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But, as **an open-source alternative to Chromium-based browsers** such as Chrome and Opera, it constantly evolves to add new features to its arsenal. + +And this time around, with the **Firefox 117** release, we have an interesting addition that was in the making for quite some time now. + +**Suggested Read** 📖 + +![][1] + +Allow me to take you through that, and more in this article. Let's begin. + +## 🆕 Firefox 117: What's New? + +![][2] + +Like most Firefox releases, this too has a lot to offer. Some notable highlights include: + + * **New privacy-focused native translation feature** ( _a work in progress_ ) + * **Expansion of the credit card autofill feature to more locales.** + * **YouTube video lists now scroll correctly with a screen reader.** + + + +While the feature set sounds good, let us focus on the translation feature. + +### Privacy-Focused Translations + +0:00 + +/ + +1× + +As shown in the demo above, Firefox now features an in-built translation tool. + +Its main selling point is that **all language translations happen locally** , without your data being sent to any server for processing. + +This kind of functionality already existed in Firefox thanks to an add-on called '[Firefox Translations][3]'. + +But, [back then][4], integrating this directly into Firefox was discarded owing to its third-party dependencies after Mozilla's internal security review of the engine codebase. + +Luckily, now we have proper native functionality. **But, there's a catch.** + +🚧 + +Thanks to [Ghack][5], I found that **the translation feature was disabled by default on Firefox 117. They plan to gradually roll it out to users, and by default on its next version update**. + +So, to test it out, I had to manually enable it by going into ' **about:config** ', then enabling the 'b **rowser.translations.enable** ' flag among advanced preferences. + +![][6] + +### 🛠️ Other Changes and Improvements + +Other than that, here are a few other changes that are worth noting: + + * Various security updates. + * macOS users can now control the tabability of controls and links. + * Web compatibility inspection has been enhanced for their new CSS compatibility tooltip. (useful for web developers) + * A new preference to allow for the disabling of the context menu that appears when pressing shift+right-click. + + + +You can go through the [release notes][7] to dive deeper into this release. + +## 📥 Get Mozilla Firefox 117 + +You can grab the latest release of Firefox from its [FTP portal][8]. It should be available on the [official website][9] shortly, if it is not yet available. + +[Mozilla Firefox 117][9] + +**For existing installations:** You can update it by searching for ' **Update** ', in the settings menu, and clicking on ' **Check for Updates** '. + +_💬 What do you think about the new automated translation feature support with Firefox 117? Share your thoughts in the comments down below._ + +* * * + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +via: https://news.itsfoss.com/firefox-117-release/ + +作者:[Sourav Rudra][a] +选题:[lujun9972][b] +译者:[译者ID](https://github.com/译者ID) +校对:[校对者ID](https://github.com/校对者ID) + +本文由 [LCTT](https://github.com/LCTT/TranslateProject) 原创编译,[Linux中国](https://linux.cn/) 荣誉推出 + +[a]: https://news.itsfoss.com/author/sourav/ +[b]: https://github.com/lujun9972 +[1]: https://itsfoss.com/content/images/size/w256h256/2022/12/android-chrome-192x192.png +[2]: https://news.itsfoss.com/content/images/2023/08/Mozilla_Firefox_Translate_1.png +[3]: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/firefox-translations/ +[4]: https://hacks.mozilla.org/2022/06/neural-machine-translation-engine-for-firefox-translations-add-on/ +[5]: https://www.ghacks.net/2023/08/29/firefox-117-native-language-translations-last-firefox-102-update-and-security-fixes/ +[6]: https://news.itsfoss.com/content/images/2023/08/Mozilla_Firefox_Translate_3.png +[7]: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/117.0/releasenotes/ +[8]: https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/117.0/ +[9]: https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/download/thanks/