diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2017 Andy
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
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+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+# translate-cli
+
+Command Line Interface to translate words
+
+## Build
+
+`stack build`
+
+## Run
+
+* `stack exec translate` to show help
+* `stack exec translate -- <text-to-translate>` to translate
diff --git a/Setup.hs b/Setup.hs
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+import Distribution.Simple
+main = defaultMain
diff --git a/app/Main.hs b/app/Main.hs
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+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
+
+module Main where
+
+import Turtle
+import Lib
+import Paths_translate_cli (version)
+import Data.Version (showVersion)
+import Data.Text (unpack)
+
+parseVersion :: Parser (IO ())
+parseVersion =
+    subcommand "version" "Show version information" $ pure printVersion
+
+parseMain :: Parser (IO ())
+parseMain = fmap (translateText . unpack) parseArgs
+
+parser :: Parser (IO ())
+parser = parseVersion <|> parseMain
+
+main :: IO ()
+main = do
+    cmd <- options "Translation tool for the commandline" parser
+    cmd
+
+printVersion :: IO()
+printVersion = putStrLn $ showVersion version
+
+parseArgs :: Parser Text
+parseArgs = argText "text" "Text to translate"
diff --git a/src/Lib.hs b/src/Lib.hs
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+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings, ScopedTypeVariables #-}
+
+module Lib(translateText) where
+
+import Network.Wreq
+import Control.Lens ((&), (^.), (.~))
+import Data.Text (Text, pack)
+import GHC.Generics (Generic)
+import Data.Aeson
+
+import Model
+
+instance FromJSON Phrase
+instance FromJSON Translation
+instance FromJSON RestResponse
+
+translateText :: String -> IO()
+translateText phrase = do
+    r <- getWith (getOptions phrase) $ apiBase
+    let body = r ^. responseBody
+        decoded = eitherDecode body :: Either String RestResponse
+    printPhrases $ fmap (take 5 . toPhrases) decoded
+
+apiBase :: String
+apiBase = "https://glosbe.com/gapi_v0_1/translate"
+
+getOptions :: String -> Options
+getOptions phrase = defaults
+    & param "phrase" .~ [pack phrase]
+    & param "from" .~ ["de"]
+    & param "dest" .~ ["en"]
+    & param "format" .~ ["json"]
+
+printPhrases :: Either String [String] -> IO()
+printPhrases phrases =
+    case phrases of
+        Left _ -> print "No result"
+        Right phrases -> mapM_ putStrLn phrases
+
diff --git a/src/Model.hs b/src/Model.hs
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+{-# LANGUAGE DeriveGeneric, OverloadedStrings #-}
+module Model(RestResponse(..), Translation(..), Phrase(..), toPhrases) where
+
+import Data.Text (Text)
+import GHC.Generics (Generic)
+import Data.Maybe
+
+
+data Phrase = Phrase { text :: String
+                     , language :: String
+                     } deriving (Generic, Show)
+
+data Translation = Translation { phrase :: Maybe Phrase
+                               } deriving (Generic, Show)
+
+data RestResponse = RestResponse { result :: String
+                                 , tuc :: [Translation]
+                                 } deriving (Generic, Show)
+
+toPhrases :: RestResponse -> [String]
+toPhrases = fmap formatPhrase . getPhrases . tuc
+
+getPhrases :: [Translation] -> [Phrase]
+getPhrases = catMaybes . fmap phrase
+
+formatPhrase :: Phrase -> String
+formatPhrase (Phrase text lang) = "[" ++ lang ++ "] " ++ text
diff --git a/test/Spec.hs b/test/Spec.hs
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+++ b/test/Spec.hs
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+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
+
+import Test.HUnit
+import Model
+
+testToPhrasesEmptyList :: Test
+testToPhrasesEmptyList = TestCase
+    $ assertEqual "Should return empty list if no input"
+        []
+        (toPhrases response1)
+
+testToPhrasesWithResponse :: Test
+testToPhrasesWithResponse = TestCase
+    $ assertEqual "Should return empty list if no input"
+        ["[en] cat", "[en] dog"]
+        (toPhrases response2)
+
+main :: IO Counts
+main = runTestTT $ TestList [testToPhrasesEmptyList, testToPhrasesWithResponse]
+
+-- fake data
+
+enPhrase1 = Phrase "cat" "en"
+enPhrase2 = Phrase "dog" "en"
+
+response1 = RestResponse "ok" ([]::[Translation])
+response2 = RestResponse "ok" ([translation1, translation2])
+
+translation1 = Translation (Just enPhrase1)
+translation2 = Translation (Just enPhrase2)
diff --git a/translate-cli.cabal b/translate-cli.cabal
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+name:                translate-cli
+version:             0.1.0.0
+synopsis:            Translation cli tool
+description:         Translation cli tool
+homepage:            https://github.com/andys8/translate-cli#readme
+license:             MIT
+license-file:        LICENSE
+author:              andys8
+maintainer:          as@99n.de
+copyright:           2017
+category:            Cli
+build-type:          Simple
+extra-source-files:  README.md
+cabal-version:       >=1.10
+
+library
+  hs-source-dirs:      src
+  exposed-modules:     Lib
+                     , Model
+  build-depends:       base >= 4.7 && < 5
+                     , wreq
+                     , lens
+                     , text
+                     , aeson
+                     , aeson-lens
+  default-language:    Haskell2010
+
+executable translate
+  hs-source-dirs:      app
+  main-is:             Main.hs
+  ghc-options:         -threaded -rtsopts -with-rtsopts=-N
+  build-depends:       base
+                     , translate-cli
+                     , turtle
+                     , text
+  default-language:    Haskell2010
+
+test-suite translate-cli-test
+  type:                exitcode-stdio-1.0
+  hs-source-dirs:      test
+  main-is:             Spec.hs
+  build-depends:       base
+                     , translate-cli
+                     , HUnit
+  ghc-options:         -threaded -rtsopts -with-rtsopts=-N
+  default-language:    Haskell2010
+
+source-repository head
+  type:     git
+  location: https://github.com/andys8/translate-cli
