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Linguist

A free browser translator translates pages and subtitles in Chrome and Firefox, with offline processing and local backends such as Ollama.

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Linguist is a browser translation extension for people reading, communicating or studying across languages. You can choose on-device translation or connect a translation service that suits your needs.

  • Offline translation: The built-in Bergamot translator processes text on your device without an internet connection and doesn't send that text to an external service.
  • Pages and messages: Translate full pages, selected passages and text inputs, including private pages behind logins or paywalls, while preserving page layout and access to the original wording.
  • Subtitles and meetings: Translate Netflix subtitles and use live translation in Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams.
  • Provider choice: Use Google, Yandex or Microsoft, or add custom translators for services such as DeepL, ChatGPT, DeepSeek and Gemini, and local backends such as Ollama or LibreTranslate.
  • Language study: Search translation history, save entries to a personal dictionary that works offline, and listen to original text and translations through text-to-speech.

Linguist is free and open source under the BSD 3-Clause license. It runs in Chrome, Firefox, other Chromium browsers that support extensions, and compatible Android browsers. The extension doesn't collect or sell user data, but external translation providers receive the text they translate. It doesn't translate text inside images.

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