[EXT] S3.Translator

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Old name: "S3.Google Translator"
New name - now this "S3.Translator"
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S3.Translator adds the power of Google Translate’s automatic translations to your browser!
It supports translation of selected text, entered phrase or whole webpage between any of 100+ languages.

New Feature: Language learning!
Now you can not only translate, but also learn the selected language!

Original version for Firefox: This is a signed extension that will be automatically updated.
https://www.s3blog.org/s3gt.html
1. Download it: https://s3blog.org/download/s3gt/s3translator_firefox.xpi
2. Install s3translator_firefox.xpi

S3.Translator - this extension for Firefox browser make much easy visit of websites on foreign language.

The extension uses the Google translation public API http://translate.google.com/ and therefore it have more than 80 languages which you can use for translation.

Also, the extension able to auto-detect the language of the original text.

There are a lot of simple and complex extensions for Firefox browser but they all have same problem: when translating, the format of selected text is lost, while S3.Translator retains the HTML formatting of web pages.

I hope that this extension will be very useful for you.

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Mozilla’s Pick of the Month: S3.Translator
https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2013/11/01/november-featured-add-ons/

[KarmaQ]

You've created a very nice add-on here, for which, thank you If I may, I have a request. How feasible would it be to incorporate a feature from a userscript - Google Translator Tootip Expanded - that displays additional translations for words/phrases? See the image fr a better idea.

[pag77]

for translation a full page this impossible
for translation custom text - may be...

[KarmaQ]

for translation a full page this impossible
for translation custom text - may be...

Thanks for the reply. It's selected text I'm thinking of. Personally, I have no need of full page translation.

[ddmozi]

thanks for S3GT. Would be nice to have option to use "on the fly translation" with a modifier: if I select text with Ctrl or Alt or shift the S3GT window will appear, but if I select text without the dedicated modifier (normally to copy the text or to transmit it to the search box), then the S3GT will not react.
Thanks!
dany

[pag77]

thanks for S3GT. Would be nice to have option to use "on the fly translation" with a modifier: if I select text with Ctrl or Alt or shift the S3GT window will appear, but if I select text without the dedicated modifier (normally to copy the text or to transmit it to the search box), then the S3GT will not react.
Thanks!
dany

yes, I was just thinking about it

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version 2.18 await approval
https://addons.mozilla.org/addon/s3google-translator/versions/

changes:
added: multi-language panel in google-widget for "translate full page"
added: select text with Alt-key for (automatic) "on the fly translation"
added: button "Copy text to Clipboard"

[jariesuicune]

First off, thank you for this add-on! Wonderful and useful for me, as I use it to help me understand Kanji I don't understand when reading Japanese.

I was wondering about a couple possible features for it, which may be considered useless by some, but still...

-Adding the "Read Phonetically" text, for people that want to see the pronunciation of the words in question

-Having the multiple translations appear, as the translator currently only shows the first translation, which is not always the one you need. (Using GTranslate does require basic understanding of some languages to be useful, such as with Japanese, and often having all the translations is supplies is needed to really know what you are reading; otherwise, the translation can easily be wrong due to how the translator system works)

[pag77]

> -Having the multiple translations appear

for translate selection of text?

[jariesuicune]

For example:
If I want to translate "apple" into Japanese, your add-on will only translate it as "アップル"　(a transliteration of "apple", but not the Japanese word at all) rather than　the correct "林檎", which appears as the second translation on Google Translate.
It would be nice if the translator would list each of the translations Google Translate provides. The area used by the translator easily has enough space to do so. It would be fine if it were an optional setting as well.

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version 3.01 await approval
https://addons.mozilla.org/addon/s3google-translator/versions/

changes:
added: New Feature: Language learning
Now you can not only translate, but also learn the selected language!

added:Settings:Enable translate on the fly when pressed key: Ctrl or Alt or Alt+Shift
changed: new algorithm and new appearance to display the result for "translate on the fly"

[fire.Man]

win 7
ff 28
S3.Google Translator 3.01

moz pref plugin.state.flash = 1 breaks this plugin

i'm curious as to why this is?

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plugin.state.flash = 0 --> never activate
plugin.state.flash = 1 --> ask to activate
plugin.state.flash = 2 --> always activate

for translate a full page must be installed and enabled Flash player -- this required for the Google widget

[fire.Man]

there seems to be a conflict with this ext. and Menu Wizard - when both are enabled, the Esc key fails to function

please see thread starting here...
viewtopic.php?p=13747583#p13747583

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yes, this ESC is set to close the translation panel

Code: Select all

<key id="s3gt-key-text-translate-button-close" keycode="VK_ESCAPE" oncommand="s3gt.action.translate_selection_hide_toolbar();"/>