#!/bin/sh # # Use the babelfish translator. # - Cameron Simpson 19nov1998 # usage="Usage: $0 [-t dl] sl {url|text} -t dl Destination language code. sl Source language code." badopts= dl=en [ "x$1" = x-t ] && { shift; to=$1; shift; } if [ $# = 0 ] then echo "$0: missing source language" >&2 badopts=1 else sl=$1; shift fi [ $badopts ] && { echo "$usage" >&2; exit 2; } txt=`hexify-GETfield "$*"` exec us "http://babelfish.altavista.digital.com/cgi-bin/translate?doit=done&urltext=$txt&lp=${sl}_${dl}&Submit=Translate"