Best TransOver Alternatives in 2026
TransOver is a strong option, but it is not the right fit for everyone. Below are 0 alternatives compared on rating, install base, pricing and the use case each one actually wins on.
About TransOver
Translate word (or text selection) from any language to the language of your choice by single click or hover over. Also available: - text-to-speech - reverse translate: from your own language to the language of your choice - type and translate in a popup - copy translation to clipboard SECURITY EXPLAINED "Your data on all websites": TransOver should be able to read any word on a page - "Your data ..." - in order to translate it. On any website you want it working - "... on all websites". 100% CLEAN Softpedia award - https://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/Internet-Applications-Addons/Chrome-Extensions/TransOver.shtml#status There is also a Firefox version: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/transover-ff/ CHANGELOG 1.74 - Better popup positioning 1.73 - When reverse translating, tts now speaks "target" language, as opposed to the "source" one 1.72 - Fix double translation (flicker) when translating selection 1.71 - Make tts great again - Add more languages 1.70 - Fix for google translate api changes 1.69 - Add 'Disable everywhere' toggle 1.68 - Upgrade Google Analytics from UA to GA4 1.67 - Fix "only show when key pressed" having no effect in some cases 1.66 - Fix not working on youtube.com 1.65 - Fix typo in the api fallback 1.64 - Prevent Chrome page translation tool from translating popup (see https://github.com/facebook/react/issues/17256; thanks https://github.com/dotdioscorea) 1.63 - Fix remember language in "type and translate" popup being scoped to a particular site 1.62 - Fix translation popup sometimes not appearing 1.61 - Remember language options in "type and trasnlate" popup - Fix double translation popup showing in certain scenarious 1.60 - Remove unnecessary required "tabs" permission. 1.59 - Re-enable clients5 API (it magically started working again). But keep the fallback to rate limited API in case it breaks again. 1.58 - Fix "not working on youtube" 1.57 - Fix usage tracking - Show error in the popup when google translate API rate limit is hit 1.56 - Better usage tracking (to see how many people hit Google Translate API rate limit) - Fix chrome build (production webpack generates invalid UTF-8 build) - this time for real 1.55 - Fix chrome build (production webpack generates invalid UTF-8 build) 1.54 - Fix API url 1.52 - Works on Firefox (involved numerous cleanups) 1.49 - Show translated noun gender where applicable 1.48 - Fix hover menus closing unintentionally 1.47 - Add ability to configure font size 1.46 - remove youtube fix - it seems to be no longer required 1.45 - fix not working on youtube 1.44 - make "translate into" field look more like a required field - fix occasional exception showing up in dev tools 1.43 - Add "disable on this page" checkbox to type-and-translate popup. - Changing options no longer requires to reload pages. - Fix web components deprecation warnings. 1.42 - Change google translate API url. The old one seems to be getting blocked more and more. 1.41 - Fix regression. T&T popup wasn't showing translation. 1.40 - Optionally show "translated from" language in a popup. Because source langage autodetect often makes funny choices and then people blame TransOver for incorrect/missing translations. This will hopefully act as a hint to go and change "translate from" option from autodetect to a set language. 1.39 - Add "copy translation" feature 1.38 - Fix errors in developer console 1.37 - Add option to translate on whitelisted sites only (credit https://github.com/yamanq/translate_onhover) 1.36 - Fix "reverse translate to" dropdown not being fully populated 1.35 - Fix TTS looping when key is pressed and held 1.34 - Smaller and crispier font 1.33 - if site is added to "don't translate on these sites", don't inject template elements. So that they don't show up in OWA new email form 1.32 - attempt to fix template content being appended to contenteditable body (OWA new email form) 1.31 - fix certain sites (e.g. facebook, youtube) being subtly broken for _some_ users. By not using html imports, since Chrome appears to be buggy in that respect. 1.30 - fix selection translation appearing in the corner - fix "letter-spacing" parent style leaking into the popup - dismiss popup on scroll 1.29 - new icon - slower tts - inner refactoring: iframes -> web components 1.28 - use Speech Synthesis API for text-to-speech 1.27 - add "from" to type-and-translate popup - don't use chrome.tts. Like ever again 1.26 - use chrome.tts api 1.25 - get back "Translate from" option 1.24 - fix exception showing up in js console 1.23 - fix showing only first sentence of selection translation 1.22 - fix hotkey setup - less ugly "type and translate" popup - better way to figure out unsuccessful translation 1.21 - support new google api 1.20 - configurable tts key 1.19 - rollback z-index increase - previous value was the correct maximum 1.18 - max z-index so that popup always stays on top 1.17 - revert "cache regexp" optimization 1.16 - don't use chrome.tts 1.15 - count apostrophes as word characters. So that d'abord, don't, etc. get proper translation. - fix tts 1.14 - skip editable divs (fixes google+, youtube, etc. comments) 1.13 - redirect to options after install 1.12 - fix tts for "type and translate" 1.11 - fix occasional exception in chrome js console 1.10 - fix xss security issue 1.9 - allow disabling reverse translate if "translate from" is chosen 1.8 - add option to choose show popup trigger (previously, 'alt' was the only option) 1.7 - fix large selection translation not getting proper height 1.6 - fix broken single word translation 1.5 - only show type-and-translate popup in top frame (so
Comparison at a glance
| Extension | Rating | Users | Pricing | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TransOver (original) | 4.5 | 100K+ | Free |
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Is there a free alternative to TransOver?
Most options in this category are freemium, with a usable free tier for evaluation.
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Common reasons are pricing, missing sync or team features, and specific limitations: Chrome-only.
