# Translation privacy ratings

Translation apps and services, including ones that run offline.

| Name | Grade | Jurisdiction | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [TranslateLocally](https://privacyratings.com/translation/translatelocally/) | B (87/100) | United Kingdom (Five Eyes) | Open-source desktop app that translates text on the device with downloadable neural models from the Bergamot project, originally built at the University of Edinburgh. Browser extensions are also available. |
| [Apertium](https://privacyratings.com/translation/apertium/) | B (77/100) | Unknown | Free and open-source rule-based machine translation platform, focused on related and lesser-resourced languages. Usable on apertium.org or installed locally for offline translation. |
| [LibreTranslate](https://privacyratings.com/translation/libretranslate/) | C (67/100) | United States (Five Eyes) | Open-source machine translation API built on Argos Translate that can be self-hosted. A hosted instance at libretranslate.com offers a free web translator and paid API keys. |
| [Firefox Translations](https://privacyratings.com/translation/firefox-translations/) | C (63/100) | United States (Five Eyes) | Built-in Firefox feature that translates web pages on the device with local machine translation models, without sending text to a cloud service. |
| [Kagi Translate](https://privacyratings.com/translation/kagi-translate/) | F (38/100) | United States (Five Eyes) | Translation service from Kagi Inc. that uses large language models from several providers to translate text, documents and web pages. Free to use on the web and in mobile apps. |
| [Microsoft Translator](https://privacyratings.com/translation/microsoft-translator/) | F (33/100) | United States (Five Eyes) | Microsoft's machine translation service for text, speech, images and conversations, available as Bing Translator on the web, as mobile and Windows apps, and built into Edge and Microsoft 365. |
| [DeepL](https://privacyratings.com/translation/deepl/) | F (31/100) | Germany (Fourteen Eyes) | Machine translation service from DeepL SE in Cologne, with a free web translator, paid DeepL Pro plans, an API, and desktop and mobile apps. |
| [Google Translate](https://privacyratings.com/translation/google-translate/) | F (31/100) | United States (Five Eyes) | Google's machine translation service for text, documents, websites, speech and images, available on the web and as mobile apps. |

## Criteria

- **Open source** (weight 3): Is all the source code needed to run the product public?
- **No trackers or telemetry** (weight 3): Are the website and apps free of third-party trackers, with any analytics anonymous and any telemetry off by default?
- **No ads or data sales** (weight 2): Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data?
- **Independent audit** (weight 2): Has an independent security or privacy audit been published within the last three years?
- **Transparency report** (weight 2): Does the provider regularly publish how many government and legal requests it receives and how it responds?
- **Tells users about requests** (weight 1): Does the provider promise to tell users about requests for their data, unless a court forbids it?
- **TLS configuration** (weight 2, automated): Does the website pass the Qualys SSL Labs test with a grade of A or better?
- **Security headers** (weight 1, automated): Does the website pass the Mozilla HTTP Observatory test with a grade of A or better?
- **Modern web standards** (weight 1, automated): Does the website score 90% or higher on the Internet.nl website test?
- **Works offline** (weight 3): Can text be translated on the device, without sending it to a server?
- **Text not kept** (weight 2): Is translated text deleted after translation and kept out of model training?

Source: https://privacyratings.com/translation/