gmtrn - Parser and CLI tool for http://www.multitran.com

Gmtrn is a parser for http://www.multitran.com written in Go.

This project contains parser library and simple CLI client.

Install

Install Go and set up Go language environment (official docs).

Simple installation of CLI tool:

git clone https://github.com/vladimir-g/gmtrn/
cd gmtrn/cmd/gmtrn-cli
go build .

These commands would generate gmtrn-cli binary.

Library also can be installed without CLI:

go get github.com/vladimir-g/gmtrn

For new versions of golang import statement is enough.

CLI usage

Simple usage:

$GOPATH/bin/gmtrn-cli translation string

More usage options available in help:

$GOPATH/bin/gmtrn-cli -h

If name of the binary looks too long just add alias for it.

Example script with xsel and freedesktop notifications:

#/bin/sh
notify-send -t 0 \
  "<span font='monospace'>$(xsel | xargs -0 gmtrn-cli | fold -sw 100)</span>"

Another example with zenity:

#/bin/sh

xsel | xargs -0 gmtrn-cli | fold -sw 120 | zenity --no-wrap --text-info --width=800 --height=500

CLI app can also output results in JSON format that may be parsed with some utility.

Library usage

Use this code:

result, err := gmtrn.Query("Query string",
                           gmtrn.Languages["english"],
                           gmtrn.Languages["russian"])

More documentation in doc.go

Known issues

• Site has autodetection algorithm, so sometimes even uses different source/target languages, depending on query. It mostly ok though.
• Only default site interface language is implemented.
• There is no tests.

License

This library released under MIT license, see LICENSE file.