Restore Chrome’s Built‑in Google Translate by Editing Your Hosts File

Recently Google abruptly shut down the China versions of Google Translate and Google Maps, citing low user usage; the shutdown affects not only the web services but also related functionalities.

For example, Google Chrome, one of the most popular browsers in China, has its built‑in automatic page translation feature directly impacted, leaving many users without a convenient way to translate foreign‑language webpages.

This article presents a solution: modify the hosts file to map Google Translate API domains to IP addresses that remain reachable.

The hosts file is a system file without an extension that defines mappings between IP addresses and hostnames.

First, locate the hosts file:

Windows: C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts macOS or Linux: /etc/hosts Android: /system/etc/hosts Open the file with any text editor. On macOS or Linux you can use the command sudo vi /etc/hosts to edit it and append the following lines at the end:

# Google Translate service IP
113.108.239.162 translate.google.com
113.108.239.162 translate.googleapis.com

After adding these entries, Chrome’s translation feature works again.

Alternative IP addresses can be used if the above become unavailable:

# Backup Google Translate service IP
203.208.39.226
120.253.253.34
142.250.66.138
142.250.0.90

Note that this modification only restores the translation function of the Chrome browser and does not enable access to the web version of Google Translate at translate.google.com .

Reference documents

https://www.google.com

https://www.williamlong.info/archives/6947.html

https://www.iplaysoft.com/fix-chrome-translate.html