wikitrans

Super simple CLI tool for translating words/terms using Wikipedia.

Services such as Google Translate usually aren't accurate for translating technical terms, this tool provides an alternative by using the Wikipedia database with user defined translations.

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This tool uses skim as interactive selection interface.

Usage

Using this tool is stupidly simple:

# Translate term with interactive language selection
wikitrans rust

# Translate term with specified languages
wikitrans rust --language en --translate nl rust
# or
wikitrans rust -l en -t nl rust

Installation

To install this tool, clone the repository and install it with cargo.

First make sure you meet the following build requirements:

• Rust v1.31 or higher (with cargo, install using rustup)
• git

Then use the following commands:

# Clone the repository
git clone https://gitlab.com/timvisee/wikitrans.git

# Compile and install wikitrans
cargo install --path wikitrans

# To update, use
cargo install --path wikitrans --force

Help

$ wikitrans --help

wikitrans 0.1.2
timvisee <timvisee@gmail.com>
Translate terms using Wikipedia

USAGE:
    wikitrans [OPTIONS] <TERM>...

FLAGS:
    -h, --help       Prints help information
    -V, --version    Prints version information

OPTIONS:
    -l, --language <language>      The search language tag [aliases: search]
    -t, --translate <translate>    The translate language tag

ARGS:
    <TERM>...    The term to search and translate

License

This project is released under the GNU GPL-3.0 license. Check out the LICENSE file for more information.