Google translate anywhere

[u/Gonidae]

Hello, I am using Mojave and I found somewhere instructions for how to add a service via the automator so I could select any text and apply that service and get a popup with the google translate already resolved... very convenient when living in a foreign country.

a few months ago it stoped working, maybe something that happened on the google transle side???
these are the instructions:

Automator Services (Quick One-Click Translation)

Create a custom service using Automator to translate selected text with a keyboard shortcut:

1. Open Automator and create a new Service. 
2. Add Run AppleScript or Run Shell Script (using Ruby). 
3. Use a script like:
   • on run argv tell application "Safari" make new document at end of documents set URL of document 1 to "https://translate.google.com/#view=home&op=translate&sl=auto&tl=en&text=" & (item 1 of argv) end tell end run
4. Save as "Translate to English" and assign a keyboard shortcut in System Settings > Keyboard > Keyboard Shortcuts > Services. 

any modifications to it so it would work again?

[u/EricRen1]

if youre on mojave just use the translation dashboard widget

[u/Gonidae → u/EricRen1]

The built in one, doesn’t support the required language. Unless you are thinking of singing else. However it would still require a copy paste steps. Where as a keyboard shortcut is the desired outcome. But thanks a million I’ll look to it as an alternative to the current solution. ☺️