Quick start: translate your first Obsidian plugin

Extract, translate, review, and apply your first plugin translation through the current UI flow.

This guide walks through a full plugin translation from extraction to application.

1. Open the i18n panel

   Click the globe icon in the ribbon, or run the command that opens the i18n panel from the command palette.

2. Configure an AI provider

   Open Settings → Community Plugins → I18N → 语言模型 and create a provider profile.

   See AI providers for details.

3. Select a plugin

   In the Manager, find the plugin you want to translate and open it.

4. Extract strings

   Click Extract. AST extraction scans the plugin’s compiled bundle and collects user-facing text without modifying source files.

5. Translate with AI

   Click Translate. The plugin sends extracted strings to the configured provider in batches.

6. Review results

   Edit translation cells inline. Changes save automatically.

7. Apply the translation

   Click Apply. If the result is wrong, click Restore first, then troubleshoot.

language and llmLanguage belong to the plugin translation workflow. They are separate from the Mintlify docs site language switcher.