diff --git a/src/routes/match/[id]/chat/+page.svelte b/src/routes/match/[id]/chat/+page.svelte
index 5ddd7ce..e0f2869 100644
--- a/src/routes/match/[id]/chat/+page.svelte
+++ b/src/routes/match/[id]/chat/+page.svelte
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <script lang="ts">
-	import { MessageSquare, Filter, Search, AlertCircle } from 'lucide-svelte';
+	import { MessageSquare, Filter, Search, AlertCircle, Languages } from 'lucide-svelte';
 	import Card from '$lib/components/ui/Card.svelte';
 	import Badge from '$lib/components/ui/Badge.svelte';
 	import type { PageData } from './$types';
@@ -36,6 +36,22 @@
 		};
 	};
 
+	// Check if text likely needs translation (contains non-ASCII or Cyrillic characters)
+	const mightNeedTranslation = (text: string): boolean => {
+		// Check for Cyrillic, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, etc.
+		const nonEnglishPattern =
+			/[\u0400-\u04FF\u4E00-\u9FFF\u3040-\u309F\u30A0-\u30FF\uAC00-\uD7AF\u0600-\u06FF]/;
+		return nonEnglishPattern.test(text);
+	};
+
+	// Open Google Translate for a message
+	const translateMessage = (text: string) => {
+		const encodedText = encodeURIComponent(text);
+		// Use Google Translate web interface (auto-detect language to English)
+		const translateUrl = `https://translate.google.com/?sl=auto&tl=en&text=${encodedText}&op=translate`;
+		window.open(translateUrl, '_blank', 'width=800,height=600,noopener,noreferrer');
+	};
+
 	if (chatData) {
 		// Get unique players who sent messages
 		messagePlayers = Array.from(new Set(chatData.messages.map((m) => m.player_id)))
@@ -243,7 +259,20 @@
 												<Badge variant="default" size="sm">Team</Badge>
 											{/if}
 										</div>
-										<p class="mt-1 break-words text-base-content">{message.message}</p>
+										<div class="mt-1 flex items-start gap-2">
+											<p class="break-words text-base-content">{message.message}</p>
+											{#if mightNeedTranslation(message.message)}
+												<button
+													onclick={() => translateMessage(message.message)}
+													class="btn btn-ghost btn-xs flex-shrink-0 gap-1"
+													title="Translate message"
+													aria-label="Translate to English"
+												>
+													<Languages class="h-3 w-3" />
+													<span class="hidden sm:inline">Translate</span>
+												</button>
+											{/if}
+										</div>
 									</div>
 								</div>
 							</div>