Your privacy is of the utmost importance. This extension does not analyze or collect anything beyond what it needs to fulfill its duty. It does not send any data anywhere not even anonymously. PERIOD.
The add-on uses Dict.cc to translate words and phrases in any website, epub or pdf. No add-on is faster, easier or more precise!
All languages from dict.cc are supported, and if new ones arrive, you can just update the list of languages from within the add-on. And now it's also possible to do a quick search using a combination of [ctrl,shift,alt] + click on a word. Results can be shown as a pop-up or in a new tab or as an in-page translation layer.
Dict.cc is a nice dictionary with mostly German English translations, but other languages are also available and growing. Dict.cc shows quite a lot of different possible results, instead of just one, so you have a better chance of finding the correct one.
A rocker gesture is the use of one mouse button followed by the other mouse button. For example, this triggers the rocker gesture for a quick translation:
The opposite direction will give you a context menu, where you can select the language:
If you have problems, questions or other feedback, please create an issue here on Github.
If you like it, please write a review.
I've received suggestions on how to improve the add-on, which can't be done without changes on dict.cc (The website):
Until support for this has been added in the form of a RESTful API, there is little I can do.
npm cinpm run releaseweb-ext-artifacts directoryThe code of this add-on has been released under the zlib/libpng License