Console Translate

A CLI tool that translates text between languages using the Google Cloud Translation API.

TODO

• based on the $SHELL add alias to ~/.zshrc or ~/.bashrc

Setup

1. Get a Google Cloud API Key

1. Go to Google Cloud Console
2. Create a project (or use an existing one)
3. Enable the Cloud Translation API
4. Create an API key under APIs & Services > Credentials

2. Set API Key

export GOOGLE_TRANSLATION_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY"

3. Create Config File (optional)

mkdir -p ~/.console-translate
echo '{"default_pair": "en-ru"}' > ~/.console-translate/config.json

4. Build & Install

go build -o console-translate .
# optionally move to PATH:
mv console-translate /usr/local/bin/

Usage

# Translate with explicit language pair
console-translate -p en-ru hello world
# hello world -> привет мир

# Translate using default pair from config (auto-detects direction)
console-translate hello
# hello -> привет

console-translate привет
# привет -> hello

# Use a custom config file
console-translate -c /path/to/config.json hello

# Show version
console-translate --version

Flags

Flag	Short	Description
--pair	-p	Language pair (e.g. en-ru)
--config	-c	Config file path (default: ~/.console-translate/config.json)
--version	-v	Show version
--help	-h	Show help

Config

The config file is JSON with two fields:

Field	Description
default_pair	Default language pair used when -p is not specified

The API key is read from the GOOGLE_TRANSLATION_API_KEY environment variable.