The best translation services, according to hackers
4 translation services were recommended on Hacker News between November 2025 and November 2026. We rank them by how many separate people recommend each one, and 1 earns the Hacker Approved badge.
Top pick
The most recommended translation service with the badge. Each figure is 2 people. RecommendsCriticizes One comment
Translates pages privately on-device
People recommend it for translating web pages on-device, so text never leaves the browser, with decent quality. Critics say output can be wrong and that quality trails Google Translate.
All 4 translation services, ranked
Select a column heading to sort. Approval share is recommenders out of everyone who gave an opinion; the tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs. Months counts the months, out of 13, in which someone recommended it.
| Rank | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Google Translate | 64 | 66 | 49% | 12 | 11 yrs5 owners | — |
| 2 | Kagi Translate | 50 | 26 | 66% | 6 | — | — |
| 3 | Firefox Translations | 26 | 4 | 87% | 9 | — | Approved |
| 4 | DeepL Translator | 25 | 13 | 66% | 11 | — | — |
How we rank
Rank is the number of separate people who recommend a product in a Hacker News comment over the past year. Someone who praises the same translation service in five threads counts once.
The badge goes to translation services that at least 10 people recommend, with recommenders outnumbering critics at least 2 to 1, recommended in at least 4 of the 13 months.
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