# To Google Translate

> Right-click a section of text and click the Translate icon next to it to text translate or listen to it in your language.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `to-google-translate`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Juan Escobar
- **Category:** feeds-news-blogging,appearance,language-support
- **Daily users:** 659,889
- **Weekly downloads:** 5,903
- **Rating:** 4.06 / 5 (3,643 ratings)
- **Version:** 4.3.1
- **Last updated:** 2025-10-09
- **First published:** 2013-06-11
- **Size:** 111 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-13
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/to-google-translate/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/itsecurityco/](https://github.com/itsecurityco/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/to-google-translate/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/to-google-translate/privacy/)

## Description

## To Google Translate Chrome Extension

To Google Translate is a handy Chrome extension that allows users to quickly translate or listen to any selected text directly through Google Translate. Simply right-click on a highlighted section of text and click the Translate icon to instantly access translation or text-to-speech pronunciation in your preferred language.

Users can customize default translation languages in the options page, making it ideal for multilingual users and language learners. This extension improves workflow efficiency by streamlining the translation process without navigating away from the current page.

Privacy-conscious users will appreciate that the extension redirects text selections directly to Google Translate's official website. The source code is openly available on GitHub for review and contributions.

## Rankings

- #23 — Overall
- #1 — Feeds, News & Blogging
- #1 — Language Support
- #3 — Appearance
- #1 — button for google
- #1 — google

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `http://*/*`
- `https://*/*`
- `contextMenus`
- `storage`
- `webRequest`
- `webRequestBlocking`
- `tabs`

### Content script matches

- `*`
- `translate.google.com`
- `translate.google.cn`
- `translate.googleusercontent.com`
- `translate.googleusercontent.cn`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Very high risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Very low 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 was updated more than 6 months ago. Older versions are more likely to be stable and safe.

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## Review summary

Users generally praise the add-on for integrating with Google Translate and its TTS/pronunciation capability, and multiple reviewers express positive sentiment in different languages. The main recurring downside is performance/reliability problems (translations failing, slow load and new-tab behavior).

### Pros

- Generally well liked — several users give positive feedback and thank the developer.
- Integration with Google Translate, including Google TTS/pronunciation support (users mention sending text to TTS).
- Appeals to a multilingual user base (positive comments in multiple languages), suggesting broad usefulness.

### Cons

- Performance and reliability concerns: reports of translations stopping, slow loading, and opening results in a new tab.

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