Firefox Translation Add In
May 17, 2019
The DarkCyber team encounters information in a number of languages. For years, we relied on Google Translate, but the limits on document size proved an annoyance. FreeTranslate.com has been more useful. We have an older installation of some Systran modules.
DarkCyber learned that Firefox has returned to the “translate now” territory with Translate Man. You can get an overview of the functionality of the add in in “Translate anything instantly in Firefox with Translate Man.” Translate Man uses Google’s API.
We haven’t tested the functionality of the add in in an extensive way. It did translate words and short passages in a helpful way.
The write up identifies useful features that add in delivers. Two are a translate on hover feature and a pronunciation function so you can “hear” the word or passage.
In our experience, some text requires a native speaker of the language to translate with accuracy.
Google has introduced its wonderfully named Translatotron. You can read about that innovation in “Google Unveils Translatotron, Its Speech-to-Speech Translation System.”
Now about these systems’ ability to translate the argot of insiders involved in “interesting” work in North Korea or Iran? What about making sense of emojis in clear text messages?
Someday perhaps.
Stephen E Arnold, May 17, 2019
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