Native-language scaffolded acquisition

Read with your native language. Learn in the language you’re studying.

Parallel Translate is a focused bilingual reading tool for serious language learners. It uses your native language as support, so authentic reading becomes understandable and sustainable.

Sentence-level parallel text · AI-enhanced · Vocabulary learning · Privacy-first

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Language acquisition happens through comprehensible input.

语言习得发生于「可理解输入」之中。

Your native tongue is the scaffold, not the crutch.

母语是支架,而非拐杖。

Capabilities

Every feature built for deep reading

Sentence-level parallel text

Native translation rendered beneath each sentence, preserving context and immersion.

Smart vocabulary highlighting

Highlights words that match your current level, so difficult points surface naturally without interrupting reading.

Instant word lookup

Select any word or phrase for definitions, phonetics, examples, and word forms.

Word pronunciation

Play US or UK pronunciation from a selected word, so written vocabulary gains a sound.

Multiple translation services

Switch between Google, Microsoft, or an AI service you configure, depending on the reading context.

Privacy-first

No accounts, no profiling, no browsing-history tracking. Local settings, cache, and vocabulary state stay on your device.

Philosophy

Translation is the means. Acquisition is the goal.

We respect every serious adult learner and refuse gamification and fragmentation. Three principles run through every detail of the product.

Native as scaffold

High-quality sentence-level parallel text makes your native language a reliable scaffold — not a reason to stop thinking in the target language.

Quality input

We would rather translate less and do what genuinely helps learning. Comprehensible input over raw quantity.

Minimal is professional

The less interface, the more attention stays on the language itself. Restrained, spacious, never in the way.

Not a "translation tool", but a native-language scaffold for language acquisition.
— Parallel Translate · Product Philosophy

Start parallel reading in Chrome

Install Parallel Translate from Chrome Web Store and turn on native-language support when real reading needs it.