soimort/translate-shell
Translate Shell
Translate-shell is a command-line translation tool and terminal dictionary client. It allows for the translation of words, phrases, and sentences between multiple languages and provides dictionary definition retrieval and language metadata display directly within the terminal.
The tool functions as a shell-based text translator that can process input from standard streams, local files, or URLs. It includes text-to-speech capabilities to play audio pronunciations of source and translated text and can automatically detect the source language of a given string.
The system supports interactive sessions for continuous translation and dictionary lookups, as well as automated text processing via shell pipelines. It provides integration for text editors and macOS AppleScript, alongside customizable terminal output and persistent configuration settings.
Features
- Dictionary and Translation Tools - Functions as a comprehensive terminal-based utility for translating text and retrieving dictionary definitions.
- Language Translation & Detection - Automatically detects the source language of a text string to ensure accurate translation.
- Text Translation Tools - Processes text from standard input, local files, or URLs for translation into multiple languages.
- Translation Engines - Provides a command-line interface to various translation engines for converting text between languages.
- Language Detection - Automatically identifies the source language of text to streamline the translation process.
- Language Dictionaries - Retrieves definitions, synonyms, and linguistic data for words across various languages.
- Text Processing Pipelines - Integrates translation and dictionary lookups into shell scripts and pipelines for bulk processing.
- HTTP Request Orchestrators - Orchestrates formatted HTTP requests to remote translation services and parses the results for terminal display.
- Standard Stream Piping - Reads input from pipes or files and writes results to the terminal for seamless shell integration.
- Standard Input Processing - Accepts text via pipelines or input files and writes results to standard output or destination files.
- External Content Processing - Processes and translates text retrieved from local files, URLs, or standard input streams.
- Translation Preference Settings - Allows adjusting output verbosity, dictionary detail, and translation engines during an active session.
- Interactive Translation Sessions - Offers a conversational shell interface for continuous translation and dictionary lookups.
- Read-Eval-Print Loops - Provides an interactive session state to allow repeated translations without restarting the process.
- Session Language State - Defines source and target languages for a session to avoid repeating them in every request.
- Language Learning Shells - Enables interactive language practice sessions within the terminal using translation and audio playback.
- Text-to-Speech Engines - Plays audio pronunciations of source text and translated results using a text-to-speech engine.
- CLI Audio Pronunciations - Plays audio pronunciations of source and translated text using external speech engines via the command line.
- Translation Engine Switching - Allows routing translation requests to different third-party providers based on user selection.
- Command Line Utilities - Translates text directly from the command line.
- Browser Replacements - Google Translate interface.
