gpytranslate

A Python3 library for translating text using Google Translate API.

Features

• Both Synchronous and Asynchronous
• Dot accessible values
• Supports emoji
• Type hinted
• Free to use
• Easy

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Quick Start

Installation

Requirements:

• Python 3.9 or higher
• httpx[socks] >= 0.28.0
• aiofiles >= 24.1.0
• typing-extensions >= 4.12.2

Install using pip:

python3 -m pip install -U gpytranslate

Or install with poetry:

poetry add gpytranslate

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Usage

Async Example:

from gpytranslate import Translator
import asyncio


async def main():
    t = Translator()
    translation = await t.translate("Ciao come stai? Io bene ahah.", targetlang="en")
    language = await t.detect(translation.text)
    print(f"Translation: {translation.text}\nDetected language: {language}")


if __name__ == "__main__":
    asyncio.run(main())

Sync Example:

from gpytranslate import SyncTranslator

t = SyncTranslator()
translation = t.translate("Ciao come stai? Io bene ahah.", targetlang="en")
language = t.detect(translation.text)
print(f"Translation: {translation.text}\nDetected language: {language}")

❓ Note: you could also check tests folder for extra examples.

Output:

Translation: Hello how are you? I'm fine, haha.
Detected language: en

Text to Speech

Async Example:

import asyncio, aiofiles
from gpytranslate import Translator

async def main():
    translator = Translator()
    async with aiofiles.open("test.mp3", "wb") as file:
        await translator.tts("Hello world!", file=file)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    asyncio.run(main())

Sync Example:

from gpytranslate import SyncTranslator

translator = SyncTranslator()

with open("test.mp3", "wb") as file:
    translator.tts("Hello world!", file=file)

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Useful Resources

https://danpetrov.xyz/programming/2021/12/30/telegram-google-translate.html https://vielhuber.de/en/blog/google-translation-api-hacking/ https://github.com/OwlGramDev/OwlGram/blob/b9bb8a247758adbf7be7aaf3eb150f680bec1269/TMessagesProj/src/main/java/it/owlgram/android/translator/GoogleAppTranslator.java

Language Codes

The library uses ISO 639-1 two-letter language codes. Some common examples:

• English: 'en'
• Spanish: 'es'
• French: 'fr'
• German: 'de'
• Italian: 'it'
• Japanese: 'ja'
• Chinese (Simplified): 'zh'

Error Handling

The library raises TranslationError when translation fails:

from gpytranslate import Translator, TranslationError

translator = Translator()
try:
    result = await translator.translate("Hello", targetlang="invalid")
except TranslationError as e:
    print(f"Translation failed: {e}")

Development

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Here's how you can help:

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
3. Make your changes
4. Run the tests (pytest)
5. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add amazing feature')
6. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
7. Open a Pull Request

Please make sure to update tests as appropriate and follow the existing code style.

License

Licensed under the MIT License.

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