robinpecha / text-translator-2023

extension for gnome-shell

Looking for maintainer

Hi all, I'm happy to maintain this repository but I cannot work on it much as I am not using the Gnome desktop anymore. I did not write this thing myself, I just kinda hacked it so it could still work after the creator abandoned it. If you want to manage this repo, open an issue :)

Text Translator

Translation of the text by different translators (currently Google.Translate, Yandex.Translate).

Installing translate-shell

This extension needs the package translate-shell.
Also, make sure you have the following dependencies installed:
sudo apt install gir1.2-clutter-1.0 gir1.2-clutter-gst-3.0 gir1.2-gtkclutter-1.0

Install translate-shell

cd /usr/bin
sudo wget https://git.io/trans
sudo chmod a+x trans

For full install instructions see translate-shell#installation. If you have trouble using translate-shell, make sure your version of translate-shell is over 0.9.5-1, otherwise it might cause issues.

Installation

Go on the Text Translator extension page, click on the switch ("OFF" => "ON"), click on the install button. That's it !

Shortcuts

<Super> T - open translator dialog.
<Super> <Shift> T - open translator dialog and translate text from clipboard.
<Super> <Alt> T - open translator dialog and translate from primary selection (requires xclip). <Ctrl> <Enter> - translate text.
<Ctrl> <Shift> C - copy translated text to clipboard.
<Ctrl> S - swap languages.
<Ctrl> D - reset languages to default.
<Tab> - toggle transliteration of result text.

Screenshots

Dialog

Settings