python-translate

python-translate is a simple command line dictionary, it powered by Bing, Youdao and Iciba translation services.

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Features

• English-Chinese / Chinese-English
• Spell checking and suggestion (English only)
• Data storage (with dbm module)
• Pronunciation
• Hyphenation

Usage

usage: translate.py [-h] [-n] [-p {espeak,festival}] [-s {bing,youdao,iciba}]
                    [-w] [-V]
                    word

positional arguments:
  word                  word or 'some phrase'

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -n, --nostorage       turn off data storage
  -p {espeak,festival,real}, --pronounce {espeak,festival,real}
                        text-to-speech software: 'espeak', 'festival' or 'real'
  -s {bing,youdao,iciba}, --service {bing,youdao,iciba}
                        translate service: 'bing', 'youdao' or 'iciba'
  -w, --webonly         ignore local data
  -V, --version         show program's version number and exit

关于本地数据使用

默认使用本地数据库，如需关闭，可使用 -w 或 --webonly 选项。

$ python2 translate.py hello -w

关于翻译服务选择

可使用 -s 或 --service 选项指定翻译服务：bing | youdao | iciba ，默认使用必应翻译。以下三种表示方法均有效：

$ python2 translate.py hello -s=youdao
$ python2 translate.py hello -s youdao
$ python2 translate.py hello -syoudao

若该选项非空，则 webonly 会自动开启，即不使用本地数据库。

关于单词发音

单词发音功能默认关闭，如需启用，可使用 -p 或 --pronounce 选项，选择具体的软件发音： espeak | festival 。

另外 TTS 合成语音效果一般，若有真人语音文件，可配合 aplay、mpg321、sox 等命令使用，可修改源码中的 pronounce 部分以更改的发音配置。

$ python2 translate.py hello -p=espeak
$ python2 translate.py hello -p=festival
$ python2 translate.py hello -p=real

Requirements

• requests
• Beautiful Soup 4
• lxml
• pyenchant

$ pip install requests beautifulsoup4 lxml pyenchant
# OR
$ pip install -r requirements.txt

• lxml
• eSpeak (for pronunciation, optional)
• Festival (for pronunciation, optional)
• ALSA (for pronunciation, optional)

$ sudo apt-get install libxml2-dev libxslt-dev python-dev espeak festival alsa-base alsa-utils

Tips

$ alias t="python2 /path/to/the/translate.py"
$ alias tpe="t -p=espeak"
$ alias tpf="t -p=festival"
$ alias tpr="t -p=real"
$ alias tb="t -s=bing"
$ alias ty="t -s=youdao"
$ alias ti="t -s=iciba"

External Resources

• SCOWL (Spell Checker Oriented Word Lists)
• List of spell checkers
• Wiktionary:Frequency lists
• wordlist.10000
• top10000en.txt
• google-10000-english

Changelog

v0.1.4

Jan 6, 2019

• Added Hyphenation (powered by dict.cn)

v0.1.3

Aug 4, 2017

• Added support for RealPeopleTTS

v0.1.2

Jul 31, 2017

• Change option: "webonly" will be enabled while "service" is given
• Update vocabulary.db and spell-checker word lists

v0.1.1

Sep 11, 2016

• Optimized options & arguments
• Added support for festival TTS server

v0.1.0

Sep 9, 2016

• Initial release