How to Translate Substack From German to Thai (Step-by-Step)

German-language content on Substack is rich and worth reading. If Thai 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 German newsletter in place, directly into Thai, with bilingual translation. The German stays visible and the Thai 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 Substack layout to show exactly how BothLang displays a bilingual page — the German paragraph on top and the translated Thai directly beneath, with a hand-drawn arrow pointing at the translation.The workflow is identical on any newsletter 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 German-language newsletter open in a tab.

Step 1 — Open the German newsletter

Open the German piece you want to read.

Step 2 — Set Thai as your target

Click the BothLang icon. Set Translate into to Thai and Page display to Bilingual.

Step 3 — Translate the page

Click Translate Now. BothLang places a Thai translation directly beneath each German paragraph, leaving the German 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 German.

The short version

1. Install and pin BothLang.
2. Open a German newsletter.
3. Set Translate into: Thai, Page display: Bilingual.
4. Click Translate Now.
5. Read the Thai with the German original underneath.

Try it on your next German-language newsletter.