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nose_gnome
Making moves
Status: Trending idea

It would be great if #Thunderbird added support for the Firefox Translations add-on

The add-on could allow you to translate received emails you're viewing via a click of a button, or even translate an email you're writing into another language before sending.

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Status changed to: New idea
Jon
Community Manager
Community Manager

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okay_okay
Making moves

+1 please

MattAuSupport
Familiar face
tdulcet
Making moves

I just filed a bug to request this: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1823007

nose_gnome
Making moves

Thank you @tdulcet I'll keep an eye on that bugzilla request

jevangelho
Thunderbird Team
Thunderbird Team

Thank you for an excellent suggestion! This is something the Thunderbird team would love to see implemented. As you may know, there was some initial work done on an extension, but Firefox Translations is moving in-tree soon.

To quote Mozilla's Greg Tatum:

"We're currently working on documentation. We're also integrating the popup logic for web page translations in browser/components/translations, but that's currently a WIP. In the next few months it should be mature enough to consider for Thunderbird."



We'll definitely keep a close eye on this, and once we have something concrete to share, you'll see it across our social media platforms (linked below).

Jason Evangelho | Marketing Manager

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Jz80
Strollin' around

Offline translations are very important.

lidialab
New member

+1 great idea

Status changed to: Trending idea
Jon
Community Manager
Community Manager

Hey all,

This idea is now a “Trending idea” here on Mozilla Connect, which means it’s one step closer to reaching our internal teams for review—learn more about The Idea Journey.

Please keep the conversation going and stay tuned for updates 😀

jmaris
New member

This is one of my key asks! I work for a public administration which works in 24 languages, and regularly recieve emails in each of those languages. I can't translate them through online translation tools due to privacy and security concerns. Having Firefox Translate in Thunderbird would be a massive improvement for me 🙂