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As someone who avoids Google stuff mainly for privacy concerns, I love this. I wonder why Mozilla hasn't given their own extension the "Recommended" badge on t

As someone who avoids Google stuff mainly for privacy concerns, I love this. I wonder why Mozilla hasn't given their own extension the "Recommended" badge on their add-on site. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/search/?q=Translations https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/search/?q=Translati...

zie 4y ago
I use Bing translate because of that, but this is 100% worth looking into!
kxrm 4y ago
> I wonder why Mozilla hasn't given their own extension the "Recommended" badge on their add-on site. Probably because it isn't fully baked. It will definitely be included by default or set as "Recommended" when it supports more languages.
- nextos 4y ago
  It still looks a bit rough, and lacks several languages that I translate often in Firefox using a Google Translate bookmarklet. Really looking forward to this addon getting more mature, as bookmarklets don't work when you are e.g. logged in or in cases with heavy JS.
  - joveian 4y ago
    I am also excited about this, although I am usually not translating full pages so I still mostly use Google Translate even for supported languages. It sounds like they are working on ways to translate sections of a page. I use the Right Click Search addon and select text to translate then "search" with Google Translate. There is a word limit but Google even helpfully provides a link to the next chunk if you exceed it. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/right-click-search/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/right-click-s... The few times I've tried translating news articles in supported languages with the addon it seems to do really well, although it is understandibly (and like Google Translate) more hit and miss for less formal stuff and song lyrics (which can be nearly untranslatable considering how little sense they often make if you do understand the language :/). This is translating to English though, it sounds like translating between other languages goes through English currently.
    - nextos 4y ago
      Thanks for the information. Very useful, I didn't know about this other addon.
  - troyvit 4y ago
    If you're using a bookmarklet you can always give the deepl plugin a try: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/deepl/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/deepl/
ImPleadThe5th 4y ago
I just downloaded it to try it out (I live abroad, so I rely heavily on these extensions). Works fantastic and the UI is nice. I appreciate that you can choose to translate just one tab as you browse. But on some websites it starts duplicating words over and over. So, seems like there are some rough edges to work out. But I'm definitely keeping it installed for when it is ready to go!

zie 4y ago

I use Bing translate because of that, but this is 100% worth looking into!

kxrm 4y ago

> I wonder why Mozilla hasn't given their own extension the "Recommended" badge on their add-on site. Probably because it isn't fully baked. It will definitely be included by default or set as "Recommended" when it supports more languages.

nextos 4y ago
It still looks a bit rough, and lacks several languages that I translate often in Firefox using a Google Translate bookmarklet. Really looking forward to this addon getting more mature, as bookmarklets don't work when you are e.g. logged in or in cases with heavy JS.
- joveian 4y ago
  I am also excited about this, although I am usually not translating full pages so I still mostly use Google Translate even for supported languages. It sounds like they are working on ways to translate sections of a page. I use the Right Click Search addon and select text to translate then "search" with Google Translate. There is a word limit but Google even helpfully provides a link to the next chunk if you exceed it. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/right-click-search/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/right-click-s... The few times I've tried translating news articles in supported languages with the addon it seems to do really well, although it is understandibly (and like Google Translate) more hit and miss for less formal stuff and song lyrics (which can be nearly untranslatable considering how little sense they often make if you do understand the language :/). This is translating to English though, it sounds like translating between other languages goes through English currently.
  - nextos 4y ago
    Thanks for the information. Very useful, I didn't know about this other addon.
- troyvit 4y ago
  If you're using a bookmarklet you can always give the deepl plugin a try: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/deepl/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/deepl/

ImPleadThe5th 4y ago

I just downloaded it to try it out (I live abroad, so I rely heavily on these extensions). Works fantastic and the UI is nice. I appreciate that you can choose to translate just one tab as you browse. But on some websites it starts duplicating words over and over. So, seems like there are some rough edges to work out. But I'm definitely keeping it installed for when it is ready to go!