parse_google_translate.rb

require 'uri'
require 'open-uri'
require 'nokogiri'

@from = "en"
@to   = "de"
@word_to_translate = "accomplish"

@url = "http://www.google.ch/dictionary?source=translation&hl=en&q=##{@word_to_translate}&langpair=#{@from}|#{@to}"

doc = Nokogiri::HTML(open(URI.escape(@url)))
doc.css('li.dct-em span.dct-tt').each do |node|
  puts node.text
end

# output:
# schaffen
# vollbringen
# vollenden
# leisten
# durchführen
# erreichen
# durchsetzen
# erzielen

# quantic notation
puts doc.css('div.dct-srch-rslt span.dct-tp').text.split(' ')[0] # [ə’kɒmplɪʃ]