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How to run external translator programs?

You may want to call a external translator program as a dictionary source.

For instance, if you want to utilize translate-shell to provide Google Translate (default), Bing Translator, Yandex.Translate, or Apertium results, after installing translate-shell in your host system, add

  • Enable: check
  • Type: Plain Text
  • Name: Gtrans EN-ES
  • Command Line:
    flatpak-spawn --host trans -e google -s en -t es -show-original y -show-original-phonetics n -show-translation y -no-ansi -show-translation-phonetics n -show-prompt-message n -show-languages y -show-original-dictionary n -show-dictionary n -show-alternatives n "%GDWORD%"

to Dictionaries > Sources > Programs of GoldenDict. Note that you should adjust the language parameters according to your needs.