How to Translate GitHub From Chinese to German (Step-by-Step)
Chinese-language content on GitHub is rich and worth reading. If German is your stronger reading language, the usual friction applies: copy the text into a translator and lose the layout, or read slower than you would like.
This guide shows a third option — translate the Chinese repository in place, directly into German, with bilingual translation. The Chinese stays visible and the German meaning appears right beside it, so you can read the meaning quickly and still check the original for any word, name, or phrase.
Demo note: the screenshots below are built in a real GitHub layout to show exactly how BothLang displays a bilingual page — the Chinese paragraph on top and the translated German directly beneath, with a hand-drawn arrow pointing at the translation.The workflow is identical on any repository because BothLang works on whatever page you are viewing.
What you need
- BothLang installed in Chrome, Edge, or Firefox — see the download page.
- The extension pinned to your toolbar.
- A Chinese-language repository open in a tab.
Step 1 — Open the Chinese repository
Open the Chinese piece you want to read.
Step 2 — Set German as your target
Click the BothLang icon. Set Translate into to German and Page display to Bilingual.
Step 3 — Translate the page
Click Translate Now. BothLang places a German translation directly beneath each Chinese paragraph, leaving the Chinese intact. A hand-drawn arrow marks the first translated paragraph.
Step 4 — Switch reading modes
- Bilingual — source and translation together.
- Translation only — fastest.
- Original only — back to clean Chinese.
The short version
- Install and pin BothLang.
- Open a Chinese repository.
- Set Translate into: German, Page display: Bilingual.
- Click Translate Now.
- Read the German with the Chinese original underneath.
Try it on your next Chinese-language repository.