RoboTranslator

Dotnet tool which translate PO files using Google Translate API.

Installation

dotnet tool install --global RoboTranslator

Usage

USAGE: robotranslator [--help] [--verbose] [--output <output>] [--source <output>] [--language <language>] [--apikey <key>] [--first <count>]

OPTIONS:

--verbose, -v         Verbose output
--output, -o <output> .po file where to save translation
--source, -s <output> .po/.pot file to translate
--language, -l <language>
                      Language to which translate file
--apikey, -k <key>    API key for Google Translate
--first <count>       Limit translation to only first non-translated entries
--help                display this list of options.

Basically translation process for now is one of the following:

Same file translation of untranslated strings

robotranslator -s Game.po -l uk -k <api-key>

or translation of whole file

robotranslator -s Game.pot -o Game.po -l uk -k <api-key>

As of March 2025 Google Translate API provide 500 K free characters translation per months. You can get your API key here

FromJson usage

Use syntax below to translate JSON files to PO/POT files.

USAGE: robotranslator fromjson [--help] [--verbose] [--output <output>] [--source <output>] [--language <language>]

OPTIONS:

--verbose, -v         Verbose output
--output, -o <output> .po/.pot file where to save translation
--source, -s <output> .json file to translate
--language, -l <language>
                      Language of the JSON file
--help                display this list of options.