hencejacki/terminaltranslator

Terminal translator(TTL). A translator for terminal use.

TerminalTranslator

Terminal translator(TTL). A translator for terminal use.

Overview

The translate website is too slow and inconvenient to use when i'm coding, so build this tool.

Platform

• Linux
• Windows
• MacOS

Languages support

• en -> zh
• zh -> en

Usage

1. Clone Repository

git clone https://github.com/hencejacki/TerminalTranslator.git
cd TerminalTranslator

2. Compile

mkdir build && cd build
# Default build type is debug.
# Add '-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release' flag to switch release version.
# Default install path is /usr/local
# To change install path, add '-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/path/to/xxx' flag.
cmake ..
make && make install
# update path according to the prompt
# source ~/.bashrc
# or
# source ~/.config/fish/config.fish

3. Use

# Set your endpoint env of translator server
echo "export TTL_ENDPOINT=http://translator-ip:translator-port(often 5000)" >> ~/.bashrc
# If use fish shell ,then
echo "set -X TTL_ENDPOINT http://translator-ip:translator-port(often 5000)" >> ~/.config/fish/config.fish
# Remeber perfroming "source ~/.bashrc or source ~/.config/fish/config.fish". 
# Thus, set your custom command use alias
# e.g. alias ttle='ttl -s en -t zh -f text -q'
ttl [-s|-t|-h|...] [word]

4. Uninstall

make uninstall
# Remember editing and updating your shell rc file.

Future work

• /translate_file
• /detect
• /languages
• voice support