Скрипт для перевода выделенного текста с помощью Яндекс переводчика

selection_translate.sh

#!/bin/sh

# The my private key can be get from https://tech.yandex.ru/keys/get/?service=trnsl
key="********************************************************"

# get selected text from active window
text="$(echo $(xsel -o) | sed "s/[\"\'<>]//g")"

# get translation from yandex
result="$(wget -qO - "https://translate.yandex.net/api/v1.5/tr.json/translate?key=$key&text=$text&lang=en-ru")"

# convert result from string: {"code":200,"lang":"en-ru","text":["читатель"]}
translate="$(echo $result | sed 's/.*\[\"\(.*\)\"\].*/\1/')"

# save translation log
echo "$text $translate" >> ~/translate.log

# show translation result
notify-send -u critical "$text" "$translate"