Google-Translate

Free Google Translate API for Common Lisp

Installation

This system can be installed from UltraLisp like this:

(ql-dist:install-dist "http://dist.ultralisp.org/"
                      :prompt nil)
(ql:quickload "google-translate")

Usage

(multiple-value-bind (text data)
    (google-translate:translate "How are you?" :target "de"))
;; "Wie geht es dir?"
;;  (:TRANSLATION (("Wie geht es dir?" "How are you?" NIL NIL 10))
;;   :ALL-TRANSLATIONS (("interjection"
;;                       ("Wie geht es Ihnen?" "Wie geht es dir?" "Wie geht's Ihnen?"
;;                        "Wie geht's dir?")
;;                       (("Wie geht es Ihnen?"
;;                         ("How are you?" "How is it going?" "How are you getting along?") NIL
;;                         0.4437473)
;;                        ("Wie geht es dir?" ("How are you?") NIL 0.14633234d0)
;;                        ("Wie geht's Ihnen?" ("How are you?"))
;;                        ("Wie geht's dir?" ("How are you?")))
;;                       "How are you?" 9))
;;   :ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE "en"
;;   :POSSIBLE-TRANSLATIONS (("How are you?" NIL
;;                            (("Wie geht es dir?" 1000 T NIL (10)) ("Wie geht es Ihnen?" 1000 T NIL (1))
;;                             ("Wie gehts?" 1000 T NIL (1)) ("Wie geht es?" 1000 T NIL (1))
;;                             ("Wie gehts dir?" 1000 T NIL (1)))
;;                            ((0 12)) "How are you?" 0 0))
;;   :CONFIDENCE 1
;;   :POSSIBLE-MISTAKES NIL
;;   :LANGUAGE (("en") NIL (1) ("en"))
;;   :SYNONYMS NIL
;;   :DEFINITIONS NIL
;;   :EXAMPLES NIL
;;   :SEE-ALSO NIL)

(google-translate:translate "How are you?"
                            :target "de"
                            :source "en"
                            :dex-args '(:keep-alive nil
                                        :connect-timeout 5
                                        :verbose t))

dex-args - dexador request arguments

Disclaimer

This is an unofficial system developed for educational purposes only, using the web API of translate.google.com and also is not associated with Google.

• The maximum character limit on a single text is 15k.
• Due to limitations of the web version of google translate, this API does not guarantee that the library would work properly at all times (so please use this system if you don’t care about stability).
• Important: If you want to use a stable API, I highly recommend you to use Google’s official translate API.
• If you get HTTP 5xx error or errors like #6, it’s probably because Google has banned your client IP address.