t

Japanese <-> English translate in terminal

Require

Use Watson Language Translator

• Service credentials
  • username (different from your Bluemix account)
    • export T_WATSON_LANGUAGE_TRANSLATOR_API_USERNAME=<Your Watson Language Translator API username>
  • password (different from your Bluemix account)
    • export T_WATSON_LANGUAGE_TRANSLATOR_API_PASSWORD=<Your Watson Language Translator API password>

Install

You can download binary from release page and place it in $PATH directory.

Usage

t [input text]

or

echo [input text] | t

  option:
    -v --version: show version

  t translates input text specified by argument or STDIN using Watson Language Translation API.
  Source language will be automatically detected.

  export T_WATSON_LANGUAGE_TRANSLATOR_API_USERNAME=<Your Watson Language Translator API username>
  export T_WATSON_LANGUAGE_TRANSLATOR_API_PASSWORD=<Your Watson Language Translator API password>

  Example:
    $ t Good morning!
    おはようございます!
    $ t おはようございます!
    Good morning!

Note

• No available in mintty 😭 (isatty() not working)
• The text must be the UTF-8 when using a pipe input
  • exec echo "UTF-8 text" | t

Supported

• IBM Bluemix Watson Language Translator

Todo

• Add unit tests
• Support Google Translate API
• Support Microsoft Translator Text API

Development

Require

• unix shell(e.g. bash, zsh)
  • msys2 on windows (or WSL)
• golang >= 1.7
• make
• glide
• docker
• editor/IDE with editorconfig plugin
• github token

Reference

Many thanks!

• みんなのGo言語
• https://github.com/haya14busa/gtrans
• http://deeeet.com/writing/2016/11/01/go-api-client/