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I use Google Translate often and I wished there was a shortcut key for swapping language. Are there any?

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Google Translate now has a Ctrl + Shift + S hotkey for swapping languages:

screenshot

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    The key combination unfortunately conflicts with Firefox's "save screenshot region" hotkey. Commented Jun 29, 2019 at 8:08
  • It also conflicts with windows switch keyboard, and Awesome Screenshot. Commented Apr 23, 2020 at 10:33
  • @EresDev In my case it works as expected and it does not interfere with keyboard switch (Windows 10). I got 3 different keyboards installed. Commented Dec 28, 2020 at 11:01
  • As user598527 said, the key combination conflicts with Firefox's save screenshot region hotkey. Since I don't use this hotkey I disabled it with instructions from here: support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/take-screenshots-firefox "To disable Firefox Screenshots: Type about:config in the address bar and press Return. A warning page may appear. Type extensions.screenshots.disabled in the Search field. Click the Toggle button next to this preference to set it to true. Once you have toggled this preference, you are all set. Screenshots will no longer run in your browser." Commented Jul 3, 2022 at 14:21
  • "Command + shift + s" on macOS. Commented Sep 11, 2023 at 0:17
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If you use Google Chrome, this extension may be useful to you.

Keyboard Shortcuts for Google Translate

It allows to use keyboard shortcut for Google Translate on Web.

[Option](PC:[Alt]) + [0-7] keys are bound to each indexed button.
  • lang-swap button -> Option + 0
  • button1 -> Option + 1
  • button2 -> Option + 2
  • button3 -> Option + 3
  • button4 -> Option + 4
  • button5 -> Option + 5
  • button6 -> Option + 6
  • button7 -> Option + 7
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    In Chrome Alt/Ctrl + [ 1, 2 ... ] will switch tabs. Commented Oct 19, 2017 at 3:30
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I use this trick (in Google Chrome):

Go to chrome://settings/searchEngines, in the Other search engines section click Add:

For the Search engine field enter a name of your choice.

For the Keyword choose a shortcut, typically a short word to go to translate from the address bar.

In the URL field enter this (this is for English> Arabic translation):

https://translate.google.com/#view=home&op=translate&sl=en&tl=ar&text=%s

then click Save.

here's a screenshot (En> Ar):

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Change the sl and tl values to change the source-language and the to-language respectively, for example the French to Russian translation, the URL would be:

https://translate.google.com/#view=home&op=translate&sl=fr&tl=ru&text=%s

Usage:

In the address bar type your shortcut (tr) then press tap then your text to translate: enter image description here

press enter to go directly to translate with your text being translated into your to-language

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There is none, but Google Translator Toolkit has some, and some browser extensions such as Google Translate™ Hotkey add a couple of hotkeys.

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  • Both are unavailable now Commented Mar 22 at 16:56

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