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Local Translate in the Browser
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In the meantime does anyone have a suggestion for a translation extension that actually works for translating full webpages?
Google translate should work
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+1 for translation. Looking forward to this feature. Would probably be more useful on mobile for me, though.
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Can you add built-in translate such as safari when you highlight text and press right click will find translate option as per the attachment + It's better to add built in translate for web pages like google chrome.
Vlad changed the title to Built in translate .
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Hi guys, just want to bump this one up rather than create a new one. I'm still an MS Edge user because of the automatic translation (and not having nested tabs). After reading the comments here, and doing a bit of research, I'm pretty sure there's a way to make this happen in a way that won't be costing you (or us) too much, both in terms of money and privacy.
Auto-translation is a very important feature, especially as it opens up access to a huge amount of information that would otherwise require extra steps.
Having auto translation is an extremely important solution to provide, whether it's through the browser, in messages, in glasses, or a babelfish inserted into the ear. It removes the barriers in communication and enables humanity to communicate and understand each other much better
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John macOS has a translation API that we can use once it is publicly avaialbly. Until then all translation solutions would be external meaning data would need to be sent somewhere (like Edge is doing). We want to avoid this and recommend people use a translation extension instead if they are comfortable with their data being sent elsewhere.
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Automatic translation is a very important feature in this globally connected world, especially as it opens up access to a huge amount of information that would otherwise require quite a few extra steps, or to just ignore it because you can't read it.
Having auto translation is an extremely important feature, whether it's through the browser, in messages, in glasses, or a babelfish inserted into the ear. It further removes our barriers by enabling humanity to communicate and understand each other far better.
I'm still an MS Edge user because of the way they implement automatic translation (and not having nested tabs). After reading the comments here, and doing a bit of research, I'm quite sure there's a way to make this happen in a way that won't be costing you (or us) too much, in terms of both money and privacy.
And, again, thank you for a great browser with a 'lot' of potential. I really want this to be the best Mac browser
John changed the title to Automatic Translation of websites .
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1 post was split to Bergamont - in-browser translations.
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crnd99 Orion could do same as Edge which is send the content you are viewing to a third party, together with your IP address but we arereally trying not to do this for privacy reasons. This is why on-device translation would be great and macOS already has it (Safari uses it) and we are waiting for Apple to open it.
In the meantime, why not just create a bookmarklet that will translate the page for you in any language. You can drag and drop a bookmarklet from this page to your Orion bookmarks bar and have it available with one click.
Vlad I respect that. However, nothing prevents you to let the final user chose wether he/she wants to send personal information to a 3rd party.
If you really care about privacy, setting Apple Translation API as a default while proposing other services (e.g.: Bing Translate, Amazon Translate or Google Translate) may be a great idea. Ultimately, you let the advised user make his choice while offering a privacy-respecting solution to neophytes.
crnd99 Apple translation API is not avaialble yet. Orion prides in being a zero telemetry browser and last thing we want is accidentaly send uninformed users' private information to big-tech.
A tech savvy/advised user can already use a bookmarklet for translation with any external service (I currently personally use it). It is very simple to use. Is there any reason why you are against this idea? We could perhaps include some ready-made bookmarklets.
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Yeah, I got that right.
I share your take on the zero-telemetry policy, that's exactly why I suggested that -when available- the Apple Translation API should be set by default as the browser's translation engine.
But why not implementing (alongside the Apple Translation API) others translation providers such as Google, Amazon or Bing? After all you've already done it for search engines. They just need to be clearly identified as "serverside powered engines".
I am not against the bookmarklet trick but it still remains a workaround rather than a handy and simple solution to translate a webpage. This has nothing to do with a one-click translation tool (such as Edge's one).