How to Translate GitHub From Chinese to English (Step-by-Step)

GitHub issues, pull requests, and READMEs are often written in Chinese. If English is your main reading language, driving a repository written in another language can feel like a barrier — you copy a comment into a translator, lose the thread, or read slower than you would like.

Bilingual translation solves this. The Chinese stays visible and the English meaning appears right beside it, so you can follow a review or an issue quickly and still check the original.

Demo note: the screenshots below are built in a real GitHub file view to show exactly how BothLang displays a bilingual repository — the original line on top and the translated text directly beneath, with a hand-drawn arrow pointing at the translation.

What you need

• BothLang installed in Chrome, Edge, or Firefox — see the download page.
• The extension pinned to your toolbar.
• A Chinese GitHub repo, issue, or comment open in a tab.

Step 1 — Open the repository

Open the Chinese repo, issue, or pull request you want to read.

Step 2 — Set English as your target

Click the BothLang icon. Set Translate into to English (en) and Page display to Bilingual.

Step 3 — Translate the page

Click Translate Now. BothLang places an English translation directly beneath each Chinese line, leaving the Chinese intact. A hand-drawn arrow marks the first translated block.

Step 4 — Switch reading modes

• Bilingual — source and translation together.
• Translation only — fastest.
• Original only — back to clean Chinese.

The short version

1. Install and pin BothLang.
2. Open a Chinese GitHub repo or issue.
3. Set Translate into: English, Page display: Bilingual.
4. Click Translate Now.
5. Read the English with the Chinese original underneath.

Try it on your next Chinese GitHub repository.