# Popup Translator – Instant Translate Any Website

> Automatically translates selected text on any webpage and shows the result in a small popup above the selection.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/popup-translate](https://chrome-stats.com/d/popup-translate)

## Overview

- **ID:** `popup-translate`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** AcrNischal
- **Category:** web-development,privacy-security,language-support
- **Daily users:** 19
- **Weekly downloads:** 5
- **Version:** 2.1
- **Last updated:** 2026-01-16
- **First published:** 2026-01-11
- **Size:** 1.75 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/popup-translate/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/popup-translate/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/popup-translate/privacy/)

## Description

This add-on instantly translates selected text on webpages into a user-chosen language. Just select text and a small popup appears with the translation. No page reloads, no extra clicks. Designed to be fast, minimal, and privacy-focused.

## Rankings

- #25,176 — Overall
- #87 — popup
- #104 — grant
- #158 — website
- #184 — translate

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `contextMenus`

### Host permissions

- `https://translate.googleapis.com/*`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/popup-translate)