Settings
Open full settings from the gear in the extension menu. Search for a setting when you can’t find it, such as language, shortcuts, or menu layout. Changes normally save automatically.
Start with these
| Setting | When to change it |
|---|---|
| Target language | You want to read another language |
| Translation service | The free service is busy, or you have a preferred provider |
| Translation style and colors | You want the original and translation easier to tell apart, or translation colors that suit the page |
| Hover and selection triggers | You want quicker access or fewer accidental popups |
| Automatic translation and site rules | Some sites should always translate; others should stay as they are |
Languages to skip
Open Translation settings → Languages to skip and select one or more languages. Click a selected language again to remove it. Simplified and Traditional Chinese are separate choices: select Traditional Chinese to keep that text unchanged instead of converting it to Simplified Chinese.
Common languages appear first. Expand “More languages” for the full list; selected languages stay visible when collapsed. “Clear selection” restores the default with no additional exclusions. Changes save automatically and apply to the next translation session. Restore an active full-page translation before starting again.
The setting applies to automatic and manual full-page translation, hover translation and page titles. It checks individual text rather than excluding an entire multilingual page. Other languages remain translatable; short or uncertain text may still be translated. Selection, input, document, image and subtitle translation keep their existing behavior.
Appearance and menu layout
The first section of Interface style is Translation style: pick how bilingual translations look, customize text and independent background colors and exact font size, or enter CSS declarations and preview and save your own style. Then choose a light or dark theme and an interface style. In menu layout, drag sections or shortcut cards in the preview, hide unused entries, and add them back later. The list also offers ordering controls.
Hiding an entry only changes the menu. Turn off the corresponding feature in its own settings if you want to disable it.
Different tools, different services
Webpages, documents, subtitles, and the reading card can use different services. If a result is unexpected, check the service and model for that particular feature. See Translation services.
Sites and shortcuts
- Website reading area: missing content, automatic translation, and exclusions.
- Shortcuts & triggers: page, hover, selection, and area controls.
- Glossaries: preferred terms for AI translation.
Backups, cache, and usage
Before changing browsers or uninstalling, save the configuration and learning data you want through backup and restore. Backups may contain credentials and saved text.
Translation cache settings let you view and clear recent results. Clearing that cache does not delete learning collections. See Translation statistics for request size, duration, and service performance, and AI usage for token use.