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Side-by-Side Translation vs. Full-Page Translate: When to Use Each

Full-page translation replaces the original text. Glarity's side-by-side mode keeps both languages visible, which changes how you read and learn.

Most browser translation tools do one thing: swap the page's text for a translated version. That's useful when you just need the gist, but it throws away the original, which matters if you're studying a language, checking a translation's accuracy, or working from a source document that has nuance a machine translation can flatten.

Full-page translate

Best when you want to read fast and don't need the source text. Glarity translates the entire page in place, preserving layout and images, so it reads like it was written in your language to begin with.

Side-by-side translation

Glarity's side-by-side mode renders the translation next to or beneath the original, sentence by sentence. This is the better choice when:

  • You're reading in a language you're learning and want to check yourself against the translation.
  • You're comparing a translated document against its source for accuracy.
  • The content mixes languages and a full swap would lose context.

Text selection and image translation

You don't always want to translate a whole page. Select any text on a webpage or in a PDF and Glarity translates just that selection inline. Image translation works the same way for text embedded in screenshots, diagrams, or scanned documents.

100+ languages, one extension

All three modes — full-page, side-by-side, and selection — support the same broad language list, so switching between them doesn't mean relearning a different tool.