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Translate from command line, using google translate ajax API

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  1. #!/usr/bin/env bash
  2. #  gtranslate.sh
  3. #  Translate using Google Translate Ajax API:
  4. #  http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/services/language/translate?v=1.0 \
  5. #  &langpair=en|es&q=hello+world
  6. #  More Info: http://code.google.com/apis/ajaxlanguage/documentation/
  7. #  ksaver (at identi.ca), March 2010.
  8. #  Licence: Public Domain Code.
  9.  
  10. progname=$(basename $0)
  11.  
  12. if [ -z "$3" ]
  13. then
  14. 	echo -e "Usage:   $progname lang1 lang2 'string of words to translate...'"
  15. 	echo -e "Example: $progname en es 'Hello World!'\n"
  16. 	exit
  17. fi
  18.  
  19. FROM="$1"
  20. TO="$2"
  21.  
  22. # Google Translate Ajax API Url 
  23. TRANSURL='http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/services/language/translate?v=1.0'
  24. LANGPAIR="$FROM|$TO"
  25. shift 2
  26.  
  27. # Parse string to translate, change ' ' to '+'
  28. # STRING: String to translate.
  29. STRING="$@"
  30. PSTRING=$(echo "$STRING" |tr ' ' '+')
  31.  
  32. # Get translation
  33. RESPONSE=$(/usr/bin/env curl -s -A Mozilla \
  34. 		$TRANSURL'&langpair='$LANGPAIR'&q='$PSTRING)
  35.  
  36. echo -n "$progname> "
  37. # Parse and clean response, to show only translation.
  38. echo "$RESPONSE" |cut -d ':' -f 3 |cut -d '}' -f 1

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