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MeFluent for Firefox (beta)

Translation when you need it
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This is an early version and may have bugs.

—What— MeFluent is a free, open-source add-on for the Firefox browser that helps language learners. It provides translation for a webpage, but only shows the translation when you need it. MeFluent works on any webpage that has gone through the Google Translate™ translation service. (The Google Translate™ service does the hard work; MeFluent just add some convenience and a quiz.)


Too Hard

Here's an excerpt of Japanese newspaper, for example. Find some content that interests you, but the foreign language is too advanced for you to read well.



 

original newspaper

Too Easy

Google Translate™ converts the entire webpage, from Japanese to English in this example. That doesn't give you a chance to learn the language.
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Help when you need it

With MeFluent, the translations are hidden until the mouse is moved over the text. Whole sentences are translated (not just one word at a time**). Links are translated, and clicking them goes through the same translation, so you can follow an interesting story.
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—Why— MeFluent makes reading a foreign language easier while still giving you a challenge. Read a foreign-language newspaper every day, or some other webpage that interests you, and grow your vocabulary and grammar recognition while enjoying the content. MeFluent provides other learning tools, like a quiz, based on your reading actions. See Frequently Asked Questions for more info.

—How—
First, read this page with the Firefox browser. MeFluent is only available for Firefox.
—Who— MeFluent is for people who have some basic ability in a foreign language, and wish to improve that ability. It gets easier with practice (because your vocabulary is improving!), but you have to challenge yourself by trying to read untranslated text before moving the mouse to get help.

MeFluent also provides data for educational researchers who follow peer-reviewed research policies. By using MeFluent, you agree that some information about your foreign-language reading may be used for such research; see the Privacy Policy for details.

The MeFluent add-on for Firefox was created by Codeguild, Inc. and is freely available for users and for developers as open-source. Your feedback is very welcome in the MeFluent discussion forum.
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The name "MeFluent" is a nod to a funny book about language and cultural learning.
** If you just want one word at a time, please see different, excellent translation add-ons.
"Google Translate" is a trademark of Google, Inc.

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