Works in Google Docs

Translate, dictate and shorten —
in the document, in its own style.

One section at a time, in the file everyone already has open: a translation keeps the document’s fonts and numbering, voice typing works outside Chrome, and Short leaves the layout where it was.

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14 days free  ·  macOS 13+  ·  Apple Silicon

Up to date with build 73  ·  21 September 2026

Translate One section, in place Dictate Any browser, not only Chrome Shorten Same fonts, fewer words
Q4 plan — Google DocsFR
Objectifs du trimestre
Lancer la version 1.0 en octobre
Tester sur Ventura et Sonoma
Doubler les inscriptions à la bêta
Budget validé par l’équipe finance.
Q4 plan — Google DocsEN
Goals for the quarter
Ship version 1.0 in October
Test on Ventura and Sonoma
Double the beta sign-ups
Budget approved by the finance team.
✓ A French section, translated where it stands
Comes back as it was

Only the words change

Jarq reads the section the way Docs copies it — every run of text with its own style — and writes the same runs back with new words in them.

  • The document’s fonts and sizes
  • Text colour
  • Highlights
  • Underline
  • Bold, italic, strikethrough
  • Headings
  • Nested numbering
  • Bulleted lists
  • Line spacing
  • Links
The same job, two ways

One section, not a copy of the whole file

With Tools → Translate document

7steps · a second document
1Tools → Translate document
2Name the copy, pick the language
3Wait for the new document to open
4Find the section you needed
5Copy it
6Switch back and paste it over the original
7Close the copy — it stays in your Drive
Built for translating a file, not a paragraph

With Jarq

2steps · 0 switches
1Select the section
2Press ⌥T
Same file, same place, same look
Dictation

Voice typing that is not tied to Chrome

Docs has voice typing of its own, in Chrome and nowhere else. Hold ⌥Space in Safari, Arc or Chrome — in the document, in a comment, in the title — and the sentence lands at the cursor with its punctuation.

Q4 plan — Google Docs
Goals for the quarter
The numbers below are from the beta, not from the launch.
✓ Said in Safari, typed into the document
Rewriting

Shorten a paragraph without reformatting it

Select it and press Short, Fix or Formal. What comes back is the same paragraph in the document’s own font, size and spacing — shorter, and still part of the page rather than a patch pasted over it.

Q4 plan — Google Docs
Goals for the quarter
We are planning, at this point in time, to potentially ship the 1.0 release some time in October, assuming that testing goes well.
Q4 plan — Google Docs
Goals for the quarter
We plan to ship 1.0 in October if testing goes well.
✓ Half the words, the document’s own style
Not only translation

Two more things a shared document asks for

Keep both languages

Duplicate a section and translate the copy: the original above, the translation below, both in the document’s style. Handy for a brief a client reads in theirs.

Read a document you may not edit

Opened with view access? Point at the paragraph and press ⌥T — you read it in your language and the file stays exactly as its owner left it. More on pointing.

Good to know

Before you try it here

Does everyone with the document see the translation?
Yes. It is an edit like any other: collaborators see it, and it is in the version history, so the original is one restore away.
Is this the same as Tools → Translate document?
No. That one translates the whole file into a new copy in your Drive. Jarq translates the part you selected, inside the file you have open, and leaves the rest of it alone.
How much can I select at once?
Up to 6,000 characters in one selection, so a long document goes a section at a time. Select more and ⌥T says so instead of translating half.
Where does the text go?
To the translation model and straight back. Nothing is stored and nothing is used for training — the privacy policy says who handles it on the way.
What happens to my clipboard?
Jarq borrows it while Docs takes the paste and then puts back whatever you had copied before.
Other editors

Jarq knows these too

Notion Select blocks, a page, or a line in a callout. The translation lands in the same blocks. Slack Your draft in the channel’s language, mentions and formatting intact. Theirs, read in yours. All apps
Free for 14 days, no card

Try it on your own page

One file, dragged into Applications. It sits in the menu bar and answers a key wherever you are already typing.

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macOS 13 or later  ·  Apple Silicon