PowerShell/docs/translate-text.md
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*translate-text.ps1*
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This PowerShell script translates text into other languages.
Parameters
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```powershell
PS> ./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 all
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" en all
```
Notes
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Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0
Related Links
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https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell
Script Content
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```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 (English by default)
.PARAMETER TargetLang
Specifies the target language (all by default)
.EXAMPLE
PS> ./translate-text "Hello World" en all
.LINK
https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell
.NOTES
Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0
#>
param([string]$Text = "", [string]$SourceLangCode = "en", [string]$TargetLangCode = "all")
function UseLibreTranslate { param([string]$Text, [string]$SourceLangCode, [string]$TargetLangCode)
$Parameters = @{"q"="$Text"; "source"="$SourceLangCode"; "target"="$TargetLangCode"; }
$Result = (Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://libretranslate.de/translate -Method POST -Body ($Parameters|ConvertTo-Json) -ContentType "application/json" -useBasicParsing).content | ConvertFrom-Json
return $Result.translatedText
}
try {
if ($Text -eq "" ) { $Text = Read-Host "Enter the text to translate" }
if ($TargetLangCode -eq "all") {
$TargetLangCodes = "ar","de","es","fr","ga","hi","it","ja","ko","pt","ru","zh"
foreach($TargetLangCode in $TargetLangCodes) {
$Translation = UseLibreTranslate $Text $SourceLangCode $TargetLangCode
Write-Output "$($TargetLangCode): $Translation"
Start-Sleep -seconds 6 # 10 requests maximum per minute
}
} 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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