How to translate a php string using google translate or any other translation service?

Question

I need to translate a part of my wordpress site content using google translate, For example,

$text="translate this content"

to

$translated_text="traduci questo contenuto"

I do not need to find the browser language, etc,. Just direct translation I need. Tried this, seems like it is deprecated. Got it from another question answered here.

 function translate($from_lan, $to_lan, $text){
 $json = json_decode(file_get_contents('https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/services/language/translate? 
 v=1.0&q=' . urlencode($text) . '&langpair=' . $from_lan . '|' . $to_lan));
 $translated_text = $json->responseData->translatedText;
 return $translated_text;
 }

I don't mind paying for the google API, I need to know how to handle the translation in php code.

https://rapidapi.com/blog/lp/google-translate-api/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Alpha&utm_term=google%20translation%20api_e&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIqrvRvdXw7QIVSeDtCh2UjgI3EAAYASAAEgLWzPD_BwE — RiggsFolly, Dec 28 '20 at 12:23

Gerard H. Pille · Answer 1 · 2020-12-28T20:24:50.697

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google translate currently posts a "application/x-www-form-urlencoded" with a f.req like

[[["AVdN8","[\"je voudrais bien te voir demain\",\"fr\",\"nl\"]",null,"generic"]]]

For an example in posting with PHP, see PHP post request

edited Dec 28 '20 at 20:24

answered Dec 28 '20 at 12:31

Gerard H. Pille

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am ok with using Google API by paying for it. I just need to know how to do that. – hindisong.cc Dec 28 '20 at 16:05
how to use the API or how to pay for it? ;-) – Gerard H. Pille Dec 28 '20 at 16:43
How to use the API to translate a string? – hindisong.cc Dec 28 '20 at 19:13
You've studied https://cloud.google.com/translate/docs ? – Gerard H. Pille Dec 28 '20 at 19:20
Yes, went through it., But never in a place is mentioned how to use it to auto translate a sentence in php, with an example. – hindisong.cc Dec 28 '20 at 19:41
Perhaps not in PHP, but they show you what you need to post. Plenty of tutorials around showing how to post from PHP. – Gerard H. Pille Dec 28 '20 at 20:19
Added a link to my answer. – Gerard H. Pille Dec 28 '20 at 20:25

How to translate a php string using google translate or any other translation service?

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