GooT – Google Translate Tools is a lightweight, customizable assistant that adds powerful keyboard shortcuts and UI enhancements to Google Translate.
Perfect for language learners, translators, and anyone who wants to use Google Translate more efficiently — especially with handwriting input or repetitive tasks.

Key Features
Paste clipboard text into the source field instantly
Overlay a transparent handwriting guide image
Always keep the input textarea focused
Keyboard shortcuts to toggle input tools, play text, switch languages, and more
Pasting image into handwriting overlay (great for kanji/hanzi tracing)
Clean UI, runs only on Google Translate
Works with both Simplified and Traditional Chinese

Keyboard Shortcuts
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+? Show/Hide Help
Alt+~ Loop Input Tools
Alt+1 Focus Input Box
Alt+2 Show Handwriting Guide
Alt+3 Play Source Text
Alt+Shift+~ Toggle Pinyin / Handwriting (Chinese)
Alt+Shift+1 Paste Clipboard to Input Box
Alt+Shift+3 Play Translated Text
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S Toggle Saved Pane
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+H Toggle History Pane
Ctrl+Shift+S Switch Languages (built-in)

Handwriting Guide UI
Double-click header → Roll up/down the overlay
Ctrl+V → Paste transparent PNG from clipboard

Customizable Settings
Overlay opacity (0.1–0.9)
Auto-focus textarea toggle
Auto-place cursor at end of input (optional)

Simple, Private, Powerful
No tracking, no data collection
Doesn’t access tabs or run on other sites
All logic runs locally in your browser

Note: This extension only affects translate.google.com
, and does not modify or monitor any other pages.