Show HN: FacetShelf – an eBook reader that translates whole books as you read

Category: other

Tags: ebook-reader, translation, llm, bilingual, reading

Score: 5.0/10 (Innovation: 5, Technical: 5, Documentation: 3, Utility: 5)

FacetShelf is an eBook reader that supports whole-book translation with parallel bilingual columns and AI-powered Q&A anchored to the original text. It combines LLM translation and retrieval to aid multilingual reading, though documentation is sparse and the project is early-stage.

Target audience: multilingual readers, language learners, researchers

Repository: https://www.facetshelf.com/

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