Dev builds a Telegram bot that auto-translates PT/EN so his mom and wife can finally chat

StewartalsopIII · x · 2026-09-05

Developer didierlopes built a Telegram translator bot so his Portuguese-speaking mother and English-speaking wife can talk directly: it automatically translates between PT/EN and EN/PT in real time, and the result surprised the family.

It's a textbook example of building a small AI tool for a genuine personal pain point — the tech is simple, but it solves one of the most common real-world LLM use cases: cross-language family communication.

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