Use espanso to translate text with deepl

base.yml

  - regex: ":tr\"(?P<text>.*)\""
    replace: "{{translate}}"
    vars:
      - name: translate
        type: shell
        params:
          cmd: "python ~/translate.py \"{{text}}\""

translate.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
import sys

import deepl

auth_key = "xxxxxxxxx"
translator = deepl.Translator(auth_key)


def translate(word):
    result = translator.translate_text(word, target_lang="EN-GB", source_lang="fr")
    return result.text


if __name__ == "__main__":
    print(translate(sys.argv[1]))