# Web Translate

> The best Translator for your Firefox and Thunderbird! Supported translators: Google Translate, Microsoft Translator, DeepL Translator, Yandex Translate, Яндекс Переводчик, Google 翻译 and 百度翻译 (Baidu Translator)

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/web\_translate](https://chrome-stats.com/d/web_translate)

## Overview

- **ID:** `web_translate`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Juraj Mäsiar
- **Category:** language-support,social-communication
- **Daily users:** 3,338
- **Weekly downloads:** 103
- **Rating:** 4.00 / 5 (37 ratings)
- **Version:** 6.4
- **Last updated:** 2026-04-20
- **First published:** 2020-10-11
- **Size:** 1.56 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/web_translate/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/fastaddons/WebTranslate/issues](https://github.com/fastaddons/WebTranslate/issues)

## Description

**Web Translate** is a versatile Chrome extension designed to enhance your browsing and emailing experience by offering seamless language translation. Compatible with Firefox and Thunderbird, it supports multiple top translation providers including Google Translate, Microsoft Translator, DeepL, Yandex, Baidu, and more.

Key features include translation of selected text via the context menu, entire webpage translation, and a user-friendly dark mode for comfortable use. This extension is crafted by an experienced independent developer, Juraj Mäsiar, who focuses on productivity-enhancing browser tools. Users are encouraged to support the development through various donation platforms. Privacy is respected, with a clear policy available. Stay updated on new features via the official addon page.

## Rankings

- #1,544 — Overall
- #67 — Language Support
- #167 — Social & Communication
- #12 — translate
- #26 — web
- #44 — translations

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `contextMenus`
- `storage`
- `activeTab`
- `scripting`
- `declarativeNetRequestWithHostAccess`
- `<all_urls>`

### Content script matches

- `translate.google.com`
- `translate.google.cn`
- `bing.com`
- `www.bing.com`
- `deepl.com`
- `www.deepl.com`
- `translate.yandex.ru`
- `translate.yandex.com`
- `www.translate.yandex.ru`
- `www.translate.yandex.com`
- `fanyi.baidu.com`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Very high risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate 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

Users appreciate the add-on for its ability to translate individual words with examples and for maintaining original website layouts in translations. It's praised for being simple and fast. However, multiple reviewers criticize the bulky translation interface and the fact that translations open in new tabs instead of being smoothly integrated into the current page. Concerns about broad permission requests and limited functionality in translating entire pages were also noted.

### Pros

- Allows translation of specific words and viewing them used in sentences.
- Maintains website layout when opening translated pages in a new tab.
- Simple and fast to use.

### Cons

- Uses a large, clunky translation window instead of a lightweight pop-up.
- Translations open in a new tab rather than embedding onto the original page with native formatting.
- Requires broad permissions that may not be necessary for page translation.
- Lacks functionality to translate entire pages easily, especially with 'select all' in context menus.

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