Anytranslate

Translate words from and to your native language, anywhere.

This script is based on Anycomplete

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How to install the script

$ git clone https://github.com/timgrossmann/Anytranslate.git ~/.hammerspoon/anytranslate

Now you simply need to add

dofile("./anytranslate/anytranslate.lua")

to the init.lua file inside of the .hammerspoon folder.

If you don't have an init.lua file, just create it

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How to install Hammerspoon

Go the the HammerSpoon Webpage and check out "How do I install it?"

Once installed just make sure you have accessibility enabled in the preferences.

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Setup

Enter your keys and languages into the script file. Defaults are "de"(german) to en("english")

You can get the translation api key here: https://tech.yandex.com/translate/
And the dictionary api key here: https://tech.yandex.com/dictionary/

Just register for free and click "Get a free API key."

local TRANS_KEY = <YOUR KEY>
local DICT_KEY = <YOUR KEY>
        
local NATIVE_LANG = <YOUR NATIVE LANGUAGE>
local INTO_LANG = <DEFAULT LANGUAGE>  --In what language to you want to tranlaste the text if you enter your native language
local LANG_HINTS = "de,en" --Prefer some languages (will be prefered if detection is not surea)

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Usage

Start with the hotkey ⌃⌥⌘T. Once you start typing, translations will be displayed once a valid word is entered. They can be choosen with ⌘1-9 or by pressing the arrow keys and Enter.

If you want to change the hotkey just replace the "T" on the second line of the script with your favored key

hs.hotkey.bind({"cmd", "alt", "ctrl"}, "T", function()

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Supported languages:

en, es, de, fr, it, pl, ru, tr, uk

Supported translations:

• ru-ru
• ru-en
• ru-pl
• ru-uk
• ru-de
• ru-fr
• ru-es
• ru-it
• ru-tr
• en-ru
• en-en
• en-de
• en-fr
• en-es
• en-it
• en-tr
• pl-ru
• uk-ru
• de-ru
• de-en
• fr-ru
• fr-en
• es-ru
• es-en
• it-ru
• it-en
• tr-ru
• tr-en

Why yandex ?
- It's free
- Minimalistic "get key" process
- 2.000.000 calls per month