Python client library

This page provides reference documentation and related resources for the Cloud Translation Python client library.

Resource Description
Library reference Cloud Translation Python library reference
Language guide General guide for using Python with GCP
GitHub repository Source code and additional documentation for this library
Quickstart Introduction to using this library
Stack Overflow Questions tagged with Cloud Translation and Python

Installation

To install the client library:

For more on setting up your Python development environment, refer to the Python Development Environment Setup Guide.

pip install google-cloud-translate==2.0.1

Using the client library

To use the Python client library for Cloud Translation - Basic, you must import the Cloud Translation API client library as follows:

from google.cloud import translate_v2

See how to translate text for additional usage details.