Translate Readme Action

README Translation

• English
• 简体中文
• 繁体中文
• हिंदी
• Française
• عربى

GitHub Action to translate Readme to any language

This is a GitHub Action that automatically translate the readme in your repo to a specified language.

A submission for the DEV: GitHub Actions For Open Source! hackathon

Setup

1. Add a workflow file to your project (e.g. .github/workflows/readme.yml):

name: Translate README

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main
      - master
jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
      - name: Setup Node.js
        uses: actions/setup-node@v1
        with:
          node-version: 12.x
      # ISO Langusge Codes: https://cloud.google.com/translate/docs/languages  
      - name: Adding README - Chinese Simplified
        uses: kubbot/auto-translate-readme@main
        with:
          LANG: zh-CN
      - name: Adding README - Chinese Traditional
        uses: kubbot/auto-translate-readme@main
        with:
          LANG: zh-TW
      - name: Adding README - Hindi
        uses: kubbot/auto-translate-readme@main
        with:
          LANG: hi
      - name: Adding README - Arabic
        uses: kubbot/auto-translate-readme@main
        with:
          LANG: ar
      - name: Adding README - French
        uses: kubbot/auto-translate-readme@main
        with:
          LANG: fr

Configuration

Options

You can configure the action further with the following options:

• LANG: The language you want to translate your readme to. The default is Simplified Chinese. (I'm a Ghanaian) The supported languages can be found below. (default: zh-CH) (required: false)

Supported Languages

Languages supported can be found here https://cloud.google.com/translate/docs/languages

Issues

Check here for issues related to this action.

Development

Suggestions and contributions are always welcome!

LICENSE

MIT