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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+# Requires `brew install translate-shell`
+# and DEEPL_FREE_API_KEY or DEEPL_API_KEY environment variables set.
+
+import os
+import subprocess
+import requests
+import json
+import sys
+
+# Use DeepL when possible with a fall back to Google.
+GOOGLE_TARGET_LANGUAGES = [
+  'ar',
+  'be',
+  'ca',
+  'eu',
+  'fa',
+  'he',
+  'mr',
+  'th',
+  'vi',
+  'zh-TW',  # zh-Hant in OM
+]
+
+DEEPL_TARGET_LANGUAGES = [
+    'bg',
+    'cs',
+    'da',
+    'de',
+    'el',
+    'en-GB',
+    'en-US', # en in OM
+    'es',
+    'et',
+    'fi',
+    'fr',
+    'hu',
+    'id',
+    'it',
+    'ja',
+    'ko',
+#    'lt',
+#    'lv',
+    'nb',
+    'nl',
+    'pl',
+    'pt-BR',
+    'pt-PT',  # pt in OM
+    'ro',
+    'ru',
+    'sk',
+#    'sl',
+    'sv',
+    'tr',
+    'uk',
+    'zh',  # zh-Hans in OM
+]
+
+
+def get_api_key():
+  key = os.environ.get('DEEPL_FREE_API_KEY')
+  if key == None:
+    key = os.environ.get('DEEPL_API_KEY')
+  if key == None:
+    print('Error: DEEPL_FREE_API_KEY or DEEPL_API_KEY env variables are not set')
+    exit(1)
+  return key
+
+def google_translate(text):
+  fromTo = 'en:'
+  for lang in GOOGLE_TARGET_LANGUAGES:
+    fromTo += lang + '+'
+  # Remove last +
+  fromTo = fromTo[:-1]
+  res = subprocess.run(['trans', '-b', '-no-bidi', fromTo, text], text=True, capture_output=True)
+  if res.returncode != 0:
+    print('Error running trans program:')
+    print(res.stderr)
+    exit(1)
+
+  print('\nGoogle translations:')
+  translations = {}
+  i = 0
+  for line in res.stdout.splitlines():
+    lang = GOOGLE_TARGET_LANGUAGES[i]
+    if lang == 'zh-TW':
+      lang = 'zh-Hant'
+    translations[lang] = line
+    i = i + 1
+    print(lang + ' = ' + line)
+  return translations
+
+def deepl_translate_one(text, target_language):
+  url = 'https://api-free.deepl.com/v2/translate'
+  payload = {
+      'auth_key': get_api_key(),
+      'text': text,
+      'target_lang': target_language,
+  }
+  headers = {'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'}
+  response = requests.request('POST', url, headers=headers, data=payload)
+  return response.json()['translations'][0]['text']
+
+def deepl_translate(text):
+  translations = {}
+  print('Deepl translations:')
+  for lang in DEEPL_TARGET_LANGUAGES:
+    translation = deepl_translate_one(text, lang)
+    if lang == 'pt-PT':
+      lang = 'pt'
+    elif lang == 'zh':
+      lang = 'zh-Hans'
+    elif lang == 'en-US':
+      lang = 'en'
+    translations[lang] = translation
+    print(lang + ' = ' + translation)
+  return translations
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+  text_to_translate = sys.argv[1]
+
+  translations = deepl_translate(text_to_translate)
+  google_translations = google_translate(text_to_translate)
+  translations.update(google_translations)
+
+  print('\nMerged Deepl and Google translations:')
+  en = translations.pop('en')
+  langs = list(translations.keys())
+  langs.sort()
+  print('en =', en)
+  for lang in langs:
+    print(lang, '=', translations[lang])