Translate.google tooltip

Select word or phrase with Alt  key pressed - then hover over an icon below the selection. Almost instantly you will see a tooltip with the translation.

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   Please look more closely at the picture below:

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Also, you can translate selected text using Greasemonkey menu:
  Tools → Greasemonkey → User Script Commands → translate.google tooltip
or through bookmarlets --
  any → french::   javascript:postMessage('tgtooltip auto|fr','*')
  ## → english::   javascript:postMessage('tgtooltip zh-CN|en','*')
either by the means of Custom buttons --
  русский → español :: content.postMessage('tgtooltip#ru/es','*')
Sample bookmarklets and custombuttons can be found here

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// @version 19.09.16 //* This is a descendant of lazyttrick's http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/36898.
• 19.09.16 * tiny fix
• 19.09.11 * encodeURIComponent( translated_txt )
• 19.04.02 * TTS in detected language
• 18.11.30 [*] changes in GT API
• 18.01.15 [+] TTS buttons for source and translation
• 17.12.31 [!!] NOT working in Firefox 57 + Greasemonkey 4! Use Tampermonkey
• 17.03.11 [+] keep text formatting
• 16.10.26 [+] phonetic transcription
• 16.09.01 [+] previous translation button; option for left/right tooltip position;
• 16.08.16 [+] Word Definition is shown when source_language == target_language
  
  bookmarklet: javascript:postMessage('tgtooltip en|en','*')
  Custom button: content.postMessage('tgtooltip en|en','*')

• v3.7.2 2015-04-20 * TTS: alt-select  text inside tooltip and [shift/ ctrl]-click  language icon below.
    tts tips 2015.10.31
• v16.01.16.1 ++ alternative translation

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Script uses Country flag   images   from Flags of all Countries

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This script is a distant descendant of lazyttrick's Google Translator Tooltip

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