Installing Google Translate to Vim
TL;DR
Things to do:
* Install Google Translate to Vim
My environment:
* macOS Catalina 10.15.7
Google Translate
Dependencies
Installation
$ which gawk $ brew install gawk
- translate-shell
$ cd /usr/local/share $ git clone https://github.com/soimort/translate-shell $ cd translate-shell/ $ make $ sudo make install $ which trans /usr/local/bin/trans
- translate-shell.vim
Installation with vim-plug:
Plug 'echuraev/translate-shell.vim'
- Creating key mapping for these commands e.g
nnoremap <silent> <leader>t :Trans<CR> vnoremap <silent> <leader>t :Trans<CR> nnoremap <silent> <leader>tc :Trans :zh<CR> vnoremap <silent> <leader>tc :Trans :zh<CR>
Translation
In Bash
| action | example | explanation |
|---|---|---|
| basic usage | $ trans -s=zh -t=ja "你好吗?" | same with $ trans zh:ja "你好吗?"" |
| auto identify | $ trans :zh "How are you!" | en to zh |
| brief mode | $ trans -b :ja "How are you!" | お元気ですか? |
| dictionary mode | $ trans :en word | used as a dictionary |
| language identification | $ trans -id 世界你好 | 简体中文 |
| Text-to-Speech | $ trans -b -p :zh "Saluton, Mondo" | -play (-p) option to listen to the translation |
| Text-to-Speech | $ trans -sp "你好，世界" | -speak (-sp) option to listen to the original text |
| Terminal Paging | $ trans -d -v word | -view (-v) option to view the translation in a terminal pager such as less or more |
| Pipeline, Input and Output | echo "Hello world" | trans -b :zh | or $ trans -b -i input.txt :ja |
| Translate a File | $ trans :ja file://input.txt | Brief mode is used when translating from file URI schemes |
| Translate a Web Page | $ trans :zh https://www.yahoo.co.jp | Default broswer is launched and contents are translated while browsing |
| Translate a Web Page | $ trans -browser firefox :ja http://www.w3.org/ | The specified broswer is launched and contents are translated while browsing |
| Interactive Translate Shell (REPL) | $ trans -shell [en:zh] | Start an interactive shell using the -shell (or -I) option |
In Vim
- Translate a word under cursor
Using<Leader>tlikes
- Translate some lines in visual mode
The following example is using<Leader>tcto translate to Chinese.
- Translate something via shell mode in Vim
Command
:!trans -b "Peace begins with a smile."will show the following result
平和は笑顔から始まります 続けるにはENTERを押すかコマンドを入力してください
Summary
It is easy to install Google Translate to bash and Vim, and it's convenience to translate a word or some lines to any language you like, either in bash or Vim. It will make anyone more efficiently to to their work.
