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Translate Selected Text

by Adrià Vilanova Martínez (avm99963)

v3.0.0-stable Updated Jun 2, 2024 1.24MiB
CWS
100K
Users
★ 3.82
768 reviews
#1099
of 207.3K
education
#40 of 6.8K
⚠️Not updated in over a year

Description

This extension allows you to translate the text selection using Google Translate whenever you want. When the extension is installed select some text from a website, right click and select to which language you want to translate the selected text. ** FAQ: ** Q: Why choose this extension and not another one? A: I designed this extension so that it didn't prompt the user for permissions. This way the final user knows that the extension doesn't have the permission to access the content of web pages and monitor the user activity on the Internet (other extensions of this type prompt for this permission). This extension has access only to the content of the selected text when the user clicks the extension context menu and it is used to create a Google Translate app with the text autocompleted. You can configure from the options page which languages you want to show in the context menu. ** Open Source ** This extension is now open sourced! You can check out the source code, contribute, and fill in bugs in the GitHub repository: https://github.com/avm99963/translateselectedtext ** Bugs ** Please, report any bugs or feature suggestions here: https://github.com/avm99963/translateselectedtext/issues ** Note ** Google Translate is a trademark of Google Inc. Use of this trademark is subject to Google Permissions. ** Beta version** As this extension has so many users I've decided to upload a Beta version of the extension to the Chrome Web Store so I can test it before uploading any update to the stable version! This way I can make sure the stable version of the extension is 100% bug-free. If you want to test the bleeding edge of this extension before everybody else, join the Google Group and download the extension (there may be bugs, you've been warned): * Google Group: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/gtranslator-beta * Translate Selected Text (Beta): https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/translate-selected-text-b/pckjhlclhnnhdadoockkhgfkceeljnkg ** Changelog ** Changelog available in the following website: https://github.com/avm99963/translateselectedtext/wiki/Changelog ** Credits ** https://github.com/avm99963/translateselectedtext/wiki/Credits
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Reviews (24 cached)

★☆☆☆☆2020-10-30
JP W

Redirecting you to Google Translate is just pure lazy. I'll find a better extension that actually shows you the translation as a modal/the actual content overwritten. Disappointed.

★☆☆☆☆2018-08-26
Legion

No different from Google translate, if fact it is Google Translate under another name. Tiresomely opens another tab simply to translate a couple of words that should be done on page, as Google Translator for Firefox does.

★☆☆☆☆2018-06-28
rey hoffman

I am on a page that has multiple foreign languages. I right click on one of the lines of foreign text and a pop-up will appear saying that the page could not be translated. This extension name is 'translate selected text'. It automatically wants to translate the whole page, but that is not what I am wanting. This extension is not useful nor helpful. I have disabled it and now leaving this review and rating of one star and when I click 'PUBLISH', my next action will be to 'REMOVE' this extension.

★☆☆☆☆2018-06-24
Jeff Lewis

Awful doesn't translate selected text on page, just opens google translate

★☆☆☆☆2018-06-04
Álvaro M

There should be an option to also copy the translation in the clipboard. Basic.

★☆☆☆☆2016-11-27
Roberto R

Are you guys kidding??? This app simply does a new tab command, translating selected text through google. RLY guys?

★☆☆☆☆2016-11-10
Linnea från Blomsterfältet

Doesn't work

★☆☆☆☆2016-10-21
Unknown User

awful

★☆☆☆☆2016-06-27
Zodi Teh

brokwn now. previously can distinguish Chinese(Traditional) and Chinese(simplified), now it became Chinese. As there is no selection as "Chinese" in Google Translate(only either traditional or simplified), it always makes some trouble when opening new tab for translation.

★☆☆☆☆2015-10-21
Euryale Chatelard

I do not need to open a new tab..

★☆☆☆☆2015-04-17
Ahmed

Opening a new tab is useless

★★☆☆☆2021-09-30
Tj Gonz West

Just need the translation on the page, no popup or tab. Its possible in Edge, Im sure it can be done!

★★☆☆☆2021-07-28
Petter Nerman

Desperately needs a "translate text" option to be used in conjunction with the extension shortcuts at chrome://extensions/shortcuts, because as it stands now, you're forced to right click and scroll down to the translate option via the pop-up menu every time you want to translate something which simply isn't practical at all. With the addition I am suggesting you'd be able to translate at the press of a button. Not sure why this hasn't been added as it's an obvious improvement.

★★☆☆☆2015-11-30
Doc Nova

Maybe you should set the default behavior to Display the Translation in a Tooltip instead of opening a new tab. That's a much better Customer Experience solution, than "Change the options" when obviously, it's expected, not optional. Your making the error of painting your bias on your extension, instead of serving the community that supports it.

★★☆☆☆2015-05-06
Greg Zeng

Not working in Flashpeak Slimjet browser (a 64bit Chrome-based browser), Windows 8.1, 64bit, with uptodate drivers, on a Dell XPS-15 notebook.

★★☆☆☆2015-03-14
Richard Wiener

Only copy text to new web tab with google translator, you have to leave source web to see translation

★★☆☆☆2014-10-03
Sezer Toker

Opening new tab, useless for me.

★★★☆☆2019-03-14
Rogério Dec

It was working, but from some day ago, Google Translate is showing o lot of %20 instead of spaces: "I%20think%20is%20not%20showing"

★★★☆☆2017-11-17
s. khalegi

I was really in need of this program. the panel option is so helpful. Thank you so much. I really appreciate this excellent job.

★★★☆☆2017-09-06
trường trịnh

banner not well

★★★☆☆2016-06-16
Jose Raul Barreras

Could be better to show the translation in a tooltip or bubble...

★★★☆☆2014-12-18
giovanni pejrani

good

★★★☆☆2014-10-31
Goedelite Kurt

Only OK! Needing to translate a selection, one should not have to waste time. Why, if Enlish, is the only language selected after editing the extension should the user have to select it again each time the translator is used?

★★★☆☆2014-03-18
H MOHAMED

Is there add on like gTranslate (Firefox) just right click and the words shows

Permissions (3)

Permissions

contextMenus Can add items to the right-click menu notifications Can show desktop notifications storage Can store data locally in your browser

Details

Version 3.0.0-stable
Updated Jun 2, 2024
Size 1.24MiB
First Seen Apr 1, 2026