How to Translate Substack From Portuguese to French (Step-by-Step)

Portuguese-language content on Substack is rich and worth reading. If French 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 Portuguese newsletter in place, directly into French, with bilingual translation. The Portuguese stays visible and the French 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 Portuguese paragraph on top and the translated French 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 Portuguese-language newsletter open in a tab.

Step 1 — Open the Portuguese newsletter

Open the Portuguese piece you want to read.

Step 2 — Set French as your target

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

Step 3 — Translate the page

Click Translate Now. BothLang places a French translation directly beneath each Portuguese paragraph, leaving the Portuguese 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 Portuguese.

The short version

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

Try it on your next Portuguese-language newsletter.