https://github.com/mahmoudelshimi/translate

A bash script that aims to translate given statements, from clipboard(selection) or enter them manual.
https://github.com/mahmoudelshimi/translate

dmenu open-source shell suckless translating unix

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A bash script that aims to translate given statements, from clipboard(selection) or enter them manual.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/mahmoudelshimi/translate
• Owner: mahmoudElshimi
• License: mit
• Created: 2023-10-20T13:10:24.000Z (about 1 year ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2024-02-14T18:50:36.000Z (11 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-02-14T20:22:32.824Z (11 months ago)
• Topics: dmenu, open-source, shell, suckless, translating, unix
• Language: Shell
• Homepage:
• Size: 1.46 MB
• Stars: 1
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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translate - Translate statements using dmenu with translate-shell or sdcv 

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![Screenshot of translate](screenshots/translate.gif)

About

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- A bash script that aims to translate given statements, from clipboard(selection) or enter them manual.

- If there is a network connection it will use google's engine(through translate-shell), else it will use a dictionary (through sdcv).

- It uses dmenu with sxhkd as a user interface. 

  

Requirements

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- [dmenu](https://tools.suckless.org/dmenu/) with [bidi](https://tools.suckless.org/dmenu/patches/bidi/dmenu-bidi-20210723-b34d318.diff) patch.

- [sxhkd](https://github.com/baskerville/sxhkd/)

- [sdcv](https://github.com/Dushistov/sdcv/)

- [translate-shell](https://github.com/soimort/translate-shell/)

- [xclip](https://github.com/astrand/xclip/)

Feel free to install them using your distro's package manager or from their repos.

To Do

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- Replace translate-shell with another minimalist and efficient tool.

Running

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- Clone the repo

```

$ git clone https://github.com/mahmoudElshimi/translate.git

```

- Add permission

```

$ cd translate 

$ chmod +x translate

```

- Add the following lines to sxhkdrc file

```

super + shift + t

	/path/to/translate/translate $(xclip -o) 

```

Configuration

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- You can change languages or dictionaries in translate to match your specifications, see trans(1), and sdcv(1).