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⚠️Before you start: You must haveDocker Desktop installed if you're on Windows or another operating system. This project won’t work without Docker.

This is anAI-powered file translator built for:

• PHP language array files (e.g., Laravel translations)
• JSON files (chome extension language files etc)
• All other formats (PHP, TXT, HTML, XML, etc.)

It uses modern AI models viaOpenRouter API to automatically translate files in bulk, with full control over concurrency, batching, retries, and model selection.

git clone https://github.com/wonchoe/ai-php-json-files-language-translator.gitcd ai-php-json-files-language-translator

Build.BAT

(Or double-clickBuild.BAT if you're on Windows.)

StartServer.BAT

(Or just double-clickStartServer.BAT.)

1. Place your files in theinput/ folder
2. Open the interface athttp://localhost:3000
3. Select thefile type:
   • PHP Arrays
   • JSON
   • Plain Text / Other
4. Choose one or moretarget languages (uk,fr,de, or comma-separated:uk,fr,de)
5. Enter yourOpenRouter API key
6. Click the 🟦START TRANSLATION button

📝 Translated files will appear in theoutput/ folder.

/input     ← source files to translate/output    ← translated output files/app       ← Node.js translation logic

Inside the browser you can configure:

• File type
• Target languages
• AI model
• API keys
• Max concurrency, retry delay, error threshold, and batch size

After clickingSTART TRANSLATION, the system will translate allinput/ files and save them inoutput/.

✅ Works great for translatingChrome Extension language files (_locales/.../messages.json) for SEO localization and international Chrome Web Store presence.

Supports all models available viaOpenRouter.ai, including:

• google/gemini-2.0-flash-lite-001
• openai/gpt-3.5-turbo
• anthropic/claude-3-haiku

• Laravel / PHP developers
• App & web developers working with localization files
• SEO experts working on Chrome extensions & multilingual apps
• Anyone who wants to bulk-translate structured files using AI

This project was built to automate the translation of large-scale language files with fine-grained control and blazing speed using OpenRouter-powered AI.