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Posted: **Sat Apr 16, 2011 8:17 pm**

This is a sample app written in .NET on how to use the Google Translate API.
Can be ported to your existing App or even use as a Client Google Translator (Windows version).

Feature:
[*]Support all functions of Google Ajax Language API.
[*]CLS compatible. It can be used by any .NET languages (VB.NET, C++/CLI etc.)

Description:
Provides a simple, unofficial, .NET Framework API for using Google Ajax Language API service.

Includes:
[*]2 Textbox
[*]5 Label
[*]1 Combobox
[*]1 Button

Add the references:
- GoogleTranslateAPI.dll
- Newtonsoft.Json.dll

1. Double Click the on Form:

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Me.ComboBox1.Items.Add("English")
        Me.ComboBox1.Items.Add("French")
        Me.ComboBox1.Items.Add("Chinese")
        Me.ComboBox1.Items.Add("Italian")
        Me.ComboBox1.Items.Add("German")
        Me.ComboBox1.Items.Add("Hungarian")
        Me.ComboBox1.Items.Add("Spanish")
        Me.ComboBox1.Items.Add("Russian")
        Me.ComboBox1.Items.Add("Japanese")
        Me.ComboBox1.Items.Add("Korean")
        Me.ComboBox1.Items.Add("Arabic")
        Me.ComboBox1.Items.Add("Latin")
        Me.ComboBox1.Items.Add("Greek")
        Me.ComboBox1.Items.Add("Tagalog")

2. Form1_Load toward:

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Dim GoogleTranslator As New Google.API.Translate.TranslateClient("")
    Dim sourcestring As String
    Dim translatedstring As String
    Dim ISO_language As String

3. After Form1_Load:

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Sub chooseLanguage()
        If ComboBox1.SelectedIndex = 0 Then
            ISO_language = "en"
        End If

        If ComboBox1.SelectedIndex = 1 Then
            ISO_language = "fr"
        End If


        If ComboBox1.SelectedIndex = 2 Then
            ISO_language = "zh-TW"
        End If


        If ComboBox1.SelectedIndex = 3 Then
            ISO_language = "it"
        End If


        If ComboBox1.SelectedIndex = 4 Then
            ISO_language = "de"
        End If

        If ComboBox1.SelectedIndex = 5 Then
            ISO_language = "de"
        End If

        If ComboBox1.SelectedIndex = 6 Then
            ISO_language = "es"
        End If


        If ComboBox1.SelectedIndex = 7 Then
            ISO_language = "ru"
        End If

        If ComboBox1.SelectedIndex = 8 Then
            ISO_language = "ja"
        End If
        If ComboBox1.SelectedIndex = 9 Then
            ISO_language = "ko"
        End If

        If ComboBox1.SelectedIndex = 10 Then
            ISO_language = "ar"
        End If
        If ComboBox1.SelectedIndex = 11 Then
            ISO_language = "la"
        End If
        If ComboBox1.SelectedIndex = 12 Then
            ISO_language = "el"
        End If

        If ComboBox1.SelectedIndex = 13 Then
            ISO_language = "tl"
        End If
    End Sub

4. Double click the on Button1:

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If Me.TextBox1.Text = "" Then
            MsgBox("Required Field!!!")
            TextBox1.Focus()
            Exit Sub
        End If
        If Me.ComboBox1.Text = "" Then
            MsgBox("Required Field!!!")
            ComboBox1.Focus()
            Exit Sub
        End If


        Translate()

5. After Button1_Click:

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Sub Translate()
        Try
            chooseLanguage()
            sourcestring = Me.TextBox1.Text

            translatedstring = GoogleTranslator.TranslateAndDetect(sourcestring, ISO_language, "")

        Catch ex As Exception

            MessageBox.Show("Error while Connecting to Google..." & ex.ToString, "Google API Sample")
        End Try

        Me.TextBox2.Text = translatedstring
    End Sub

Posted: **Fri May 06, 2011 11:36 am**

Thats cool!, looks awsome too.

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