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: ```bash

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 v1.30 or higher (with cargo, install using rustup) - git

Then use the following commands: ```bash

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 0.1.0 timvisee timvisee@gmail.com Translate terms using Wikipedia

USAGE: wikitrans [OPTIONS] ...

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

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

ARGS: ... 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.