How to add online dictionaries feature (mainly google translator) for GoldenDict
Right now a discussed solution is in html with an iframe. Is there a simple translation script/app that read a sting variable in and return it translated ?
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Translate-shell
Translate-shell use different online translation services... we could integrate the whole application or some of it's source to provide translation to goldendict.
https://github.com/soimort/translate-shell
Quick Solution Using Translate-Shell
GoldenDict have a Programs feature in the dictionary settings section so an easy way to add an online translation feature would be to use one of those two command line tools translate-shell or the python script doodle-translate
As an example of French/English translation with google under Program section we would just add
trans -e google -s en -t fr -show-original y -show-original-phonetics n -show-translation y -no-ansi -show-translation-phonetics n -show-prompt-message n -show-languages y -show-original-dictionary n -show-dictionary n -show-alternatives n "%GDWORD%"
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trans -e google -s fr -t en -show-original y -show-original-phonetics n -show-translation y -no-ansi -show-translation-phonetics n -show-prompt-message n -show-languages y -show-original-dictionary n -show-dictionary n -show-alternatives n "%GDWORD%"
Microsoft Windows Alternative
For windows the same solution could be used but with python + translate or may be cygwin + translate-shell
Here is a capture
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@ITFan i updated the answer, for windows the same solution could be used but with python + translate or may be cygwin + translate-shell– intikaMay 23, 2019 at 7:49
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@ intika pypi.org/project/translate uses Microsoft Translation API not Google translate. I've compared the results and found it's slower and worse comparing to Google translate.– ITFanMay 23, 2019 at 13:42
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then may be the cygwin solution (i did not test it tho) or gnuwin32.sourceforge.net– intikaMay 23, 2019 at 13:51
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"%GDWORD%"you probably forget the quotes this should work with the whole text @RichieHH– intikaFeb 24, 2020 at 8:01