Here are examples of four browser extensions that can help the marketer with online translation.
Google Translate
Here are examples of four browser extensions that will help the marketer with online translation. Google Translate.
Google’s extension corresponds to the web version of the translator: also 109 languages and a limit of 5,000 characters. Its purpose is to make it easier to work in the browser.
To work with individual phrases, select the text, and select Google Translator in the context menu. The service will open in a new tab with the result of translation.
The second way to work with small fragments is through the extension icon. Clicking on it will open a translator window where you can translate text as in the web version. Copied fragment will appear in the translator field automatically.
To translate the whole page, select Google Translator from the context menu. You will see “Translate Page” in the drop-down list.
In the Chrome browser, this feature is built-in, no additional extensions are needed to translate pages.
- Mate Translate
In the arsenal of the extension 103 languages. Standard functionality: translation of phrases and web pages. The feature is the availability of custom dictionaries that reflect the slang subtleties of languages.
3) ImTranslator
91 languages and a limit of up to 5,000 characters. The peculiarity of the extension is that it uses the mechanics of Google and Microsoft Bing. It supports 5 translation modes: inline, pop-up, in-window, words and phrases, web pages.
- Abbyy Lingvo Live
14 languages and 130 dictionaries, including a custom dictionary. The extension brings together a community where you can ask for translation advice, or give explanations yourself. Features a phrasebook to help you learn languages.
It’s hard to imagine a marketer who hasn’t come into contact with foreign languages to some degree. However, it is not necessary to know these languages in order to successfully solve problems: online translators provide professionals with the necessary information.
There are a lot of online translators, but rarely any service can offer something unique. On the other hand, Google Translate is now sufficient for most tasks.
Browser-based extensions do not fully replace the web versions of translators, but make the interaction with the text more comfortable, eliminating the need to open an extra window in the browser.
The perfect online translator has not been created yet. Algorithms make errors in linguistic subtleties, so for serious tasks, use a trained professional.