google-auto-translate

google-auto-translate

Translate language files using google translate service. This module improves performance and decrases rate limit usage by working with file diffs only.

Note: This module is not stable yet, use with caution.

Install

npm install google-auto-translate

Usage

CLI

.\node_modules\.bin\google-auto-translate [apiKey] [inputFile] [inputLanguageIsoKey] [generatedFilesDir] [targetLanguage1,targetLanguage2,...]

.\node_modules\.bin\google-auto-translate [apiKey] ./en.json en ./ de,fr,it

• apiKey: Your google translate api key
• inputFile: Source language json file from which the target languages will be generated from. Must be an object like the following:

{
  "USER_HEADER": "English Header Value",
  "ADMIN_AREA": {
    "SECTION_1": {
      "USER_GREETING": "Hello user",
      "USER_DELETE_CONFIRM_TEXT": "Are you sure to delete the user?"
    }
  }
}

• inputLanguageIsoKey: Input file language key, example: en
• generatedFilesDir: Location of the generated files.
• targetLanguage1,targetLanguage2,...: ISO language keys of the generated languages, examples:
  • en
  • de
  • tr
  • it
  • fr
  • Full list: https://cloud.google.com/translate/docs/languages

Todos

• Rate Limiting (Currently google quota has 100.000 characters every 100 seconds)
• Unit Tests
• Better/More unit testable code structure