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Ollang MCP in Claude Desktop

Claude Desktop is Anthropic’s desktop application for conversing with Claude. With Ollang MCP, you can manage your entire translation workflow through natural conversation.

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Setup

1

Locate the config file

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
2

Add Ollang MCP server

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ollang": {
      "url": "https://mcp.ollang.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
3

Restart Claude Desktop

Quit and reopen Claude Desktop. You should see the Ollang tools available in the MCP tools menu (hammer icon).
4

Authenticate

On first tool use, a browser window opens for Ollang sign-in. Complete authentication and return to Claude.

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Use Cases

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Conversational translation management

Claude Desktop is ideal for managing translations through natural language: 
What's the status of all my translation orders? Show me any that
are completed and ready for download.

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Upload and translate files

Upload this video from https://example.com/training-video.mp4 with
source language English. Then create subtitle translation orders
for French, Spanish, German, Italian, and Portuguese.

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Review and iterate on translations

Get the details for order #12345. Run a QC evaluation checking
accuracy, fluency, and tone. If there are issues with the French
translation at timestamp 02:15:30, create a revision request.

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Project overview

Show me all my Ollang projects. For the "Marketing Q1" project,
list all associated orders and their current statuses.

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Translation guidelines

Create a custom instruction called "Legal Documents" with the following
guidelines: "Use formal register. Preserve legal terminology in the
source language with translations in parentheses. Do not simplify
complex sentence structures."

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Adding More MCP Servers

Extend your Claude Desktop with additional integrations:
claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ollang": {
      "url": "https://mcp.ollang.com/mcp"
    },
    "notion": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@notionhq/notion-mcp-server"],
      "env": {
        "NOTION_TOKEN": "ntn_XXXX"
      }
    },
    "dropbox": {
      "url": "https://mcp.dropbox.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
Claude Desktop shows a hammer icon in the chat input when MCP tools are available. Click it to see all connected tools and their descriptions.