# To DeepL translation

> Right-click on a section of text and click on "To DeepL" to translate it to your language. Default language is selected in extension preferences.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/to-deepl](https://chrome-stats.com/d/to-deepl)

## Overview

- **ID:** `to-deepl`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** xpmn
- **Category:** language-support
- **Daily users:** 12,355
- **Weekly downloads:** 86
- **Rating:** 4.15 / 5 (86 ratings)
- **Version:** 0.9.3
- **Last updated:** 2025-03-04
- **First published:** 2020-05-03
- **Size:** 12 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/to-deepl/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/xpmn/firefox-to-deepl/issues](https://github.com/xpmn/firefox-to-deepl/issues)

## Description

**To DeepL Translation** is a handy Chrome extension that lets you quickly translate selected text on any web page using DeepL's powerful translation service. Simply highlight the text you want to translate, right-click, and select "To DeepL" to see the translation in your preferred language, which you can set in the extension's preferences.

For even greater convenience, you can assign a custom hotkey via the Manage Extension Shortcuts settings to translate text instantly without using the context menu. This extension is open source, with its code available on GitHub, where users can also submit questions or feature requests. Enhance your browsing experience by breaking down language barriers seamlessly with To DeepL Translation.

## Rankings

- #677 — Overall
- #27 — Language Support
- #7 — translations
- #19 — station
- #29 — translate
- #93 — keep

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `contextMenus`
- `storage`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Very low risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- This extension has medium user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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## Review summary

Users praise the add-on for high accuracy and advanced features like side-by-side translations and sentence swapping, often calling it the best translator add-on. However, many reviews report reliability issues after Firefox 131, including compatibility problems, not translating selected text, and error messages or lost text, making its usefulness inconsistent across setups.

### Pros

- High translation accuracy, reportedly beating Google and especially good with idioms.
- More advanced than official Firefox add-ons.
- Side-by-side before/after translations help verify understanding.
- Ability to swap sentences to review translations.
- Generally considered the best translator add-on by several users.

### Cons

- Incompatibility with Firefox 131+ causing it to stop working (including Mac/iMac).
- Does not translate the selected text; you must copy text to DeepL separately.
- Frequent error messages or unusable state, such as 'Sorry, we couldn’t translate your text. Please try again later.' or lost text.

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