FarSubScript : Google Translate.

[verszipo]

Since CZB's Google Translate script doesn't work anymore (because of the Google Api changes) I thought I'd make a script that loads the GoogleTranslate page in FARR with a given word.

So, here's my first attempt at it, I've used the NinjaWords script as a starting point :

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Code: Javascript [Select]

1. plugins["GoogleTranslate"] =
2. {
3.         version: "1.0",
4.         lastChange: new Date(fso.GetFile(currentDirectory+"\\fsubscript.js").DateLastModified).toDateString(),
5.         displayName: "GoogleTranslate",
6.         directory: currentDirectory,
7.         icon: currentDirectory + "\\favicon.ico",
8.         aliasstr: "gt",
9.         description: "Translate the word using Google Translate"
10. };
11.  
12. (function ()
13. {
14.         var js = plugins["GoogleTranslate"];
15.         var loaded = false;
16.         var match = false;
17.         var match2 = false;
18.         var loadurl = "";
19.         js.search = function search(querykey, explicit, queryraw, querynokeyword,modifierstring,triggermethod)
20.         {
21.                 if(!explicit) return;
22.  
23.                 idletime = 0;
24.                 // first : match when a space is at the end of the string
25.                 match = queryraw.match(new RegExp("^"+js.aliasstr+" ([a-z,A-Z,0-9]+) ([a-z,A-Z,0-9]+) (.+) $"));
26.                 // second : match when the user presses enter
27.                 match2= queryraw.match(new RegExp("^"+js.aliasstr+" ([a-z,A-Z,0-9]+) ([a-z,A-Z,0-9]+) (.+)$"));
28.  
29.                 if((match && match[1] && match[2] && match[3])||
30.                   (triggermethod && match2 && match2[1] && match2[2] && match2[3]))
31.                 {
32.                         loaded = true;
33.                         // formated HTML must be like this :
34.                         // http://translate.google.com/#<srclng>/<destlng>/<word>
35.                         // you can use "auto" as srclng for autodetection
36.                         // Example : http://translate.google.com/#auto/en/word
37.                         if (match)
38.                                 loadurl = "http://translate.google.com/#"+match[1]+"/"+match[2]+"/"+match[3];
39.                         else if (match2)
40.                                 loadurl = "http://translate.google.com/#"+match2[1]+"/"+match2[2]+"/"+match2[3];
41.                         else
42.                                 loadurl = "";
43.                         htmlViewURL(loadurl);
44.                         showPleaseWait("Loading..");
45.                 }
46.                 else
47.                 {
48.                         showHTML("<b>GoogleTranslate</b>\
49.                                 <br>Translate a given text using the Google Translate service\
50.                                 <br><br>\
51.                                 <br>Syntax : <b>"+js.aliasstr+" srclng destlng word</b>\
52.                                 <br><b>srclng</b> is the source language\
53.                                 <br><b>destlng</b> is the destination language\
54.                                 <br><b>word</b> is the word we want to translate\
55.                                 <br><br>Example: <b><br>"+js.aliasstr+" en de computer</b>\
56.                                 <br> this will translate the 'computer' word from english to german\
57.                                 <br><br>Note : for source language you can type <b>'auto'</b> and Google will try to detect the language\
58.                         ");
59.                 }
60.         };
61.         js.setStrValue = function onSetStrValue(varname,value)
62.         {
63.                 if(varname == "EmbeddedWb.DocumentComplete")
64.                 {
65.                         var pl = pluginInCharge();
66.                         if(pl == "GoogleTranslate" && loaded)
67.                         {
68.                                 loaded = false;
69.                                 // hide the "Chrome browser" advertisment
70.                                 // hide the "Search | Images |..." toolbar
71.                                 execSafeJS(
72.                                         "document.getElementById('gt-bbar').style.display='none';\n\
73.                                         document.getElementById('gb').style.display='none';\
74.                                 ");
75.                                 hidePleaseWait();
76.                         }
77.                 }
78.         }
79. }());

Usage :
gt source_language destination_language word <space>
or
gt source_language destination_language word <enter>

source_language can be "auto" and then Google Translate will try to detect what language it is from.

There are still some bugs in it, the most notable ones are :
- you need to press space after the word (pressing Enter doesn't do the translation)
- doesn't support multiple word translation
- sometimes the page loads without the word(s), if you delete the space and add it again then it loads correctly
- after pressing Enter at the end of the search string FARR looses focus and the editbox from GoogleTranslate page gets the focus

Note : this script requires FarSubScript, make sure you have it installed and working in FARR.

Install :
extract the content of the archive into a subfolder under the Scripts folder of FARR (for example : plugins\GoogleTranslate) and either write "goreload" in FARR (this will reload all plugins) or restart FARR.

If anybody wants to improve the script feel free to do so.

Update : now supports multiple texts in one line and you can either press space or enter after the word(s) that you want to translate.

[mouser]

Thanks for sharing this! 

[IT_Fan]

Doesn't work any more, got "error: No translation found..." 

[verszipo]

Strange, for me it still works correctly, i usually test it with "gt en fr wolf " and it displays correctly (in case you didn't figure it, I love wolfs )

Could you write what version of FARR and SubScript you have ?

I for one have FARR 2.213.01 (portable) and FSubScript 1.10 and am running Win8 64 and Win8.1 64.