DeepLCMD

DeepLCMD is a Python-based command line tool that utilizes the DeepL API to translate text and documents into a variety of languages.

Features

• Translate text directly from the command line
• Translate documents from a given file path
• Supports a variety of target languages

Installation

pip install deeplcmd

Please, note. You may want to create a virtual environment for the installation of the script

python -m venv .venv
.venv/bin/activate

read more about virtual environments here https://docs.python.org/3/library/venv.html

Usage

Before using DeepLCMD, you need to login with your DeepL API key. You can do this directly on the command line using the -k option or by supplying a file containing the key using the -kf option. If no key is provided, you will be prompted to enter it.

deeplcmd login -k YOUR_API_KEY

OR

deeplcmd login -kf PATH_TO_YOUR_KEYFILE

OR

Open an interactive login. Will prompt you for either a filepath or a key

deeplcmd login

You can translate text using the text command:

deeplcmd text -tl TARGET_LANGUAGE "Your text here"

You can also translate documents using the file command:

deeplcmd file -tl TARGET_LANGUAGE INPUT_FILE OUTPUT_FILE

In both cases, replace TARGET_LANGUAGE with the language you want to translate to.

Please note that the use of the DeepL API you will need to obtain API key from https://www.deepl.com/pro-api?cta=header-pro-api