the Command-Line LibreTranslator

Introduction

cllt is a command-line tool for translating text by using the LibreTranslate API.

Building

cllt depends on curl and cJSON. Make sure these libraries are installed. Then use make to build cllt.

To build in debug mode:

make

To build in release mode:

make release

Configuration

By default, cllt connects to the public instance at libretranslate.de. But you can change the host or provide an API key by modifing src/config.h.

Usage

Usage:
  cllt [OPTIONS] [TEXT]

Options:
  -h        : show help
  -l        : list all supported languages
  -s <code> : the source language code
  -t <code> : the target language code
  -f <file> : the file to be translated
              if TEXT is given, this option will be ignored
  -o <file> : the output filename of the translated file
              if this option is omitted, only a url to the
              translated file will be printed

Examples

Detect the language of "Ciao!":

cllt "Ciao!"

List all supported languages:

cllt -l

Translate "Hello world!" from english to japanese:

cllt -s en -t ja "Hello world!"

Translate the file named "text_en" and output to a file named "text_ja":

cllt -s en -t ja -f text_en -o text_ja