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The Firefox browser now has a built-in page translator that works even without the Internet (gadgettendency.com)
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The Firefox browser now has a built-in page translator that works even without the Internet::Mozilla has announced the release of an update to its Firefox browser. In version number 118, users will find a significant innovation - a built-in translator

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[–] marius851000@lemmy.mariusdavid.fr 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well... I once tried to just copy the pdf into a .txt file that I then opened into firefox, but it seems to not translate .txt, thought it may be cause they are not HTML.

[–] stevedidWHAT@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah sadly PDF content is practically baked in like an image. If you want to learn more you can search for the breakdown of pdf structure at the infosec institute website, remember there being an article that was pretty informative. I’ll see if I can find it later today and update this