Translation Macro

[Tom]

@radiator

I simply want to highlight Chinese Text and have it translated simultaneously to English:

To the clipboard, AND
To a popup window.
The original translate.py program specified in the link in this posting is no longer available so I found an alternative version. I am not clear on whether that is creating problems.

There is now a more capable script available, called “Translate Shell”.

Some time ago I’ve written a macro for that:

GUI for “Translate Shell”

This macro is a GUI wrapper the the excellent Translate Shell script by Mort Yao. The great thing with Translate Shell is that it works with many different translation engines, for example Google, Bing, Yandex and —since a couple of days— also with the fine DeepL engine. You get all in one, without the need for different scripts. The Translate Shell script works perfectly fine in the Terminal, so this macro is really just a “convenience” macro that provides a bit more comfort. Features Text…

It already writes the translation to a KM window, and you can easily add the actions to make it write to the clipboard also.