Alfred DeepL Translation Workflow

DeepL.com is a great, new translation service. It provides better translations compared to other popular translation engines.

Usage

To activate this workflow use the default keyword dl, enter the passage you wanna get translated and end the input with .. The source language will be inferred automatically and the target language can be configured.

After 1-2 seconds you get the translation. This is just an example.

Press ↩ to copy the result or ⌘ + ↩ to show result as big screen overlay. You can also translate any selected text within macOS by pressing ⌃ + ⌥ + ⌘ + d.

Caveats

Please note that the DeepL API is designed to translate up to 600 characters per minute and per customer only. Consider to get a pro account. Further, some longer sentences result in the message Error: Too many requests..

Installing the Workflow

Simply download the DeepL Workflow and install it by double-clicking the workflow file and clicking on "Import". You'll now see the workflow listed in the left sidebar of your Workflows preferences pane.

Once imported, you may want to take a quick look at the workflow settings and setup what keyword you want to use. Further, you can change the target language in the settings as shown in this screenshot:

Command Line

$ # DEEPL_TARGET="FR"
$ ./deepl.sh -l DE "This is just an example."
{
  "items": [
    {
      "uid": null,
      "arg": "Dies ist nur ein Beispiel.",
      "valid": "yes",
      "autocomplete": "autocomplete",
      "title": "Dies ist nur ein Beispiel."
    },
    {
      "uid": null,
      "arg": "Das ist nur ein Beispiel.",
      "valid": "yes",
      "autocomplete": "autocomplete",
      "title": "Das ist nur ein Beispiel."
    },
    {
      "uid": null,
      "arg": "Dies ist nur ein Beispiel dafür.",
      "valid": "yes",
      "autocomplete": "autocomplete",
      "title": "Dies ist nur ein Beispiel dafür."
    },
    {
      "uid": null,
      "arg": "Dies ist nur ein exemplarisches Beispiel.",
      "valid": "yes",
      "autocomplete": "autocomplete",
      "title": "Dies ist nur ein exemplarisches Beispiel."
    }
  ]
}

Details

To create a modified version of the workflow, edit the files and run make workflow to create an updated workflow.

Disclaimer

DeepL is a product from DeepL GmbH. More info: deepl.com/publisher.html

This package has been heavily inspired by m9dfukc's DeepL Alfred Workflow.