English Text Interpreter

Obsidian plugin for contextual interpretation of selected English text, powered by a local LLM via Ollama. No data leaves your machine.

Demo

What it does

Select any English text in your notes and run Interpret selected text from the Command Palette. A panel opens with four dimensions:

Field	Description
Meaning	What the text actually means in context — not a literal translation
Tone	Emotional register and attitude (formal, sarcastic, polite but firm, etc.)
Context	Cultural, idiomatic, or situational background needed to fully understand it
Intent	What the writer is trying to achieve (inform, warn, persuade, joke, etc.)

Output language is configurable (Spanish, English, Portuguese, French, German).

Requirements

• Ollama running locally
• A pulled model (default: gemma3:4b)

ollama pull gemma3:4b

Installation

From Obsidian Community Plugins (recommended)

1. Open Settings → Community plugins → Browse
2. Search for English Text Interpreter
3. Install and enable

Manual

1. Download main.js, manifest.json, and styles.css from the latest release
2. Copy them to .obsidian/plugins/english-text-interpreter/ inside your vault
3. Enable the plugin in Settings → Community plugins

Settings

Setting	Default	Description
Ollama endpoint	http://localhost:11434	URL where Ollama is running
Model	gemma3:4b	Any model pulled in Ollama (e.g. gemma3:12b, llama3.2)
Interpretation language	Spanish	Language for the interpretation output

Usage

1. Select English text in any note (at least 5 characters)
2. Open the Command Palette (Ctrl/Cmd + P)
3. Run English Text Interpreter: Interpret selected text
4. Read the interpretation panel

License

MIT