Translations highlight to translate - a feature for translating a highlighted word or phrase

[CubeOfCheese]

The new translate addon is really cool. I would like to see a feature for translating a highlighted word or phrase.

Flow: highlight word/phrase > right click > select "Translate '<word/phrase>'"

I think the simplest way to do this would be to copy the highlighted text into the popup window of the extension.

[Jon]

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[Andre_Natal]

I have a PR up for this feature here: https://github.com/mozilla/firefox-translations/pull/615/commits/d5a7f8a78a5749448c79b89894ab66c241a...

It will ship in the next version, hopefully by January.

[Jon]

Hey all,

Here with some good news...

This was shared with our Engineering Team, and we're happy to report that it's being worked on and will be delivered soon. Check out @Andre_Natal's comment for more info and stay tuned for updates 😁

[Nich]

Please, Tell me, why do I have a Translator, do not work?

[CubeOfCheese]

Awesome thank you so much @Jon @Andre_Natal 

[Demoris]

Firefox Translations translate selected text

Hello,

It would be nice to be able to select some text and just right click and translate it. Not the entire website just some text. It seems like a pretty basic and easy feature.

[Jon]

(Note: a similar idea has been merged into this thread)

[Andre_Natal]

This is coming in the next version.

[CubeOfCheese]

@JonFrom the looks of it. This has been delivered. Woot woot!

[Jeppie]

 How's the development for the android addon? 

[Jon]

@Jeppie thanks for following up! Let me reach out to that team to learn more. If there are any updates to share, we'll add them here: Translation Add-on Firefox for Android 

[Andre_Natal]

Android is supported in the last version, and can be installed through a collection.

[Jeppie]

       @Andre_Natal it doesn't translate websites by me and if i want to use it for translating words i need to set my phone in horizontal otherwise i get this.                         

 

 

 

[Andre_Natal]

@JeppieIt seems you are still using version 1.2.0, while Android support was introduced on 1.3.2, which is the latest version available on AMO. Please try to update it and let us know how it goes.

[Jeppie]

 @Andre_Natal i couldn't find a update button so i reinstalled it and now it works. I have some extra questions first why do i have 2 firefox-translations add-ons?(look at previous picture). Second do you know if there is a date when Japanese is getting added. Third is firefox-translations coming to firefox focus?