Translate - Text task

The Translate - Text task task lets you translate an input text using Cloud Translation. Input text can be a plain text or a HTML.

Cloud Translation is a Google Cloud service that allows you to translate text for more than 100 language pairs with the capability of auto language detection. For a list of all supported languages, see Supported languages.

Before you begin

Ensure that you perform the following tasks in your Google Cloud project before configuring the Translate - Text task:

  1. Enable the Cloud Translation API (translate.googleapis.com).

    Enable the Cloud Translation API

  2. Create an authentication profile. Apigee Integration uses an authentication profile to connect to an authentication endpoint for the Translate - Text task task.

    For information about granting additional roles or permissions to a service account, see Granting, changing, and revoking access.

Configure the Translate - Text task

  1. In the Apigee UI, select your Apigee Organization.
  2. Click Develop > Integrations.
  3. Select an existing integration or create a new integration by clicking Create Integration.

    If you are creating a new integration:

    1. Enter a name and description in the Create Integration dialog.
    2. Select a Region for the integration from the list of supported regions.
    3. Click Create.

    This opens the integration in the integration designer.

  4. In the integration designer navigation bar, click +Add a task/trigger > Tasks to view the list of available tasks.
  5. Click and place the Translate - Text element in the integration designer.
  6. Click the Translate - Text element on the designer to view the Translate - Text task configuration pane.
  7. Go to Authentication, and select an existing authentication profile that you want to use.

    Optional. If you have not created an authentication profile prior to configuring the task, Click + New authentication profile and follow the steps as mentioned in Create a new authentication profile.

  8. Go to Task Input, and configure the displayed inputs fields using the following Task input parameters table.

    Changes to the inputs fields are saved automatically.

Task input parameters

The following table describes the input parameters of the Translate - Text task:

Property Data type Description
Region String Region where you want to run the translate operation. For example, us-central1.
ProjectsId String Your Google Cloud project ID.
Request JSON See request JSON structure. To translate multiple input texts, specify the strings in the contents field of the request body. For example, "contents": ["Hello World", "This is an example text"].

Task output

The Translate - Test task returns the translated output text, similar to the following sample output: 

{
    "translations": [
        {
        "translatedText": "Bonjour le monde",
        },
        {
        "translatedText": "Ceci est un exemple de texte",
        }
    ]
}

Error handling strategy

An error handling strategy for a task specifies the action to take if the task fails due to a temporary error. For information about how to use an error handling strategy, and to know about the different types of error handling strategies, see Error handling strategies.

What's next

  1. Add edges and edge conditions.
  2. Test and publish your integration.
  3. Configure a trigger.
  4. Add a Data Mapping task.
  5. See all tasks for Google Cloud services.