# Linguist - web pages translator

> Translate web pages, highlighted text, Netflix subtitles, private messages, speak text, and save important translations to your personal dictionary to learn words in 130 languages.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/linguist-translator](https://chrome-stats.com/d/linguist-translator)

## Overview

- **ID:** `linguist-translator`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Robert Vitonsky
- **Category:** privacy-security,language-support,social-communication
- **Daily users:** 13,579
- **Weekly downloads:** 216
- **Rating:** 4.53 / 5 (107 ratings)
- **Version:** 7.0.5
- **Last updated:** 2026-04-09
- **First published:** 2021-06-20
- **Size:** 4.18 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/linguist-translator/)
- **Website:** [https://linguister.io](https://linguister.io/)

## Description

Linguist is a powerful Chrome extension designed to translate web pages, highlighted text, Netflix subtitles, and private messages in over 130 languages. It allows users to speak the original and translated text, and save important translations to a personal dictionary for easy language learning and quick reference.

Key features include full-page translation with a single click, offline translation ensuring your privacy, and extensive customization options. Users can control auto-translation settings by language and domain, select from popular translation services like Google, Yandex, DeepL, Reverso, Bing, or use an offline translator requiring no internet connection. Linguist also supports custom translation modules for personalized needs. This open-source extension guarantees no data collection, making it ideal for language learners, travelers, and privacy-conscious users alike.

## Rankings

- #644 — Overall
- #25 — Language Support
- #65 — Social & Communication
- #146 — Privacy & Security
- #13 — web page
- #39 — web

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `tabs`
- `contextMenus`
- `scripting`
- `<all_urls>`

### Content script matches

- `*`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- This extension has medium user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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## Review summary

Users generally praise Linguist for accurate, broad-language translations (notably Khmer) and for helpful features like text-to-speech and a rich set of options. They value the convenience for learning, business communication, and reading web content, plus accessibility improvements. However, several repeat issues surface: some features (keyboard shortcut, pop-up translation) are unreliable or missing in current versions; translations can be inconsistent or nonsensical due to language-detection/direction problems; privacy concerns about requiring full-web access permission; and some users report performance or reliability problems on Firefox.

### Pros

- Strong overall translation quality across languages, with Khmer translations highlighted as particularly accurate.
- Text-to-speech (TTS) support for translated text, helping with learning and accessibility.
- Rich settings and convenient features that enhance workflow and usability.
- Broad usefulness in real-world contexts (learning languages, business, and understanding web content).

### Cons

- Reliability issues with features: right-click availability and keyboard shortcut can be missing or unreliable, requiring toggling in the add-ons list.
- Translation quality can be inconsistent or nonsensical at times, including problems with language detection/direction and incomplete sentences.
- Privacy concern about the permission "Access your data for all websites" being requested, which may be unnecessary for current-page use.
- Some users report Firefox-specific performance or reliability problems, with comparisons to better options.

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