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argos-translate — An open-source offline translation library and CLI tool written in Python. More information: <https:

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Problem

How to use the argos-translate command: An open-source offline translation library and CLI tool written in Python. More information: <https://argos-translate.readthedocs.io/en/latest/source/cli.html>.

Solution

argos-translate — An open-source offline translation library and CLI tool written in Python. More information: <https://argos-translate.readthedocs.io/en/latest/source/cli.html>.

Install translation pairs for Spanish to English translation:

argospm install translate-es_en

Translate some text from Spanish (es) to English (en) (Note: Only two letter language codes are supported):

argos-translate --from-lang es --to-lang en {{un texto corto}}

Translate a text file from English to Hindi:

cat {{path/to/file.txt}} | argos-translate --from-lang en --to-lang hi

List all installed translation pairs:

argospm list

Show translation pairs from English that are available to be installed:

argospm search --from-lang en

Update installed language package pairs:

argospm update

Translate from ar to ru (Note: This requires the translation pairs translate-ar_en and translate-en_ru to be installed):

argos-translate --from-lang ar --to-lang ru {{صورة تساوي أكثر من ألف كلمة}}

Code Snippets

Install translation pairs for Spanish to English translation

argospm install translate-es_en

Translate some text from Spanish (`es`) to English (`en`) (Note: Only two letter language codes are supported)

argos-translate --from-lang es --to-lang en {{un texto corto}}

Translate a text file from English to Hindi

cat {{path/to/file.txt}} | argos-translate --from-lang en --to-lang hi

List all installed translation pairs

argospm list

Show translation pairs from English that are available to be installed

argospm search --from-lang en

Context

tldr-pages: common/argos-translate

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