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I built a local-first Chrome extension for translating selected text and saving vocabulary

DEV Community·pBinder·about 1 month ago
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I recently built Vocabinet , a Chrome extension for people who read foreign-language content online and want a faster way to translate words or phrases without leaving the page. The idea came from a small frustration: when I’m reading an article, blog post, or documentation in another language, the lookup flow is usually too disruptive. I either open a new tab, paste text into a translator, or translate the page and lose the original reading context. I wanted a lighter workflow: highlight text on a webpage translate the selected word or phrase optionally save it to a vocabulary list search saved vocabulary later export the list as CSV What it does Vocabinet lets you translate selected text directly on the page using Chrome’s built-in Translator API.…

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