TranslateLocally for Firefox

Name: TranslateLocally for Firefox
Rating: 4.0588 (17 reviews)
Author: Jelmer van der Linde

TranslateLocally for Firefox is a webextension that enables local and private in-page translations for web browsers. It is a stand-alone extension, but can integrate with TranslateLocally for custom models and even better performance.

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TranslateLocally brings state-of-the-art machine translation to your own, private device. Unlike other translators, it does not rely on the cloud. Your text never leaves your device. And it also works just as fast when you have a bad or no connection to the internet.

Features:

Translate all text on a website (including highly dynamic sites like Youtube, Twitter)
Translate selected text only (Select text and right-click "Translate selection")
Help you translate text in forms (Right-click a form field and click "Type to translate…")

Supported languages:

Bulgarian
Czech
English
Estonian
French
Spanish
German
Icelandic (only from)
Norwegian (only from)
Polish

Support for more languages will come once the HPLT project gets underway.

This extension for Firefox integrates the features of TranslateLocally in your browser. It works without the TranslateLocally desktop application but if you have it installed TranslateLocally for Firefox will work even faster and share the translation language models with the desktop app.

TranslateLocally is one of the products to come out of the Bergamot project. The Bergamot Project Consortium is coordinated by the University of Edinburgh with partners Charles University in Prague, the University of Sheffield, University of Tartu, and Mozilla. This project has received funding from the 🇪🇺 European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 825303.

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Version:

0.8.2 Last updated: 2022-11-24

Version code:

5490485

Creation date:

2022-10-03

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Permissions:

<all_urls>
contextMenus
tabs
storage
nativeMessaging

Size:

2.32MB

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Firefox Browser Add-ons

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Ranking

# 4,715 ▲ 2

Other rankings

#198 in Language Support ▲ 2

#31 in transform keyword 6

#69 in google translate keyword 47

#87 in translate keyword 71 ▼ 3

#92 in firefox keyword 26 ▲ 1

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User reviews

Pros

Works well for local translations without the need for cloud services.
Good for privacy, as it does not rely on online translations.
Simple user interface and ease of use.
Ability to translate the same page without pop-ups.

Cons

Missing support for certain languages (e.g., Russian removed).
Some features, like "Translate selection," do not work as expected.
Extension compatibility issues with Firefox Beta and Nightly for Android.
Need for more translation engine options and a settings section.

Recent reviews

I have done all the instructions to get a translation to english on a website that is in German - trying to answer questions and it's not translating to English so now I'm forced to pull up a new window and having to copy paste the question in german to see what is being asked.. problem continues because the answers to choose from are not able to be copied.. this is not working.. I've added extention to translate as well as selected from the menu to translate .. nothing is getting fixed.. why is this happening ?

by Fi*****, 2025-06-09

The project from which this extension got its foundation is a great one and the extension works well too! Waiting for more European and Asian too.

by Ya*****, 2024-11-17

бесполезное после того как убрали русский язык. хотя болгарский имеется.

by Ва*****, 2024-10-13

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TranslateLocally for Firefox requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

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TranslateLocally for Firefox has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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