Auto Translate in Chrome: Effortless Webpage Translation
Effortless Language Translation with the Auto-Translate Chrome Extension
Are you seeking a straightforward method for comprehending foreign languages while navigating the web? Let's explore the capabilities of the Auto-Translate extension designed for Google Chrome.
Installation & Configuration
Upon initiating the extension's installation within Chrome, you will be prompted to validate the process. Simply click “Install” to complete the setup.
A brief installation confirmation message will appear; however, a toolbar button won’t be immediately visible. Accessing the extension’s options is necessary to define default languages, refine additional settings, and establish keyboard shortcuts.
The sole pathway to the extension’s options lies through the “Chrome Extensions Page.”
Within the options, you’ll find three distinct “Configuration Tab Areas,” each linked to a specific default “Keyboard Shortcut.” Each tab offers a unique configuration experience, concerning elements like the “From Language” and “Additional Configurations.”
It’s worth noting that you can permanently eliminate “Configuration Tabs” by selecting the “Tab Xs” icon.
Should you opt to create a “Custom Configuration,” this is the interface you will encounter. You can assign a personalized “Keyboard Shortcut,” and the two “Additional Configurations” are pre-selected, though you may choose to deselect them.
Whenever modifications are made within a “Configuration Tab” and saved, the tab will be visually highlighted. To edit other “Configuration Tabs,” simply click anywhere on the “button” to remove the highlighting effect.
Using Auto-Translate
The core functionality of this extension involves first pressing the keys associated with your chosen keyboard shortcut/language, then selecting the text you wish to translate.
In our demonstration, we configured “Ctrl + Highlighted Text (Selection)” for English and “Ctrl + Shift + Highlighted Text (Selection)” for Simplified Chinese. We began with a South Korean news site; the “red outlined area” indicates the selected text. Here’s the resulting English translation…
Importantly, once the “popup translation” appears, holding down the mouse button is no longer necessary. The highlighting color over the selected text will also automatically disappear.
And here is the translation into Simplified Chinese.
To further illustrate its versatility, we visited a French website. The translation into English is shown below…
And the translation into Simplified Chinese.
In Conclusion
During testing, the extension’s translations exhibited minor inaccuracies. However, if a rapid means of understanding website content is required, this extension provides a remarkably convenient solution.
Resources
Download the Auto-Translate extension (Google Chrome Extensions)
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