Command line¶

google_translate module comes with a command line script for Linux.

Usage¶

google-translate [mode] [options] word(s)

Run google-translate –help to see a list with available options.

Translate single word:

google-translate -d el "hello world"

Translate multiple words:

google-translate -d el car dog cat sun

Get additional translations in json format:

google-translate --additional -d el -o json house

Detect source language:

google-translate -m detect car

Use a proxy:

google-translate -d russian --proxy "127.0.0.1:8080" hello

Add extra HTTP headers:

google-translate -d russian hello --header "User-Agent:yolo" --header "Message:from russia with love"

Translate file:

google-translate -d greek file://myfile.txt

Note

Currently the google-translate script supports only one file.