Changelog

"Listen to original" now speaks the original in the language Sonic detected on the page, instead of whichever voice the browser offered first. Voices are also ranked: the voice you chose for a language comes first, then an exact match for the language and region, then your US or UK English preference, then the higher-quality voices your browser offers (names such as Natural, Online, Enhanced or Premium). The default usually sounds better with no setup.

When Google's free translation service limits requests, Sonic now says so in plain words and links a short help article; "Try again" still works. After 30 successful translations Sonic shows a one-time "Enjoying Sonic? Rate it" line, and "Not now" hides it for good. The count stays in your browser.

New installs open a welcome page with an optional one-click question, and removing Sonic opens a short uninstall page. Both addresses carry only the version number; the privacy policy has the details. No new permissions.

Version 1.2.0 is the baseline this changelog starts from. It includes everything Sonic Translate was at that point: selection translation on any webpage with two customizable keyboard shortcuts (Ctrl+E for the quick popup, Shift+E for the full side panel), 109 languages with automatic detection, and a right-click menu item for translating selections.

The full panel carries the built-in dictionary — definitions grouped by part of speech, reverse translations, and synonym chips, with every word clickable to translate next — plus searchable language pickers and your local translation history with favorites. Bilingual display, per-language text-to-speech voices with a US/UK English accent preference, and auto-pronounce round out the options. The same MV3 codebase also builds for Firefox 109+, but only the Chrome version is published.

The initial public release: a soft launch of the core idea — select text on any page, press a shortcut, and get an instant translation in a popup next to your selection, powered by Google Translate, with no account and no tracking by us. The 1.x releases that followed refined the popup, panel, options, and shortcut recording into the extension described above.