Command line version of Google Translate: Translate Shell

I have written a lot about CLI applications. Recently I discovered some of Google’s CLI tools like “Google Translator”, “Google Calendar” and “Google Contacts”. Here, I want to share it with you.

Today we are going to introduce the “Google Translator” tool. Since my native language is Tamil, it took me many times in a day to understand its meaning.

Google Translate is widely used by people of other languages.

What is Translate Shell

Translate Shell[1] (formerly Google Translate CLI) is a command-line translator that uses Google Translate (default), Bing Translate, Yandex.Translate, and Apertium. It gives you access to these translation engines in your terminal. Translate Shell is available on most Linux distributions.

How to install Translate Shell

There are three ways to install Translate Shell.

• Download the self-contained executable
• Manual installation
• Install via package manager

Method 1: Download the self-contained executable file

Download the self-contained executable file and place it in the /usr/bin directory.

$ wget git.io/trans
$ chmod +x ./trans
$ sudo mv trans /usr/bin/

Method 2: Manual installation

Clone the GitHub repository of Translate Shell and compile it manually.

$ git clone https://github.com/soimort/translate-shell && cd translate-shell
$ make
$ sudo make install

Method 3: Through the package manager

The official repositories of some distributions include Translate Shell, which can be installed through the package manager.

For Debian/Ubuntu, use APT-GET command [2] or APT command [3] to install.

$ sudo apt-get install translate-shell

For Fedora, use the DNF command [4] to install.

$ sudo dnf install translate-shell

For systems based on Arch Linux, use Yaourt command [5] or Packer Mingkuai[6] to install from the AUR repository.

$ yaourt -S translate-shell
or
$ packer -S translate-shell

How to use Translate Shell

安装好后，打开终端闭关输入下面命令。 谷歌翻译会自动探测源文本是哪种语言，并且在默认情况下将之翻译成你的 locale 所对应的语言。

$ trans [Words]

下面我将泰米尔语中的单词 “நன்றி” (Nanri) 翻译成英语。 这个单词的意思是感谢别人。

$ trans நன்றி
நன்றி
(Naṉṟi)

Thanks

Definitions of நன்றி
[ தமிழ் -> English ]

noun
    gratitude
        நன்றி
    thanks
        நன்றி

நன்றி
    Thanks

使用下面命令也能将英语翻译成泰米尔语。

$ trans :ta thanks
thanks
/THaNGks/

நன்றி
(Naṉṟi)

Definitions of thanks
[ English -> தமிழ் ]

noun
    நன்றி
        gratitude, thanks

thanks
    நன்றி

要将一个单词翻译到多个语种可以使用下面命令(本例中，我将单词翻译成泰米尔语以及印地语)。

$ trans :ta+hi thanks
thanks
/THaNGks/

நன்றி
(Naṉṟi)

Definitions of thanks
[ English -> தமிழ் ]

noun
    நன்றி
        gratitude, thanks

thanks
    நன்றி

thanks
/THaNGks/

धन्यवाद
(dhanyavaad)

Definitions of thanks
[ English -> हिन्दी ]

noun
    धन्यवाद
        thanks, thank, gratitude, thankfulness, felicitation

thanks
    धन्यवाद, शुक्रिया

使用下面命令可以将多个单词当成一个参数（句子）来进行翻译。(只需要把句子应用起来作为一个参数就行了)。

$ trans :ta "what is going on your life?"
what is going on your life?

உங்கள் வாழ்க்கையில் என்ன நடக்கிறது?
(Uṅkaḷ vāḻkkaiyil eṉṉa naṭakkiṟatu?)

Translations of what is going on your life?
[ English -> தமிழ் ]

what is going on your life?
    உங்கள் வாழ்க்கையில் என்ன நடக்கிறது?

