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

[Lars Bjørndal <lars lamasti net>]

On ma., mai 23, 2016 at 09:35:31 +0200, chrys87 wrote:

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> what do you mean with "a lot of escape characters"?

I piped the output through less, and so there are som escape sequences
in the code that's printed out. With most, the output is fine.

> and what is the "real
> text mode"?

I meant Linux (Fedora) without X/GUI.

[...]

> I cant see
> any strange chars. But i just translate bewteen english and german.

I see it with the --help parameter as well, but through less, as I said.

Thanks and regards, Lars

> 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