BabelBot docs

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, or open message context menus.

This site is organized by what you need to do:

Path	Document type	You will
Quick Start	Tutorial	Get your first automatic translation in under 10 minutes
How BabelBot Works	Explanation	Understand when messages translate, skip, or count toward quota
Dashboard Guide	How-to	Change languages, channels, bridges, and delivery mode
Command Reference	Reference	Look up slash commands and context menus
Playbooks	How-to	Apply proven setups for your server size
Troubleshooting	How-to	Fix missing translations, noise, bridges, and billing issues
Billing and Limits	Reference	Compare plans and what counts toward AI quota
FAQ	Reference	Get short answers without reading a full guide

Start here (recommended order)

Quick Start — invite, dashboard, first translation
How BabelBot Works — skips, reply vs thread, AI vs basic text
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.

Command Reference

Tables for /help, /dashboard, /upgrade, /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, or run /set-context-language to choose your context-menu language. Server admins control which channels and languages run automatically.