translators/lib/google-api.js

Translators is a library which aims to bring free, multiple, enjoyable translation to individuals and students in Nodejs.

"use strict";

// Imports the Google Cloud client library
const {
  Translate
} = require('@google-cloud/translate').v2;

// Creates a client
const translate = new Translate();

/**
 * TODO(developer): Uncomment the following lines before running the sample.
 */
// const text = 'The text to translate, e.g. Hello, world!';
// const target = 'The target language, e.g. ru';
const model = 'nmt';
async function translateText(text, from, target) {
  const options = {
    from,
    // The target language, e.g. "ru"
    to: target,
    // Make sure your project is on the allow list.
    // Possible values are "base" and "nmt"
    model: model
  };

  // Translates the text into the target language. "text" can be a string for
  // translating a single piece of text, or an array of strings for translating
  // multiple texts.
  let [translations] = await translate.translate(text, options);
  translations = Array.isArray(translations) ? translations : [translations];
  console.log('Translations:');
  translations.forEach((translation, i) => {
    console.log(`${text[i]} => (${target}) ${translation}`);
  });
  return translations.join('\n');
}
module.exports = translateText;