Alternatives to Mate Translate
A translator for browsers, Mac and iOS covering 248 languages, with phrasebook and sync. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Mate Translate
A translator for browsers, Mac and iOS covering 248 languages, with phrasebook and sync.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Mate Translate.
Immersive Translate
A translation extension and app that shows bilingual side-by-side translations of web pages, PDFs and videos.
Immersive Translate shows bilingual translations of web pages, PDFs and videos with over 20 engines and runs on Android as well as iOS, with some features in a paid plan.
Simple Translate
A browser extension that translates selected or typed text on web pages in a small popup.
Simple Translate is a free extension for translating selected or typed text in a popup, with no desktop or mobile apps and fewer options.
Linguist
A privacy-focused open-source browser extension for translating pages and text, with offline translation.
Linguist is free and open source, translates full pages offline through the Bergamot engine, and keeps a personal dictionary, though language coverage may trail cloud services.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Language Reactor
Browser extension and toolbox for learning languages from native videos on Netflix and YouTube.
Migaku
A Chrome extension that turns YouTube, Netflix and other sites into language learning material.
Read Aloud
A text-to-speech browser extension that reads web page content aloud with one click.
Grammarly
An AI writing assistant that checks grammar and spelling and suggests rewrites and tone changes.
