A chrome extension that instantly pop translation by selecting text without any other click, no extra clicks needed, Making translation more intuitive and efficient.
There are three main features
- Pop translation immediately after selecting text, don't need to click the icon like other translation extension.
- Pop a frame in top right corner of current window to show the translation, which don't cover the contents you are browsing
- Show dictionary content for single word, which is suitable for new language learner. This feature is turned off by default.
PopTranslate-demo.mov
Install Link: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/poptranslate/moejenjdfpgijcnbddoeokjflkfighla
The translation function is from Google api self-hosted LibreTranslate.
Dictionary is from Free Dictionary API, Thanks a lot.
Any suggestions and feedback are welcome.
- 1.0: first verison
- 1.1: add target language translate when dictionary open
- 1.2: fix bugs. 1) works on chatgpt.com 2) works on reddit comments 3) keep slience for special characters
- 2.0: add features. 1) adding switch for this extension. 2) Making manually adjusted height persist.
- 2.1: making front size stable
- 2.2: fix bug. fix porblem that clicking selected text can not close pop window
- 3.0: replace Google translation API with self-hosted translation service
- 3.1: add speicial for chinese to reduce the pressure of service -- 2024.10.22
- 3.2: don't translate for numbers -- 2024.10.23
- 3.3: 1) update libertranslate into Gemini flash 2.0. 2) update check selection valid function -- 2024.12.27
- 4.0: transfer from Gemini flash model into Google Translate API -- 2025.1.16
- To make manually adjusted height of translate windows persist.
- Disable when selecting websites
- Fix bugs: This is not a mature product, it need more time to find bug and fix them.
- Add block option for specific website or domain, like github.
- More languages support for dictionary: English is only language to support temporary.
- Make dictionary result continuous scrolling
- Ollama is so quick, maybe it's a better solution to provide translation service.