Frequently Asked Questions

Install the VocabKit Chrome extension. Once installed, simply select (highlight) any text on a webpage you want to translate. An icon will appear near your selection. Click this icon (or hover over it, depending on your settings) to open a popup with the translation, part-of-speech, example sentences, and alternative meanings.

After translating a word or phrase using the popup tooltip, simply click the 'Save' button at the bottom of the tooltip. The word, its translation, and associated details will be added to your personal vocabulary list.

Yes! In the extension's settings (accessible via the main popup), you can choose your preferred activation method: clicking the icon that appears after text selection, hovering over the selected text for a short duration, or enabling both.

VocabKit supports translation between numerous languages, including English, Spanish, French, German, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Portuguese, Italian, and many more. You can set your default source and target languages in the extension's settings. The full list includes: Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese.

Besides the main translation, the popup provides contextual information like the word's part of speech (noun, verb, etc.), example sentences showing how the word is used in the original language, and sometimes alternative translations for different meanings or contexts.

Yes! You can export your entire vocabulary list, just your favorites, or selected words from the Vocabulary page within the extension popup. The export format is designed for easy import into Anki and other Spaced Repetition Systems (SRS).

Yes, both the translation tooltip (when viewing a translation on a webpage) and the vocabulary list in the popup have buttons to listen to the pronunciation of the original word using your browser's built-in text-to-speech capabilities.

Yes you need to create an account to use VocabKit. This allows you to save your vocabulary list, settings, and translation history securely in the cloud.