Add translation module for Argos Translate #351

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floatingghost merged 4 commits from ilja/akkoma:add_translator_argos_translate into develop

2022-12-19 13:06:39 +00:00

ilja commented

2022-12-08 11:47:56 +00:00

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Argos Translate is a Python module for translation and can be used as a command line tool.

This is also the engine for LibreTranslate, for which we already have a module.
Here we can use the engine directly from our server without doing requests to a third party or having to install our own LibreTranslate webservice (obviously you do have to install Argos Translate).

One thing that's currently still missing from Argos Translate is auto-detection of languages (see https://github.com/argosopentech/argos-translate/issues/9). For now, when no source language is provided, we just return the text unchanged, supposedly translated from the target language. That way you get a near immediate response in pleroma-fe when clicking Translate, after which you can select the source language from a dropdown.

Argos Translate also doesn't seem to handle html very well. Therefore we give admins the option to strip the html before translating. I made this an option because I'm unsure if/how this will change in the future.

Argos Translate is a Python module for translation and can be used as a command line tool. This is also the engine for LibreTranslate, for which we already have a module. Here we can use the engine directly from our server without doing requests to a third party or having to install our own LibreTranslate webservice (obviously you do have to install Argos Translate). One thing that's currently still missing from Argos Translate is auto-detection of languages (see <https://github.com/argosopentech/argos-translate/issues/9>). For now, when no source language is provided, we just return the text unchanged, supposedly translated from the target language. That way you get a near immediate response in pleroma-fe when clicking Translate, after which you can select the source language from a dropdown. Argos Translate also doesn't seem to handle html very well. Therefore we give admins the option to strip the html before translating. I made this an option because I'm unsure if/how this will change in the future.