translate-file.md

Script: translate-file.ps1

This PowerShell script translates the given text file into another language and writes the output on the console.

Parameters

PS> ./translate-file.ps1 [[-File] <String>] [[-SourceLang] <String>] [[-TargetLang] <String>] [<CommonParameters>]

-File <String>
    Specifies the path to the file to be translated
    
    Required?                    false
    Position?                    1
    Default value                
    Accept pipeline input?       false
    Accept wildcard characters?  false

-SourceLang <String>
    Specifies the source language
    
    Required?                    false
    Position?                    2
    Default value                
    Accept pipeline input?       false
    Accept wildcard characters?  false

-TargetLang <String>
    Specifies the target language
    
    Required?                    false
    Position?                    3
    Default value                
    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

PS> ./translate-file C:\Memo.txt en de

Notes

Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0

Related Links

https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell

Script Content

<#
.SYNOPSIS
	Translates a text file into another language 
.DESCRIPTION
	This PowerShell script translates the given text file into another language and writes the output on the console.
.PARAMETER File
	Specifies the path to the file to be translated
.PARAMETER SourceLang
	Specifies the source language
.PARAMETER TargetLang
	Specifies the target language
.EXAMPLE
	PS> ./translate-file C:\Memo.txt en de
.LINK
	https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell
.NOTES
	Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0
#>

param([string]$File = "", [string]$SourceLang = "", [string]$TargetLang = "")

function UseLibreTranslate { param([string]$Text, [string]$SourceLang, [string]$TargetLang)
	$Parameters = @{"q"="$Text"; "source"="$SourceLang"; "target"="$TargetLang"; }
	$Result = (Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://libretranslate.de/translate -Method POST -Body ($Parameters|ConvertTo-Json) -ContentType "application/json" -useBasicParsing).content | ConvertFrom-Json
	Start-Sleep -seconds 6 # 10 requests per minute maximum
	return $Result.translatedText
}

try {
	if ($File -eq "" ) { $File = Read-Host "Enter the file path" }
	if ($SourceLang -eq "" ) { $SourceLang = Read-Host "Enter the source language" }
	if ($TargetLang -eq "" ) { $TargetLang = Read-Host "Enter the target language" }

	$Lines = Get-Content -path $File
	foreach($Line in $Lines) {
		if ("$Line" -eq "") { Write-Output "$Line"; continue }
		if ("$Line" -eq " ") { Write-Output "$Line"; continue }
		if ("$Line" -like "===*") { Write-Output "$Line"; continue }
		if ("$Line" -like "---*") { Write-Output "$Line"; continue }
		if ("$Line" -like "!*(/*)") { Write-Output "$Line"; continue }
		$Result = UseLibreTranslate $Line $SourceLang $TargetLang
		Write-Output $Result
	}
	exit 0 # success
} catch {
	"⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])"
	exit 1
}

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