To Google Translate

To Google Translate

Right-click a section of text and click the Translate icon next to it to text translate or listen to it in your language.

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What is To Google Translate?

"To Google Translate" is a Firefox extension providing an innovative feature which allows users to translate or listen to selected text by right-clicking and choosing the appropriate option. The add-on sends the selected text to Google Translate for immediate translation or reading out loud. Users can customize the default languages for translation in the settings.

Merlin
Stats
Stats date:
Version: 4.2.0 (Last updated: 2021-06-22)
Creation date: 2013-06-11
Weekly download count: 23,202
Firefox on Android: No
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • http://*/*
  • https://*/*
  • contextMenus
  • storage
  • webRequest
  • webRequestBlocking
  • tabs
Size: 112.92K
Email: Click to see
Risk impact: Very high risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Other platforms

Not available on Chrome
Not available on Edge
Merlin
Summary

This extension creates a context menu item in Firefox. When you click on this menu item, the previously selected text is sent to Google Translate for translating or to Google TTS for listening pronunciation. You can setup the default languages for translation on the options page.

Privacy Policy: To Google Translate add-on redirects user highlighted text to translate.google.com, including the specified language.

Source code: https://github.com/itsecurityco/to-google-translate

User reviews
User reviews summary
These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Firefox Browser Add-ons does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Supports many languages
  • Easy to use with right click menu
  • Helpful for translating specific text
Cons
  • Cannot be pinned to the toolbar
  • It opens a new tab to translate the entire page
  • Has certificate issues and untrusted by Firefox
Most mentioned
  • Opens a new tab when translating whole pages
  • Ease of use
  • Issues with trustworthiness
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Safety
Risk impact

To Google Translate is not very risky to use and it requires a lot of sensitive permissions. Avoid installing this add-on unless you absolutely trust this publisher.

Risk likelihood

To Google Translate has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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