PowerShell/Docs/translate-file.md

The PowerShell Script: translate-file.ps1

This PowerShell script translates a text file into another language.

Parameters

translate-file.ps1 [[-File] <String>] [[-SourceLang] <String>] [[-TargetLang] <String>] [<CommonParameters>]

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

-SourceLang <String>
    Specifies the source language
    
    Required?                    false
    Position?                    2
    Default value                
    Accept pipeline input?       false
    Accept wildcard characters?  false

-TargetLang <String>
    Specifies the target language
    
    Required?                    false
    Position?                    3
    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

PS> ./translate-file C:\Memo.txt en de

Notes

Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0

Related Links

https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell

Source Code

<#
.SYNOPSIS
	Translates a text file into another language 
.DESCRIPTION
	This PowerShell script translates a text file into another language.
.PARAMETER File
	Specifies the file to translate
.PARAMETER SourceLang
	Specifies the source language
.PARAMETER TargetLang
	Specifies the target language
.EXAMPLE
	PS> ./translate-file C:\Memo.txt en de
.LINK
	https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell
.NOTES
	Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0
#>

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 # success
} catch {
	"⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])"
	exit 1
}

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