Translating text with Google Translate

For our last example, we will be using one of the AI applications almost everyone is aware of – Google Translate. Due to its use within the Chrome browser and the Google search engine, most people are aware of the vast capabilities of this technology to translate between languages. What fewer people are aware of is that this technology is available as an API that you can incorporate into your own application.

This is the API we will be working with for this example. Google, like Microsoft and AWS, has a substantial range of leading-edge AI services that you can access via APIs. Looking into these on your own after completing this example will repay the effort as you will understand the basics of how to interact with them after having completed this section.

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