understands
Translate messages and embeds from other bots once you whitelist them
Media translation for supported PDFs, images, video, and audio files (paid plans)
User-installable app — translate anywhere on Discord, including DMs and servers where BabelBot isn't installed
AI-powered translation, with a Custom BabelBot Translation Model fallback so plain text keeps translating after AI quota runs out
Advanced statistics and a 30-day activity overview for admins
Ignore list to skip automatic translation for specific members

Plans

Plan	Best for
Free	One target language, unlimited text translation, 50 AI translations/month after a 100-message trial
Pro	More languages and bridges, media translation, 25 custom words, 5,000 AI translations/month
Ultra	Up to 10 languages, unlimited bridge connections with up to 25 language channels per hub, 100 custom words, voice chat translation, 25,000 AI translations/month
Founder Access	One-time purchase, unlimited AI translations, 100 custom words, voice chat translation

See Billing and Limits for full quotas and how to upgrade.

Need help?

Support Discord

Join the support Discord if you get stuck configuring BabelBot, or check Troubleshooting and the FAQ first — most issues are answered there.

Start here (recommended order)

Quick Start — invite, dashboard, first translation
How BabelBot Works — skips, reply vs thread, AI vs text translation
Dashboard Guide — daily configuration
Command Reference — Discord shortcuts for admins and members
Troubleshooting — when something does not match expectations

Core guides

Quick Start

Invite BabelBot, enable one target language in the dashboard, and confirm an automatic translation. A hands-on lesson, not theory.

How BabelBot Works

Why some messages never translate, how bridges and quota interact, and when output lands in a thread instead of the channel.

Dashboard Guide

Step-by-step recipes for languages, channel rules, bridges, media translation, and billing.

Voice chat translation

Enable live voice call translation on Ultra or Founder Access — admin setup, member steps, and limits in plain language.

Command Reference

Tables for /help, /dashboard, /upgrade, /voice, /set-context-language, and message context menus.

Playbooks

Starting configurations for small servers, high-volume communities, and bilingual channel pairs.

Billing and Limits

Plan limits sourced from product code, plus when to upgrade.

For members

You do not need the dashboard to use BabelBot. Right-click a message for Translate Text or Detect Language, react with a supported flag emoji where enabled, run /set-context-language for your context-menu language, or follow Voice chat translation to translate a live voice call.

Useful links

Marketing site — homepage, pricing, and invite link
Dashboard — configure your server
Support Discord — ask a question or report an issue