Supervertaler Assistant

The Supervertaler Assistant is a floating AI assistant window that gives you instant access to an AI chat, instant machine translation (QuickTrans), text conversions, snippets, and your custom prompts -- from anywhere on your computer.

Opening the Assistant

Inside Supervertaler

Method	Shortcut
Supervertaler Assistant	Ctrl+Q

From any application (system-wide)

Method	Shortcut
Supervertaler Assistant (Chat)	Ctrl+Alt+A
QuickTrans (instant translation)	Ctrl+Alt+Q

Select text in any application (Word, memoQ, Trados, browser, etc.), then press the shortcut. The assistant opens with the selected text ready to use.

• Ctrl+Alt+A opens the Chat tab for AI conversation
• Ctrl+Alt+Q opens the QuickTrans tab and immediately fetches translations from all enabled providers

INFO

If a shortcut doesn't work, another application may have claimed it. You can change shortcuts in Settings > Keyboard Shortcuts > Global.

Window Layout

The assistant has two panels separated by a draggable splitter:

• Left panel -- two tabs: Chat and QuickTrans
• Right panel -- expandable action menu with tools, prompts, snippets, and text conversions

The window size, position, and splitter proportions are remembered across sessions.

Chat Tab

The Chat tab is a full AI assistant with the same capabilities as the chat in the AI tab:

• Type messages and press Enter to send (Shift+Enter for new line)
• Ctrl+V to paste images from the clipboard (works with vision-capable models)
• Click the model indicator next to Send to switch AI provider/model on the fly
• Context chips (Document, TMs, Termbases, Files) toggle what data is included in the AI context. Right-click a chip for details or to attach files

Shared Conversation

All chat views share the same conversation: the grid-side AI Assistant panel, the AI tab's Assistant sub-tab, and the floating assistant window all show the same messages and stay in sync.

QuickTrans Tab

The QuickTrans tab provides instant machine translation from multiple providers simultaneously, similar to GT4T.

How It Works

1. From an external app: Select text, press Ctrl+Alt+Q -- translations appear immediately
2. From the tab: Type or paste text in the input field at the bottom, press Enter or click Translate

Translation Results

Results arrive as they complete from each provider and are displayed in a compact list with provider icons:

• MT engines -- Google Translate, DeepL, Microsoft, Amazon, ModernMT, MyMemory
• AI models -- Claude, OpenAI, Gemini, Mistral, Ollama, and any custom provider

Selecting a Translation

Method	Action
Press 1--9	Instantly insert the numbered translation
Arrow keys + Enter	Navigate and select
Click	Copy the translation to clipboard

When launched from an external app, selecting a translation hides the assistant, returns focus to the source application, and pastes the result over your selection.

Configuring Providers

Enable or disable individual MT and AI providers in Settings > QuickTrans. Each provider can be toggled independently.

Action Menu

The right panel has expandable categories. Click a category heading to expand or collapse it. Use arrow keys to navigate and Enter to activate.

Workbench Tools

• QuickTrans -- switches to the QuickTrans tab and translates the input text
• Superlookup -- concordance search across TMs, glossaries, and web resources

Prompts

Your custom prompts from the Prompt Manager, grouped by folder. Clicking a prompt runs it against the input text and shows the AI response in the chat.

Special Characters

Quick-insert symbols, arrows, primes, dashes and quotes, currency signs, legal symbols, maths operators, and bullet characters. Clicking an item copies it to the clipboard and (if launched from an external app) pastes it over your selection.

Personal Snippets

Frequently used text snippets (e.g. phone numbers, addresses, boilerplate text). Clicking an item copies it to the clipboard and pastes it back.

Text Conversions

Transform selected text:

Conversion	Result
Uppercase	SELECTED TEXT
Lowercase	selected text
Title Case	Selected Text
Sentence case	Selected text
Single curly quotes	'Selected text'
Double curly quotes	\u201CSelected text\u201D
Round brackets	(Selected text)
Square brackets	[Selected text]
Remove soft hyphens	Strips invisible U+00AD characters
Double to single quotes	Replaces \u201C with \u2018
Make bold	Wraps in <b>...</b> HTML tags

Direct action flow: When launched from an external app, text conversions and snippets are direct actions -- the assistant hides immediately, returns focus to the source application, and pastes the result over your selection.

Keyboard Navigation

Key	Action
Arrow keys	Navigate menu items or QuickTrans results
1--9	Select QuickTrans result by number
Enter	Activate selected item
Tab	Switch focus between the action menu and the input
Escape	Close the assistant

Context Chips

The context chips row appears above the chat input:

Chip	Left-click	Right-click
Document	Toggle document context	View project/language info
TMs	Toggle TM data inclusion	Browse available TMs
Termbases	Toggle termbase inclusion	Browse available termbases
Files	Toggle file context	Attach files or view attached files

Customising Hotkeys

You can change the default keyboard shortcuts in Settings > Keyboard Shortcuts:

Default shortcut	Action
Ctrl+Q	Open Supervertaler Assistant (in-app)
Ctrl+Alt+A	Open Supervertaler Assistant (global, from any app)
Ctrl+Alt+Q	Open QuickTrans (global, from any app)
Ctrl+M	QuickTrans (in-app, direct)

Tips

• Ctrl+Alt+Q is the fastest way to translate -- select text anywhere, press the shortcut, results appear instantly
• Press Ctrl+Alt+A without selecting text to open the assistant for general AI chat
• Use text conversions for quick formatting changes without leaving your current app
• Right-click context chips to browse and select specific TMs or termbases
• Paste images (Ctrl+V) to ask the AI about screenshots or diagrams
• The assistant works without a project open -- useful for general-purpose AI lookups