# Translator

> Easy-to-use and powerful translator for your browser.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/translator-addon](https://chrome-stats.com/d/translator-addon)

## Overview

- **ID:** `translator-addon`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Karl
- **Category:** appearance,language-support,other,tabs
- **Daily users:** 890
- **Weekly downloads:** 7
- **Rating:** 3.68 / 5 (56 ratings)
- **Version:** 0.1.1resigned1
- **Last updated:** 2024-04-26
- **First published:** 2018-09-16
- **Size:** 63 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/translator-addon/)
- **Website:** [http://eccorem.com/apps/translator.html](http://eccorem.com/apps/translator.html)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/translator-addon/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/translator-addon/privacy/)

## Description

Translator is a simple yet powerful browser extension designed to facilitate easy translations of words and sentences directly on your web pages. Customize your preferred destination language and translation button type through the extension’s options. Simply double-click any word and activate the extension to view translations instantly.

Additional features include pronunciation playback via a speaker button and a phrasebook to save and review your favorite words and definitions. The phrasebook is accessible anytime, helping you efficiently manage your learning or translation needs. For more details, you can visit the extension’s FAQ page.

## Rankings

- #3,502 — Overall
- #140 — Language Support
- #337 — Tabs
- #48 — translate
- #62 — destination
- #64 — translations

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `*://*/*`
- `tabs`
- `storage`
- `contextMenus`
- `notifications`

### Content script matches

- `translate.google.com`
- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** 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 has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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## Review summary

The Translator add-on supports many languages and provides context menu access, making it useful for some users. However, several reviewers critique its excessive permissions, mediocre translation quality, and UI limitations such as disabling mouse selection and inability to reposition translation boxes. It also fails to work correctly inside Google Docs and Sheets, which diminishes its utility in certain scenarios.

### Pros

- Supports a large selection of languages.
- Offers a context menu option for easier access to translation.
- Simple and clean interface for translation tasks.
- Some users find it very useful for their needs.

### Cons

- Permission request to access data on all websites is excessive when only current page translation is needed.
- Translation quality is mediocre according to multiple reviews.
- The add-on disables mouse selection, negatively affecting usability.
- User interface is limited; translation popup position can't be adjusted.
- Does not work properly within Google Docs and Sheets environments.

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