Yandex translator

Unofficial python client to Yandex translator API.

Javascript client written by Emmanuel Odeke for node.js you can find here.

Installation

• Note: it runs on python versions >= 2.7:

  pip install ytrans

Settings

• To use this package, you need access to the Yandex translation service via an API key.

  • You can get your key here: GET API Key

• With your API key, create a file and in it set your API key in this format:

  key=<API_KEY>

• To finish off, set the environment variable YANDEX_TRANSLATOR_KEY,

  that contains the path to this file. Do this in your shell, .bash_profile or .bash_rc file:

  export YANDEX_TRANSLATOR_KEY=path_to_key

Usage

This package provides a cli tool as well as an interactive translator.

• Cli tool usage:

  ytranslate.py -h

• Interactive translator:

  ytrans-interactive.py