Translate Tool in Python

Translate is a simple but powerful translation tool written in python with with support for multiple translation providers. By now we are integrated with Microsoft Translation API and Translated MyMemory API

Why Should I Use This?

The biggest reason to use translate is make translations in a simple way without the need of much effort and can be used as a translation tool like command line

Installation

$ pip install translate

Or, you can download the source and

$ python setup.py install

Add sudo in the beginning if you met problem.

Features

Translate your outputs in real time
Do translation in your terminal using command line

Usage

In your command-line:

$ translate-cli -t zh "This is a pen."

Translation: 这是一支笔
-------------------------
Translated by: MyMemory

$ translate-cli -t zh "This is a pen." -o
这是一支笔

Options

$ translate-cli --help
Usage: __main__.py [OPTIONS] TEXT...

  Python command line tool to make on line translations

  Example:

       $ translate-cli -t zh the book is on the table
       碗是在桌子上。

  Available languages:

       https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_639-1
       Examples: (e.g. en, ja, ko, pt, zh, zh-TW, ...)

Options:
  --version                 Show the version and exit.
  --generate-config-file    Generated the config file using a Wizard and exit.
  -f, --from TEXT           Sets the language of the text being translated.
                            The default value is 'autodetect'.
  -t, --to TEXT             Sets the language you want to translate.
  -p, --provider TEXT       Set the provider you want to use. The default
                            value is 'mymemory'.
  --secret_access_key TEXT  Set the secret access key used to get provider
                            oAuth token.
  -o, --output_only         Set to display the translation only.
  --help                    Show this message and exit.

Change Default Languages

In ~/.python-translate.cfg:

[DEFAULT]
from_lang = autodetect
to_lang = de
provider = mymemory
secret_access_key =

The cfg is not for using as a Python module.

or run the command line and follow the steps:

$ translate-cli --generate-config-file
Translate from [autodetect]:
Translate to: <language you want to translate>
Provider [mymemory]:
Secret Access Key []:

Use As A Python Module

In [1]: from translate import Translator
In [2]: translator= Translator(to_lang="zh")
In [3]: translation = translator.translate("This is a pen.")
Out [3]: 这是一支笔

The result is in translation, and it’s usually a unicode string.

Use a different translation provider

In [1]: from translate import Translator
In [2]: to_lang = 'zh'
In [3]: secret = '<your secret from Microsoft>'
In [4]: translator = Translator(provider='microsoft', to_lang=to_lang, secret_access_key=secret)
In [5]: translator.translate('the book is on the table')
Out [5]: '碗是在桌子上。'

Documentation

Check out the latest translate documentation at Read the Docs

Contributing

Please send pull requests, very much appriciated.

Fork the repository on GitHub.
Make a branch off of master and commit your changes to it.
Install requirements. pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
Install pre-commit. pre-commit install
Run the tests with py.test -vv -s
Create a Pull Request with your contribution

PierreBanwarth/translate-python