I use Google Translate often and I wished there was a shortcut key for swapping language. Are there any?
4 Answers
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1The key combination unfortunately conflicts with Firefox's "save screenshot region" hotkey. Jun 29, 2019 at 8:08
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It also conflicts with windows switch keyboard, and Awesome Screenshot.– EresDevApr 23, 2020 at 10:33
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@EresDev In my case it works as expected and it does not interfere with keyboard switch (Windows 10). I got 3 different keyboards installed. Dec 28, 2020 at 11:01
If you use Google Chrome, this extension may be useful to you.
Keyboard Shortcuts for Google Translate
It allows to use keyboard shortcut for Google Translate on Web.
[Option](PC:[Alt]) + [0-7] keys are bound to each indexed button.
- lang-swap button -> Option + 0
- button1 -> Option + 1
- button2 -> Option + 2
- button3 -> Option + 3
- button4 -> Option + 4
- button5 -> Option + 5
- button6 -> Option + 6
- button7 -> Option + 7
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I use this trick (in Google Chrome):
Go to chrome://settings/searchEngines
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in the Other search engines section click Add:
For the Search engine field enter a name of your choice.
For the Keyword choose a shortcut, typically a short word to go to translate from the address bar.
In the URL field enter this (this is for English> Arabic translation):
https://translate.google.com/#view=home&op=translate&sl=en&tl=ar&text=%s
then click Save.
here's a screenshot (En> Ar):
Change the sl
and tl
values to change the source-language and the to-language respectively,
for example the French to Russian translation, the URL would be:
https://translate.google.com/#view=home&op=translate&sl=fr&tl=ru&text=%s
Usage:
In the address bar type your shortcut (tr) then press tap then your text to translate:
press enter to go directly to translate with your text being translated into your to-language
There is none, but Google Translator Toolkit has some, and some browser extensions such as Google Translate™ Hotkey add a couple of hotkeys.