Apple Shortcut · By LM Mini

🌐 Translate Clipboard

Copy text anywhere, run this shortcut, and get a translation — clipboard replaced automatically. Works offline with on-device models.

One-tap install

Build the shortcut below (2 minutes), then share to iCloud from Shortcuts.app to enable one-tap install for others. Update website/data/shortcuts.json with your icloudUrl and re-run this generator.

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Siri Phrase

"Hey Siri, translate clipboard"

Run once after installing, then Siri learns this phrase.

How the shortcut works

Copy text in any app.
Run the shortcut from widget, Siri, or Shortcuts app.
LM Mini translates to your target language.
Translation replaces the clipboard — paste anywhere.

Key features

Any target language in plain English (Spanish, Japanese, …)
On-device translation — no Google Translate API
Lock Screen widget trigger
Share Sheet compatible

Recommended models

iPhone / iPad

Qwen 3 4B or Llama 3.2 3B — strong multilingual

iPad Pro / Mac (MLX & LM Studio)

Qwen 3 8B (MLX) for nuanced literary translation

Tune temperature (0.7) and top-p (0.9) in LM Mini → Settings → Model Parameters. See the full on-device model catalog.

Build it in 60 seconds

Get Clipboard.
Translate with LM Mini — pass clipboard text, set target language.
Copy to Clipboard (LM Mini also copies automatically via URL scheme).

URL scheme (power users)

Add an Open URLs action in Shortcuts.app:

lmmini://shortcut/translate?text=TEXT&to=Spanish

Need LM Mini? Free on iOS and Android — on-device GGUF/MLX, LM Studio Connect, voice, and more.

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