How can I look up words in an eBook reader with Google Translate? Is there way  to look up words and phrases while reading an eBook in the Google Translate app? Moon reader can do that in a browser, but the translate app is much better.



Here is what I ended up doing:


Install Aldiko reader
Install Andmade Share
Hide all share apps except Google Translate using Andmade
Select a phrase in Aldiko
Tap on the share button


Now the translation of the phrase will appear directly in the Google Translate app.
There are some ebook reader apps with can enable you to share book passages. And you can use Google Translate to share them... So select the passage and share it using Google Translate ! For example, the Kobo app for Android and Aldiko (free or €2.49) are ebook readers which enable to share book passages. Google Play Books have a built in feature to translate passages too (it must use Google Translate).

Obviously, you can also copy the passages by hand, open the Google Translate app and use it to translate what you have just copied. It is not quite smart or ergonomic but it works.