= tranexp
* http://tranexp.rubyforge.org
== DESCRIPTION:
Translates words or phrases from one language to another, using
http://www.tranexp.com:2000/Translate/result.shtml
== FEATURES/PROBLEMS:
Has a command-line and API.
=== Command Line
To translate some text from Danish to English:
cat some_danish_text.txt | tranexp dan eng
echo "jeg ville like en flaske vin" | tranexp nor
I would like a bottle of wine
That is, you pass the input text via STDIN. The default target language is English ('eng').
=== API
To translate some text from English to Norwegian:
translate = Tranexp::Http.new
english = translate.translate("metoder", Tranexp::Http::Norwegian, Tranexp::Http::English)
english = translate.translate("metoder", "nor", "eng")
Or use the dynamic helper:
translate.from_nor_to_eng("metoder")
== SYNOPSIS
* Translates between the following languages:
"English" => "eng",
"BrazilianPortuguese" => "pob",
"Bulgarian" => "bul",
"Croatian" => "cro",
"Czech" => "che",
"Danish" => "dan",
"Dutch" => "dut",
"Spanish" => "spa",
"Finnish" => "fin",
"French" => "fre",
"German" => "ger",
"Greek" => "grk",
"Hungarian" => "hun",
"Icelandic" => "ice",
"Italian" => "ita",
"Japanese" => "jpn",
"Latin American Spanish" => "spl",
"Norwegian" => "nor",
"Filipino" => "tag",
"Polish" => "pol",
"Portuguese" => "poe",
"Romanian" => "rom",
"Russian" => "rus",
"Serbian" => "sel",
"Slovenian" => "slo",
"Swedish" => "swe",
"Welsh" => "wel",
"Turkish" => "tur",
"Latin" => "ltt"
Future versions might support the 2 character abbreviations for languages; currently
it just supports the 3 character codes used within tranexp.
== REQUIREMENTS:
* mechanize rubygem
* internet connection
== INSTALL:
* gem install tranexp
Or fetch the source from:
* github: http://github.com/drnic/tranexp/tree/master
git clone git://github.com/drnic/tranexp.git
cd tranexp
rake test
rake install_gem
* rubyforge: http://rubyforge.org/scm/?group_id=6064
git clone git://rubyforge.org/tranexp.git
cd tranexp
rake test
rake install_gem
== LICENSE:
Copyright (c) 2008 Dr Nic Williams
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
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