Translation Script

This is a simple shell script for translating text between languages using the Google Translate API. It allows you to specify the source and target languages and provides the translated text as output.

Prerequisites

• curl must be installed on your system.
• Access to the Google Translate API.

Usage

The script takes two mandatory arguments:

./translate.sh <language_pair> <text>

Parameters

• <language_pair>: Specify the source and target languages in the format source:target, e.g., pt-BR:en.
• <text>: The text you want to translate.

Example

To translate "ola mundo" from Portuguese (Brazil) to English, run:

./translate.sh pt-BR:en 'ola mundo'

You can also include multiple words or phrases as the text to be translated:

./translate.sh pt-BR:en 'ola mundo' 'como você está?'

Output

The translated text will be printed to the console. If an error occurs during the translation process, an error message will be displayed.

Notes

• Ensure you have an active internet connection, as the script makes a web request to the translation API.
• If the translation API responds with an error, the script will inform you of the issue.
• maybe using an alias would be a good idea bash alias t="clear && ~/Dev/translate-cli/translator.sh"