Auto Translate for Fedora

I created this project to fulfill my own requirements.

Usage is very simple. Follow the steps below:

Download this file.

Go to Fedora Settings/Keyboard/View and Customize Shortcuts/Custom Shortcuts.

Create a new shortcut and type the following command:

gnome-terminal -e "/path/to/file/auto-translate-for-fedora/google-translate.sh"

Note: Replace /path/to/file with the actual path where the project is located.

Setting File Permissions

To execute the script, you need to give executable permission to the script file. Follow the steps below:

Open a terminal.

Navigate to the directory where the script file is located:

cd /path/to/file

Note: Replace /path/to/file with the actual path where the script file is located.

Give executable permission to the script file:

chmod +x google-translate.sh

Advice

In this application, every time you execute the code, it opens a new tab in Chrome. I couldn't find a way to handle the scenario where "if there is already one or more Google Translate tabs open, don't open a new tab, just send a query to the existing tab."

To simplify the problem, I recommend using a Chrome extension called "Tab Wrangler" to automatically close existing tabs. It is a free extension and works fine.

Required Downloads

xdotool --> sudo apt-get install xdotool

Google Chrome --> install basic chrome browser