## The PowerShell Script **translate-text.ps1**

This PowerShell script translates text into other languages.

## Parameters
```powershell
translate-text.ps1 [[-Text] <String>] [[-SourceLangCode] <String>] [[-TargetLangCode] <String>] [<CommonParameters>]

-Text <String>
    Specifies the text to translate
    
    Required?                    false
    Position?                    1
    Default value                
    Accept pipeline input?       false
    Accept wildcard characters?  false

-SourceLangCode <String>
    
    Required?                    false
    Position?                    2
    Default value                en
    Accept pipeline input?       false
    Accept wildcard characters?  false

-TargetLangCode <String>
    
    Required?                    false
    Position?                    3
    Default value                any
    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-text "Hello World" de en

```

## Notes
Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0

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

## Source Code
```powershell
<#
.SYNOPSIS
	Translates text into other languages
.DESCRIPTION
	This PowerShell script translates text into other languages.
.PARAMETER Text
	Specifies the text to translate
.PARAMETER SourceLang
	Specifies the source language
.PARAMETER TargetLang
	Specifies the target language
.EXAMPLE
	PS> ./translate-text "Hello World" de en
.LINK
	https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell
.NOTES
	Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0
#>

param([string]$Text = "", [string]$SourceLangCode = "en", [string]$TargetLangCode = "any")

function UseLibreTranslate { param([string]$Text, [string]$SourceLangCode, [string]$TargetLangCode)
	$Parameters = @{"q"="$Text"; "source"="$SourceLangCode"; "target"="$TargetLangCode"; }
	$Result = (Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://translate.mentality.rip/translate -Method POST -Body ($Parameters|ConvertTo-Json) -ContentType "application/json" -useBasicParsing).content | ConvertFrom-Json
	return $Result.translatedText
}

try {
	if ($Text -eq "" ) { $Text = read-host "Enter text to translate" }

	if ($TargetLangCode -eq "any") {
		$TargetLangCodes = "ar","de","es","fr","ga","hi","it","ja","ko","pt","ru","zh"
		foreach($TargetLangCode in $TargetLangCodes) {
			$Translation = UseLibreTranslate $Text $SourceLangCode $TargetLangCode
			write-output "$($TargetLangCode): $Translation"
		}
	} else {
		$Translation = UseLibreTranslate $Text $SourceLangCode $TargetLangCode
		write-output "$Translation"
	}
	exit 0 # success
} catch {
	"⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])"
	exit 1
}
```

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