nigeria-translator/src/index.ts

A lightweight and developer-friendly Node.js + TypeScript package for translating between English and major Nigerian languages — Igbo, Yoruba, and Hausa. Provides simple bidirectional translation functions (English ↔ Igbo, Yoruba, Hausa) powered by the Bi

import { translate } from "bing-translate-api";


interface BingResponse {
  translation: string;
  sourceLanguage?: string;
  targetLanguage?: string;
}

export async function translateText(
  text: string,
  from: string,
  to: string
): Promise<string> {
  try {
    const result = (await translate(text, from, to)) as BingResponse;

    if (!result || !result.translation) {
      throw new Error("Invalid response from translation API");
    }

    return result.translation;
  } catch (error) {
    console.error("Translation error:", error);
    throw error;
  }
}

// English → Nigerian languages
export const englishToIgbo = (text: string) =>
  translateText(text, "en", "ig");

export const englishToYoruba = (text: string) =>
  translateText(text, "en", "yo");

export const englishToHausa = (text: string) =>
  translateText(text, "en", "ha");

// Nigerian languages → English
export const igboToEnglish = (text: string) =>
  translateText(text, "ig", "en");

export const yorubaToEnglish = (text: string) =>
  translateText(text, "yo", "en");

export const hausaToEnglish = (text: string) =>
  translateText(text, "ha", "en");