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cli-translate

This is a script for getting quick translation and pronounciation.

To install:

copy the translate_to file into /usr/local/sbin or somewhere on the path
mark it as executable

To use:

$ translate_to <lang code> <phrase or phrases>

What this does:

speaks the result
prints a full translation
prints a brief translation (at the bottom, for quickly reading)
unless the "to" language in English, reverse looks it up (into english) and prints that.

Example:

whole phrases - does a single lookup to Google translate. The whole phrase is between quotes.

max@max ~> translate_to zh "chinese is known for being difficult to translate back and forth between english"
chinese is known for being difficult to translate back and forth between english

**人很难在英语之间来回翻译
(Zhōngguó rén hěn nán zài yīngyǔ zhī jiān láihuí fānyì)

Translations of chinese is known for being difficult to translate back and forth between english
[ English -> 简体中文 ]

chinese is known for being difficult to translate back and forth between english
    **人很难在英语之间来回翻译, **被称为是很难翻译来回英语之间
**人很难在英语之间来回翻译

reverse translation: 
It is difficult for Chinese people to translate back and forth between English

segmented phrase - no quotes surround the phrase, so each word triggers a new lookup

max@max ~> translate_to de this is an apple
this
/T͟His/

Dies

Definitions of this
[ English -> Deutsch ]

pronoun
    dieses
        this
    dieser
        this
    diese
        this, these
    dies
        this
    das
        that, this, it, who
is

Ist

Translations of is
[ English -> Deutsch ]

is
    Ist
an
/an/

ein

Definitions of an
[ English -> Deutsch ]

article
    eine
        a, an
    ein
        a, an
apple
/ˈapəl/

Apfel

Definitions of apple
[ English -> Deutsch ]

noun
    (der) Apfel
        apple
Dies
Ist
ein
Apfel

reverse translation: 
This Is An Apple

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