Any Internet surfer who visits foreign resources and uses the popular Mozilla web browser for this, but does not have sufficient knowledge of foreign languages, knows how difficult it is to navigate a site map or delve into its contents. Naturally, a translation will be required here.
Further, we consider several basic solutions to the problem of how to translate pages into Russian using Mozilla using several simple techniques. They can be distinguished at least two. They are somewhat different from each other by the applied translation algorithms and the principles of use, however, they can be applied without any problems to implement a fast translation at the household level. We are not talking about professional translation here, but to understand the general content of the text part of the Internet resource this will be enough (especially since ordinary users, as a rule, with rare exceptions, do not have to deal with complex technical documents).
How to translate pages into Russian in Mozilla? Main methods
To begin with, today the problem of translating the contents of any Internet resource in most cases is solved by using special plug-ins (add-ons) that are integrated into the browser’s software environment, since when the browser is installed, so to speak, in its pure form, in the toolkit of such tools not.
Nevertheless, you can use some classic methods that are no less effective, although they look somewhat cumbersome, and the translation takes longer.
Further, in deciding how to translate pages into Russian in Mozilla, we consider three options:
- use of online translators;
- Work with the S3 Google Translator add-on
- Using the Quick Translator Add-in
Classic method
So, for starters, a little classics. In Mozilla, you can translate the page into Russian using special online translators, among which the machine translation system on the website Translate.Ru is most suitable for our user.
To translate, just copy the source text or a fragment from the site, paste it into a special field on the translator's site, select the direction of the translation (meaning which language the text will be translated from) and press the start button.
If the user does not know exactly which language is used on the visited page, you can simplify your actions by setting its automatic definition. In addition to everything, the user can choose the subject of the text to be translated in order to get the result as close as possible to the original (for example, when using special technical terms).
As already clear, the method is not very convenient, because you have to constantly engage in copying and pasting. In addition, the translator itself has a limit on the number of characters for a one-time translation, and machine translation in this system, although it is considered one of the best, in some situations may look somewhat clumsy. This, incidentally, applies to all such systems, including those that will be discussed later.
Google Translator S3 Supplement: Installation
Despite all the shortcomings of automated translation systems, one of the most interesting and popular additions is a small add-on called S3 Google Translator.
Installing it in the Mozilla browser is quite simple. To do this, go to the add-ons section in the settings in order not to search for the plug-in for a long time, set its name in the search bar, and then click the install button. In a few seconds, the add-on will be integrated into the browser.
After that, you must click on the browser restart hyperlink.
The nuances of using a translator
In Mozilla, you can translate a page into Russian in two ways: either in whole or using a selected text fragment.
In the first case, on the panel that appeared after integration of the plug-in into the browser or through RMB anywhere on the page, select the "Translate page" line from the menu. Then, you may be asked to automatically translate this site in the future. You can agree if you visit this resource often enough.
In the second case, you must first select the desired fragment of text and in the same way from the menu select the line “Translate selected fragment”. At the end of the translation, in the first, in the second case, a small window will appear in which the translated text will be displayed.
Again, this method is somewhat inconvenient in that the plugin in Mozilla does not know how to automatically translate a page into Russian immediately upon entering the site. You have to constantly choose commands from the menu. The only option is confirmation of translation automation during repeated visits to the resource.
How to translate a page into Russian in the Mozilla browser automatically?
In this regard, the Quick Translator add-on looks more interesting, although the translation in it is not as correct as in the past case. The fact is that this add-in, even at the first visit to a foreign resource, immediately determines the language of the text content on its own.
That is why the user just needs to confirm the translation, and not use all sorts of menus and commands, although such an opportunity, along with the use of hot keys, is also provided.
What to give preference to?
That’s all that’s about resolving the issue of how to translate pages into Russian in Mozilla. Naturally, not all add-on translators were considered here, but only the most popular. What to use for translation? In most cases, users prefer S3 Google Translator. This is due to the fact that the plugin is built in the image and likeness of his older brother - the original Google Translator translator, which has a fairly large language database (supports about 50 world languages).
However, if for some reason the user needs to translate text of a certain topic, you still have to turn to online machine translation systems like the one described above, despite some of its shortcomings. But in this case, you can get a translation that is really as close as possible to the original.