gl_translate: Translate the language of text within a request

In googleLanguageR: Call Google's 'Natural Language' API, 'Cloud Translation' API, 'Cloud Speech' API and 'Cloud Text-to-Speech' API

Translate the language of text within a request

Description

Translate character vectors via the Google Translate API.

Usage

gl_translate(
  t_string,
  target = "en",
  format = c("text", "html"),
  source = "",
  model = c("nmt", "base")
)

Arguments

t_string	Character vector of text to translate
target	The target language code
format	Whether the text is plain text or HTML
source	Specify the language to translate from. Will detect it if left default
model	Translation model to use

Details

You can translate a vector of strings; if too many for one call, it will be broken up into one API call per element. The API charges per character translated, so splitting does not change cost but may take longer.

If translating HTML, set format = "html". Consider removing anything not needed to be translated first, such as JavaScript or CSS.

API limits: characters per day, characters per 100 seconds, and API requests per 100 seconds. These can be configured in the API manager: https://console.developers.google.com/apis/api/translate.googleapis.com/quotas

Value

A tibble of translatedText, detectedSourceLanguage, and text of length equal to the vector of text you passed in

See Also

https://cloud.google.com/translate/docs/reference/translate

Other translations: gl_translate_detect(), gl_translate_document(), gl_translate_languages()

googleLanguageR documentation built on Aug. 25, 2025, 1:12 a.m.