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= tranexp

http://tranexp.rubyforge.org

== DESCRIPTION:

Translates words or phrases from one language to another, using http://www.tranexp.com:2000/Translate/result.shtml

== FEATURES/PROBLEMS:

Has a command-line and API.

Caches results in a local YAML file to make subsequent requests for same query faster. (REQUIRES: 'HOME' environment variable set to a folder)

=== Command Line

To translate some text from Danish to English:

cat some_danish_text.txt | tranexp dan eng

echo "jeg ville like en flaske vin" | tranexp nor
I would like a bottle of wine

That is, you pass the input text via STDIN. The default target language is English ('eng').

=== API

To translate some text from English to Norwegian:

translate = Tranexp::Http.new
english = translate.translate("metoder", Tranexp::Http::Norwegian, Tranexp::Http::English)
english = translate.translate("metoder", "nor", "eng")

Or use the dynamic helper:

translate.from_nor_to_eng("metoder")

== SYNOPSIS

Translates between the following languages:
"English" => "eng",
"BrazilianPortuguese" => "pob",
"Bulgarian" => "bul",
"Croatian" => "cro",
"Czech" => "che",
"Danish" => "dan",
"Dutch" => "dut",
"Spanish" => "spa",
"Finnish" => "fin",
"French" => "fre",
"German" => "ger",
"Greek" => "grk",
"Hungarian" => "hun",
"Icelandic" => "ice",
"Italian" => "ita",
"Japanese" => "jpn",
"Latin American Spanish" => "spl",
"Norwegian" => "nor",
"Filipino" => "tag",
"Polish" => "pol",
"Portuguese" => "poe",
"Romanian" => "rom",
"Russian" => "rus",
"Serbian" => "sel",
"Slovenian" => "slo",
"Swedish" => "swe",
"Welsh" => "wel",
"Turkish" => "tur",
"Latin" => "ltt"

Future versions might support the 2 character abbreviations for languages; currently it just supports the 3 character codes used within tranexp.

== REQUIREMENTS:

mechanize rubygem
internet connection

== INSTALL:

gem install tranexp

Or fetch the source from:

github: http://github.com/drnic/tranexp/tree/master

git clone git://github.com/drnic/tranexp.git cd tranexp rake test rake install_gem
rubyforge: http://rubyforge.org/scm/?group_id=6064

git clone git://rubyforge.org/tranexp.git cd tranexp rake test rake install_gem

== LICENSE:

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