# Translate Image

> Translate images in browser

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `translate-image`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Toil
- **Category:** language-support
- **Daily users:** 9
- **Weekly downloads:** 16
- **Version:** 1.0.2
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-31
- **First published:** 2026-07-26
- **Size:** 136 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-13
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/translate-image/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/FOSWLY/image-translate/issues](https://github.com/FOSWLY/image-translate/issues)

## Description

Browser extension that translates text in images using OCR and swaps the image source directly on the page.

Translate pair: <code>auto</code> -&gt; <code>ru</code> (auto-detected source language to Russian).

<ul><li>Adds a context menu action on images: <strong>Toggle image translate</strong>.</li><li>Runs OCR + translation through Yandex endpoints (via <code>ya-ocr</code>).</li><li>Toggles translated/original image on repeated clicks.</li><li>Caches translated results by image URL in memory for faster repeated use.</li></ul>

## Rankings

- #35,666 — Overall
- #95 — ocr
- #223 — translate

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `contextMenus`
- `activeTab`
- `scripting`
- `declarativeNetRequest`
- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** High 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/translate-image)