translate - represents the GUI of the package translate-shell and translates a word or a phrase from a source language into a target language (provided by Starbuntu)

translate

By means of the Starbuntu program translate you can translate a word or a phrase from any source language into any target language. This program represents a graphical user interface of the command line application trans from the package translate-shell which resorts to the Google translator.

After calling up the program, a window opens with the two tabs "Target Language" and "Source Language", each containing an extensive list of languages. To select, first activate the respective tab with the TAB key and then type in the first letters of the desired language until it is highlighted. If the source or target language matches the language defined in the user profile $HOME/.profile, the language selection can be omitted in this case. Confirm the selection of the target and source language with 'OK'.

Now a text input box opens in which you type a word or a phrase of the source language. The input gets saved in the history file $HOME/.config/gtk-3.0/lemma.history and it can be retrieved later by clicking on the arrow on the right.

After confirming the entry, a further window displays the desired translation alternatives.

/usr/local/bin/translate
$HOME/.config/gtk-3.0/lemma.history
$HOME/.profile

Peter Starfinger <info@die-starfingers.de>

Command line application "trans"