How to Install Translate Shell on Ubuntu – Command Line Translation Tool

Translate Shell is a free and open source command line translation tool for Linux, macOS, BSD, Android and Windows. Translate queries using Google Translate, Bing Translator, Yandex Translator, and Apertium engine. Formerly known as the Google Translate CLI, this tool now uses four different sources to get its results. The default is Google Translate, but you can easily switch to another service. It’s a great tool for non-native command line users. By default, this tool will translate the specified word into English.

Install the translation shell on Ubuntu

The Translate Shell command line translation tool can be installed via the default Ubuntu package manager or directly downloaded.

Ubuntu Package Manage:

Open the terminal (ctrl + alt + t) app and run these commands. If necessary, enter the ubuntu user password.

sudo apt update

sudo apt install translate-shell

Direct download:

You can also install it from a self-contained executable and make it executable.

wget git.io/trans

chmod +x ./trans

sudo mv trans /usr/local/bin/

Then move it to your $ PATH.

Google Translate from command line:

Run this command in your terminal to find the language code.

trans -R

This helps you translate from one source language to another target language.

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Here are some examples.

Note: By default, the translation shell translates all languages into English.

Translate Spanish to English

trans Hola

You will get the following output.

Enclose the entire statement in quotation marks.

trans "Hola como estas"

Translate content from file:

trans file:///home/manikandan/hello.txt

Translate to other than English:

You can specify the target language in the following ways -t

English to Dutch

trans -t nl Hello

English to Dutch, Czech, Greek

trans -t nl+cs+el Hello

Translate from a specific language

You can also specify the source language with -s

trans -s es Hola

Translate website

The following command translates an English website into Spanish

trans -t es https://connectwww.com/

Click the link on your device.

If you don’t know the language, you can also specify the language.

trans -id Hola

Run this command for more information on using the full conversion shell.

trans -M

It’s a sequel.

Install the translation shell on Ubuntu

Ubuntu Package Manage:

Direct download:

Google Translate from command line:

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