Anytranslate

Translate words from and to your native language, anywhere.

This script is based on Anycomplete

How to install the script

$ git clone https://github.com/timgrossmann/Anytranslate.git ~/.hammerspoon/anytranslate

Now you simply need to add

dofile("./anytranslate/anytranslate.lua")

to the init.lua file inside of the .hammerspoon folder.

If you don't have an init.lua file, just create it

How to install Hammerspoon

Go the the HammerSpoon Webpage and check out "How do I install it?"

Once installed just make sure you have accessibility enabled in the preferences.

Setup

Enter your keys and languages into the script file. Defaults are "de"(german) to en("english")

You can get the translation api key here: https://tech.yandex.com/translate/
And the dictionary api key here: https://tech.yandex.com/dictionary/

Just register for free and click "Get a free API key."

local TRANS_KEY = <YOUR KEY>
local DICT_KEY = <YOUR KEY>
        
local NATIVE_LANG = <YOUR NATIVE LANGUAGE>
local INTO_LANG = <DEFAULT LANGUAGE>  --In what language to you want to tranlaste the text if you enter your native language
local LANG_HINTS = "de,en" --Prefer some languages (will be prefered if detection is not surea)

Usage

Start with the hotkey ⌃⌥⌘T. Once you start typing, translations will be displayed once a valid word is entered. They can be choosen with ⌘1-9 or by pressing the arrow keys and Enter.

If you want to change the hotkey just replace the "T" on the second line of the script with your favored key

hs.hotkey.bind({"cmd", "alt", "ctrl"}, "T", function()

Supported languages:

en, es, de, fr, it, pl, ru, tr, uk

Supported translations:

• ru-ru
• ru-en
• ru-pl
• ru-uk
• ru-de
• ru-fr
• ru-es
• ru-it
• ru-tr
• en-ru
• en-en
• en-de
• en-fr
• en-es
• en-it
• en-tr
• pl-ru
• uk-ru
• de-ru
• de-en
• fr-ru
• fr-en
• es-ru
• es-en
• it-ru
• it-en
• tr-ru
• tr-en

Why yandex ?
- It's free
- Minimalistic "get key" process
- 2.000.000 calls per month