🌍 Laravel AI Translator

Automatic AI-powered translation for Laravel applications.
Write your app once in English — translate everywhere automatically.

The Problem

Building multi-language Laravel apps traditionally wastes 8+ hours per project:

• ❌ Creating duplicate inputs in admin panels for every language
• ❌ Manually copying content across language files
• ❌ Re-translating everything when one string changes
• ❌ Manual edits getting overwritten by automation
• ❌ Paying $100–600/month for SaaS tools that are overkill

The Solution

composer require youssef-mekkkawy/laravel-ai-translator
php artisan lang:translate

That's it. Your entire app is translated.

✅ Auto-scans all Blade views for __(), @lang(), and trans() keys
✅ Translates only what changed — saves 70%+ on API costs
✅ Protects manual edits with a lock system
✅ Works offline and free with Ollama
✅ Embedded dashboard at /ai-translator (like Laravel Telescope)
✅ Zero configuration required

Requirements

Installation

composer require youssef-mekkkawy/laravel-ai-translator

Publish the config file (optional):

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=ai-translator-config

Quick Start

1. Choose your AI provider

Option A — Ollama (free, local, no API key needed):

# Install Ollama from https://ollama.com
ollama pull llama3

AUTO_TRANSLATE_DRIVER=ollama
OLLAMA_MODEL=llama3
OLLAMA_API_URL=http://localhost:11434
SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES=en,ar,fr,es
DEFAULT_LANGUAGE=en

Option B — Cloud provider:

AUTO_TRANSLATE_DRIVER=deepl
DEEPL_API_KEY=your-api-key
SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES=en,ar,fr,es
DEFAULT_LANGUAGE=en

2. Scan your views

php artisan lang:scan

See all translation keys found in your Blade files, with their status.

3. Translate

# Preview what would happen (no changes made)
php artisan lang:translate --dry-run

# Translate everything
php artisan lang:translate

# Translate to a specific language only
php artisan lang:translate --lang=ar

# Force re-translate all keys
php artisan lang:translate --force

4. Result

lang/
├── en/
│   ├── auth.php         ← your original
│   └── welcome.php      ← your original
├── ar/
│   ├── auth.php         ← auto-generated ✅
│   └── welcome.php      ← auto-generated ✅
├── fr/
│   ├── auth.php         ← auto-generated ✅
│   └── welcome.php      ← auto-generated ✅
└── es/
    ├── auth.php         ← auto-generated ✅
    └── welcome.php      ← auto-generated ✅

AI Providers

Recommended for most developers: Start with Ollama (free, private). Switch to DeepL or Claude for production.

Commands

lang:scan

Scan Blade views and show all translation keys.

php artisan lang:scan
php artisan lang:scan --missing-only        # Show only missing keys
php artisan lang:scan --path=resources/views/admin  # Custom path

lang:translate

Translate all keys to all configured languages.

php artisan lang:translate
php artisan lang:translate --dry-run        # Preview only
php artisan lang:translate --lang=ar        # One language
php artisan lang:translate --force          # Re-translate everything
php artisan lang:translate --no-backup      # Skip backup creation

lang:validate

Validate translation quality — checks for missing keys, broken placeholders, missing HTML tags.

php artisan lang:validate
php artisan lang:validate --lang=ar         # One language
php artisan lang:validate --strict          # Fail on warnings too

lang:lock / lang:unlock

Protect manual translations from being overwritten.

php artisan lang:lock ar auth.login                 # Lock one key
php artisan lang:lock ar auth.* --all               # Lock a pattern
php artisan lang:lock ar auth.login --reason="Client preferred shorter translation"

php artisan lang:unlock ar auth.login               # Unlock one key
php artisan lang:locked                             # List all locked keys
php artisan lang:locked --lang=ar                   # Filter by language

lang:backup:list / lang:restore

Manage translation backups (automatic before every sync).

php artisan lang:backup:list                        # Show available backups
php artisan lang:restore 2026-04-14_10-30-00        # Restore specific backup
php artisan lang:restore --latest                   # Restore most recent

Configuration

All options are in config/ai-translator.php after publishing. The most important ones:

return [
    // Active AI driver: 'ollama', 'deepl', 'claude', 'openai', 'gemini'
    'driver' => env('AUTO_TRANSLATE_DRIVER', 'ollama'),

    // Languages to translate into
    'languages' => explode(',', env('SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES', 'en,ar,fr,es')),

    // Source language
    'default_language' => env('DEFAULT_LANGUAGE', 'en'),

    // Providers configuration
    'providers' => [
        'ollama' => [
            'model'   => env('OLLAMA_MODEL', 'llama3'),
            'api_url' => env('OLLAMA_API_URL', 'http://localhost:11434'),
        ],
        'deepl' => [
            'api_key' => env('DEEPL_API_KEY'),
            'plan'    => env('DEEPL_PLAN', 'free'),
        ],
        'claude' => [
            'api_key' => env('ANTHROPIC_API_KEY'),
            'model'   => env('ANTHROPIC_MODEL', 'claude-3-5-sonnet-20241022'),
        ],
        // ...
    ],

    // Backup settings
    'backup' => [
        'enabled' => env('AUTO_TRANSLATE_BACKUP', true),
        'keep'    => env('AUTO_TRANSLATE_BACKUP_KEEP', 5),
    ],
];

Dashboard

Access the embedded dashboard at /ai-translator in your application.

The dashboard provides:

• Overview — key counts, translation status, last sync info
• Languages — enable/disable languages, per-language progress
• Settings — switch providers, configure API keys, manage models
• Locked Keys — view and unlock protected translations
• History — sync logs, cost tracking, what changed each run

The dashboard supports both Arabic (RTL) and English (LTR) — switchable from within the UI.

How Smart Change Tracking Works

Every time you run lang:translate, the package:

1. Scans your Blade views for translation keys
2. Loads your English lang/en/*.php files
3. Generates an MD5 hash of every value
4. Compares against stored hashes in lang/.translations-meta.json
5. Only translates keys that actually changed
6. Saves new hashes for next run

Result: if you have 500 keys and change 3, only 3 API calls are made.

Protecting Manual Translations

Sometimes the AI translation isn't quite right. Lock it:

php artisan lang:lock ar auth.login --reason="Client prefers 'دخول' over 'تسجيل الدخول'"

That key will never be overwritten, even when you run lang:translate --force.

To see what's locked:

php artisan lang:locked

To restore AI control:

php artisan lang:unlock ar auth.login

Placeholder & HTML Preservation

The package automatically preserves:

• Laravel placeholders: :name, :count, :attribute
• Numbered placeholders: {0}, {1}, {2}
• HTML tags: <strong>, <a href="#">, <br>, etc.

Example:

// English
'greeting' => 'Hello <strong>:name</strong>, you have :count messages.'

// Arabic (auto-generated — placeholders and HTML preserved)
'greeting' => 'مرحبا <strong>:name</strong>، لديك :count رسائل.'

Supported Translation Syntaxes

The scanner detects all standard Laravel translation helpers:

{{ __('welcome.title') }}
{{ __("auth.login") }}
@lang('messages.success')
{{ trans('errors.404') }}
{{ __('user.greeting', ['name' => $user->name]) }}

Testing

composer test

Run with coverage:

composer test-coverage

Contributing

Contributions are very welcome! Please read CONTRIBUTING.md first.

Security

If you discover a security vulnerability, please email your-email@example.com instead of using the issue tracker.

Support

This package is free and always will be. If it saved you time on a project, a coffee keeps me going ☕

Credits

• Youssef Mekkkawy — Creator & Maintainer

License

The MIT License (MIT). See LICENSE for details.

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