translator.library with language support

[echo2go]

Is it possible to add support for a newer translator.library?
Under https://aminet.net/package/util/libs/translator42 you will found a version with language support. The source of it is found under https://aminet.net/package/dev/src/trans42src

[arthurchoung]

No I am only interested in the original one from Mark Barton. This version seems to require more parts of the Amiga OS to be simulated.
However since the source exists, it would make more sense to modernize that and remove the Amiga dependencies, all you really need is the output from the program, the code integrating with the Amiga system is not necessary.

[nicodex]

As mentioned, the original V42 source code could/should be ported.

However, if you want to play with modified binaries without source code, you might play around with this branch:

$ git clone --recurse-submodules --branch=translator42 https://github.com/nicodex/AmigaNarrator.git AmigaNarrator42
$ cd AmigaNarrator42/
$ make
$ ./translateas --help

If everything is in place (Accents/*.accent, Devs/narrator.device, Libs/v33_translator.library):

$ (\
  TEXT="$(\
    echo 'Können wir das schaffen? \american{Yes, we can!}' \
    | iconv -t ISO-8859-1//IGNORE -)" \
  && (echo "${TEXT}" | iconv -f ISO-8859-1 -) \
  && TRANS="$(./translateas 'deutsch' "${TEXT}" 2>/dev/null)" \
  && echo "${TRANS}" \
  && (\
    ./narrator "$TRANS" 2>/dev/null \
    | ffplay -f s8 -ar 22200 -ac 1 -autoexit -nodisp -hide_banner - 2>/dev/null \
  )\
)

(example requires iconv for the Umlaut conversion from UTF-8 to Latin-1 and ffplay, because aplay cannot play the sound on my machine)