translate.js - translates text to different languages, simple as cake

v0.6.0

USAGE

node.js -

 var sys = require('sys');
 var colors = require('colors'); // colors are fun!
 var translate = require('./lib/translate');
 // note: the translator is English=>Spanish by default
 translate.text('I want tacos please.', function(err, text){
 sys.puts('I want tacos please.'.red + ' => '.cyan + text.yellow);
 var input = 'Spanish', output = "Japanese";
 translate.text({input:input,output:output}, text, function(err, text2){
 var input = 'Japanese', output = "English";
 sys.puts(text.yellow + ' => '.cyan + text2.blue);
 translate.text({input:input,output:output}, text, function(err, text3){
 sys.puts(text2.blue + ' => '.cyan + text3.red);
 sys.puts('English'.red+'=>'+'Spanish'.yellow+'=>'+'Japanese'.blue+'=>'+'English'.red +'\ntaco request has been normalized. ^_^'.green);
 });
 }); 
 });

browser -

 <!-- main translate.js library -->
 <script type="text/javascript" src="./lib/translate.js"></script>
 <!-- load up the languages definition file -->
 <script type="text/javascript" src="./lib/languages.js"></script>
 <!-- jquery not required, just used in the demo page -->
 <script type="text/javascript" src="./vendor/jquery.js"></script>
 <script type="text/javascript">
 var languages;
 $(document).ready(function(){
 languages = getLangs();
 // populate the select box
 for(var lang in languages){
 $('#langInput').append('<option value = "'+lang+'">' + lang + '</option>');
 }
 for(var lang in languages){
 $('#langOutput').append('<option value = "'+lang+'">' + lang + '</option>');
 }
 /***** NAMED EVENTS *****/
 $(document).bind('##TRANSLATE_TEXT##', function(e){
 $('#run').attr('disabled','disabled');
 $('#run').val('translating...'); 
 var input = $('#langInput').val(), output = $('#langOutput').val();
 translate.text({input:input,output:output}, $('#theCode').val(), function(result){
 $('#run').attr('disabled','');
 $('#run').val('<== translate ==>');
 $('#output').val( result );
 });
 });
 /**** END NAMED EVENTS ****/
 /**** BIND UI EVENTS ****/
 // select box change
 $('#langSelector').change(function(){
 $(document).trigger('##CHANGE_LANGUAGE##', {"fontName":$(this).val()})
 });
 $('#run').click(function(e){
 $(document).trigger('##TRANSLATE_TEXT##');
 });
 /**** END UI BIND EVENTS ****/
 // little bit of a onReady hack. i'll fix the API a bit so this can be done better
 $(document).trigger('##CHANGE_LANGUAGE##', {"fontName":'Doh'});
 $('#langInput').val('English');
 $('#langOutput').val('Spanish');
 });
 </script>

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fun facts

Authors

Andrew Lunny (alunny), Marak Squires, Google