The Firefox Browser Now Has A Built-in Page Translator That Works Even Without The Internet - Gadget Tendency
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Mozilla has announced the release of an update to its Firefox browser. In version number 118, users will find a significant innovation - a built-in translator

The Firefox browser now has a built-in page translator that works even without the Internet::Mozilla has announced the release of an update to its Firefox browser. In version number 118, users will find a significant innovation - a built-in translator

  • rambaroo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    16·
    9 months ago

    That’s really not good. Literally all of these are European languages.

    I’d rather have it connected to a better translation service than have it be offline. I don’t understand why the translator working offline is even a plus. It’s a web browser.

    I assume there must not be any FOSS translation services they can use so this offline translator is just a consequence of that.

    • gamer@lemm.eeEnglish
      14·
      9 months ago

      It’s for privacy purposes. An online translator requires that all the text you’re reading be sent to a third party, which may or may not use it for nefarious purposes. E.g. maybe you translate your bank account’s web page because there’s a word you don’t know, and now Google knows how much money you have in your bank account.

      If you don’t care about that kind of privacy, then there’s no reason you couldn’t use an existing online translator. Firefox has always supported that.

    • brianorca@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      9 months ago

      That’s fine for translating news articles, but maybe not for private email. Different people accept different risk levels in different situations. If you have reason to be using https then maybe you don’t want to send that data to a third party.