BicePy: Bilingual Description of Compiler Errors in Python

The ubiquitous presence of English in programming, particularly in error messages, poses a challenge for non-native English-speaking developers. These developers frequently struggle to decipher complex error messages written in English. To address this, we introduce BicePy, an innovative VScode extension that operates in two distinct modes to cater to diverse user needs. BicePy serves as a powerful proof of concept, demonstrating the feasibility of generating context-aware translated explanations of Python error messages in Spanish. However, the utility of BicePy extends beyond this. As neural machine translation is language-agnostic, it is capable of scaling to accommodate most non-English languages. BicePy signifies an essential stride towards global programming accessibility for linguistic minorities in software engineering¹¹http://zenodo.org/record/7931321#.ZF6s/z3MLrC.