kkinos / dt

A simple command line application to translate with DeepL API.

dt (DeepL Translation)

A simple command line application to translate with DeepL API.

This application only supports DeepL API Free, and does not currently support other APIs.

Installing

go install github.com/kinpoko/dt@latest

Usage

1. Obtain an authentication key for the DeepL API. For information on how to obtain an authentication key, please see the official documentation.
2. Set the authentication key as an environment variable named DEEPL_TOKEN.

.bashrc

export DEEPL_TOKEN=<authentication key>

3. Translate text using the following command:

dt Hello World
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Use the -h flag to view the help menu and command line options:

dt -h
A simple command line application to translate with deepl API.

Usage:
  dt [text] [flags]

Flags:
  -h, --help            help for dt
  -s, --source string   source language   (default "en")
  -t, --target string   target language   (default "ja")

Using Pipe

You can use dt with other command line utilities by piping text to the application. For example, to translate the contents of a file named text.txt, you can use the following command:

cat text.txt | xargs dt

This will translate the text in the text.txt file and output the resulting translation to the command line.