Overlay Translate

Name: Overlay Translate
Rating: 5 (2376 reviews)
Author: Overlay translate

Inline select to translate tool: Translate text without leaving the page

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Overlay Translate is a powerful Chrome extension designed to enhance your browsing experience by providing instant inline translations. Easily translate any selected text on a webpage by clicking an icon, with translations appearing directly on the page for seamless understanding.

Inspired by the convenient "Lookup" feature found on iPhone and Mac, this tool offers a quick popup translation for single words or entire selections without the need to navigate away from your current page. Users can select their preferred language through the app’s popup accessible via the toolbar's puzzle icon, with English set as the default language. Overlay Translate makes reading foreign language content effortless and efficient.

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Overlay translate

Users:

23,879 379

Rating:

5.00

(2,376) 11 new ratings

Version:

0.3.2 Last updated: 2025-05-29

Creation date:

2022-09-15

Risk:

Permissions:

alarms
declarativeNetRequest
scripting
storage

Host permissions:

<all_urls>

Size:

266.06K

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Edge Add-on Store

Updated:

a day ago

Ranking

# 1,137 ▼ 105

Other rankings

#319 in Productivity ▲ 15

#6 in Translation

#1 in overlay keyword 31

#4 in translate keyword 68

#5 in google translate keyword 49

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Overlay Translate (v0.3.2)

30,000 4.19

(36)

User reviews

Users find Overlay Translate to be a useful and convenient tool for translating and understanding foreign websites, highlighting its fast and high-quality translations and compatibility with multiple browsers including Edge. However, common issues include limited language options mainly to English, lack of settings to change target languages, occasional bugs, and usability challenges such as difficulty toggling languages and inconvenient interface.

Pros

Provides high quality and fast translations
Facilitates translation into different languages
Useful and convenient for understanding foreign sites and aiding work
Works well across multiple browsers, especially Microsoft Edge

Cons

Translation limited to English only or lacks settings to change target language
Some users found it not working or buggy
No option to toggle through different languages easily
User interface considered inconvenient by some users

Recent reviews

Not work at all

by Da*****, 2024-09-24

it doesn't work at all

by Aj*****, 2023-09-26

it only translates EN => EN. It hasn't setting for translate to other languages.

by Tr*****, 2023-08-05

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Overlay Translate requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
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Risk likelihood

Overlay Translate is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension was recently updated in the past month. New updates may not be stable or safe.
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