An automatic translation function that works locally is added to Firefox
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It has become clear that Mozilla is implementing an automatic translation function in Firefox. The automatic translation function of Chrome that precedes is provided via the Internet, but the translation function of Firefox can function with a browser alone.
Bergamot Project: Mozilla und Europäische Union bringen maschinelle Übersetzungen ohne Cloud in Firefox
https://www.soeren-hentzschel.at/firefox/bergamot-project-maschinelle-uebersetzungen-ohne-cloud/
Mozilla working on native Firefox translation feature-gHacks Tech News
https://www.ghacks.net/2019/10/20/mozilla-working-on-native-firefox-translation-feature/
Firefox to get page translation feature, like Chrome | ZDNet
https://www.zdnet.com/article/firefox-to-get-page-translation-feature-like-chrome/
If you play the following movie, you can see a demonstration of Firefox's translation function published by Firefox developer Kelly Davis.
Bergamot Demo-YouTube
When the movie starts, the German site is displayed. If you just click the button 'Translate' at the top of the page ...
Only the text is in English without changing the look and layout of the site.
Then press the button 'Show Original' ...
The original German site is displayed. In this way, you can see that the behavior is almost the same as Chrome's automatic translation function.
The biggest difference between Firefox's automatic translation function and Chrome's automatic translation function is that Chrome translates on Google's server via the Internet, whereas Firefox translates on the client side It is a point. `` If you can translate on the client side, you will not need to communicate with Google, so you can keep privacy, '' said German developer Soren Hentzchel, who cooperates in the development of Firefox's automatic translation function, Emphasizes the significance of the automatic translation function that works locally.
Mr. Hentzshel said, “If you use the translation function API provided by Google etc. and implement the translation function in Firefox, it will be costly to use Mozilla even if it is free for individual users.” , Mozilla indicated that there are significant cost advantages.
The automatic translation function of Firefox is supported by the Bergamot Project, which is developing a browser-based machine translation function. The Bergamot Project is funded by Horizon 2020 , a framework for technical development support across Europe. In addition to Mozilla, the University of Edinburgh, University of Sheffield, and the University of Prague and Charles in the Czech Republic participate. The
The Bergamot Project, which was launched in January 2019, is scheduled to run for three years, and the above-mentioned demonstration that realized automatic translation from German to English is the first milestone of the project. The automatic translation function of Firefox has already been completed, and you can try it with the Japanese version of Firefox.
First, enter 'about: config' in the Firefox address bar and click the 'Use with knowledge of the danger' button.
There are too many setting items in this situation.
Enter 'Translation' in the search field to narrow down the items.
Double-click the 'browser.translation.ui.show' and 'browser.translation.detectLanguage' rows to set the value to 'True'. This completes the setting.
Next, try accessing a suitable non-Japanese site, such as the
However, translation was not possible due to an error.
Emma Humphreys, a Mozilla developer, is recruiting engineers to participate in the implementation of automatic translation functions on Twitter on October 18, 2019, and the development of automatic translation functions is expected to become full-scale in the future It has been. At the time of article creation, support for Japanese is undecided.
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