Blog · 2026-10-29
Translate a Chinese Website to English
Translate a Chinese website to English with the original Chinese kept under the translation, free and without an account, with a browser extension or a paste-the-link web tool.
To translate a Chinese website to English and still see the Chinese, install OpenImmersive Translator (openimmersive.ai), a free, open-source browser extension, and press Alt+T on the page. Each Chinese paragraph stays where it is, with the English translation right underneath. It works on simplified and traditional Chinese, needs no account, and runs on Chrome, Firefox and Edge.
Two ways to do it
With the extension (best for regular reading).
- Install it from the Chrome Web Store, Firefox Add-ons or Microsoft Edge Add-ons.
- Set English as the language you read in.
- Open the Chinese page and press
Alt+T. The English appears under each paragraph.
Without installing anything. Paste the link into the bilingual web page translator on this site and read the page with the translation next to the original.
Free to use
The extension's Google, Microsoft and MyMemory engines are free and need no account. If Google is rate-limited, it moves on to Microsoft, then MyMemory, so a long Chinese article keeps translating. For more natural English, you can add your own DeepL, OpenAI or DeepSeek key and pay that provider directly.
Why keep the Chinese
With machine translation, names, product terms and numbers are where machine translation slips. With the Chinese still on the page, you can check a sentence against the original instead of guessing. If you are learning Chinese, it doubles as reading practice.
Other Chinese tools on this site
- Simplified ⇄ Traditional Chinese converter, with Taiwan and Hong Kong vocabulary.
- Image translation for screenshots and photos with Chinese text.
- PDF translation that keeps the layout, for Chinese reports and papers.
FAQ
Is it free? Yes. The extension and its free engines cost nothing and need no account.
Does it work with traditional Chinese? Yes, both simplified and traditional Chinese pages.
Will it replace the Chinese text? No. The Chinese stays; the English is added under each paragraph. You can switch to English only if you prefer.