Tips for using Google Translate on Chrome in 3 steps

Install Google Translate

We’ve created a detailed guide on some of the best translation extensions for Chrome, one of which is Google Translate. You can use that link to quickly download and install the add-on. Just remember to select Add to Chrome to enable it, and then pin it to your extension tray.

Open Google Translate

Next, you’ll need to head to where all your other Chrome extensions are stored. Click on the puzzle icon in the upper banner of your Chromium-based browser, and you should see a list of all the extensions you’ve added thus far, as well as the permissions they each require. Click on Google Translate, and the utility will open a pop-up over the current web page.

Translate the page or a section

In the pop-up, you should see a text box wherein you can place text that you’d like to translate. Just underneath the text box is Translate this Page. This refers to whichever webpage you are currently viewing. In my case, I’ve chosen to go to SEAT’s Spanish webpage, seeing as the vehicle brand is a Spanish company. As soon as I click on Translate this page, the language that the page is displayed in changes to the language of my Google account.

Mine is set to English, but if it had been set to German, that’s the language the page would automatically translate to German. You can also change the language that the webpage displays in by heading to the Google Translate banner and hitting the downward arrow next to the current language.