First pass at a script to translate the text in the clipboard. Not ready for prime time, unless you are working on the script, do not use yet.

speech/clipboard_translator.sh

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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Clear the clipboard so you don't accidently send personal info to the translator.
+echo "" | xclip -d "${DISPLAY:-:0}" -selection clipboard
+export dictionaryFile="${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/storm-games/audiogame-manager/translations.txt"
+if [[ ! -r "$dictionaryFile" ]]; then
+    touch "$dictionaryFile"
+fi
+newText=""
+oldText=""
+oldTranslatedText=""
+while : ; do
+    newText="$(xclip -d "${DISPLAY:-:0}" -selection clipboard -o)"
+    sleep 0.01
+    if [[ "$oldText" == "$newText" ]] || [[ "$newText" == "" ]]; then
+        continue
+    fi
+    export newText
+    translatedText="$(awk -v originalText="${newText}" 'BEGIN { exitCode = 1; FS = "\\)==:\\[" }
+        $1~originalText { print $2; exitCode = 0; exit}
+        END { exit exitCode }' "$dictionaryFile")"
+    if [[ "${#translatedText}" -ge 1 ]]; then
+        if [[ "${translatedText}" != "${oldTranslatedText}" ]]; then
+            spd-say "$translatedText"
+        fi
+        oldTranslatedText="$translatedText"
+        continue
+    fi
+    translatedText="$(trans -b -- "$newText")"
+    echo "${newText})==:[${translatedText}" >> "$dictionaryFile"
+    sort -uo "$dictionaryFile" "$dictionaryFile"
+    spd-say "$translatedText"
+    oldText="$newText"
+done