hubot-translate

Phrase translation via https://translate.yandex.com/

Requires an API key

Usage

hubot translate me <phrase> - Translate <phrase> into English. <phrase>'s language is auto-detected
hubot translate me from <source> into <target> <phrase> - Translates <phrase> from <source> into <target>.

Examples

hubot> hubot translate perro azul sin pantalones
"perro azul sin pantalones" in Spanish means "blue dog without pants" in English

hubot> hubot translate into french perro azul sin pantalones
"perro azul sin pantalones" in Spanish means "chien bleu sans pantalon" in French

hubot> hubot translate from french into esperanto chien bleu sans pantalon
"chien bleu sans pantalon" in French means "blua hundo sen pantalono" in Esperanto

hubot> hubot translate from esperanto into russian blua hundo sen pantalono
"blua hundo sen pantalono" in Esperanto means "синяя собака без штанов" in Russian

hubot> hubot translate синяя собака без штанов
"синяя собака без штанов" in Russian means "the blue dog with no pants" in English

Installation

1. cd into your hubot dir, run npm install --save hubot-translate (adds it as a dependency in package.json).
2. Add "hubot-translate" to your external-scripts.json file.
3. Set an environment variable called YANDEX_KEY containing your key created here https://translate.yandex.com/
4. Restart Hubot

Steps 1 and 2 can be replaced by instead adding hubot-translate.coffee into your hubot's scripts/ directory.

Thanks to

• https://github.com/hubot-scripts/hubot-google-translate

  • Pretty much took the regex and interface wholesale from that project, which unfortunately no longer works because of Google API changes.

• https://translate.yandex.com/

  • An impressive free translation API