translate-cli

Use web translation service in terminal, without requiring any additional API registration.

Supported services

• Google Translate
• DeepL

Dependency

• puppeteer-core: core library of puppeteer, headless Chrome
• commander: argument options parser

Installation

npm i puppeteer-core commander

Usage

Usage: ./translate.js [-p <path>] [-f <from_lang] [-t <to_lang>] [-s <service>] <text>

Options:
  -p, --path <binary_path>  path to chrome/chromium binary
                            default "/usr/bin/chromium"
  -f, --from <lang_iso>     language ISO code of text to translate
                            default "en"
  -t, --to <lang_iso>       language ISO code of target language
                            default "en"
  -s, --service <service>   supported service: google, deepl
                            default "goodle"
  -h, --help                display help for command

Examples

• Translate text to EN:

$ ./translate.js Schnappi Das Kleine Krokodil
Schnappi the little crocodil

• Translate text to DE:

$ ./translate.js -t de 'Hold my beer'
Halte mein Bier

• Translate text to Simplified Chinese, using DeepL:

$ ./translate.js -t zh -s deepl 'stay the fuck home'
宅在家里