You can also choose the default action that takes place when you click on the toolbar icon.

In the options window, you can choose the target language of translation. You can select the Options from the menu that appears when you click on the toolbar icon installed by the Google Translator for Firefox extension. This will also open the Google Translate page with the selected text being translated into a language you have specified in the extension options. You can also select some text on a webpage and choose to translate the selected text instead. When you want to translate a webpage, then you can just click on this toolbar button and a new tab with Google Translated webpage would be opened. Although this extension does not offer instant translation by detecting the webpage language like in Chrome, it allows you to quickly translate the complete webpage at the click of a button.Īfter the installation of this extension, you would see a new icon in the Firefox toolbar. If you want to have a similar feature in Firefox, then you can use the Google Translator for Firefox extension. As soon as you open a webpage that is not in your locale (for me it is US English), Chrome offers you to translate the complete webpage using the Google Translator. One of the features of the Chrome web browser that makes the Firefox users filled with jealousy is its ability to offer instant translation for webpages.

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