Yii2 translation utility

This PHP script helps to quickly create or update translations of Yii2 message files. Use it if you want to initially translate Yii2 messages or update translations when development proceeds.

It is a little command line utility running standalone (without webserver, database, ...).

The script ...

• reads all source input files in Yii2 message folder (source language),
• shows a message in source language,
• shows the translated messge in the target language (if available),
• shows a translation proposal usingthe Google translation service,
• asks the user for a translated message (either a new message or the Google translated message),
• saves translated messages in the target language folder

This utility does not have to installed in the Yii2 folder. Install it anywhere outside (e.g. in a user ./tmp folder).

Installation

You need to have PHP (>=5.4) and Composer installed.

Then get the required libraries:

> composer install

Finally execute the script

> php translate.php

Sample Translation Process

If your Yii2 message path is in your current folder, the script runs as follows:

> php translate.php

Path to Yii2-message directory [./messages]
Source language (de) [de]
Target language (de) [en]
Use Google Translate service (y/N) [y]
14 files found in ./messages
Translate source file ./messages/de/app-band.php (y/N/.=>End)? [N]y
Source file contains 11 messages
Translation file contains 11 messages
---
-->         [bands]
de        : [Bands]
en        : [Bands]
google    : bands
New (Return=>OK/-=>Google/.=>End) [Bands]
---
-->         [band]
de        : [Band / Formation]
en        : [Band / Group]
google    : Band / formation
New (Return=>OK/-=>Google/.=>End) [Band / Gro...].
New translation file:
<?php
return [
    'bands' => 'Bands',
    'band' => 'Band / Group',
];
Save new translationfile as ./messages/en/app-band.php (y/N): [N]y
File saved as ./messages/en/app-band.php
Translate source file ./messages/de/app-benutzer.php (y/N/.=>End)? [N].
>

That's it. You've got a new transled file in ./messages/en or the file is updated with the new translated messages.

Disclaimer

This software is developed for educational purposes only. It uses the repo Stichoza/google-translate-php to access Google translation service.Please note that the Google translation feature may break anytime as it is based on crawling the Google Translate website. Consider buying Official Google Translate API for other types of usage.

Also, Google might ban your server IP or require to solve CAPTCHA if you send unusual traffic (large amount of data/requests).