en-multi-language-translator/index.js

Translate English text to Arabic, Malayalam, Chinese, and more.

// Force the default export when using require()
const translate = require('@vitalets/google-translate-api').default;

/**
 * Translates English text to the given language.
 * @param {string} text - English input.
 * @param {string} targetLang - Language code like 'ar', 'ml', 'zh-CN'.
 * @returns {Promise<string>}
 */
async function translateText(text, targetLang) {
  if (!text) throw new Error('Text is required');
  if (!targetLang) throw new Error('Target language code is required');

  try {
    const res = await translate(text, { from: 'en', to: targetLang });
    return res.text;
  } catch (err) {
    throw new Error(`Translation failed: ${err.message}`);
  }
}

module.exports = { translateText };