下面命令单独地翻译各个单词。

$ trans :ta curios happy
curios

ஆர்வம்
(Ārvam)

Translations of curios
[ Română -> தமிழ் ]

curios
    ஆர்வம், அறிவாளிகள், ஆர்வமுள்ள, அறிய, ஆர்வமாக
happy
/ˈhapē/

சந்தோஷமாக
(Cantōṣamāka)

Definitions of happy
[ English -> தமிழ் ]

    மகிழ்ச்சியான
        happy, convivial, debonair, gay
    திருப்தி உடைய
        happy

adjective
    இன்பமான
        happy

happy
    சந்தோஷமாக, மகிழ்ச்சி, இனிய, சந்தோஷமா

简洁模式：默认情况下，Translate Shell 尽可能多的显示翻译信息。如果你希望只显示简要信息，只需要加上 -b选项。

$ trans -b :ta thanks
நன்றி

字典模式：加上 -d 可以把 Translate Shell 当成字典来用。

$ trans -d :en thanks
thanks
/THaNGks/

Synonyms
    noun
        - gratitude, appreciation, acknowledgment, recognition, credit

    exclamation
        - thank you, many thanks, thanks very much, thanks a lot, thank you kindly, much obliged, much appreciated, bless you, thanks a million

Examples
    - In short, thanks for everything that makes this city great this Thanksgiving.

    - many thanks

    - There were no thanks in the letter from him, just complaints and accusations.

    - It is a joyful celebration in which Bolivians give thanks for their freedom as a nation.

    - festivals were held to give thanks for the harvest

    - The collection, as usual, received a great response and thanks is extended to all who subscribed.

    - It would be easy to dwell on the animals that Tasmania has lost, but I prefer to give thanks for what remains.

    - thanks for being so helpful

    - It came back on about half an hour earlier than predicted, so I suppose I can give thanks for that.

    - Many thanks for the reply but as much as I tried to follow your advice, it's been a bad week.

    - To them and to those who have supported the office I extend my grateful thanks .

    - We can give thanks and words of appreciation to others for their kind deeds done to us.

    - Adam, thanks for taking time out of your very busy schedule to be with us tonight.

    - a letter of thanks

    - Thank you very much for wanting to go on reading, and thanks for your understanding.

    - Gerry has received a letter of thanks from the charity for his part in helping to raise this much needed cash.

    - So thanks for your reply to that guy who seemed to have a chip on his shoulder about it.

    - Suzanne, thanks for being so supportive with your comments on my blog.

    - She has never once acknowledged my thanks , or existence for that matter.

    - My grateful thanks go to the funders who made it possible for me to travel.

    - festivals were held to give thanks for the harvest

    - All you secretaries who made it this far into the article… thanks for your patience.

    - So, even though I don't think the photos are that good, thanks for the compliments!

    - And thanks for warning us that your secret service requires a motorcade of more than 35 cars.

    - Many thanks for your advice, which as you can see, I have passed on to our readers.

    - Tom Ryan was given a bottle of wine as a thanks for his active involvement in the twinning project.

    - Mr Hill insists he has received no recent complaints and has even been sent a letter of thanks from the forum.

    - Hundreds turned out to pay tribute to a beloved former headteacher at a memorial service to give thanks for her life.

    - Again, thanks for a well written and much deserved tribute to our good friend George.

    - I appreciate your doing so, and thanks also for the compliments about the photos!

See also
    Thanks!, thank, many thanks, thanks to, thanks to you, special thanks, give thanks, thousand thanks, Many thanks!, render thanks, heartfelt thanks, thanks to this

使用下面格式可以使用 Translate Shell 来翻译文件。

$ trans :ta file:///home/magi/gtrans.txt
உங்கள் வாழ்க்கையில் என்ன நடக்கிறது?

