Its developers Mozilla are trying to add the ability to automatically translate pages in Firefox, similar to what Google Chrome already has.
However, the Firefox page translation feature will be different from the one available in Google Chrome.
Instead of relying on cloud text translation services (such as Google Translate, Bing Translator or Yandex.Translate), Firefox will use its own machine learning (client-side) translation library learning).
This library is currently under development project Bergamot, recently funded by 3 million from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program.
"With the transition to client-side translation (client-side), citizens will be able to maintain their privacy and thereby increase the adoption of language technologies in Europe in areas requiring confidentiality," Bergamot researchers said in January. after securing funding.
Η technology αυτή τη στιγμή βρίσκεται σε ενεργό ανάπτυξη και η Mozilla έχει αρχίσει να προσλαμβάνει προγραμματιστές μηχανικής μετάφρασης για την ενσωμάτωση του Bergamot στον Firefox. Αφού ολοκληρωθεί, η βιβλιοθήκη θα κυκλοφορήσει με άδεια ανοιχτού code.
Mozilla has always tried to develop a similar translation capability.
Most of it work of developers right now, it's for refining the Bergamot library, not for modifying the Firefox code. Firefox already has a user interface (UI) to support page translation functionality.
This user interface was added years ago when Mozilla first wanted to add a page translation function similar to its Google Chrome. But the company's plans collapsed when it realized that supporting the feature required enormous financial costs that it could not afford.
However, Mozilla, which has always wanted a feature similar to Chrome, left the UI inside Firefox, although it never added wrenches APIs from various translation services. The UI continues to exist there, hoping to find money or a better solution in the future.
If you like, you can enable this interface from the about: config page.
There you need to activate the following two flags:
browser.translation.ui.show and browser.translation.detectLanguage.
Firefox Nightly users can activate both flags to watch the development of the Bergamot project.
Last week, Firefox developer Kelly Davis put two demos of Bergamot into action, showing that the library was starting to run.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ha59D7IaOg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptmLzVeU0dk
