Hawk Translate Autor: hawk

Hawk Translate is a fast, distraction-free translation and language-learning companion. Select any text on any website to get an instant translation, natural-voice pronunciation, and — for single words — grammar and synonyms to grow your vocabulary. Save the words you want to keep and learn them with built-in flash cards.

What you can do
Select and translate. Highlight text; a compact bubble shows the translation right next to your selection.
Listen. Click the speaker 🔊 to hear the original or the translation in a natural voice. Click the same text twice for a slower replay — great for pronunciation practice.
Learn vocabulary. Select a single word and Hawk shows its part of speech (noun / verb / adjective …) and synonyms, so you see the whole word family at a glance.
Save words and review them as flash cards. Tap the ☆ on any translation to add it to your study list. Review your words on a spaced-repetition schedule: words you know come back less and less often, words you miss come right back, and words you've mastered graduate out of the rotation. Export your list to Anki, CSV, or JSON anytime.
Keep a local history. Every translation is saved on your device — searchable, filterable by site and date, and exportable. You decide how long it's kept, or turn it off entirely.
Full-text popup. Click the toolbar icon to type or paste anything, pick your target language, and translate.
Right-click menu. Translate any selection from the context menu — no long mouse trips.
Keyboard shortcut. Assign a hotkey to translate the current selection instantly, even on pages where you've turned the bubble off.
Translate PDFs. Opt in to open web PDFs in the bundled viewer, so select-to-translate works on PDF pages just like regular web pages.

Multiple translation backends — no key required
Hawk Translate works out of the box with no setup. Pick your preferred service in the options:

Google — free, default, fast, high quality
MyMemory — free, no key, ~5,000 words per day
DeepL — your own key (free or paid plan)
Microsoft Azure Translator — your own free key (2M characters/month)
LibreTranslate — open source; point it at your own endpoint
If the chosen backend fails, a built-in "Try with …" chooser retries instantly with another provider — no detour through the settings.

Built for language learners
A speaker on both the original and the translation lets you hear the source language while you read the meaning.
The word-families panel shows nuance: seeing synonyms grouped by part of speech builds vocabulary faster than a bare translation.
Flash-card review turns the words you actually encountered while browsing into long-term vocabulary — no separate app, no account.
A compact, focused interface that stays out of your way.

Your settings
Theme: Auto / Light / Dark for the popup and the bubble.
Bubble style: Classic (compact) or Card (original and translation, each with its own speaker).
Auto-close: the bubble dismisses itself after a few seconds — hover to pause. Configurable from 0 (off) to 120 seconds.
When the bubble appears: a small hawk icon to click, instantly on selection, or only via popup / right-click.
Per-site control: disable the bubble on sites where you don't want it, straight from the right-click menu.

Supported languages
50+ translation languages, including English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Japanese, Korean, Chinese (Simplified & Traditional), Arabic, Hindi, Vietnamese, Thai, Turkish, Indonesian, Ukrainian, Polish, Dutch, and more. Extension metadata localized in 20 languages.

Privacy
Hawk Translate does not collect or transmit any personal data to the developer. The text you translate is sent only to the provider you choose (Google, MyMemory, DeepL, Azure, or LibreTranslate). Your translation history, saved words, and flash-card progress are stored only on your device — never uploaded, never synced, and removed if you uninstall. API keys you enter for DeepL, Azure, or LibreTranslate are stored locally in your browser and never sent anywhere except that provider's own servers for requests you trigger.

Open source
MIT licensed.

Hawk Translate is an independent project and is not affiliated with Google, Microsoft, DeepL, or MyMemory.