en bash

#!/bin/bash
# access translate.google.com from terminal
help='translate <text> [[<source language>] <target language>]
if target missing, use DEFAULT_TARGET_LANG
if source missing, use auto'
# adjust to taste
DEFAULT_TARGET_LANG=en
if [[ 1ドル = -h || 1ドル = --help ]]
then
 echo "$help"
 exit
fi
if [[ 3ドル ]]; then
 source="2ドル"
 target="3ドル"
elif [[ 2ドル ]]; then
 source=auto
 target="2ドル"
else
 source=auto
 target="$DEFAULT_TARGET_LANG"
fi
result=$(curl -s -i --user-agent "" -d "sl=$source" -d "tl=$target" --data-urlencode "text=1ドル" https://translate.google.com)
encoding=$(awk '/Content-Type: .* charset=/ {sub(/^.*charset=["'\'']?/,""); sub(/[ "'\''].*$/,""); print}' <<<"$result")
#iconv -f $encoding <<<"$result" | awk 'BEGIN {RS="<div"};/<span[^>]* id=["'\'']?result_box["'\'']?/ {sub(/^.*id=["'\'']?result_box["'\'']?(>| [^>]*>)([ \n\t]*<[^>]*>)*/,"");sub(/<.*$/,"");print}' | html2text -utf8
iconv -f $encoding <<<"$result" | awk 'BEGIN {RS="</div>"};/<span[^>]* id=["'\'']?result_box["'\'']?/' | html2text -utf8
exit

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