下面命令可以让 Translate Shell 进入交互模式。 在进入交互模式之前你需要明确指定源语言和目标语言。本例中，我将英文单词翻译成泰米尔语。

$ trans -shell en:ta thanks
Translate Shell
(:q to quit)
thanks
/THaNGks/

நன்றி
(Naṉṟi)

Definitions of thanks
[ English -> தமிழ் ]

noun
    நன்றி
        gratitude, thanks

thanks
    நன்றி

想知道语言代码，可以执行下面命令。

$ trans -R

或者

$ trans -T
┌───────────────────┬────────────────────┬────────────────────┐
│ Afrikaans      -   af │ Hindi          -   hi │ Punjabi        -   pa │
│ Albanian       -   sq │ Hmong          -  hmn │ Querétaro Otomi-  otq │
│ Amharic        -   am │ Hmong Daw      -  mww │ Romanian       -   ro │
│ Arabic         -   ar │ Hungarian      -   hu │ Russian        -   ru │
│ Armenian       -   hy │ Icelandic      -   is │ Samoan         -   sm │
│ Azerbaijani    -   az │ Igbo           -   ig │ Scots Gaelic   -   gd │
│ Basque         -   eu │ Indonesian     -   id │ Serbian (Cyr...-sr-Cyrl
│ Belarusian     -   be │ Irish          -   ga │ Serbian (Latin)-sr-Latn
│ Bengali        -   bn │ Italian        -   it │ Sesotho        -   st │
│ Bosnian        -   bs │ Japanese       -   ja │ Shona          -   sn │
│ Bulgarian      -   bg │ Javanese       -   jv │ Sindhi         -   sd │
│ Cantonese      -  yue │ Kannada        -   kn │ Sinhala        -   si │
│ Catalan        -   ca │ Kazakh         -   kk │ Slovak         -   sk │
│ Cebuano        -  ceb │ Khmer          -   km │ Slovenian      -   sl │
│ Chichewa       -   ny │ Klingon        -  tlh │ Somali         -   so │
│ Chinese Simp...- zh-CN│ Klingon (pIqaD)tlh-Qaak Spanish        -   es │
│ Chinese Trad...- zh-TW│ Korean         -   ko │ Sundanese      -   su │
│ Corsican       -   co │ Kurdish        -   ku │ Swahili        -   sw │
│ Croatian       -   hr │ Kyrgyz         -   ky │ Swedish        -   sv │
│ Czech          -   cs │ Lao            -   lo │ Tahitian       -   ty │
│ Danish         -   da │ Latin          -   la │ Tajik          -   tg │
│ Dutch          -   nl │ Latvian        -   lv │ Tamil          -   ta │
│ English        -   en │ Lithuanian     -   lt │ Tatar          -   tt │
│ Esperanto      -   eo │ Luxembourgish  -   lb │ Telugu         -   te │
│ Estonian       -   et │ Macedonian     -   mk │ Thai           -   th │
│ Fijian         -   fj │ Malagasy       -   mg │ Tongan         -   to │
│ Filipino       -   tl │ Malay          -   ms │ Turkish        -   tr │
│ Finnish        -   fi │ Malayalam      -   ml │ Udmurt         -  udm │
│ French         -   fr │ Maltese        -   mt │ Ukrainian      -   uk │
│ Frisian        -   fy │ Maori          -   mi │ Urdu           -   ur │
│ Galician       -   gl │ Marathi        -   mr │ Uzbek          -   uz │
│ Georgian       -   ka │ Mongolian      -   mn │ Vietnamese     -   vi │
│ German         -   de │ Myanmar        -   my │ Welsh          -   cy │
│ Greek          -   el │ Nepali         -   ne │ Xhosa          -   xh │
│ Gujarati       -   gu │ Norwegian      -   no │ Yiddish        -   yi │
│ Haitian Creole -   ht │ Pashto         -   ps │ Yoruba         -   yo │
│ Hausa          -   ha │ Persian        -   fa │ Yucatec Maya   -  yua │
│ Hawaiian       -  haw │ Polish         -   pl │ Zulu           -   zu │
│ Hebrew         -   he │ Portuguese     -   pt │                       │
└───────────────────┴────────────────────┴────────────────────┘

想了解更多选项的内容，可以查看其 man 手册。

$ man trans

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