Wofi translate

Simple wofi script for translation based on translate shell

Demo

Brief mode

Brief translation, provide simple translation with pronunciation audio.

Verbose mode

Provide detail of specific translation

Requirement

• wofi
• translate shell
• mplayer (without it you can't play the audio file)
• usleep
• awk
• sed
• tac

Archlinux

sudo pacman -S translate-shell wofi mplayer

Install

Download wofi-translate

git clone https://github.com/imsakg/wofi-translate.git
cd woif-translate

Configure environment variables

Edit .bashrc, add the following line.

export PATH=~/wofi-translate:$PATH

Usage

shell

$ wofi_trans
$ wofi_trans brief
$ wofi_trans verbose
$ wofi_trans delete

Add key binding for i3-wm

bindsym $mod+t exec wofi_trans

Add key binding for hyprland

bind = SUPER SHIFT, T, exec, wofi_trans

Configuration of wofi-translate

Open the file wofi_trans with your text editor. Then make changes to these environment variables.

function Configs {
    # the default translation engine for translate-shell.
    export primary_translator="google"

    # the alternative translation engine for translate-shell. Once the primary engine malfunctioned, the secondary engine replace it.
    export secondary_translator="bing"

    # the file use to storing your translating history.
    export transHistory="$HOME/.wofi_trans"

    # Directory for cache audio files
    export transAudioCacheDir="$HOME/.wofi_trans_audio"

    # target language for translation
    export transTarget="en"

    # transArgs: Arguement for translate shell
    export transArgs="-b -speak"

    # display some debug information, run it in shell so you can see it
    export verbose="1"

    # auto refresh the content of each mode after every operation, this will cause the wofi flash(close and open)
    export auto_refresh="1"

    export version=1
}