node-opencc

Translates between Traditional and Simplified Chinese in pure Node.js

(This library use OpenCC for its dictionary database and test data)

OpenCC is a translation library for Traditional and Simplified Chinese with dictionary of localized phrases and verbs. But it only runs on Python (or Node.js with Python installed).

node-opencc is a brand new project that imports OpenCC database and test case, and translates text without installing any native components.

Usage

node-opencc supports Node.js and modern browsers (with Webpack).

const opencc = require('node-opencc');

opencc.hongKongToSimplified('滑鼠') === '鼠标';
opencc.traditionalToHongKong('僞') === '偽';

node-opencc supports the following types of translations:

Function name	Translation
hongKongToSimplified	Hong Kong to Simplified Chinese
simplifiedToHongKong	Simplified Chinese to Hong Kong
simplifiedToTraditional	Simplified Chinese to Traditional Chinese
simplifiedToTaiwan	Simplified Chinese to Taiwan
simplifiedToTaiwanWithPhrases	Simplified Chinese to Taiwan with phrases
traditionalToHongKong	Traditional Chinese to Hong Kong
traditionalToSimplified	Traditional Chinese to Simplified Chinese
traditionalToTaiwan	Traditional Chinese to Taiwan
taiwanToSimplified	Taiwan to Simplified Chinese
taiwanToSimplifiedWithPhrases	Taiwan to Simplified Chinese with phrases

What's not working

Although node-opencc tries to redo OpenCC with pure JavaScript, there are features that are not working as in OpenCC. node-opencc currently do not support the following features:

• Multiple alternative phrases, verbs, and characters
• Use withPhrases options

Changelog

Please refer to change log here.

Contribution

You may want to head to OpenCC for dictionary contribution.

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To contribute to the code base of node-opencc, please file a pull request with unit tests.