TLP-Translator

TLP means teaching learning packages for non-English native students. This simple script helps you translate all Microsoft Office documents and PDF in a folder recursively. Runs this script target to a share drive (Onedrive), translate all files, and saves it back to another folder.

Setup

Local Python

For Windows, install Python 3, and open powershell run

.\setup.bat

It creates Python virtual environment in .venv folder.

Google Cloud Platform

1. Setup gcloud cli https://cloud.google.com/sdk/docs/install#windows (Just use the installer.)
2. Run gcloud init and you can pick any setup as the Python code will set region and project ID.
3. Run gcloud auth application-default login

Using the script

Open translate.py, and change the constant.

# Constants
PROJECT_ID = "cyrus-testing-2023"
TARGET_LOCALE = "zh-TW"
SOURCE_PATH = r"C:\Users\cyrus\OneDrive - Vocational Training Council - Staff\AY2324_Validation_VQ"
DESTINATION_PATH = os.path.join(
    r"C:\Users\cyrus\OneDrive - Vocational Training Council - Staff\Translated TLP\\", TARGET_LOCALE
)

TARGET_LOCALE please check https://cloud.google.com/translate/docs/languages?_gl=1*gflylq*_up*MQ..&gclid=Cj0KCQjwlvW2BhDyARIsADnIe-LB58TQscwOoPpASZ3yx9Twr2cnrVqzca5tzjY6GBpG0TG1BHzr_28aAl0AEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

Activates the virtual environment and run translate.py

.venv\Scripts\activate
python .\translate.py