Shuojie Tongwen: Traditional & Simplified Chinese Converter

Convert web pages between Traditional and Simplified Chinese. Auto-updated OpenCC dictionaries; works in iframes and Shadow DOM.

Shuojie Tongwen converts web pages between Traditional and Simplified Chinese. By default it converts to Taiwan Traditional Chinese with Taiwan vocabulary (软件 → 軟體, 打印机 → 印表機). New in 0.4.0 • Automatic mode reads the page's text, so pages with a missing or wrong language are converted too • Characters only: convert character by character, globally or per site • Never convert this page, from the popup, the context menu or a shortcut • Regions not to convert: CSS selectors or XPath, or pick them on the page • Floating button menu (long press or right click), with configurable items • Original alongside: on hover or below each changed paragraph • Converter page for pasted text and for text, subtitle and web page files, with the encoding detected automatically and ZIP download • Supplementary word packs, by category: the Chinese Wikipedia's conversion groups, Wikidata names of people and places, Firefox computing terms; the academic terms moved here too Features • OpenCC dictionaries, updated automatically from the OpenCC repository (weekly by default; manual update and rollback available) • Works in cross-origin iframes, Shadow DOM (including closed roots) and dynamically loaded content • Converts words split by HTML tags, e.g. 打<a>印机</a> → 印表機 • Custom words, global or per site, with priority over the dictionary; import and export • Built-in supplementary words for Mainland/Taiwan usage that OpenCC lacks • Supplementary word packs, turned on by category: the Chinese Wikipedia's conversion groups (places, transliterated names, computing terms…), Wikidata names of people and places, Firefox computing terms, and academic terms from the National Academy for Educational Research • Floating button on pages: each click switches to Traditional, Simplified or the original (order configurable, can be hidden); drag it anywhere; customizable text and colours • Clipboard conversion: convert copied text to Traditional or Simplified, ready to paste • Text field conversion: convert the text in the field you are typing in • Site rules, plus "never convert this page" for single pages • Automatic mode: by the page's declared language, or by its text when the language is missing or wrong • Characters only: convert character by character without phrases, globally or per site • Regions not to convert: CSS selectors or XPath, or pick them on the page • Original alongside: show the original paragraph on hover, or below every paragraph that changed • Floating button menu (long press or right click): conversion, never convert this page or site, pick a region, characters only, original alongside and more; items and order are configurable • Converter page: paste text to convert it with changes marked, or convert many text, subtitle or web page files at once, with their encoding detected automatically; download them one by one or as a ZIP. Files never leave your browser • Context menu • Keyboard shortcuts: Alt+Shift+H / Alt+Shift+S convert the page, Alt+Shift+F / Alt+Shift+J convert the clipboard (all customizable) • Modes: Taiwan Traditional (with Taiwan phrases), Taiwan Traditional, OpenCC Traditional, Hong Kong Traditional; Simplified (with Mainland phrases), Simplified, OpenCC Simplified Privacy All conversion happens in your browser. No personal data or page content is collected or sent anywhere. The only network access is downloading dictionaries from OpenCC's GitHub repository.