Users have many options for language translation tools such as Bing from Microsoft, Google Translate from Google. The latest Mozilla also has a translate service for its browser, namely Firefox Translations.
For Firefox Translations, Mozilla has reportedly created a translation plugin that can be used offline alias without an internet connection.
Firefox Translations itself is the work of Mozilla with the Bergamot Project funded by the European Union. The project also involves the University of Edinburgh, Charles University, the University of Sheffield and the University of Tartu. The goal is to develop machine tools that can create offline translation options.
"The engine, language model, and translation algorithms in the page must be and run entirely on the user's computer, so no data will be sent to the cloud, making it completely private," Mozilla was quoted as saying by Engadget on Tuesday (7/6/2022 ).
To use it Firefox Translations does not rely on cloud processing and the translation process is done on the user's computer.
Firefox Translations also needs to download some data when it is first used in the browser. In addition, this translation will also download some necessary updates during use.
Unfortunately, the languages on Mozilla's translation tool are limited to English and 12 other languages such as Spanish, Bulgarian, Czech, Estonian, German, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian Bokmal, Nynorsk Bokmal, Persian, Portuguese, and Russian.
However, Mozilla and its partners in the project are still working to add a variety of language support. They have created a training path where volunteers can help by helping train new models so that more languages can be added.