BabelBot DocsBabelBot Discord translator command reference
BabelBot slash commands and message context menus. Covers permissions, where each works, and what each does.
BabelBot does not use Discord commands for server configuration. Use the dashboard to manage settings, bridges, and billing. A connected AI assistant can also manage languages, server and channel settings, channel rules, and ignored users. Discord still provides admin links, a billing summary, and member translation shortcuts.
Permission summary
| Command / menu | Manage Server required | Works in |
|---|---|---|
/help | Yes | Server channels only |
/dashboard | Yes | Server channels only |
/upgrade | Yes | Server channels only |
/set-context-language | No | Server, DM, private channel (with user install) |
Translate Text (message menu) | No | Server, DM, private channel (with user install) |
Detect Language (message menu) | No | Same as above |
| No | Server channels (Ultra or Founder Access; see Voice chat translation) |
Install types
BabelBot supports guild install and user install. User install lets members use context menus and /set-context-language in DMs. Admin slash commands require a server channel.
Slash commands
/help
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Permission | Manage Server |
| Behavior | Explains that server settings live in the dashboard. Includes buttons for documentation and dashboard login. |
/dashboard
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Permission | Manage Server |
| Behavior | Private link (only you can see it) to
|
Use the dashboard to edit target languages, reply preference, bridges, channel rules, media translation, voice chat translation, flag reactions, and billing.
/upgrade
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Permission | Manage Server |
| Behavior | Private embed (only you can see it) with current plan, limits, and a link to Billing & upgrades |
/set-context-language
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Permission | None |
| Option |
|
| Behavior | Stores the member's default target language for Translate Text |
If you have not set a language, Translate Text uses your Discord language setting when it can.
BabelBot keeps your saved target language for 180 days after you set it or use Translate Text. Each use starts a new 180-day period.
/voice start, /voice stop, /voice status
Live voice call translation. Available on Ultra and Founder Access when an admin has enabled it in the dashboard.
| Subcommand | Who can use it | What it does |
|---|---|---|
start | Any member in a voice channel | BabelBot joins voice right away and posts translations in that channel's text chat, using the channel's configured target languages |
stop | Session starter, anyone in that voice channel, or server managers | Ends translation and BabelBot leaves voice |
status | Anyone | Shows whether a session is running and for how long |
Full voice guide
See Voice chat translation for admin setup, member steps, limits, and tips.
Message context menus
Right-click a message, then open Apps (or Apps on mobile).
Translate Text
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Permission | None |
| Behavior | Private embed (only you can see it) with a translation into your context language |
| Uses | AI (counts toward server AI usage when used in a server) |
Detect Language
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Permission | None |
| Behavior | Private embed (only you can see it) with the detected language |
| Uses | Built-in detection when available; otherwise AI |
Flag reaction shortcut (not a slash command)
React with a supported country-flag emoji on a message to translate it into that flag's language, when the server or matching channel rule allows flag reactions. The server setting decides whether BabelBot posts the result in the channel or sends it to the requester by DM. Supported PDFs, images, video attachments, and audio files are included when media translation is available for the server. This is not a slash command. See How BabelBot Works.
What is not available as a Discord command
Use the dashboard or a connected AI assistant for settings that have no Discord commands:
- Target languages: dashboard or AI assistant
- Server and channel translation settings: dashboard or AI assistant
- Channel rules: dashboard or AI assistant
- Bridge creation and editing: dashboard
- Ignored users: Settings, then Ignored users in the dashboard, or AI assistant
- Master server on/off: dashboard or AI assistant
Related pages
- Dashboard Guide: configure everything
/dashboardlinks to - AI assistant integrations: connect an assistant to view or change settings
- Billing and Limits: plan caps
- FAQ: member questions about context menus and opt-out