How to Translate Webpage in Firefox?

 

How to Translate Webpage in Firefox?

Some of us are not comfortable in reading webpage in english and sometimes we need to translate a webpage from some foreign language like hungarian to english. It is easy to do in browser like google chrome which comes with inbuilt google translator but when it comes to firefox we don't have such translation feature like chrome. But,  don't be sad, we still have firefox translator addons to help with that. 

Before moving to different translate page addons for firefox. Let's clear out some basic doubts about webpage translation in firefox.

How do I get Firefox to automatically translate a page?

The clear answer is you can't. Firefox doesnot have automatic translation feature, but you can use firefox translator addons for that. Most of the Firefox translator addons doesnot translate page like chrome. You have to select the text to translate them, and some translator addons require you to copy the text and paste in addon popup window for translation. 

Is there a Google Translate extension for Firefox?

Somehow yes, there are two third party Google Translate extension for firefox. These Google translate addons for firefox are not developed by google but they use the default google translation api to translate text  on webpage. The first google translate extension is To Google Translate by Juan Escobar and the second addon is Simple Translate by seinori . We will talk about these translate addons later in this post.

Does Every Firefox Webpage Translate extensions works in real time?

Most of the translation extension in firefox will translate word as soon as you select text and choose the language to translate in context. This may take some time but its better than copying and pasting text in some popup based translator addons. 

I hope most of your doubt related to Firefox translator addons are clear now. So let's understand the steps to install firefox translator addons in your browser.

Steps to Install Firefox Webpage Translator Addons:

1. Open Firefox hamburger menu in the top right corner.
2. Click on Add-ons and Themes from the floating menu. You can also use the shortcut Ctrl+Shift+A to go to Add-ons and Themes page.
3. When Addons Manager page opens in a new tab. Type "translator" and hit enter.
4. It will take you to the mozilla firefox addons marketplace showing the all the addons that matches your search term. 
5. Decide the best one after reading the about each of translator addon in the list provided in this blog post.
6. Once you have selected your best translator addon and are on the addon page. Click the big blue button with the text Add to Firefox to start downloading translator addon.
7. Once downloaded firefox will prompt you to install translator addon in your browser. Click on Add.
8. Now the translator addon has been added to your browser. You may see icon of translator addon in widget toolbar. If it is not there you can customize your firefox widget toolbar to bring translator add on the front.

 Now, when you have your translator addon in its right place its time to learn what each addon can do and how to use them to translate webpage in firefox. 

Best Webpage Translator Addons for Firefox

1. To Google Translate

This one is the first translation extension recommended by firefox for webpage text translation. This addon adds a context menu option to firefox browser. Whenever you select text and right click on it you will see a new option To Google Translate in the context menu. Chosing that option will send the text to google translate where you can translate it to any language you want. This plugin also allow you to use google text-to-speech feature which will help you listen the selected text in your language.

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How to use To Google Translate in Firefox?

1. Download and Install To Google Translate in Firefox by following the above installation steps.
2. From options section in the plugin settings change the translation language according to your need.
   
3. Select the text on the webpage that you want to translate.
4. Right click and hover on To Google Translate option.
5. In the sub menu open, either select Translate or Listen.
6. This will open a new tab with the default Google Translator interface.
   You can see your selected text on the left text box and translated text on the right one. You can also change your translation language here.
7. If you have an updated version of the plugin, you might see a Translate Page option in the context sub menu. This will send the entire page URL to translate.google.com for translation.

Although this plugin does not do anything special on its own, yet it becomes handy to have Google Translate option on right click menu to make things a little faster.

 2. Simple Translate

If you don't want to rely on google translate then this is the best translation extension you should have installed in firefox. Just like To Google Translate, Simple Translate also provide translation option in context menu but what make it better is that you don't have to jump to the new tab to see the translated text. 

Whenever you select text you will see a small button with Simple translate icon, either click on the button or click on Translate the text  option in context menu. Simple Translate will then show a small panel with the translated text in target language. Moreover, it also has a toolbar popup where you can paste any text you want to translate.

Simple Translate with its updated version provide a rich set of options to customize its interface. You can change the target language, customize the color of panel and toolbar popup, change theme to light or dark, Disable translation in some places like text input , code editor etc. You can also export or import settings if you are resetting your firefox browser.

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How to use Simple Translate to translate webpage in Firefox?

1. Download and install Simple Translate extension in firefox browser following the above installation process.
2. Open Simple Translate extension settings by click on the gear icon in toolbar popup.
3. Set the target language to whichever language you want to translate. You can also customize other options of Simple Translate addon according to your need.
4. Select the text on any webpage. Either click on the small button with Simple Translate icon or right click to view the Translate Selected text option in context menu.
5. A small new panel will now open showing the translated text in your target language.

If you want to translate some custom text of your own, you can open up the toolbar popup of by clicking on the Simple Translate icon in widgets toolbar. Type the text you want to translate, and it will automatically get translated into the target language.

 3. ImTranslator

If you want to combination of above two translator you can go with ImTranslator. It provide context menu translation option, a toolbar popup, word dictionary and inline translation as well. It also provide text to speech  for translated text. Moreover, You can customize alomost everything in ImTranslator. You can change the color, theme, shortcuts, position of its interface.

Some additional features of ImTranslator includes, 

1. A separate translation window
2. Multiple translation api from Google, Microsoft, Bing, Yandex
3. Side by Side Translation comparision
4. Text -to-Speech Option

When you install ImTranslator in your Firefox browser, it will offer you to install its standalone translation software for Windows. You can download it if you want to translate any other text other than on webpages.

