Guide
How to Reply to DMs in Another Language on Twitter (X)
X can't do this natively. Its built-in translate only reads posts — it never touches DMs and it never writes anything for you. Yaply does: type your reply in your own language, click once, and it sends in theirs. No copy-paste to Google Translate.
X doesn't translate DMs. At all.
X's built-in translate does exactly one thing: it translates posts you read. Open your DMs and there's no translate button anywhere. Grok won't write your messages either. So today, most people copy the DM, paste it into Google Translate, write an answer, translate it back, paste it again — and hope the tone survived. Five steps, two tabs, and a reply that sounds like a robot. That's the actual state of X in 2026. Nobody owns this problem. Except one Chrome extension.
Type in your language, send in theirs
Yaply is a Chrome extension that lives inside X. Incoming DMs show up in your language, automatically. To answer, you write in your own words — your language, your tone, your jokes. One click, and Yaply rewrites it in the other person's language, native-sounding. Not robotic word-for-word output: slang stays slang, irony stays irony, emojis stay where you put them. Then you hit send like any normal DM. It works both ways, in the same thread, without ever leaving X.
Answer everyone. Watch your account grow.
Think about the DMs you never answered because writing in English felt like homework. Collab offers. Questions from readers. That trader in Tokyo who liked your thread. Every skipped DM is a contact lost. When replying takes one click, you answer everyone — and people who get real answers follow you, mention you, and open doors. The language barrier was capping your account. Drop it, and your network starts compounding.
How to do it with Yaply
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Install Yaply
Get the Chrome extension at yaply.app and sign in. It's 6.99€/mo — -25% for life with the launch coupon.
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Open any DM on X
Incoming messages already appear in your language. Nothing to click, nothing to configure.
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Write your reply in your own language
In the normal DM box, exactly as you'd write to a friend. Slang and emojis welcome.
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Click the Yaply button
Your message flips to the other person's language. It reads native, and it still sounds like you.
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Hit send
Done. No copy-paste, no second tab, no Google Translate. Just a conversation.
Common questions
Which languages can I reply in?
All the languages you'll actually meet on X — English, Spanish, Japanese, Portuguese, German, Arabic and dozens more. You pick the target per conversation.
Does the other person see it was translated?
No. They receive a normal DM in their language. No badge, no watermark, no 'translated' label. It just reads like you speak their language.
Will it keep my tone and slang?
Yes. Yaply translates the way you talk, not word for word. Jokes land as jokes, irony stays irony. That's the whole point — sounding like yourself, not like a machine.