<# .SYNOPSIS Translates text files .DESCRIPTION This PowerShell script translates text files into multiple languages. .PARAMETER filePattern Specifies the file pattern of the text file(s) to be translated .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 of the text file(s) to be translated" } $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 }