If you understand how to use the above two extension, then using ImTranslator is easy-peasy. It provides the same interface like above two, you will have a tiny button for quick translation,  a context menu for webpage translation, text translation, and text-to-speech translation  and lastly you will have a toolbar popup for custom text translation. 

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How to Use ImTranslator to Translate Webpage in Firefox?

1. Download and Install ImTranslator from Firefox Addon marketplace following the steps above.
2. Click on ImTranslator toolbar widget to open its popup translator
3. Click on the gear icon on the top of toolbar popup to open ImTranslator Options.
4. Once the options tab open, Change the target language to whichever language you want. You can also customize other options to change the look and feel of ImTranslator.
   
5. Once done, ImTranslator is now ready,  Just select any text on a webpage and click on the tiny button with ImTranslator icon that appear next to selected text.
6. It opens a new translator panel where you can see your translated text. You can also change the default translation method in the panel,  or can listen the translated text using text-to-speech.
7. If you want to translate an entire webpage, click on translate this page to... and it will show your translated page in a new tab.

For custom text translation, use the toolbar popup of ImTranslator.

4. Mate Translate

With modern interface and easy to use design Mate Translate can be your love for translating webpage in firefox. It has almost all features identical to ImTranslator with only difference that Mate Translate look and feel is better than ImTranslator. 

It provides all ways of translation including context menu, toolbar popup and button click translation. Just like ImTranslator it has dictionary that will show you synonym of translated word. It also includes text-to-speech for listening the translated text. One more additional feature you will find in Mate Translate is that it provides video subtitles translation for Netflix and Youtube.

Mate Translate can be your best bet if you want a mordern look translator for firefox and also if you want to sync your translation data accross browser between different operating system.

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How to Use Mate Translate for Webpage Translation in Firefox

1. Download and Install Mate Translate in Firefox browser.
2. Once installed open Mate Translate settings and change the target language.
3. Now you are good to go, just like ImTranslator, select the text you want to translate and click on the button next to text to open translator panel.
4. You can also use other method of translation like context menu and toolbar popup.
5. You can click on speaker icon to listen to the translated text in your language

5. S3.Translator

Last in the list come a little bit old fashioned translator S3.Translator. Like above two translation extension this also come with all methods of translation. Interface of S3.Translator is little bit old but you will find all features you need including selected text translation, a translator panel for custom text translation and entire webpage translation. 

The best thing about S3.Translator is that is doesnot open a new tab for translating a webpage and secondly it supports automatic translation of Youtube Subtitles. It uses Google translation public api for translation. 

S3.Translator lacks some of the feature of above translator addons like dictionary, translation comparision, and modern look but if you can cope with old fashioned interface this addon can be better choice.

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How to use S3.Translator to translate Webpage in Firefox browser?

1. Download and Install S3.Translator addon to Firefor Browser.
2. Once added, it will automatically open a tab for addon intial setup. Choose the target language and save settings.
3. After setup, just like other addon you will see a translation button on text selection and context menu options to translate entire webpage.
4. You can also open translator panel from toolbar popup menu which will let you translate custom text along with the option to hear it using Google TTS api.

So, Here it goes the top 5 addons to translate webpage in Firefox. The list is not limited to just these 5 translation addons, there are more you can try. Some of them are listed below :

1. Google Translator by Any Portmen  :
   A simple translator that uses google translate public api. It provides selected text translation on double click, menu popup translation and translation panel.
2. Linguist :
   Its a web page translator that translate webpage without reloading. If you just want webpage translation  you can go with this.
3. Lingvanex Translator and Dictionary :
   As the name suggest it is a translator with inbuild dictionary that provide synonym and meaning of translated words. Its interface and features is identical to Mate Translate addon.
4. Lingualeo Language Translator :
   Lingualeo translates word on double click. It has limited set of language support but gives you better details about translated words including meaning, synonym and pronounciation.
5. Edge Translate : It uses Google translate public api to translate selected text in webpage. Right now it doesnot have support of entire webpage translation but it provides a panel to translate text by copy and pasting them.
6. Translator : There are many apps in Firefox addons marketplace with this name developed by different developers. All these apps uses the google translate api to translate webpages. 

The list still of webpage translator addon for firefox doesnot end here you will find more extension in firefox addon marketplace. Some of them focuses on pdf, epub translation, some are limited to back and forth translation between two language and some are developed video subtitles translation. The list go on and on...

But the reality behind all of the extension above and in firefox addon marketplace is that they all depends on Google Translate Public API for translation of text. So why not learn this trick by yourself and save your browser memory to run these addons 

So, here I present the easy method to translate webpage using google translate api manually.

How to Translate Webpage in Firefox Manually?

For manual translation we are going to use google translate website which has a wonderful feature for translating the whole page into any language by just providing the URL of the page. So, let's understand the steps for webpage translation

1. First of all open the webage you want to translate in a tab of firefox browser.
2. Open a new tab and enter translate.google.com 
3. Once google translate website get open. Copy the webpage URL from the first tab and paste it into the left input box and hit enter.
4. Choose the language from the tabs above right text box.
5. Now, It will show the same url on the right text box. Open this URL in new tab.
6. When the webpage opens in a new tab it will get translated into your selected language.
7. From the top bar of Google translate you can instantly translate the webpage into any other language.

So heres it goes a simple way of translating webpage in firefox browser without any additional plugin. Currently Firefox browser does not support automatic translation but no body knows the future, may be future update of firefox may get inbuilt translation feature. Till then we have to rely on these extensions for translation. 

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