[SC-CSTD] FW: Shortcut of the Week: Translate Webpage in Firefox

Mon May 18 21:22:45 UTC 2026

From: Sharon Lyons <info at sharons-shortcuts.ie> 
Sent: Monday, May 18, 2026 4:00 AM
To: floza58 at bellsouth.net
Subject: Shortcut of the Week: Translate Webpage in Firefox

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We have decided to spotlight Firefox in our Shortcut of the Week for the next few months. Many of the shortcuts are the same in all the main Web browsers, but there are some that are specific to Firefox, so we will explain this as we go along.
At time of posting, we are using Firefox version 147.0.1, running on Windows 11. 

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This Week's Shortcut:

Translating a webpage into your home language is relatively easy within a Web browser. All browsers will automatically detect the language and give the option to translate into your home language, based on the regional settings on your PC. Firefox will also give the option to easily adjust the languages, if required.
The translation feature in Firefox is in a beta stage at the time of sending this email. As far as we can tell, it seems to work very well.
To translate a webpage in Firefox, go to the address bar by pressing Alt + D. Then Tab once and Arrow Right to the Translate tool. Press Enter and then use Tab and Arrow keys to set the languages. Tab again to get to the Translate button and press Enter. Finally, press F6 to focus back onto the webpage.

These shortcuts work slightly differently in Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome.
In Edge, when you navigate to a webpage in a different language, a notification comes up offering to translate. Press F6 to move to this notification and press Enter on the Translate button, or Tab around and use Arrow keys to change the language first.
Chrome, which of course is home of Google Translate, has a couple of options. Similar to Firefox, go to address bar and press Tab to get to the Translate tool (you may need to Escape out of AI options to get there). Press Enter on the Translate tool and then use left and right Arrow keys to switch between the automatically detected language and your home language. The webpage will move between the two languages as you Arrow left and right. But you need to press Shift + F6 to focus back onto the webpage.
Or, in Chrome, you can navigate to some text on a webpage and press Shift + F10, then T to translate the page to your home language. But you will still need to press Shift + F6 to focus back onto the webpage.
Many thanks to Anthony in Malta who emailed us this suggestion for Shortcut of the Week.

You can find these shortcuts and previous shortcuts of the week on the website in the  <https://sharons-shortcuts.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b8f7789e1b727d353e4123491&id=278285965b&e=89232c411c> Shortcut of the Week section. As always, if you would like to find out or share a particular shortcut for an everyday task on your PC, please get in touch! 

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