## The *translate-files.ps1* Script

This PowerShell script translates text files into any supported language.

## Parameters
```powershell
/home/mf/Repos/PowerShell/Scripts/translate-files.ps1 [[-FilePattern] <String>] [<CommonParameters>]

-FilePattern <String>
    Specifies the file pattern
    
    Required?                    false
    Position?                    1
    Default value                
    Accept pipeline input?       false
    Accept wildcard characters?  false

[<CommonParameters>]
    This script supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug, ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, 
    WarningVariable, OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable.
```

## Example
```powershell
PS> ./translate-files C:\Temp\*.txt

```

## Notes
Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0

## Related Links
https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell

## Source Code
```powershell
<#
.SYNOPSIS
	Translates text files
.DESCRIPTION
	This PowerShell script translates text files into any supported language.
.PARAMETER FilePattern
	Specifies the file pattern
.EXAMPLE
	PS> ./translate-files C:\Temp\*.txt
.LINK
	https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell
.NOTES
	Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0
#>

param([string]$FilePattern = "")

function DetectSourceLang { param([string]$Filename)
	if ("$Filename" -like "*Deutsch*")  { return "de" }
	if ("$Filename" -like "*English*")  { return "en" }
	if ("$Filename" -like "*Français*") { return "fr" }
	return "unknown"
}

function TranslateFilename { param([string]$Filename, [string]$SourceLang, [string]$TargetLang)
	[string]$SourceLanguage = ""
	if ($SourceLang -eq "de") { $SourceLanguage = "Deutsch" }
	if ($SourceLang -eq "en") { $SourceLanguage = "English" }
	if ($SourceLang -eq "fr") { $SourceLanguage = "Français" }
	$TargetLanguage = ("$PSScriptRoot/translate-text.ps1 $SourceLanguage $SourceLang $TargetLang")
	return $Filename.replace($SourceLanguage, $TargetLanguage)
}

try {
	if ($FilePattern -eq "" ) { $FilePattern = read-host "Enter the file pattern" }

	$TargetLanguages = "ar","zh","fr","de","hi","ga","it","ja","ko","pt","ru","es"
	$SourceFiles = get-childItem -path "$FilePattern"
	foreach($SourceFile in $SourceFiles) {
		$SourceLang = DetectSourceLang $SourceFile
		foreach($TargetLang in $TargetLanguages) {
			if ($SourceLang -eq $TargetLang) { continue }
			$TargetFile = TranslateFilename $SourceFile $SourceLang $TargetLang
			& "$PSScriptRoot/translate-file.ps1" $SourceFile $SourceLang $TargetLang > $TargetFile
		}
	}
	exit 0 # success
} catch {
	"⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])"
	exit 1
}
```

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