RubyTranslate provides a simple wrapper around the Google Translate API for detecting and translating languages.

Usage:

gem install sermoa-ruby_translate
require 'ruby_translate'

Detect:

RubyTranslate.detect("Mein Luftkissenfahrzeug ist voller Aale")
=> "de"

RubyTranslate.detect("Safisha viatu yangu mara moja!")
=> "sw"

Translate:

RubyTranslate.translate("Mein Luftkissenfahrzeug ist voller Aale", "en")
=> "My hovercraft is full of eels"

RubyTranslate.translate("Il y a un singe qui vole dans l'arbre.", "en")
=> "There is a flying monkey in the tree."

RubyTranslate.translate("They are singing in St Peter's Square", "it")
=> "Essi sono il canto, in Piazza San Pietro"

RubyTranslate.translate("Eu queria um outro pedacinho de Apfelstrudel, por favor", "sv", "pt")
=> "Jag ville ha en bit av Apfelstrudel, tack"

Note that the ‘from’ parameter is optional - if you do not provide it, RubyTranslate first uses detect to guess which language it is.

Acknowledgements:

Thanks to the following excellent sources for inspiration:

• ruby.geraldbauer.ca/google-translation-api.html

• github.com/elisehuard/google_translate/tree/master

• github.com/sishen/rtranslate/tree/master

• www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/hovercraft.htm

• www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/useful.htm