Reviews for HoverTranslate - YouTube Subtitle Translator
HoverTranslate - YouTube Subtitle Translator by Kozii
11 reviews
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 19782365, 3 months agoEnglish:
I am absolutely blown away! 🔥 I was already loving this extension, but then I realized it's Open Source—that is a massive win for privacy and trust! And get this: I just discovered that if you hold the Shift key, you can select and translate entire sentences, not just single words! This completely changes the game for understanding complex content. It feels so much like a native YouTube feature because the fonts and style match perfectly. Being able to switch between Google and Bing is super handy, and the instant pause/translation with zero lag is just seamless. I tested it with Russian, and everything works flawlessly. A total must-have!
Русский:
Я просто в шоке! 🔥 Я уже был в восторге от расширения, но когда узнал, что это Open Source — это вообще разрыв! Полная прозрачность и доверие. И самое мощное: я только что обнаружил, что если зажать Shift, можно выделять и переводить целые предложения, а не только отдельные слова! Это полностью меняет подход к просмотру сложных видео. Ощущается как родная фича YouTube, потому что шрифты и стиль совпадают идеально. Переключение между Google и Bing — супер удобно, а мгновенная пауза и перевод без всяких задержек — это просто космос. Проверил на русском — всё работает четко и естественно. Это просто маст-хэв!
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English:
Huge thanks to Kozii for this incredible work! Making it open source and adding such smart, seamless features is legendary. You've created something truly special for the community. Keep it up! 🙌
Русский:
Огромное спасибо разработчику Kozii за такую крутую работу! То, что проект открытый и с такими продуманными, умными фишками — это просто легендарно. Ты создал что-то по-настоящему особенное для сообщества. Продолжай в том же духе! 🙌Developer response
posted 2 days agoWow, thank you for such a warm and detailed review! Open source was important to me from the start - anything that reads what is on your screen should be something you can inspect yourself.
You found one of my favourite features: Shift for whole sentences. If you use it often, there is also "Always enable multiple selection" in the settings, so you don't have to hold the key. And matching YouTube's own fonts and style was exactly the goal, so I'm really glad it feels native to you.
One more thing you might like: there is now a third translator, DeepL, alongside Google and Bing. It works with your own free DeepL API key if you ever want to compare the wording.
Thanks again for the kind words and for the support - this is the kind of feedback that keeps the project going! - Rated 5 out of 5by Lelis, 3 months agoé completamente perfeito para se aprender um novo idioma, seja reading ou listening, its perfect, estou atualmente aprendendo francês e simplesmente consigo aprender francês vendo os mesmos videos que eu ja via antes
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posted 2 days agoMuito obrigado! This is one of the best things I can hear: that you're learning French just by watching the same videos you already enjoyed. That's exactly what I built it for - learning from content you actually want to watch, instead of turning it into homework.
Boa sorte com o francês, and thanks a lot for the review! - Rated 5 out of 5by Omu, 4 months agoExactly what I was looking for. Was planning to write something like this myself, but was concerned that it might require to pay for api usages etc. Saved me time.
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posted 2 days agoThank you! Glad it saved you the trouble :)
And no need to worry about API costs: the extension works out of the box with Google or Bing, free and without any key. There is now an optional DeepL translator if you want to use your own key, but it's entirely optional - everything else stays free.
The project is open source, so if you ever want to tweak something for your own use, the code is there. - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 14560470, 4 months agothanks for making this! i used to have to find spanish videos that had dual subtitles but no more! My only request would be to somehow be able to highlight more than one word to translate (some verb tenses in spanish need more than one word)
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posted 4 months agoThanks a lot for the positive review! I'm really glad to hear the extension is making your Spanish practice easier.
Actually, you can already highlight multiple words! Just hold down the Shift key while selecting the text.
If you don't want to bother with the keyboard every time, you can also just toggle on "Always enable multiple selection" in the settings. That way, you can select phrases or verb tenses directly.
Thanks again for the support - it really helps! - Rated 5 out of 5by ltade, 6 months agoPerfect plugin, works as advertised!
I learn Russian so much quicker now that i don't need to manually write it to google translate.
There is so much interesting Russian content on youtube!
The shift feature is a chefs kiss 😙🤌Developer response
posted 2 days agoThank you! Hearing that it speeds up your Russian is the best possible review :) - Rated 5 out of 5by faceless, 7 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Sniper, 9 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by iG0R, 9 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Monkey Do, 10 months agoДуже зручне розширення!
Для ефективної роботи з перекладом субтитрів є все, що потрібно. Дуже подобається можливість виділяти слова у різних комбінаціях, а не тільки по одному.
Ще великий плюс, що протягом всього часу використання не помітив жодних багів. Все працює швидко і чітко! - Rated 5 out of 5by emascandam, a year agoAmazing and well-though of! I just wish there was a way to automatically copy the selected word and to open a word in Wiltionary or ChatGPT with pre-made prompts.
Developer response
posted a year agoThank you for your feedback and for suggesting this improvement!
I'm actually considering adding not just translation, but also integration with a dictionary or LLM service to make it easier to look up word and phrase definitions quickly.