Helps you learn a new language by translating selected text

Latest Version

Version
0.0.9
Update
April 20, 2019
Size
1.8MiB
Developer
babelfrog.com
Category
Users
85
Rating
4.9 ★
Manifest Version
2
Web Store Status
Languages Support
English
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Permissions
ActiveTab
ContextMenus
Https://translate.google.com/*
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BabelFrog Extension

A Google Chrome extension to help you learn a language as you browse the web. Uses Google Translate to translate the selected text. Unlike other similar extensions, it doesn't slow down your browser or compromise your security by injecting itself into EVERY PAGE YOU visit, instead allowing you to activate it on a page-by-page basis.

To activate BabelFrog, simply open the page you'd like translated, then click on the BabelFrog icon, or press Ctrl+E (Command+E on Mac) on your keyboard. Doing this action a second time will bring up the BabelFrog settings panel, where you can set the languages you'd like to work in.

After activating BabelFrog on a given page, any selected text will be instantly translated into the language you chose. Because links can be awkward to select without accidentally clicking them, BabelFrog will translate any link you click on while holding down the Alt key.

Navigating away from the page, or even refreshing it, will reset BabelFrog, freeing up system resources.
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Source Manifest.json

{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx", "name": "BabelFrog", "version": "0.0.9", "manifest_version": 2, "description": "Helps you learn a new language by translating selected text", "homepage_url": "http://github.com/dergachev/babelfrog", "icons": { "16": "icons/frog16.png", "48": "icons/frog48.png", "128": "icons/frog128.png" }, "default_locale": "en", "background": { "scripts": [ "src/options_custom/lib/store.js", "src/bg/background.js" ], "persistent": false }, "options_page": "src/options_custom/index.html", "browser_action": { "default_icon": { "19": "icons/frog19.png", "38": "icons/frog38.png" }, "default_title": "BabelFrog" }, "permissions": [ "activeTab", "contextMenus", "https://translate.google.com/*" ], "commands": { "_execute_browser_action": { "suggested_key": { "default": "Ctrl+E", "mac": "Command+E" } } }}
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