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What I need from this is to be able to select text and just have it translated in a tooltip (or whatever.) This is what I'm using the Simple Translate Firefox a

What I need from this is to be able to select text and just have it translated in a tooltip (or whatever.) This is what I'm using the Simple Translate Firefox add-on for but unfortunately it sends data to Google.

filoleg 4y ago
It would be nice to have something like that for desktop, but on mobile, iOS handles it amazingly. You can select text almost anywhere (from browser to even from a screenshot/image; literally anywhere you are able to select text), and in a tooltip above the word, one of the few options is translate. I love the UX of it, as it is super intuitive and unobtrusive, and works pretty much instantaneously It runs fully locally, no connection required. Slides a native OS pane over the page to show possible translations along with pronunciations and other extra info. Sidenote: other features in that tooltip are pretty nifty too. Aside from the obvious copy/cut/paste/share, i found "look up" to be quite useful when i see a word I've not encountered before. It pulls another native OS pane that shows dictionary definitions and extra info like the wikipedia link. And the actual dictionary definitions are local too afaik.
- guerrilla 4y ago
  Yeah, Android has the same.
- jeroenhd 4y ago
  Android had the same feature, assuming apps don't disable the tooltip. Selecting text on my phone brings a nice context menu for cut/copy/paste/search/translate/encrypt (that last one was added by OpenKeychain, a PGP app). It doesn't come with a dictionary built in, but the search button becomes an online dictionary in a pinch. Any dictionary app could extend the menu to add a local dictionary, of course.
- rahimnathwani 4y ago
  Android has this too. BUT: When my phone is on portrait mode (almost always), I don't see the translate option until I tap on the three dots. The translation isn't instant. It takes a second to show up, and then takes up the top of the screen. I'd much prefer a UI similar to the Zhongwen Chrome extension.
  - guerrilla 4y ago
    > It takes a second to show up, and then takes up the top of the screen. I think this could have to do with it not being local...

filoleg 4y ago

It would be nice to have something like that for desktop, but on mobile, iOS handles it amazingly. You can select text almost anywhere (from browser to even from a screenshot/image; literally anywhere you are able to select text), and in a tooltip above the word, one of the few options is translate. I love the UX of it, as it is super intuitive and unobtrusive, and works pretty much instantaneously It runs fully locally, no connection required. Slides a native OS pane over the page to show possible translations along with pronunciations and other extra info. Sidenote: other features in that tooltip are pretty nifty too. Aside from the obvious copy/cut/paste/share, i found "look up" to be quite useful when i see a word I've not encountered before. It pulls another native OS pane that shows dictionary definitions and extra info like the wikipedia link. And the actual dictionary definitions are local too afaik.

guerrilla 4y ago
Yeah, Android has the same.
jeroenhd 4y ago
Android had the same feature, assuming apps don't disable the tooltip. Selecting text on my phone brings a nice context menu for cut/copy/paste/search/translate/encrypt (that last one was added by OpenKeychain, a PGP app). It doesn't come with a dictionary built in, but the search button becomes an online dictionary in a pinch. Any dictionary app could extend the menu to add a local dictionary, of course.
rahimnathwani 4y ago
Android has this too. BUT: When my phone is on portrait mode (almost always), I don't see the translate option until I tap on the three dots. The translation isn't instant. It takes a second to show up, and then takes up the top of the screen. I'd much prefer a UI similar to the Zhongwen Chrome extension.
- guerrilla 4y ago
  > It takes a second to show up, and then takes up the top of the screen. I think this could have to do with it not being local...