<# .SYNOPSIS translate-file.ps1 [] [] [] .DESCRIPTION Translates the given text file into another language and prints the result. .EXAMPLE PS> .\translate-file.ps1 C:\Memo.txt en de .NOTES Author: Markus Fleschutz · License: CC0 .LINK https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell #> param([string]$File = "", [string]$SourceLang = "", [string]$TargetLang = "") function UseLibreTranslate { param([string]$Text, [string]$SourceLang, [string]$TargetLang) $Parameters = @{"q"="$Text"; "source"="$SourceLang"; "target"="$TargetLang"; } $Result = (Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://libretranslate.com/translate -Method POST -Body ($Parameters|ConvertTo-Json) -ContentType "application/json").content | ConvertFrom-Json start-sleep -milliseconds 3000 # 20 requests per minute maximum return $Result.translatedText } try { if ($File -eq "" ) { $File = read-host "Enter path to file" } if ($SourceLang -eq "" ) { $SourceLang = read-host "Enter language used in this file" } if ($TargetLang -eq "" ) { $TargetLang = read-host "Enter language to translate to" } $Lines = Get-Content -path $File foreach($Line in $Lines) { if ("$Line" -eq "") { write-output "$Line"; continue } if ("$Line" -eq " ") { write-output "$Line"; continue } if ("$Line" -like "===*") { write-output "$Line"; continue } if ("$Line" -like "---*") { write-output "$Line"; continue } if ("$Line" -like "!*(/*)") { write-output "$Line"; continue } $Result = UseLibreTranslate $Line $SourceLang $TargetLang write-output $Result } exit 0 } catch { write-error "⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])" exit 1 }