Introducing CatBridge

Guild Wars 2 Translation Companion

At a glance

CatBridge combines GW2 chat translation, screen text translation, Discord voice captions, and useful gameplay utilities.

Play Guild Wars 2 in your language

CatBridge runs alongside Guild Wars 2 and helps you play in your preferred language. It translates dialogue and chat, reads on-screen text through OCR, and captions Discord voice. It also includes cursor tools and WvW reports.

CatBridge is developed by Drugged Cat, the creator of this guide.

This guide covers the essentials and installation flow. Use the official CatBridge site for current downloads, full feature descriptions, and release notes.

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Main features

Story and NPC dialogue translation Read translated in-game dialogue in a dedicated overlay.

All chat channels Translate every chat channel, including say, map, guild, whispers, party, squad, and team. You can also translate your own messages before sending them.

Screen OCR translation Drag over objectives, skills, achievements, or dialogue choices to translate text that is not available through chat data.

Discord voice translation Capture Discord voice and display captions in your chosen language.

Cursor tools Make the GW2 cursor easier to see and choose different colors for combat and non-combat states.

WvW combat reports With AxiBridge, view combat results in an overlay or share reports in chat.

Interface examples

CatBridge language and translation engine settings — Choose your language and translation engine during initial setup.

CatBridge story dialogue translated into Korean — Read translated story dialogue in an overlay above the game. This screenshot shows Korean output.

CatBridge outgoing chat translation — Translate your message, then send or copy it.

CatBridge screen OCR translation — Drag over a screen area to translate objectives, skills, and dialogue choices.

CatBridge Discord voice captions — Display Discord voice captions in your chosen language.

CatBridge cursor editor — Customize the cursor and share presets.

Before installing

CatBridge is a separate Windows application.
It receives game data through one or more connections: ArcDPS, Nexus, or Version.dll.
You can install multiple connection methods without duplicate launches or duplicate output.
Features and settings change over time. Check the official site for current instructions.