Rofi translate

Simple rofi script for translation based on translate shell

Demo

Brief mode

Brief translation, provide simple translation with pronunciation audio.

Verbose mode

Provide detail of specific translation

Requirement

• rofi
• translate shell
• mplayer (without it you can't play the audio file)

Archlinux

sudo pacman -S translate-shell rofi mplayer

Install

Download rofi-translate

git clone https://github.com/garyparrot/rofi-translate
cd rofi-translate

Configure environment variables

Edit .xprofile, add the following line.

export PATH=~/rofi-translate:$PATH

Usage

shell

$ rofi_trans
$ rofi_trans brief
$ rofi_trans verbose
$ rofi_trans delete

Add key binding for i3-wm

bindsym $mod+t exec rofi_trans

Configuration of rofi-translate

Open the file rofi_trans with your text editor. Then make changes to these environment variables.

function Configs {
    # the default translation engine for translate-shell.
    export primary_translator="google"

    # the alternative translation engine for translate-shell. Once the primary engine malfunctioned, the secondary engine replace it.
    export secondary_translator="bing"

    # the file use to storing your translating history.
    export transHistory="$HOME/.rofi_trans"

    # Directory for cache audio files
    export transAudioCacheDir="$HOME/.rofi_trans_audio"

    # target language for translation
    export transTarget="zh-TW"

    # transArgs: Arguement for translate shell
    export transArgs="-b -speak"

    # display some debug information, run it in shell so you can see it
    export verbose="1"

    # auto refresh the content of each mode after every operation, this will cause the rofi flash(close and open)
    export auto_refresh="1"

    export version=1
}