Module: Babelphish::Translator

Defined in:
lib/babelphish/translator.rb

Class Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.detect_language(text) ⇒ Object

Sends a string to google to attempt to detect the language.

Returns an array indicating success/fail and the resulting data from google in a hash: “confidence”=>0.08594032, “isReliable”=>false



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# File 'lib/babelphish/translator.rb', line 90

def detect_language(text)
  request = Babelphish::GOOGLE_AJAX_URL + "detect?v=1.0&q=" + CGI.escape(text) 
  # send get request
  response = Net::HTTP.get_response( URI.parse( request ) )
  json = JSON.parse( response.body )
  [json['responseStatus'] == 200, json['responseData']]
end

.multiple_translate(text, tos, from = 'en', tries = 0) ⇒ Object

translate from the ‘from’ language into all available languages multiple strings and multiple languages

ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/services/language/translate?v=1.0&q=hello%20world&langpair=en|it&q=goodbye&langpair=en|fr results from google look like this: [{“responseData”:{“translatedText”:“ciao mondo”,“responseDetails”:null,“responseStatus”:200},revoir”,“responseDetails”:null,“responseStatus”:200}], “responseDetails”: null, “responseStatus”: 200}

One string into multiple languages ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/services/language/translate?v=1.0&q=hello%20world&langpair=en|it&langpair=en|fr results from google look like this: [{“responseData”:{“translatedText”:“ciao mondo”,“responseDetails”:null,“responseStatus”:200},le Monde”,“responseDetails”:null,“responseStatus”:200}], “responseDetails”: null, “responseStatus”: 200}



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# File 'lib/babelphish/translator.rb', line 46

def multiple_translate(text, tos, from = 'en', tries = 0)
  return {} if text.strip.empty? # Google doesn't like it when you send them an empty string
  base = Babelphish::GOOGLE_AJAX_URL + 'translate'
  # assemble query params
  params = {
    :q => text,
    :v => 1.0
  }
  query = params.map{ |k,v| "#{k}=#{CGI.escape(v.to_s)}" }.join('&')
  
  tos.each do |to|
    if !Babelphish::GoogleTranslate::LANGUAGES.include?(to)
      raise Exceptions::GoogleResponseError, "#{to} is not a valid Google Translate code.  Please be sure language codes are one of: #{Babelphish::GoogleTranslate::LANGUAGES.join(',')}"
    end
    query <<  "&langpair=" + CGI.escape("#{from}|#{to}")
  end

  response = Net::HTTP.get_response( URI.parse( "#{base}?#{query}" ) )
  json = JSON.parse( response.body )

  if json['responseStatus'] == 200
    results = {}
    json['responseData'].each_with_index do |data, index|
      if data['responseStatus'] == 200
        results[tos[index]] = data['responseData']['translatedText']
      else
        # retry the single translation
        translate(text, tos[index], from)
      end
    end
    results
  else
    if tries <= Babelphish::MAX_RETRIES
      # Try again a few more times
      multiple_translate(text, tos, from, tries+=1)
    else
      raise Exceptions::GoogleResponseError, "A problem occured while translating.  #{response} -- #{response.body} -- From: #{from} -- Text: #{text}"
    end
  end
end

.supported_languages ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/babelphish/translator.rb', line 98

def supported_languages
  Babelphish::GoogleTranslate::LANGUAGES
end

.translate(text, to, from = 'en', tries = 0) ⇒ Object

from: ruby.geraldbauer.ca/google-translation-api.html translate text from ‘from’ to ‘to’



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# File 'lib/babelphish/translator.rb', line 8

def translate(text, to, from = 'en', tries = 0)

  return if to == from
  base = Babelphish::GOOGLE_AJAX_URL + 'translate' 
  # assemble query params
  params = {
    :langpair => "#{from}|#{to}", 
    :q => text,
    :v => 1.0  
  }
  query = params.map{ |k,v| "#{k}=#{CGI.escape(v.to_s)}" }.join('&')
  # send get request
  response = Net::HTTP.get_response( URI.parse( "#{base}?#{query}" ) )
  json = JSON.parse( response.body )
  if json['responseStatus'] == 200
    json['responseData']['translatedText']
  else
    if tries <= Babelphish::MAX_RETRIES
      # Try again a few more times
      translate(text, to, from, tries+=1)
    else
      raise Exceptions::GoogleResponseError, "A problem occured while translating from #{from} to #{to}.  #{json['responseDetails']}"
    end
  end
end