Message Translations

Message Translations helps you read fan messages in your preferred language and translate your own drafts before sending. Use it when you are chatting with fans who write in another language or when you want an outgoing message to sound natural in the fan's language.

Where to Find It

Message translation tools are available for Pro users.

1. Open a Fansly DM conversation or the mass message composer.
2. Look for the globe translate button near the message or message composer.
3. Click the globe button to translate that message or the current draft.

Message Translation Tools is enabled by default. If the globe button is missing, open FBuddy icon > Tweaks and make sure Message Translation Tools is still enabled.

Translating Incoming Messages

Incoming message translation adds a translated copy below the message you choose.

1. Open a DM conversation.
2. Find the fan message you want to translate.
3. Click the globe button in the message actions.
4. FBuddy adds a translation below the original message and shows the detected language and target language.

Incoming translations use the Translate incoming messages to language from the Message Translation dialog. The default target language is English.

Translating Outgoing Drafts

Outgoing draft translation replaces the text currently in the composer with the translated version.

1. Type your draft in a DM or mass message composer.
2. Click the globe button next to the composer.
3. Review the translated draft before sending it.

FBuddy does not send the message automatically after translating it.

Translation Settings

Use the Message Translation dialog to choose languages and set the keyboard shortcut.

1. Open FBuddy icon > Tweaks.
2. Find Message Translation Tools.
3. Click Open Message Translation dialog.
4. Choose the languages you want.
5. Click Save.

The dialog includes these settings:

• Translate incoming messages to: the language used when translating received messages.
• Outgoing DM default language: the default language for translated DM drafts.
• Outgoing mass DM default language: the default language for translated mass message drafts.
• Keyboard shortcut: the shortcut used by the composer translate button in DMs and mass messages.

You can also set the outgoing language from the composer menu:

1. Open the FBuddy menu in a DM composer or mass message composer.
2. Click Outgoing translation language.
3. Choose the language under Translate outgoing drafts to.
4. Click Save.

In a DM, this setting applies only to the current conversation. In the mass message composer, this setting updates the outgoing mass DM default.

If a DM conversation does not have its own outgoing language, FBuddy uses your Outgoing DM default language, then your incoming language as a fallback. Mass message drafts use your Outgoing mass DM default language, then your incoming language as a fallback.

Keyboard Shortcut

The default shortcut is Mod+Shift+L. Mod means Ctrl on Windows and Linux, and Command on macOS.

To change it:

1. Open the Message Translation dialog.
2. Click the Keyboard shortcut field.
3. Press the keys you want to use.
4. Click Save.

Clear the shortcut if you do not want keyboard translation. The message input must be focused for the shortcut to work.

Important Notes

• Pro required: Translation tools are available for Pro users.
• Length limit: Each translated message or draft must be 2048 characters or fewer.
• Manual action: Message and draft translation runs when you click the translate button or use the shortcut.
• Review before sending: Always read translated outgoing drafts before sending, especially when tone or context matters.

Troubleshooting

• The globe button is missing: Open FBuddy icon > Tweaks and make sure Message Translation Tools is enabled.
• The translate button shows Pro only: Sign in with a Pro account.
• You see "Enter a message to translate": Type text in the composer before clicking the translate button.
• You see "No message content to translate": Choose a message that contains readable text.
• You see a 2048-character limit message: Shorten the message or translate it in smaller parts.
• The shortcut does not work: Click inside the message composer first, then press the shortcut again. Check the Keyboard shortcut setting if it still does not work.