Toggle sentence translation

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I have been using sentence view for a long time, Now I am re-reading the same text in page view. For most sentences I need no translation, but sometimes I need it, just for one sentence. I am using a PC.

In sentence view, I can hit “shift-T” to see a translation. In page view, I can’t. The feature is there, but “shift-T” doesn’t turn it on/off.

In page view, I need to move the mouse to “…” and select 'show translation" from the drop-down menu. Then I have to find the sentence again, and read the translation. Then I have to go back to “…” to turn the feature off. Then I have to go back to the text to find the next sentence I am reading. That’s a lot of moving around and interrupting the reading. Reading quickly and smoothly is the whole reason I am using page view rather than sentence view.

Is there any way to do it easier? I suggest that “shift-T” work the same in page mode as it does in sentence mode. The “translate” feature is there. There just isn’t a hotkey.

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Did you try to just select a phrase you need the translation for in the page mode?

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Select a phrase and do what? I “selected” a sentence with the mouse: this backgrounded each word in dark gray. But shift-T did not cause a translation to appear.

I can send any word (or group of words) to Google Translate, but that is totally different than simply causing the English translation appear under the words.

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My apologies. I am explaining poorly.

LingQ already has this feature, both in sentence view and page view. Same feature: turn on English translation.

In sentence view, I can toggle this feature in two ways:

  1. mouse-click “show translation”.
  2. hit shift-T

In page view, I can only toggle this feature in one way:

  1. mouse-click “…” , then mouse-click “show translation” in the dropdown list

I am asking for “shift-T” to toggle this feature in page view

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Ah, I see. Thanks for the additional explanation. I’ll check with our team what we can do.

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