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Enable Local translations

Open davidsmith91 opened this issue 5 months ago • 3 comments

Expected behavior

I expected to see the ability to download the translations (at least for specific languages) and then being able to locally translate the pages online

Actual behavior

I actually see this in the settings when trying to download any language pack:

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And then I see this if I try to translate a page while being on that page (not that there are any other possibilities afaik):

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Steps to reproduce

  1. Open browser
  2. Go to about:config
  3. Set this : browser.translations.automaticallyPopup true browser.translations.enable true browser.translations.newSettingsUI.enable true browser.translations.panelShown true

Then try to go to mullvad browser settings and download a language pack, or try to go to a page that is in written in a different language than what your browser is using, and try to translate the page using the popup in the right part of the url bar

Issue reproducibility

Always reproducible

When did this start?

No response

Does it work in latest Firefox ESR?

I don't know

Browser version

14.5.5

Installation mode

System install (using an installer or a package manager)

Operating system

Unsupported OS (please specify below)

Other OS

it's not a matter of os

Profile testing

Issue occurs with a fresh browser profile

VPN Status

Not using any VPN

Additional Information

No response

davidsmith91 avatar Aug 03 '25 04:08 davidsmith91

yes, translations are available in FF128 and higher - https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/website-translation

no, they are not available in MB or Tor Browser - can't find the tor project issues in a hurry, but we hid the UI parts/prompts and blocked the remote resources... cc @PieroV

Thorin-Oakenpants avatar Aug 04 '25 23:08 Thorin-Oakenpants

This will land in Mullvad Browser when/if the audit is completed and successful.

You can follow progress here: https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/41837

ruihildt avatar Sep 24 '25 16:09 ruihildt

I'll be following this issue with great interest. I agree that this is an important addition.

We might be a few years away from seeing this in Tor/Mullvad, but at least I'm glad that it's on the team's radar, even if there isn't anyone assigned to the task.

HugoCortell avatar Nov 25 '25 17:11 HugoCortell