dict-tiny 1.1.3

A command-line translator was implemented in Plumbum. Google Translate and DeepL Translator and Youdao. Just for fun :)

Dict-tiny

A command line translator that integrates with Google Translate, DeepL Translator and youdao.com

Just for fun :)

Installation

You can install dict-tiny via the pip package manager. (Python 3 only)

$ pip install dict-tiny

Upgrading

$ pip install --upgrade dict-tiny

Usage

DeepL Translator

Adding -d / --deepl to use DeepL Translator API:

$ dict-tiny -d easy come easy go
>>> DeepL Translator
detected language: EN
input: easy come easy go
output: 来得容易去得快

Specify the target translation language as French via the --target-language:

$ dict-tiny -d easy come easy go  --target-language FR
>>> DeepL Translator
detected language: EN
input: easy come easy go
output: ça va, ça vient

Note:

• Make sure the google service is available in your network environment.
• The target-language parameter is required for deepl translator API. The default target-language is ZH.
• You can view the list of target languages here.
• The current account translation quota is 500,000 characters per month. If the quota is exhausted, you can use Google Translate. Enter the content you actually want to translate, please do not abuse this feature.

Google Translation

Adding -g / --google to use Google Translation API:

$ dict-tiny -g book
>>> Google Translate
detected language: en
input: book
output: 书

Adding --target-language to specify what language you want to translate into：

$ dict-tiny -g book --target-language japanese
>>> Google Translate
detected language: en
input: book
output: 本

Adding --source-language to specify what language you want to translate, but most of the time you don't need to do this because the API will automatically detect the language type.

So, of course, you can use it to detect the language type:

$ dict-tiny --detect-language book
>>> Google detect language
confidence: 1
input: book
language: en
name: English

Note:

• Make sure the google service is available in your network environment.

• The source and target languages for Google Translate are identified using the iso-639-1 codes.

  $ dict-tiny -g book --target-language zh --source-language en
  >>> Google Translate
  input: book
  output: 书
  source language: en
  

  You can also enter the ISO language name:

  $ dict-tiny -g book --target-language German --source-language English
  >>> Google Translate
  input: book
  output: Buchen
  source language: English
  

Target language

• Setting the environment variable $DICT_TINY_TARGET_LAN to the target language you prefer so that you do not have to specify the target language every time. Dict-tiny will first get target language from $DICT_TINY_TARGET_LAN. Giving the --target-language switch on the command line will override the environment variable value.
• The default target-language for Goole Translate and DeepL are ENGLISH_ISO_639='en' and EN-US if you do not specify a target-language includes giving --target-language switch on the command line and setting $DICT_TINY_TARGET_LAN environment variable.

Default behavior

• If your input is a sentence or more than one word, the DeepL Translator will be called automatically.

• If your input is a word and you don't add any switch, then the default behavior is to use youdao.com to translate between English and Chinese. In other words, you have to input a Chinese words or an English words, forgive me, because I am an English learner :smile_cat:

$ dict-tiny book
book  英[bʊk]美[bʊk]
===================
n. 书籍；卷；账簿；名册；工作簿
vt. 预订；登记
n. (Book)人名；(中)卜(广东话·威妥玛)；(朝)北；(英)布

$ dict-tiny 书
书  [shū]
=========
n.book;letter;script
vt.write

Use -m/--more to get more detail translation for word:

$ dict-tiny 曾经 -m
曾经  [céng jīng]
=================
adv.once;ever

more detail:
======== 副词 ========
1:
  （表示有过某些行为或情况） once:
  He once lived in Shanghai.
  他曾经在上海住过。
  She has taken part in a major battle for oil.
  她曾经参加过石油大会战。

$ dict-tiny dictionary -m
dictionary  英['dɪkʃ(ə)n(ə)rɪ]美['dɪkʃə'nɛri]
=============================================
n. 字典；词典

more detail (collins):
======== N-COUNT 可数名词 ========
 · 词典

A dictionary is a book in which the words and phrases of a language are listed alphabetically, together with their meanings or their translations in another language.


 例: ...a Spanish-English dictionary.
     …一本西班牙语—英语词典。

Note:

• Some words have a lot of translation that may occupy the entire screen.

Translate the word in clipboard

Using -c/--clipboard to translate the word in clipboard:

$ dict-tiny -c
命令行  
======
command line

You can use both -g and -c.

$ dict-tiny -g -c
>>> Google Translate
input: clipboard
output: 剪贴板
detected language: en

Note:

• Adding -c and -m at the same time, which means get more detail translation about the word in clipboard.

• -c/--clipboard has low priority. If you add -c and a word at the same time, the switch -c will be ignored.

License

MIT