Summary
If you love the command-line and looking for a translation service, Translate Shell ticks all the boxes. Translate Shell by default translates the source text into the language of your locale.
It offers a good range of features, it’s extremely lean, highly configurable, supports a good range of engines and it’s easy to use. Use it as a dictionary, or as a translator.
We really like the simplicity of translating web pages. For example, to view the homepage of LinuxLinks in French type:
trans :fr https://www.linuxlinks.com
This will open up your default web browser with a French translation of our homepage. You can then view every article in French.
Translate Shell works on all the main operating systems.
Website: www.soimort.org/translate-shell
Support: GitHub Code Repository
Developer: Mort Yao and contributors
License: Free and unencumbered software released into the public domain. A license with no conditions whatsoever.
Pages in this article:
Page 1 – Introduction / Installation
Page 2 – In Operation
Page 3 – Other Features
Page 4 – Summary
Related Software
| Translators | |
|---|---|
| LibreTranslate | Machine translation API which is entirely self-hosted |
| Argos Translate | State of the art neural machine translation software. |
| Speech Note | Combines Speech to Text, Text to Speech and Machine Translation |
| Translate Shell | CLI powered by Google Translate, Bing Translator, Yandex, and Apertium |
| Crow Translate | Cross-platform, lightweight, translator |
| translateLocally | Translation on your local machine with a GUI |
| Dialect | Translation app for GNOME |
| MoonTranslator | Minimalist desktop translation app with hotkeys and multiple services |
| Klaro | Simple and fast translation app |
| Glate | Google Translator and Text To Speech Service on Linux Desktop |
| LocalTranslate | Machine translation locally using Firefox translation models |
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