script to automatically translate the word and copy the translation into field

[stan111]

Gents, is it possible to make Filemaker translate the foreign word and copy the translation into the specified field? 

Thanks!

[B.Fehr]

One solution would be to use Google Translate und the 'Insert from  URL' function. The translation query can be used in the href.

Let's say you have the french word "salle de sejour", which you want to translate into englisch. This is href:

https://translate.google.com/#view=home&op=translate&sl=fr&tl=en&text=salle de sejour

translate&sl= fr&tl=en   => french-to-english

text= => your text to be translated

Extract the html result. Your result lays somewhere between

' <span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"> '

AND

' "</span>" '

 

Use cf 'getBetween' for extraction:

https://www.briandunning.com/cf/479

 

[stan111]

thanks for the reply, I will try it.

[B.Fehr]

When the 'InsertFromURL' works, it's all about the getBetween extraction for the result snippet.

 

[Wim Decorte]

You can skip all the parsing and use the Google Translate API directly:

https://cloud.google.com/translate/docs/reference/rest/v3beta1/projects.locations/translateText

 

[stan111]

Wim, thanks for the reply, but I have no a slightest idea how to use it. 

[bcooney]

excellent resource for beginners. 

[stan111]

thanks!