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A maintained fork of Google™ Translator by Andy Portmen, updated for current
Firefox versions.
Fixes translation failing with a misleading "addon needs to update some data
from translate.google.com" message.
The extension relied on a single Google endpoint with no working fallback. When
that endpoint rate-limited a request, the error was discarded and the extension
fell back to a legacy API path that has not worked for years, blaming a token
problem that was never the real cause.
Changes in this release:
- Translation now falls back across several endpoints automatically
- HTTP errors are detected properly, with a per-endpoint cooldown instead of
retrying a server that is throttling - Error messages now report what actually failed
- Restored the dictionary and synonyms panel in the popup, which had silently
stopped being filled in - Removed the dead token-scraping code and the content script that ran on
translate.google.com - Optional non-Google fallback services (Lingva, LibreTranslate) can be enabled
in the options. Disabled by default: nothing is sent to any third-party
server unless you turn it on and enter an instance address yourself.
Installation: download the .xpi and open it in Firefox — or install from
addons.mozilla.org
to get automatic updates.