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# gtranslate
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Better front-end for Google Translate that is lightweight, doesn't track
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you and works without JavaScript.
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# Installation
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```sh
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git clone https://git.sr.ht/~yerinalexey/gtranslate
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cd gtranslate
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go build
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```
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Then run the server with
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```sh
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./gtranslate
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```
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If you want to use a different port:
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```sh
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./gtranslate -b :3000 # will run on port 3000
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```
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Note: if you're running it outside of development environment, you
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should pass `--templates-dir` and `--static-dir` arguments pointing to
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templates and static directories:
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```sh
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./gtranslate \
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--templates-dir path/to/gtranslate/templates \
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--static-dir path/to/gtranslate/static
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```
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Other settings (available with `./gtranslate --help`):
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```
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Usage of ./gtranslate:
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-b, --bind string Address to bind the server to, [addr]:port (default ":5000")
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--proxy string Proxy URL, with no scheme http is assumed
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--static-dir string Static files directory (default "./static")
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--templates-dir string Templates directory (default "./templates")
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--user-agent string User-Agent header to use
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```
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# Using Tor
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Routing requests through Tor has its benefits:
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- Google will have a hard time tracking `gtranslate` servers as they act like normal Tor users
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- You probably won't get banned as requests are made from different IPs
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Despite that, it has some drawbacks:
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- Much slower response time
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- Might get capcha or some other junk that will block requests
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- If doing the wrong thing, you might get your server compromised (in terms of anonymity)
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- This feature is not tested in development
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First of, you need to set up Tor daemon on the server. Here's a guide on
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ArchWiki: [Tor].
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[Tor]: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/tor
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With default settings, it should start a SOCKS5 proxy on localhost, port
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9050.
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Also, to minimize fingerprint, you need to use a very common user agent
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on Tor network. And, you guessed it, get it straight from Tor Browser.
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If you have one, you can just open https://httpbin.org/headers and copy
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it from there. If not, the latest available is provided here:
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[Tor Browser's User-Agent][tor-browser-user-agent].
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[tor-browser-user-agent]: https://tor.stackexchange.com/questions/4890/tor-browser-user-agent-strings/21524#21524
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Full setup:
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```sh
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./gtranslate \
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--user-agent "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/68.0" \
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--proxy "socks5://localhost:9050" \
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...
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```
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If you have managed to set it up or experienced issues with this guide,
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feel free to shoot an email to my [public inbox].
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[public inbox]: https://lists.sr.ht/~yerinalexey/public-inbox
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