Lingua: Universal Translator

Name: Lingua: Universal Translator
Author: zachglabman

GPT-3 powered web translator

As of May 2026, Lingua: Universal Translator has 33 users in the Workflow & Planning category.

zachglabman Workflow & Planning

Chrome Web Store ↗.crx

Users−17.5%

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Version

1.0

Manifest V3

History

3 snapshots

Tracking since Apr 1, 2026.

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Date	Users	Rating	Reviews	Version
Apr 1, 2026	40	—	—	1.0
Apr 30, 2026	37	—	—	1.0
May 29, 2026	36	—	—	1.0
Now	33	—	—	1.0

Permissions & access

Permissions: activeTabstoragescripting
Host access: https://api.openai.com/

Screenshots

Lingua: Universal Translator screenshot 1

About

Lingua is a text-based, universal translator native to chrome. Right now, it supports Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Chinese as well as the International Phonetic Alphabet.

It requires you to have an OpenAI API key. If you do not have one, follow these instructions:
1. Sign up at https://beta.openai.com/signup - you may need a valid mobile number to verify your account
2. Visit your OpenAI key page https://beta.openai.com/account/api-keys
3. Create a new key by clicking "Create new secret key"
4. Copy this key into a note and keep it for later

To add your key to the chrome extension:
1. Visit the chrome://extensions/ page and click on Lingua's "Details" button
2. Scroll down to and click "Extension Options"
3. Paste your key into the input box, and click save. Now you can use Lingua.

To use the translator:
1. Highlight any text
2. Click the extension, and select the language of the text from the dropdown
3. Click the transcribe button

This extension is ideal for linguists, language learners, or anyone interested in language translation.