Firefox built-in translator does not work (rawhide kde f45)

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March 11, 2026
I’m using Fedora Rawhide KDE (f45). Something strange is happening: Firefox (installed from the default Fedora repositories) no longer displays the built-in translator. I configured RPMfusion and I installed all the recommended multimedia codecs.

Then I tried downloading Firefox from the Mozilla website (in tar.bz2 format), I have unzipped the file into a folder (/home/myname/Firefox), and now Firefox has the fully functional built-in translator. How do you explain this strange behavior?

P.S.
Firefox 148.0.2 (language italian)

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Presumably settings in the Fedora version defaults to having translations turned off, whereas the Mozilla version defaults to having them turned on.

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It seems to be enabled by default in the Fedora-packaged Firefox on my Rawhide VM:

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Also, when I (running in English) visit an Italian-language site, FF offers to translate from Italian to English.

So I don’t think that the Fedora packaging has done an intentional disabling of translation.

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Fixed!
It was my mistake. I had inadvertently disabled the AI. Without it, the built-in translator wouldn’t work. Every now and then, I make avoidable mistakes. :face_with_open_eyes_and_hand_over_mouth:

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