naskio / po-auto-translation

translate PO files automatically for FREE using google translate

po-auto-translation

Process to translate PO files automatically for FREE using Google Translate, the script is written using JavaScript

Requirements

• Node.js (10+)

Steps

1. Clone this repository

   git clone [email protected]:naskio/po-auto-translation.git

2. Install dependencies

   yarn install 
   # or
   npm install

3. Convert your PO file into CSV using the following command

   node index.js untranslated_XX.po > untranslated_XX.csv

4. Upload untranslated_XX.csv to Google Sheet

5. Use the formula

   =GOOGLETRANSLATE(A2;"en";"ar")
   

6. Convert the translated columns to text using Copy the column then paste values only

7. Export file to CSV translated_XX.csv (download CSV)

8. Convert the CSV file to PO file using the following command

   node index.js untranslated_XX.po translated_XX.csv > translated_XX.po

po-auto-translation's Issues

Only a comment :)

Well, this repo is not so user-friendly, the kind of code that we look and think, what kind of shit is that?... But helps a lot. Thank you for the bit of code bro, and also for the mini tutorial in the readme.md that saved my time.
God bless you.

Error: Item "The folder name" does not exist in target PO file

Steps were made and in the end, this error was obtained
Error: Item "The folder name" does not exist in target PO file.