/docx_auto_translation

A Mathematica program to translate docx to another language automatically using google translate.

Primary LanguageMathematicaMIT LicenseMIT

Docx File Auto Translation

Basics

This Mathematica program use Google Translate to translate text.

It takes in a .docx file and output a .docx file, where translated texts are append after the original text.

A sample .docx file: test.docx is in the folder and the corresponding output is test_out.docx, One can see that all text are translated, including normal text, text in graphics and grids, texts in footnotes and endnotes. but all formats are kept intact, this is really convenient, isn't it!

For other languages, write:

TranslateAll[fromfile,tofile,GoogleTranslate,"TranslateFrom"->"**","TranslateTo"->"**"]

The default setting is from English to Chinese.

Screenshot as follows:

Original test.docx

Original_1

Original_2

Translated test_out.docx

Translated_1

Translated_2

Disclaimer

This program requires Mathematica Version 11.0+ and WebTools package re-written by me......

If you failed to use this piece of code, it's probably because of an improperly installed WebTools Package

Using Google Translate extensively without paying is actually not that good... So please do not use it tooooo heavily...

This is only for study use! No commercial use allowed!!!

For Further Devs

  1. GoogleTranslate is a convenient function to use~

  2. Translate is used in the broad sense here, essentially all forms of operation to a sentence could be called as Translate. In fact, all translate work is done by function GoogleTranslate as a parameter of function TranslateAll, so if one substitute this with other functions such like Function[{string},somecode]&, it would work as well. A simple "repeat the content three times" program could be:

    TranslateAll[fromfile,tofile,StringJoin[ConstantArray[#,2]]&]

  3. Further development include saving progress once in a while instead of dumping it altogether when the whole translation process ends. Now any interruption would cause the program to fail... Though I've used it to translate documents hundreds of pages long without a failure... This could be greatly improved, and it's not hard. But I'm to lazy to do it... (But note that this process is not as easy as one might think, a tiny validity check of some sort must be added before exporting to ensure that exported document is valid, not falsely created.)