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Re:Firefox Translations doesn't use the cloud by phil294 on Wednesday November 30, 2022 @10:10AM (#33801777)
I'm also using Librewolf, and I have no issues using Firefox translate. I must have changed several settings over time, including about:config flags, but apparently it definitely is possible.

Apart from that, I assume it's quite difficult for anyone to help you based on the error description "doesn't work".

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Re:Firefox Translations doesn't use the cloud by vanilla_nut on Wednesday November 30, 2022 @11:12AM (#33802825)
Sorry, you're totally correct that "doesn't work" is a poor description of the problem. Unfortunately the failure case doesn't really give me any feedback; no matter what I do, the "Firefox Translations" button in the URL bar remains grey and doesn't produce a dialog. Clicking on the toolbar Firefox Translations button yields empty language dropdowns and a seemingly-neverending "Loading Translation Engine" message. I don't think I have anything special enabled in my about:config, maybe a few small changes, and this issue has persisted since roughly Librewolf 100.

FWIW, the "TranslateLocally for Firefox" add-on recommended by another user here works great for me.

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