Immersive Translate: AI Web, PDF & Video Translator
Bilingual translation extension for websites, PDFs, ebooks, videos, comics, and images with privacy-first design.


What it does
Permissions and access
Taken from the extension's own manifest file inside the package. The store listing does not spell this out, so it is worth reading before you install.
| Permission | What it allows |
|---|---|
activeTab | Access the current tab when you click the extension |
contextMenus | Add items to the right-click menu |
declarativeNetRequest | Block or modify network requests |
declarativeNetRequestFeedback | declarativeNetRequestFeedback |
declarativeNetRequestWithHostAccess | Block or modify requests on sites it can access |
offscreen | Run hidden pages for background work |
sidePanel | Show a panel beside the page |
storage | Store its own settings and data |
webRequest | Watch your network requests |
Requests 9 permissions — extensions doing the same job average 4.8.
Technical details
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Keyboard shortcuts
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| Alt+A | __MSG_toggleTranslatePageOfficialPage__ |
| Alt+W | __MSG_legacyShortcut_toggleTranslateTheWholePage__ |
| Alt+I | __MSG_legacyShortcut_translateInputBox__ |
| Alt+S | __MSG_toggleSidePanel__ |
Description
Immersive Translate is a browser extension that provides bilingual translation for websites, PDFs, EPUB ebooks, video subtitles, comics, and images. It is designed to minimize disruption to the original layout by intelligently identifying the main content area of web pages, offering a more natural reading experience. The extension has been recognized as Chrome's 2024 Best Extension and is trusted by over 20 million users worldwide, with a strong emphasis on privacy: no content retention, no data used for model training, and end-to-end encrypted requests.
Key Features
- Bilingual Website Translation: Automatically translates web pages into a bilingual format, showing both the original and translated text. It is optimized for major sites like Google Search, Twitter, Reddit, Facebook, and news websites, ensuring seamless integration. The mouse hover translation feature lets you hover over any paragraph to see its translation instantly below, preserving context for language learning. Additionally, the input box translation allows you to type in your native language and triple-space to convert it into the target language, enabling real-time bilingual conversations in tools like ChatGPT and Google Search.
- Document Translation: Supports translation of PDF files while retaining the original formatting, including complex formulas, tables, and OCR-recognized images. This is useful for academic papers, product manuals, and foreign literature. It also handles EPUB ebooks, TXT documents, HTML files, and subtitle files (ASS/SRT), with options to download in bilingual or single-language versions.
- Video Subtitle Translation: Automatically translates subtitles on major streaming platforms like YouTube and Netflix, as well as dozens of other online video sites. For real-time meetings, it provides translation for Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams, breaking language barriers in professional settings.
- Comic and Manga Translation: Instantly translates Japanese manga, Korean webtoons, and Western comics, allowing you to read the latest chapters without waiting for official translations.
- Image Translation: Translates both local images and web images using advanced OCR and inpainting technology, preserving the original layout and visual style for a seamless reading experience.
- AI-Powered Translation: Includes an AI Expert feature that assigns specialized industry roles for more professional translations in specific domains. The AI Term feature uses pre-built or custom terminology libraries to maintain consistency. Context-aware translation leverages these tools to achieve higher accuracy across websites, PDFs, and video subtitles.
- Full Platform Support: Works on desktop browsers and mobile devices, ensuring an immersive bilingual experience on platforms like Twitter.
- Multiple Translation Engines: Integrates with over a dozen translation services and AI models, including DeepL, OpenAI (ChatGPT), Gemini, and Claude, allowing you to choose the best engine for your needs.
Immersive Translate is free to use and aims to help users break language barriers, making foreign language content on the internet accessible, enjoyable, and elegant.
Extensions that do the same job
Matched by what these extensions actually do, not by store category, and sorted so the ones asking for the least access come first.
| Extension | Site access | Permissions | Users | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Immersive Translate: AI Web, PDF & Video Translator — this page | All sites | 9 | 3M | 4.1★ |
| Chat with all AI models (Gemini, Claude, DeepSeek…) & AI Agents | AITOPIA | All sites | 6 | 900K | 4.9★ |
| NoteGPT: YouTube Summary, Chat with AI Assistant, ChatGPT DeepSeek Claude | Limited | 3 | 400K | 4.9★ |
| Subtitles for Language Learning (Prime Video) | Limited | 3 | 100K | 3.8★ |
| CocoShot: Screenshot & Screen Recorder | Limited | 4 | 70K | 4.9★ |
| EasySubs - Learn languages by watching films and series | Limited | 3 | 4K | 4.3★ |
| Ddict: AI Translation & Writing Assistant | All sites | 4 | 100K | 4.2★ |
Want the same thing with less access? NoteGPT: YouTube Summary, Chat with AI Assistant, ChatGPT DeepSeek Claude, Subtitles for Language Learning (Prime Video), CocoShot: Screenshot & Screen Recorder ask for fewer permissions than this one.
Store data last checked August 14, 2026.