Screenshots as the store published them when we checked on .
Why we score it 12
- Last updated over eighteen months ago.
What it can access
On the sites it runs on, Translator can reach every site you visit. Its permission set rates 45 out of 100 for reach — a measure of what it could do, not of anything it has done.
Store rating 4.3 out of 5 from 61 people.
It runs its own code on translate.goog.
| Permission | What it allows | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| scripting | Run its own code inside the pages you visit. | 10 |
| tabs | See the addresses and titles of every tab you have open. | 5 |
| activeTab | Read and change the page in the current tab, but only after you click the extension. | - |
| contextMenus | Add its own items to your right-click menu. | - |
| declarativeNetRequest | Block or change requests using rules it declares in advance, without being able to read your traffic. | - |
| storage | Save its own settings and data in your browser. | - |
| system.display | See information about your monitors. | - |
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Read from this extension's own store listing and published manifest on . JSON · Method · Store listing