How to Translate Text from shell script

Using the WhatsMate Translation REST API

Posted on August 18, 2016   Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share on Twitter Share on Google+

Last reviewed: April 17, 2024  

This article shows you how to translate text from a shell script.

To translate text (e.g. from English to Indonesian) from a shell script, do this:

  1. Copy the following source code to your script.
  2. Specify the language code of the original text on line 8.
  3. Specify the language code of your target language on line 9.
  4. Specify the text that needs to be translated on line 10.
  5. Make your script executable: chmod 755 translate-text.sh
  6. Run the script to see the result: ./translate-text.sh

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Want to translate text in another programming language? Check out the Translation API page.