---
name: "wordtrans"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "wordtrans-qt"
version: "1.1pre15-3.2"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/wordtrans"
---

# wordtrans(1)

Multi-language Word Translator

## NAME

wordtrans - Multi-language Word Translator

## SYNOPSIS

**wordtrans** \[**-v\]** \[**--help**\] \[**--dicts**\] \[**--desc**\] \[**-d**alias**\]** \[**+w**\] \[**-w**\] \[**+c**\] \[**-c**\] \[**+i**\] \[**-i**\] \[**+g**\] \[**-g**\] \[**--info-server**\] \[**--info-dict**\] \[**--html**\] \[**--html-base** *page*\] \[**--html-link-options** *options*\] \[**--conf** *dir*\] \[**--show-charsets**\] \[**--charset** *codec*\] \[**--utf8**\] \[**--debug**\] \[**-l** *w\_lang1* *w\_lang2*\] word

## DESCRIPTION

*Wordtrans* is a translator that works as a front-end for several dictionaries. It supports some dictionaries in plain text such as  those provided by the *i2e* (English-Spanish) program and *de-en*  (German-English), dictionary (*dict*) servers and  Babylon Translator's dictionary files (Note: *Babylon Translator* is a popular windows shareware application).

*Wordtrans* searches a word or regular expression in the selected dictionary (notice that if the expression contains blanks then it should be between quotation marks), then it will show a list with the terms found.

## OPTIONS

- **-v**

  Display the version number. --help Shows a helping message.

- **--debug**

  Shows debugging messages.

- **--dicts**

  Displays all available dictionaries.

- **-d***alias*

  Selects the dictionary to use. alias must be one of the shown with option

- **--dicts**

  It's very important that this option will be the first, because  when loading a dictionary its default options will be loaded too. If this option is not used wordtrans will automatically select the default dictionary (the one which is in *~/.wordtrans/preferencias*).  If the default dictionary couldn't be selected then the first dictionary found will be used. If there's none, wordtrans will exit with an error message.

- **+w**

  Only full words will be searched. If you look for **casa** only the terms which contain the full word **casa** will be shown but not the ones which contain it, such as  **casarse** or  **escasamente**.

- **-w**

  This is the opposite option of +w.

- **+c**

  Searches are case sensitive.

- **-c**

  Searches are not case sensitive.

- **+i**

  Display second language first.

- **-i**

  Display second language second.

- **+g**

  Ignore accented vowels.

- **-g**

  Do not ignore accented vowels.

- **--charset***codec*

  This specifies the charset that will be used for displaying the messages. By default, it will use an appropriate charset for your locale. You can see all avaiable charsets by using the *--show-charsets* option.

- **--utf8**

  The same as **--charset UTF-8**.

- **--show-charsets**

  Shows all available charsets (which depends on the Qt version you're using).

- **-l word\_language1 word\_language2**

  Append a new entry in the selected dictionary composed of the words indicated and exit.  If any word has blanks then the word should be between quotation marks.  You must introduce the word in the proper order. If the dictionary is English-Spanish then the first word should be the English one followed by the Spanish one.  The new translations will be saved in the personal dictionary.

- **--desc**

  Shows the description of the selected dictionary (in html). Useful only for the web front-end.

- **--info-server**

  Shows info of the dict server (only if the selected dictionary is of this kind). Generally it will give you info of the dictionaries available in that server. Useful only for the web front-end.

- **--info-dict**

  Ask info to the dict server over the selected dictionary. Useful only for the web front-end.

- **--html**

  Returns a text in HTML format instead of plain text. Useful for the web front-end.

- **--html-base***page*

  Sets the base page of the web interface. Useful only for the web front-end.

- **--html-link-options**

  Sets additional options for generated links. Useful only for the web front-end.

- **--conf***dir*

  Directory with the configuration files. This is used in the web interface to read the configuration files from the directory */etc/wordtrans*, so *wordtrans* can be executed as the user

## EXAMPLES

Search in the i2e (English-Spanish) dictionary for the word **casa**,  with no case sensitive option, displaying in first place the Spanish words.

      $ wordtrans -d i2e +w -c +i casa\
       From i2e:\
       lejos de casa --\> afield\
       casa vendida por pisos  --\> condominium\
       casa de huéspedes  --\> guesthouse\
       hacia casa --\> homeward\
       casa  --\> house\
       casa  --\> household\
       ama de casa --\> housekeeper\
       gobierno de la casa --\> housekeeping\
       ama de casa --\> housewife\
       casa del guarda --\> lodge\
       retrete fuera de la casa --\> outhouse\
       casa de empeños --\> pawnshop

Search for the terms which contain the string **tecla** in  the English-Spanish dictionary:

       $ wordtrans -d i2e -w +i tecla\
        From i2e:\
        tecla bloqueo de mayúsculas --\> caps lock key\
        pulsar (la tecla del ratón para marcar) --\> click (to -)\
        teclado desmontable --\> detachable keyboard \
        tecla de flecha hacia abajo --\> down arrow key\
        tecla de función --\> function key\
        tecla de inicio --\> home key\
        disposición del teclado  --\> keyboard layout\
        teclado numérico --\> keypad\
        teclado numérico --\> numeric keyboard\
        tecla bloqueo de desplazamiento de pantalla  --\> scroll lock key \
        tecla de mayúsculas --\> shift key\
        tecla de función programable --\> soft key\
        tecla programable --\> soft key\
        tecla de flecha arriba --\> up arrow key\
        teclado --\> keyboard

Search in the default dictionary (in this case i2e) the word **car**, displaying first the English words:

      $ wordtrans +w -i car\
        From i2e:\
        car --\> automóvil\
        car --\> coche\
        car window  --\> ventanilla

Look for hello in the German-English dictionary:

       $ wordtrans -d de-en hello\
        From de.TP .BI -en:\
        hello --\> Hallo!, Guten Tag!\
        to say hello (to someone) --\> (jemandem) guten Tag sagen

## FILES

- \~/.wordtrans/preferencias

  Preferences file for users

- /etc/wordtrans

  Configuration files

## SEE ALSO

- http://wordtrans.sourceforge.net/

  You can get dictionaries for several languages from the main site.

- /usr/share/doc/wortrans-doc

  Documenation for the *wordtrans* programs (translated to several languages)

## AUTHOR

Multi Language Word Translator Copyright (C) 2000-2002 Ricardo Villalba \<rvm@escomposlinux.org\>, and is distributed under the GPL license. This manpage was written by Javier Fernandez-Sanguino for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution (but can be used by others) based on the documentation provided in the main package.