Hey, -cafe! I'm glad to announce release of Google Translate Service[1] Tools[2]. Currently it's a command line tool 'gtc' (queen of this post) and 'gtg' (more a hello-world type gtk2hs user). So let's play with that beast a little! PREREQUISITES * ghs-6.12+ - gt-tools relies on proper locale detection for passed command line arguments INSTALLATION $ cabal update Downloading the latest package list from hackage.haskell.org $ cabal install gt-tools -f-gui # avoid 'gtg' for now ... Done! It was simple. USE $ gtc # sniff the beast Usage: Standart mode: gtc 'fromLang' 'toLang' 'text' Interactive mode: gtc -i 'fromLang' 'toLang' Where 'Lang' is 2 sumbols code, i.e. be, en, ru. Commandline keys: --interactive or -i - interactive mode. --help or -h - to see this help. --list or -l - list of available languages. $ gtc -l # language list # a lot $ gtc en no "good evening" Source language: en Translation: god kveld Original text: good evening Translit: Whoa! $ gtc -i en fi # interactive mode!

# waits for prompt! who are you?

Source language: en Translation: kuka sinä olet? Original text: who are you? Translit: # leading exclamation'!' mark allows you to invert source and destination language

!päivää

Source language: fi Translation: days Original text: päivää Translit: interjection: good afternoon Integration with other translating services is considered by author as well as user interface should be polished a little more too. Any feedback is appreciated! /me wonders if Miss lambdabot might like to have such functionality. What do you think? Have fun! [1] It's a simple translation service: http://translate.google.com/ [2] "home page" for gt-tools: http://github.com/styx/gtc -- Sergei