Google Translate Nodejs

A nodejs package for translating text using google translate for free! It also support batching translation!

Introduction

A Node.js package for translating text using Google Translate for free, with support for batching translation, involves several steps. Below is a detailed guide on how you can achieve this using the google-translate-nodejs package.

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Features

• Fast and lightweight
• Batching translation. You can translate one text to many target language at a time.
• No unnecessary Dependencies
• Now Multi translation is supported. You can translate a object into multiple languages
• Small in Size (16KB)

Installing

Using npm

$ npm install google-translate-nodejs

Batch Translation Example

import { translate } from "google-translate-nodejs";

const { data } = await translate.batch("How are you", ["bn", "fr", "en", "es", "de", "ar", "ja", "ko", "ru", "pt", "it", "hi", "zh", "tr", "nl", "sv", "pl", "vi", "th"]
        );
console.log(data);

//And result will be printed like-

{
  source: { lan: 'auto', text: 'How are you' },
  target: [
    { lan: 'bn', text: 'আপনি কেমন আছেন' },
    { lan: 'fr', text: 'Comment vas-tu' },
    { lan: 'en', text: 'How are you' },
    { lan: 'es', text: 'Cómo estás' },
    { lan: 'de', text: 'Wie geht es dir' },
    { lan: 'ar', text: 'كيف حالك' },
    { lan: 'ja', text: '元気ですか' },
    { lan: 'ko', text: '어떻게 지내세요' },
    { lan: 'ru', text: 'Как вы' },
    { lan: 'pt', text: 'Como vai' },
    { lan: 'it', text: 'Come stai' },
    { lan: 'hi', text: 'आप कैसे हैं?' },
    { lan: 'zh', text: '你好吗' },
    { lan: 'tr', text: 'Nasılsın' },
    { lan: 'nl', text: 'Hoe is het' },
    { lan: 'sv', text: 'Hur mår du' },
    { lan: 'pl', text: 'Jak się masz' },
    { lan: 'vi', text: 'Bạn có khỏe không' },
    { lan: 'th', text: 'คุณเป็นอย่างไร' }
  ]
}

//For typescript you can import Response Types also-
import { BatchResponse } from "google-translate-nodejs";

API For Batch Translations-

translate.batch(text, targetLanguages, options)

text

• Type: String
• Description: The main text which need to be translated

targetLanuages

• Type: String[] (String array)
• Description: A array of string with lanuage code

options

• Type: Object
• Description: Options Object (Optional)

from

• Type: String
• Description: From Language
• Default: auto

Single Translation Example

import { translate } from "google-translate-nodejs";

const { data } = await translate.single("How are you", "fr");
console.log(data);

//And result will be printed like-
{
  source: { lan: 'auto', text: 'How are you?' },
  target: { lan: 'fr', text: 'Comment vas-tu?' }
}

//For typescript you can import Response Types also-
import { SingleResponse } from "google-translate-nodejs";

API For Single Translations-

translate.single(text, targetLanguage, options)

text

• Type: String
• Description: The main text which need to be translated

targetLanguage

• Type: String
• Description: The target language code

options

• Type: Object
• Description: Options Object (Optional)

from

• Type: String
• Description: From Language
• Default: auto

Multi Translation Example

import { translate } from "google-translate-nodejs";
const text = {
  title: "How are you?",
  description: "Here's a collection of news, notes, and highlights from Wednesday's on-field action.",
  otherText: "Other text"
}
const target = ["bn", "fr", "es", "ar", "de"]
const { data } = await translate.multi(text, target);
console.log(data);

//And result will be printed like-
{
  source: { lan: 'auto' },
  target: [
    {
      languageCode: 'bn',
      title: 'আপনি কেমন আছেন?',
      description: 'এখানে বুধবারের মাঠের অ্যাকশন থেকে খবর, নোট এবং হাইলাইটগুলির একটি সংগ্রহ রয়েছে৷',
      otherText: 'অন্যান্য পাঠ্য'
    },
    {
      languageCode: 'fr',
      title: 'Comment vas-tu?',
      description: "Voici une collection d'actualités, de notes et de faits saillants de l'action sur le terrain de mercredi.",
      otherText: 'Autre texte'
    },
    {
      languageCode: 'es',
      title: '¿Cómo estás?',
      description: 'Aquí hay una colección de noticias, notas y momentos destacados de la acción en el campo del miércoles.',
      otherText: 'Otro texto'
    },
    {
      languageCode: 'ar',
      title: 'كيف حالك؟',
      description: 'فيما يلي مجموعة من الأخبار والملاحظات والأحداث البارزة من الأحداث الميدانية يوم الأربعاء.',
      otherText: 'نص آخر'
    },
    {
      languageCode: 'de',
      title: 'Wie geht es dir?',
      description: 'Hier finden Sie eine Sammlung von Neuigkeiten, Notizen und Highlights vom Spielfeldeinsatz am Mittwoch.',
      otherText: 'Anderer Text'
    }
  ]
}

//For typescript you can import Response Types also-
import { MultiResponse } from "google-translate-nodejs";

API For Single Translations-

translate.multi(textObject, targetLanguages, options)

text

• Type: Object
• Description: The main text which need to be translated. It can be any object.

targetLanguages

• Type: String[]
• Description: The target languages code. Array of string.

options

• Type: Object
• Description: Options Object (Optional)

from

• Type: String
• Description: From Language
• Default: auto

Issues or correction

If you face any issues to any function, please let me know by creating a issue on github.

Stay in touch

• Author - Siam Ahnaf
• Website - https://www.siamahnaf.com/
• Twitter - https://twitter.com/siamahnaf198
• Github - https://github.com/siamahnaf

License

Released under MIT license.