Bug#976816: ITP: et2en -- Command-line tool for translating Estonian into English.

[Agis Theodoropoulos <agis@eureton.com>]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Agis Theodoropoulos <agis@eureton.com>

* Package name    : et2en
  Version         : 1.0.4
  Upstream Author : Agis Theodoropoulos <agis@eureton.com>
* URL             : https://github.com/eureton/et2en/
* License         : EPL, GPL
  Programming Lang: Clojure
  Description     : Command-line tool for translating Estonian into English.

A command-line tool for English-speakers who are learning Estonian. For each
word provided on the command-line, et2en:
 * finds lemmas
 * identifies grammatical form with respect to each lemma
 * fetches definitions in English for each lemma

et2en needs a connection to the web because it uses the following online
resources:
 * filosoft.ee lemmatizer
 * filosoft.ee morphoanalyzer
 * glosbe.com dictionary

et2en is a standalone executable, implemented in Clojure. It spins up a JVM
instance on each run which shuts down on exit.


- why is this package useful/relevant?
It is relevant to English-speakers who are learning Estonian. It is useful
because looking up a word is a tedious three-step process (i.e. first find the
lemma(s), then look each lemma up in the dictionary, then identify the
grammatical form of the original word) which requires a JS-capable web browser.
The et2en tool cuts down on the tedium and presents the results -sensibly
collated- on stdout.

- is it a dependency for another package?
No.

- do you use it?
Yes.

- if there are other packages providing similar functionality, how does it
compare?
There aren't any.

- how do you plan to maintain it?
Alone. I am the author and it is a small enough package for a single person.

- do you plan to maintain it inside a packaging team?
There is no need for a packaging team.

- are you looking for co-maintainers?
No.

- do you need a sponsor?
No.