WordGlance - Dictionary & Translation — ShrekBytes

WordGlance - Your instant dictionary and translation companion!

Or get the userscript version.

✨ What it does:

• Dictionary: Get definitions, examples, synonyms, and antonyms instantly
• Pronunciation: Hear words read aloud with one tap, when audio is available
• Translation: Translate to 40+ languages with one click
• Per-site control: Turn WordGlance off on individual websites, right from the popup
• Mobile-friendly: Works perfectly on both desktop and mobile
• Customizable: Choose your preferred languages and settings

How to use:

1. Select any text on any website
2. Click the 📖 icon that appears
3. Get instant definitions and translations
4. Click the ‹ › arrows to browse multiple results

Supported Languages:

Amharic, Arabic, Bengali, Bulgarian, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Filipino, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Zulu

Features:

• Auto-detect source language
• Customizable target language (defaults to English)
• Dark mode toggle
• Smart caching system
• Works on all websites (or turn it off per-site)
• No account required
• Completely free and open source

Privacy & Security:

• The word or phrase you select is sent directly to the Dictionary API and/or our translation API to fetch results - that's the only data that ever leaves your browser
• We don't run analytics, tracking, or ads, and we don't log or store your lookups ourselves
• Settings and cache stay in your browser's local storage
• Open source code, so you can verify all of this yourself

Browser Support:

This extension is designed specifically for Firefox. For Chrome, Edge, Safari, and other browsers, check out our userscript version.

Open Source:

WordGlance is completely free and open source under the GPL-3.0 license. Feel free to contribute, report bugs, or request features on our GitHub repository.

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