Re: [orca-list] OT: Good command line tool for translation with google translate

[chrys87 <chrys87 web de>]

Howdy Lars,

glad to hear that you like it.
what do you mean with "a lot of escape characters"? and what is the 
"real text mode"? do you mean the interactive shell with -I parameter? I 
cant see any strange chars. But i just translate bewteen english and german.

cheers chrys

Am 23.05.2016 um 20:53 schrieb Lars Bjørndal:
> [chrys87]
>
> > maybe someone is looking for a good commandline tool for translation (like
> > me :) ). I found a good one and would like to share it to you:
> > its called translate-shell
> > Website:
> > http://www.soimort.org/translate-shell/
> > Its also available in AUR:
> > https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/translate-shell/
> > you can use it with this command
> > translate-shell :en Zuhause
> > or in the handy brife mode (usefull for scripting :) -> i did an shortcut to
> > translate the clipboard with this
> > translate-shell :en -b Zuhause
> > you also can translate a sentences not just a single word:
> > translate-shell :en -b "Ich bleibe heute Zuhause"
> >
> > sorry for hyping this :) but it made my day :) and maybe it would help
> > someone.
> Thank you for sharing. Tried it now, and one thing that annoys me, is
> that there are a lot of escape characters in its output. I've tried it
> in real text mode.
>
> But anyway, a really efficient tool.
>
> Lars