Edge Translate - Browser Translation Extension | PDF Translation | MV3 | Free and Open Source

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Demo

Selection Translation Example

Long-Press Translation Example

Screenshot Translation Example

PDF Translation Setup

To translate text in local PDF files opened by the browser:

• Enable Use Built-in PDF Viewer in Edge Translate settings.
• Open the browser extension details page:
  • Chrome: chrome://extensions/?id=dpdpboiiginghjjmndfdjeackcibfcnb
  • Microsoft Edge: edge://extensions
• Turn on Allow access to file URLs for Edge Translate.
• Refresh the open PDF tab.

Install from the Store

The recommended way to install Edge Translate is from the Chrome Web Store. Chrome can install it directly, and Microsoft Edge also supports installing it from the Chrome Web Store.

Chrome

• Open the Chrome Web Store listing.
• Click Add to Chrome.
• Confirm the installation when prompted.

Microsoft Edge

• Open the Chrome Web Store listing in Microsoft Edge.
• If prompted, allow extensions from other stores.
• Click Add to Chrome.
• Confirm the installation when prompted.

Manually Install

If you need to install a release package manually or load an unpacked local build, release packages are available at GitHub Releases.

Chrome

• Extract the extension package to a local folder.
• Open chrome://extensions.
• Enable Developer mode.
• Click Load unpacked.
• Select the extracted extension directory.

Microsoft Edge

• Extract the extension package to a local folder.
• Open edge://extensions.
• Enable Developer mode.
• Click Load unpacked.
• Select the extracted extension directory.

Build It Yourself

To build the extension, install Node.js and pnpm.

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/three-water666/EdgeTranslate.git

Install dependencies:

pnpm install

Build the extension:

pnpm build

After the build finishes, the unpacked extension output is available under:

• ./packages/EdgeTranslate/build/chrome/

Create a zip package:

pnpm package

After packaging finishes, the release package is available under:

• ./packages/EdgeTranslate/artifacts/

Start a development build with file watching:

pnpm dev

The development output is available under:

• ./packages/EdgeTranslate/dev/chrome/

Acknowledgement

This project continues maintenance work based on the original open source project Edge Translate. Thanks to the original authors and contributors for their work.

License

MIT and NPL