Luna Translator Walkthrough Guide (Windows Edition)

Step 1: Open Windows Security by searching in the menu bar 

Step 2: Go to “Virus & threat protection” settings 

Step 3: Scroll down until you see “Exclusion”, then add the folder you want to be excluded

Note: It is recommended to add the “downloads” and the location where you want to put the Luna Translator file to the exclusions. However, make sure you remove the exclusion for the “Downloads” folder once you have moved the file to your preferred location. Otherwise, it may pose a security risk in the future.

2. Downloading Luna Translator 

In this session, I will cover how to download Luna Translator.

Step 1: Download Luna Translator via this “link”

Step 2: Extract the file

Note: Make sure to remove the exclusion for the “download” folder after you have put the extract file in your preferred location.

3. Setting up Luna Translator 

In this session, I am going to cover the quickest way that you can get the translator running, as most of you probably don’t need the advanced feature shown in the later session.

3.1 Starting the app

Step 1: Click on the file that you just extracted and launch the app

Step 2: Done

3.2 Basic settings required for using Luna Translator

Step 1: Click the settings icon

Step 2: Check the core setting  make sure the red circle setting is on 

Step 3: Go to Translation settings  In the traditional session, select the translator of your choice (e.g., Google Translate, DeepL, etc,) 

Note 1: An internet connection is required to use the traditional translation option

Note 2: If you are interested in offline translation, you can use LLM to do so, which I will cover in another article “here (Windows)”

3.3 Launching/adding games to Luna Translator

There are 3 main ways that can add the games, or I should say, linking the game to Luna Translator. For most of the time option A and B should be enough to cover most use cases.

Option A: Drag the game exe file to the box 

Option B: Add to Game Library in Luna translator

Option C: Link the game after launching

3.4 Selecting the text for translation

After you have successfully launched the game, just one more step away for you to enjoy your waifu. Selecting the text for translation.

Step 1: Click on the text select icon

Step 2: Start the game and select the text that you want to be translated

Note: No text can be selected to be shown if there is no dialogue to be hooked, so just start the game, and you should be able to see similar things to those shown in the above picture.

Step 3: Enjoy

3.5 Embedded translation (optional + game dependent)

Instead of showing the translated text in a text box, the Japanese text in the game can be replaced by English or the language of your choice. However, this option is only available in some game and you may experience game crashes. Therefore, use it at your own risk.

Step 1: Just turn on the embedded option and enjoy

1. Adjusting the text style and size in text box

I personally found the default setting from LT is a bit too small, and the white text with black outline is too hard for me to read personally. Below is how you can adjust it.

Step 1: Open the settings -> Translation setting ->  Text setting 

Note: Red circle  text size Green circle  text style

Example 1: My personal setting

Example 2: Comparison between default and my own settings

2. Having hiragana shown on top of Kanji

I guess some of you out there are trying to use a translator to learn Japanese and Kanji as well. But the default setting from Luna Translator doesn’t show the hiragana from the Kanji. The detailed setup steps are shown below.

Step 1: Open setting  Go to translation session  download the resources that are circled in red

Step 2: Enjoy 

Optional: If you found the shown hiragana above the Kanji is too small  Adjust the size by the green circle setting