latextlt

Python script to ease the translation of strings into latex files to other languages (python 3)

This script replaces non-text contents of the latex files (e.g., equation, figure, tikz) and all commands (e.g., \frametitle{.}, \section{.}, $.$, etc.) for a hash. After texts (strings) translation, the script is called another time to replace back the hash contents for the original contents. Review must be done on the resulting output, but this saves a considerable amount of post-processing time.

Usage:

1. Code tex file:

   python latextlt.py -f yourlatexfile.tex
   

2. Translate yourlatexfile.CODED.txt using google translator or similar
3. Decode translation file:

   python latextlt.py -d -f yourlatexfile.tex > yourlatexfile.tlt.tex
   

4. Manually review the output yourlatexfile.tlt.tex