Trans_tray translation program

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fredx181 · #1 Post by **fredx181** » Sun 22 Sep 2019, 10:22

*** Trans_tray translation program ***

Update 2020-05-29 version 1.1.0 attached, see here for changes info:
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 24#1059324
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Hi All, attached "trans-tray_1.0.0_noarch.pet" including the latest trans_tray version (v6) and 'trans' see https://github.com/soimort/translate-shell
Development thread: http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=116794
If there comes any further development I will update the .pet accordingly here.
After install it appears in menu category 'Utility'

Requirements:
- gawk (version 4.0 or higher)
Check the gawk version with:

Code: Select all

gawk -V

(most modern Puppies should have it)
- yad (version 0.37 or higher)
(if you have lower version of yad, .pet packages version 0.40 attached below)
- xclip (most puppies have it included)
As stated above the 'trans' script is included in the pet (/usr/local/bin/trans)

Usage: From right-click icon > Help:
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*** Trans-tray usage help ***

Make your preferred settings by right clicking on the icon and:
- Select translator, e.g. Google, Bing, Yandex (or All).
(note that Yandex may not work often)
- Select language(s) you wish to translate to (Select target language ...), a list will appear then, selecting multiple languages is supported.

- Select some text (no need to copy, just select it), e.g. in browser or text file.
Then by left-clicking the icon, a window will appear with the translated text.

- From menu (right-click) there are some other options, e.g:
- Preferences, to change some default settings, set text-editor
- Translate webpage
- Dialogue mode for translating to two languages of choice side by side
- Set keyboard layout (temporarily)

For installing or upgrading 'trans', select from Menu 'Install/Upgrade trans'.
Required also is to have 'xclip' installed.
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Fred

fredx181 · #2 Post by **fredx181** » Fri 27 Dec 2019, 18:19

Downloaded almost 100 times and no reply, why ?

Fred

stemsee · #3 Post by **stemsee** » Fri 27 Dec 2019, 19:12

When something is wrong there will be a reply

josejp2424 · #4 Post by **josejp2424** » Fri 27 Dec 2019, 19:14

fredx181 wrote:Downloaded almost 100 times and no reply, why ?

Fred

There is no bug to report.

excellent job, the one they did.

thanks fredx181

keniv · #5 Post by **keniv** » Fri 27 Dec 2019, 19:34

Hello Fred,
Just seen this and thought I'd give it a try as I have a Christmas card from friends in Germany which has a joke in German. I should be able to translate it myself as I had to do "Technical German" as part of a Chemistry degree, however, this was over 50yrs ago and I don't remember much German. As Google was already ticked I left it to do the translating. Took me a minute or two to work out how to get it to translate. Might be better if "Translate" was one of the choices in the "Trans" window. Here's what I got after translating just six words of German.

Regards,

Ken.

musher0 · #6 Post by **musher0** » Fri 27 Dec 2019, 21:40

Oh! fredx181 wants a complaint?

Here's one!

The DeepLTranslator is NOT included in the list of translation engines.
IMO it's the best for European languages.

BFN.

fredx181 · #7 Post by **fredx181** » Fri 27 Dec 2019, 22:58

Thanks all for the replies, I guess I expected at least one thanks and one or more complaints, so it's ok for me now

keniv wrote:Hello Fred,
Just seen this and thought I'd give it a try as I have a Christmas card from friends in Germany which has a joke in German. I should be able to translate it myself as I had to do "Technical German" as part of a Chemistry degree, however, this was over 50yrs ago and I don't remember much German. As Google was already ticked I left it to do the translating. Took me a minute or two to work out how to get it to translate. Might be better if "Translate" was one of the choices in the "Trans" window. Here's what I got after translating just six words of German.

Yes, one needs to know how it works, from the (right-click) Help:

- Select some text (no need to copy, just select it), e.g. in browser or text file.
Then by left-clicking the icon, a window will appear with the translated text.

musher0 wrote:The DeepLTranslator is NOT included in the list of translation engines.
IMO it's the best for European languages.

Thanks very much for the complaint

The DeepLTranslator is good indeed but unfortunately it is not supported by "trans" (the underlying program performing the actual translating).

Fred

bpuppy · #8 Post by **bpuppy** » Sat 28 Dec 2019, 15:47

Superb !!
Exactly what I needed.

Thanks Fred.

some1 · #9 Post by **some1** » Sat 28 Dec 2019, 21:39

@Fred:Nice and enthusiastic work

DeepL have rather restrictive policies with
respect to their property.

The developer of trans can not support DeepL.

https://www.deepl.com/pro-license.html#pro

Google,Bing,Yandex have - seemingly - more lenient policies/strategies.

EU ought to get their act together - and
provide a free top-notch translation-service,
which the locals could hook into.

keniv · #10 Post by **keniv** » Sat 28 Dec 2019, 22:37

fredx181 wrote: Yes, one needs to know how it works, from the (right-click) Help:

- Select some text (no need to copy, just select it), e.g. in browser or text file.
Then by left-clicking the icon, a window will appear with the translated text.

Yep,when all else fails one should read the instructions. However, this little program is a keeper for me.

Regards,

Ken

fredx181 · #11 Post by **fredx181** » Thu 21 May 2020, 09:28

I've found that the Bing translator doesn't work anymore, but upgrading trans should fix it.
From right-click menu of the tray-icon > Install/Upgrade trans

Fred

666philb · #12 Post by **666philb** » Fri 29 May 2020, 17:16

hi fredx181,

i really like trans_tray and i'm including it i fossapup (as well as your redshift).
i actually use it quite a lot on irc #puppylinux chat.

A feature i would like is for the translate window to display what language the translation is from as it's not always obvious.
at the moment if it isn't obvious you have to make a best guess for the language in 'dialog mode'

cheers

phil

fredx181 · #13 Post by **fredx181** » Fri 29 May 2020, 18:31

Hello phil,

Long time back since I looked at the script, but yes, should be possible showing from which language, I'll look into it, I know trans has the --identify option.

Fred

fredx181 · #14 Post by **fredx181** » Fri 29 May 2020, 20:09

New trans_tray version 1.1.0, attached at first post, changes:

- Shows the source language (auto detected) now in the main window, e.g. Translating from Spanish to English...
(may not always be exactly correct)
- Included latest "trans" version, the included one in previous trans_tray version was outdated.

Fred

666philb · #15 Post by **666philb** » Mon 01 Jun 2020, 15:40

perfect!

thanks fredx181

pcplague2 · #16 Post by **pcplague2** » Mon 01 Jun 2020, 16:00

User pencilandpaper in the forum freenode/#puppylinux requested to send you fredx181 a big thanks for the program.
He's not registered in the forum.

Keep up the good work.

Thanks

Paulo Pestana

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