Correct trans command error

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Using XFCE desktop.

Installed translate-shell. Using trans I get…



ion@linux-6mge:~>  trans en:el "Is that chicken stew you are eating?"
Is that chicken stew you are eating?


Είναι αυτό το κοτόπουλο στιφάδο που τρώτε;
(Eínai aftó to kotópoulo stifádo pou tróte?)


Translations of Is that chicken stew you are eating?
 English -> Ελληνικά ]


Is that chicken stew you are eating?
    Είναι αυτό το κοτόπουλο στιφάδο που τρώτε;, Είναι ότι στιφάδο κοτόπουλο τρώτε;
ion@linux-6mge:~> 


But going the other way, I get...


ion@linux-6mge:~> trans el:en "Είναι αυτό το κοτόπουλο στιφάδο που τρώτε"
Îίναι αÏu0085Ï
                    Ï Ï
                        ο κοÏ
                                ÏÏοÏu0085λο ÏÏ
                                                    ιÏάδο ÏÎ¿Ï Ï
                                                                      ÏÏÏ
                                                                           ε


Î • ίνΠ± ι Î ± Ï Ï Ï „ÏŒ Ï„ „ο„ „ÎºÎ¿Ï € ου λ ο ÏƒÏ „„ Î¹Ï † άδο Ï € 
Î¿Ï Ï „ε ÏŽÏ„ ε


Translations of Îίναι αÏu0085Ï
                                    Ï Ï
                                        ο κοÏ
                                                ÏÏοÏu0085λο ÏÏ
                                                                    ιÏάδο ÏÎ¿Ï 
Ï
                                                                                      
ÏÏÏ
                                                                                          
ε
 Ελληνικά -> English ]


Îίναι αÏu0085Ï
                    Ï Ï
                        ο κοÏ
                                ÏÏοÏu0085λο ÏÏ
                                                    ιÏάδο ÏοÏ
    Î • ίνΠ± ι Î ± Ï Ï Ï „ÏŒ Ï„ „ο„ „ÎºÎ¿Ï € ου λ ο ÏƒÏ „„ Î¹Ï † άδο Ï 
€ οÏ, ΠίνΠ± ι Î ± Ï Ï Ï Ï Î¿ ÎºÎ¿Ï Ï Ï Î¿Ï Î »Î¿ Ï Ï Î¹Ï Î¬Î'ο Ï Î¿Ï
Ï
 ÏÏÏ
      ε
    Ï „ε ÏŽÏ„ ε, Ï Ï Ï Ï IM
ion@linux-6mge:~>

I suspect it’s because trans only wants to process ASCII characters as input although it outputs non_ASCII charcters. But since the CLI accepts Greek characters from the keyboard and display them, shouldn’t the software do likewise?

Any suggestions to correct this would be appreciated.

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I do not know the program, but doesn’t it come with a man page (or other documentation)?

I assume there must be a way to tell it that that argument must be interpreted as being encoded in UTF-8.