Transl

This project is a simple wrapper for the magnificent translate shell, that registers all your calls to trans in a simple sqlite3 database.

Motivation

Back when I was starting with french and deutsch, I used to keep a notebook of new words and meaning of phrases. It's cool to go back and see what used to puzzle you, or how your vocabulary has grown over time.

When I started using trans, I became too lazy to keep logging my notes, so why not automate it?

Installation

1. Make sure you have trans installed and available in your $PATH. (see https://github.com/soimort/translate-shell#installation)
2. Clone this repository: git clone ...
3. Create an alias for transl with echo "alias transl=$(pwd)/transl.py" >> ~/.bash_aliases, .zshrc or equivalent.
4. Try it out with transl -h

We currently accept the -b, -p and -speak flags from translate shell.

Usage

Basic: "from:to" language parameters followed by the text.

guites@macos transl % transl fr: "Quand je parle d'amour je parle de toi"
Quand je parle d'amour je parle de toi

When I talk about love I'm talking about you

Translations of Quand je parle d'amour je parle de toi
[ Français -> English ]

Quand je parle d'amour je parle de toi
    , When I speak of love I speak of you

You can also specify only the from: language, and translate shell will translate into english, or specify only the :to language and translate shell will try to guess the idiom.

Brief mode: shorten your replies with -b

guites@macos transl % transl en:de "a cow sits amidst the road" -b
Eine Kuh sitzt mitten auf der Straße

Play: use the -p flag to speak the translate sentence out loud.

guites@macos transl % transl pt:en "Dadinho é o caralho, meu nome é zé pequeno, porra\!" -p -b
Dadinho is the fuck, my name is Zé Pequeno, dammit!

Speak: use the -speak flag to speak the original sentence out loud.

guites@macos transl % transl fr: "O Satan, prends pitié de ma longue misère\!" -speak
O Satan, prends pitié de ma longue misère!

O Satan, take pity on my long misery!

Translations of O Satan, prends pitié de ma longue misère!
[ Français -> English ]

O Satan, prends pitié de ma longue misère!
    , O Satan, have mercy on my long misery!

Every call will be logged to a .trans.sqlite3 database file in your home directory. You can access it with

sqlite3 ~/.trans.sqlite3

Enter ".help" for usage hints.
sqlite> .tables
logs
sqlite> .schema logs
CREATE TABLE logs(id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, languages TEXT, text TEXT, created_at TEXT DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, options TEXT);
sqlite> SELECT * FROM logs;
1|fr:|Quand je parle d'amour je parle de toi|2023-07-15 01:00:54|
2|fr:|est-ce que cette merde est tellement bonne?|2023-07-15 01:02:53|
3|fr:|O Satan, prends pitié de ma longue misère!|2023-07-16 16:39:15| -speak

Contributions

PRs appreciated! I'm thinking on whats the best way to show some usage statistics on the terminal.