Show HN: Kotobase: Slack translation for EN/JP teams

1 raleighm 2 6/11/2025, 6:25:17 AM flp.studio ↗

Sharing a simple plug-in that auto-translates messages between English & Japanese in Slack. We developed it to solve our own problem: getting a diverse multilingual (English & Japanese speaking) team on the same page. It’s dramatically improved our alignment and team cohesion. If you happen to have the same problem, give it a whirl. We (Fujitsu Launchpad) cover up to 1M tokens/month for free; after that, just use your own OpenAI API key.

Comments (2)

vikasj96 · 1d ago

Having had the opportunity to work for paypay in Japan. This could have been a game changer for my collaboration with Japanese counterparts. I used to translate every single slack message in google

raleighm · 1d ago

Yeah. So many companies operate like that. It hurts not just comprehension and speed but also team togetherness.

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