DeepL Translate

An unofficial python package to translate text using DeepL.

Installation

pip install deepl-translate

Usage

Supported languages

Currently the following languages are supported:

You can either input the abbreviation or the language written in english.

Command line tool

Help

deepl --help

usage: deepl [-h] [--version] [--formal | --informal] [-t TEXT | -f FILE] source_language target_language

Python client to translate texts using deepl.com

positional arguments:
  source_language       Source language of your text
  target_language       Target language of your desired text

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --version             show program's version number and exit
  --formal              Use formal tone in translation
  --informal            Use informal tone in translation
  -t TEXT, --text TEXT  Text to be translated
  -f FILE, --file FILE  File to be translated

Example 1

This will translate a Spanish (ES) text into Russian (RU):

deepl spanish russian -t "¡Buenos días!"

Доброе утро!

Example 2

This will translate the file (test.txt) text from Italian (IT) into Portuguese (PT):

deepl IT PT --file test.txt

Example 3

This will translate a Spanish (ES) text into Russian (RU) in formal tone:

deepl ES RU --text "¿Cómo te llamas?" --formal

Как Вас зовут?

Note: informal would be "Как тебя зовут?"

Example 4

This will translate a Japanese (JP) text into German (DE) in informal tone:

deepl JP DE --text "お元気ですか？" --informal

Wie geht es dir?

Note: formal would be "Wie geht es Ihnen?"

Python library

Example 1

This will translate a Chinese (ZH) text into Dutch (NL):

import deepl
deepl.translate(source_language="ZH", target_language="NL", text="你好")

'Hallo'

Example 2

This will translate a danish text into german in informal tone:

import deepl
deepl.translate(source_language="danish", target_language="german", text="Ring til mig!", formality_tone="informal")

'Ruf mich an!'