Translate-File

Translates a text file into another language

Script

param([string]$File = "", [string]$SourceLang = "", [string]$TargetLang = "")

function UseLibreTranslate { param([string]$Text, [string]$SourceLang, [string]$TargetLang)
	$Parameters = @{"q"="$Text"; "source"="$SourceLang"; "target"="$TargetLang"; }
	$Result = (Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://libretranslate.de/translate -Method POST -Body ($Parameters|ConvertTo-Json) -ContentType "application/json" -useBasicParsing).content | ConvertFrom-Json
	Start-Sleep -seconds 6 # 10 requests per minute maximum
	return $Result.translatedText
}

try {
	if ($File -eq "" ) { $File = Read-Host "Enter the file path" }
	if ($SourceLang -eq "" ) { $SourceLang = Read-Host "Enter the source language" }
	if ($TargetLang -eq "" ) { $TargetLang = Read-Host "Enter the target language" }

	$Lines = Get-Content -path $File
	foreach($Line in $Lines) {
		if ("$Line" -eq "") { Write-Output "$Line"; continue }
		if ("$Line" -eq " ") { Write-Output "$Line"; continue }
		if ("$Line" -like "===*") { Write-Output "$Line"; continue }
		if ("$Line" -like "---*") { Write-Output "$Line"; continue }
		if ("$Line" -like "!*(/*)") { Write-Output "$Line"; continue }
		$Result = UseLibreTranslate $Line $SourceLang $TargetLang
		Write-Output $Result
	}
	exit 0 # success
} catch {
	"?? ERROR: $($Error[0]) (script line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber))"
	exit 1
}

Customize

File string

Specifies the path to the file to be translated

SourceLang string

Specifies the source language

TargetLang string

Specifies the target language