Multiple language search

Context:

I write in Obsidian mostly in Spanish and English. I use sources that are in both languages indifferently. If I’m writting about a paper in English, I’ll write in Obsidian in English, if I’m writting about a book in Spanish, I’ll take my notes in Spanish, and so on. Therefore, the language choice is not related to the content. I have many notes about a certain topic but in different languages. I also have some stuff in Catalan, Italian and German.

Problem:

Often, I know I’ve got a note about something, but I don’t remember in which language I wrote it, so I frequently have to search it twice: first I try to see if it’s in English, and then in Spanish.

Possible solution through a plugin:

I want to clarify that I don’t know how to code and what I may say could be unfeasable or too hard to code. Anyway: I’ve thought that I’d be very useful to have some sort of automatic translator integrated in the search function. It’d work like this: when you type a word in the search box (e.g. potato) it’d search for that word AND it’s translation in the selected languages (e.g. patata). ¿Maybe it could work with a Google Translate API (I’ve got no idea of what I’m talking about xD)? This’d make multilingual vaults a tad easier to work with.

Thanks in advance to anyone who takes the time to consider this.

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