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how to autotranslate websites in spanish to english (says add fox lingo, but how do I do it pls?

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how to install "fox lingo" to auto translate those websites in spanish to english language pls

how to install "fox lingo" to auto translate those websites in spanish to english language pls

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I think Fox Lingo is an ancient extension... not sure why that is still recommended.

Currently, I think most extensions require a user action to trigger translation because the old method of simply injecting Google Translate scripts -- or any scripts from random websites -- into the page is forbidden by the Add-ons site review policy. You can search on the Add-ons site and check features/reviews:

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/search/?q=translate&type=extension

If you use one of the "monkey" extensions (Tampermonkey, Violentmonkey, Greasemonkey), you also could consider user scripts. The monkey extension injects user scripts into the page. I created a userscript that creates a menu item to insert the old Google translate widget, which apparently doesn't give as good a translation as Google's more modern interfaces, but might be "good enough"?