v2.1.0: Performance Improvements & CLI Enhancements

Change Log

[2.1.0] - 2026-03-22

• Performance improvements: Updated to auto-translate-json-library v2.1.0 with lazy loading for all translation providers
• Faster startup: ~80MB memory reduction and ~500ms faster extension activation
• LLM-friendly CLI: Library now supports structured JSON output for better integration with AI tools
• Enhanced developer experience: Improved error messages and comprehensive examples in library
• Backward compatibility: All existing functionality preserved with performance optimizations

[2.0.5] - 2026-03-18

• Library sync: Updated to auto-translate-json-library v2.0.5
• Hugging Face integration: Added support for Hugging Face cloud API translation with multiple inference providers
• Local AI translation: Added Hugging Face local ONNX runtime translation (no API key required, runs offline)
• New API types: Added "HuggingFace" and "HuggingFaceLocal" to apiType enum
• Configuration updates: Added settings for Hugging Face API key, model, provider, and local model
• Native module externalization: Externalized onnxruntime-node and @huggingface/transformers native modules in esbuild config
• Dependency updates: Updated TypeScript, VS Code API, eslint, and other dependencies
• VS Code engine: Updated engine requirement to ^1.110.0

[2.0.2] - 2026-01-31

• Major Update: Synced version with auto-translate-json-library 2.0.2
• Multi-format support: Added support for XML, YAML, ARB, PO/POT, XLIFF, XMB/XTB, Properties, CSV, TSV formats
• Format auto-detection: Automatically detects file format based on extension and content
• New format setting: Added auto-translate-json.format setting to manually override format detection
• OpenAI improvements:
  • Added temperature setting for fine-tuning translation creativity
  • Updated default model to gpt-4.1-mini
  • Increased default max tokens to 1000
• Local AI support: Better support for Ollama and other OpenAI-compatible local servers
• Updated context menu: Now appears for all supported file extensions
• Command renamed: "Auto Translate JSON" → "Auto Translate"
• Updated VS Code engine requirement to ^1.108.0

[1.5.5] - 2026-01-06

• updated library to support multiple formats not just json [topce]
• added demo https://github.com/topce/auto-translate-json-library/tree/master/demo to demo in file mode [topce]
• added demo https://github.com/topce/auto-translate-json-library/tree/master/demo-folder to demo folder mode [topce]

[1.5.4] - 2025-07-30

• retry on 429 error
• use new version of library 1.5.4 [topce]

[1.5.1] - 2025-07-19

• update to use same version like library
• use new version of library 1.5.1 [topce]
• added explicit field to pick the translation you want to use

[1.3.8] - 2023-10-20

• use new version of library 1.3.8 [topce]
• add option to fine tune OpenAI parameters
• possible to use local REST API server instead of OpenAI
• pro: less expensive
• con: slower, needs powerful hardware

[1.3.4] - 2023-10-20

• use new version of library 1.3.5 [topce]
• fix error in deepL [alexei-petru]
• load dynamically google supported languages [BenGMiles]

[1.3.3] - 2023-06-25

• use new version of library 1.2.3 [topce]
• fix typo in deepL urls [topce]

[1.3.2] - 2023-06-25

• use new version of library 1.2.2 [topce]
• improve error logs [topce]
• not call process exit in library [topce]
• update libs dependencies [topce]

[1.3.1] - 2023-05-13

• Add support to ignore some translation [topce]

[1.3.0] - 2023-05-13

• Add support to use Artificial Intelligence : OpenAI [topce]
• update dependencies [topce]

[1.2.0] - 2023-05-12

• Moved backend code to an external library

[1.1.4] - 2022-06-21

• Added support for DeepL [topce]
• better array handling [topce]

[1.1.3] - 2022-01-31

• Fixed (maybe) pulling proper string out of Azure [topce]

[1.1.2] - 2022-01-14

• Google changed their authentication so API keys cannot be used anymore. I forced v2 of their library but it's recommended not to use google anymore for this
• Improved detection if extension is triggered directly instead of by right clicking a file.

[1.1.1] - 2022-01-13

• AWS and Azure, Preprocess text prior to sending as it was for Google (thanks topce)

[1.1.0] - 2022-01-06

• Added support for AWS and Azure Translation Services (thanks topce)
• Skip translation of numbers or booleans (thanks gajo357)
• Added support for deeper folder structures (thanks gajo357)

[1.0.9] - 2021-03-22

• Added a warning if running this from the command prompt
• upgraded some dependencies

[1.0.8] - 2020-07-13

• fixed bug on windows by using fsPath instead of path

[1.0.7] - 2020-07-13

• added more warnings and error reporting

[1.0.6] - 2020-05-28

• added support for arguments in text strings which won't get translated
• fixed continue after wrong locale file bug
• changed indenting from tabs to double spaces

[1.0.5] - 2020-05-28

• added support for named arguments
• fixed crash bug related to deeply nested nodes
• added messages for completed locales

[1.0.4] - 2020-05-27

• restored commented options

[1.0.3] - 2020-05-27

• added error handling for invalid/unsupported locales

[1.0.2] - 2020-05-26

• Improved Documentation

[1.0.1] - 2020-05-26

• fixed bug with mismatched setting names

[1.0.0] - 2020-05-26

• Initial release of auto-translate-json

Auto Translate JSON 2.0.5

[2.0.5] - 2026-03-18

• Library sync: Updated to auto-translate-json-library v2.0.5
• Hugging Face integration: Added support for Hugging Face cloud API translation with multiple inference providers
• Local AI translation: Added Hugging Face local ONNX runtime translation (no API key required, runs offline)
• New API types: Added "HuggingFace" and "HuggingFaceLocal" to apiType enum
• Configuration updates: Added settings for Hugging Face API key, model, provider, and local model
• Native module externalization: Externalized onnxruntime-node and @huggingface/transformers native modules in esbuild config
• Dependency updates: Updated TypeScript, VS Code API, eslint, and other dependencies
• VS Code engine: Updated engine requirement to ^1.110.0

Auto Translate JSON 2.0.2

[2.0.2] - 2026-01-31

• Major Update: Synced version with auto-translate-json-library 2.0.2
• Multi-format support: Added support for XML, YAML, ARB, PO/POT, XLIFF, XMB/XTB, Properties, CSV, TSV formats
• Format auto-detection: Automatically detects file format based on extension and content
• New format setting: Added auto-translate-json.format setting to manually override format detection
• OpenAI improvements:
  • Added temperature setting for fine-tuning translation creativity
  • Updated default model to gpt-4.1-mini
  • Increased default max tokens to 1000
• Local AI support: Better support for Ollama and other OpenAI-compatible local servers
• Updated context menu: Now appears for all supported file extensions
• Command renamed: "Auto Translate JSON" → "Auto Translate"
• Updated VS Code engine requirement to ^1.108.0