translator-rs

A simple real time translation of PDF papers written in rust for Linux users, with a translation API for Google. To avoid misunderstandings, rename the program from rust-translator to translator-rs.

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Features

• A simple selection can be translated to speed up reading papers.
• Long sentence translation with automatic sentence break.
• Support single word to view detailed similar translation.

Installation

Please install the xsel package before using it.

Installation on Debian and Ubuntu

sudo apt install xsel

Installation on Fedora

sudo dnf install xsel

Download binary file

Download and unpack the package from the release page, then place the binary file in /usr/bin (any PATH directory such /usr/local/bin anywhere you want).

Usage

Linux

If the binary file is already in the PATH directory, you can run the following command directly.

translator-rs

If not, use the terminal run with following command.

./translator-rs

Click on a word or a paragraph (tested on Ubuntu 22.04 Gnome with Wayland and X11 desktop environment and Kubuntu22.04 Plasma desktop).

• O stands for original text
• T stands for translation text
• A stands for alternative text

Option Description

Theme

We offer two color scheme options

Light

Dark

Switch translate API

Switch from the default google translate to deepl. The translation API for DeepL is now supported, but requires the user to have an auth key.

translator-rs -a deepl --auth-key xxxxxxxx:xx

or pro

translator-rs -a deeplpro --auth-key xxxxxxxx:xx

Proxy options

The Google Translate API has been blacklisted in China (2022-9-29), according to the latest firewall rules (GFW), so a proxy option has been added.

If there is an access timeout, please consider setting a proxy for the translation software, which currently supports the following proxies.

• https proxy
• socks5 proxy

translator-rs -p socks5://YOUR_PROXY_SERVER_IP:YOUR_PROXY_SERVER_PORT

Switching translation languages

The languages currently supported for translation include, default source language is English, and target language is Chinese.

• English
• Chinese (Simplified)
• Chinese (Traditional)
• Japanese
• Spanish
• Russian
• Korean
• French
• German
• Italian

If you need to translate into another language rather then default, use the following command to specify source language and target language.

translator-rs -s Engligh -t French

Faster sampling speed

If you think the translation speed is slow, you can use fast mode (power consumption may be higher than default mode, default interval is 1.0 sec, you can change it to 0.1 sec).

translator-rs -f 0.1

Clear screen mode

New clear screen mode. The default parameter in this mode clears the previous translations for each n translation.

translator-rs -c

If you want to clear the screen after three translations, you can use the following command.

translator-rs -c 3

Do not show original text

New option of not showing original text. If you want to not show the original text when translating, you can use the following options.

translator-rs --no-original

No automatic sentence break

Added no automatic sentence break. If you do not want to break the sentence automatically, you can use the option.

translator-rs --disable-auto-break

Others

Added support for some applications on Linux that do not automatically get selected text. Some Linux applications (like Zotero) have the function of intercepting the text selection system call, please select the text then copying it via ctrl-c.

translator-rs --enable-clipboard

Why don't you support gui or tui?

Do not want to waste time in this area, can meet the use of the line 😘, in fact, there is no need for this.

You are welcome to submit any code to improve the program.