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Installation

Desktop Browser​

If you can't access the official Google Store, you can directly download the Latest Immersive Translate Chrome zip installer, after downloading, please first Unzip it to a folder you usually use, then type：chrome://extensions in the address bar to open the extension management window, then enable "Developer Mode", select "Load Unzipped Extensions", and choose the folder you just unzipped and loaded. Select the folder you just extracted and load it.

Safari​

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Instructions：After the first installation, you need to enable the Immersive Translate extension** in safari -> Manage Extensions -> Enable Immersive Translate Extension and grant it Always Allow Access to All Websites, if you have any questions, you can view the following video tutorial：

iOS Safari​

MacOS Safari​

Android​

Click to download Immersive Translate Android Browser, you need to enable [Immersive Translate] manually in [Extensions] after downloading：

You can try installing Immersive Translate with other Android browsers, such as those that support Firefox extensions or Chrome extensions, such as

Once installed, search for Immersive Translate directly in the chrome store to install it.

Installation via Tampermonkey​

If you can't install the official extension for Immersive Translates in the way described above, you can install Tampermonkeys by：

Tampermonkey Address： https://download.immersivetranslate.com/immersive-translate.user.js

Open this address in a browser that has the Grease Monkey extension installed to install it.Here are a few browsers that support Tampermonkey：

Firefox for Android

  1. Download Firefox Latest Version Version
  2. Find Tamper Monkey in Firefox's recommended add-ons and install it.
  3. Install Tampermonkey for this extension (open this link in your Firefox browser to see the installation page)
  4. After installation, open any web page and the floating window icon of the Immersive Translate extension will appear on the right side.

Apple Safari Browser Userscripts

  1. Install the Userscripts safari plugin and grant it the "Always allow access to any website" permission.
  2. Install Tampermonkey for this extension (open this link in Safari browser and click on the Userscript extension icon to see the installation page)
  3. After installation, open any web page and refresh it, a floating window of this extension will appear on the right side of the page.(If you are experiencing problems with floating windows not appearing, we recommend refreshing the page more often or force restarting Safari for it to take effect)

Manual installation (to keep track of the latest development features)​

The advantage of manual installation is that you don't have to wait for the store to review it and you can experience the features of the latest development version immediately：

  1. Download the zip package at release page
  2. Extract the zip to a common folder, such as Documents/chrome-immersive-translate.
  3. installation
  • Install：(1) Type：chrome://extensions in the address bar to open the Extension Manager window; (2) Open "Developer Mode", select "Load Unzipped Extensions", and choose the folder you just unzipped to load. the folder you just unzipped and load it.
  • Firefox Browser Installation：(1) Type： about:debugging#/runtime/this-firefox in the address bar to open the Extension Manager window; (2) Temporarily load the add-on and select firefox/manifest.json.

How do I update a manually installed extension?​

Download the latest installer from Release page, delete the contents of the original folder, then copy the contents of the latest zip archive to the original folder, and finally on the extension management page Click Reload.

If you're used to the command line, you can use git clone https://github.com/immersive-translate/immersive-translate.git, then install dist/chrome and you'll be able to synchronize with git pull every time.