RoutineHub • Google Translate

Google Translate

Quickly translate using the Google Translate API

Description

Does what you think it does, takes text and translates it using Google Translate! The translated text will be presented and can then be saved to your clipboard :) The Shortcut can also be used directly from another Shortcut

Google Translate Example

Features

Works seamlessly without showing the user a webpage
Translate any text into your favourite languages!
This Shortcut can be called from another Shortcut and will return the translated text seamlessly (examples below)

Calling from another Shortcut

Notes

This Shortcut uses UpdateKit (2.0) — A Shortcut for keeping shortcuts like these updated!
Credits to matheuss for his work, it helped me figure out how to get the Google Translate API working with this Shortcut

Latest Release Notes

2.3 - Oct. 25, 2018, 5:14 p.m.

Fix for when running from another shortcut without the ‘Language’ parameter

Past versions

Feedback

@KGNTSTNY

Keep getting blank translation. Tried texting translating Chinese and Korean to English...
Reply · 1 year, 9 months ago

@brechtbakker Author

Unfortunately this happens from time to time, especially when your internet connection is slow. I'm working on an improved version that I hope to publish soon. Have a nice day! Edit: More reliable version already published!
Reply · 1 year, 9 months ago

@i_7amza

Great shortcut, nice work
Reply · 1 year, 9 months ago

@brechtbakker Author

Thank you very much, hope you’ll find a good use for it! :)
Reply · 1 year, 9 months ago

@revrob

Hello Brecht - very many thanks for this, invaluable. Sometimes it doesn’t work, and I get a box saying, ‘Numerical argument out of domain. The range you specified was invalid. You asked for items 1 to 0. OK’ Any idea? Robert
Reply · 1 year, 7 months ago

@brechtbakker Author

Glad you like my shortcut! Regarding the problem, do you have a way of reproducing it? I’ll have a look at my logic though and see if I can see anything obvious. Thank you, Brecht
Reply · 1 year, 7 months ago

@revrob

It’s happening most of the time with me now, though it had worked fine. Can I share a screen recording with you. Would that help?
Reply · 1 year, 7 months ago

@brechtbakker Author

I do remember once while playing around with the shortcut that I got some errors, not sure if the error you’re talking about, but after some debugging I found that Google was blocking me for ‘unusual activity’ ;) Do you have Reddit? You can send me a message there, will be easier @brechtbakker Happy New Year :)
Reply · 1 year, 7 months ago

@jsmglx

Hello @brechtbakker, I made a shortcut called Ultimate Translator [ https://routinehub.co/shortcut/1802 ] which uses your G Translate shortcut. I’m giving you credit on the RoutineHub Shortcut description and also when running the shortcut if the user doesn’t have the Google Translate installed [ I invite to install it ;) ]. I wish you liked it. Thanks for making this possible and good job! - @jsmglx
Reply · 1 year, 6 months ago

@brechtbakker Author

Hi @jsmglx, the main aim for this shortcut was to make Google Translate available to use in other shortcuts, so I'm glad you're using it :) Thanks for the credits!
Reply · 1 year, 6 months ago