How can I use Google Translate via Ajax using jQuery?

Question

I am using Ajax via jQuery, and I am trying to translate using the Google Translate Service. The service does not seem to work for me.

What am I doing wrong? How would I

Answer 1

You can do it like this:

$.ajax({  
    url: 'https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/services/language/translate',  
    dataType: 'jsonp',
    data: { q: 'Hello world!',  // text to translate
            v: '1.0',
            langpair: 'en|es' },   // '|es' for auto-detect
    success: function(result) {
        alert(result.responseData.translatedText);
    },  
    error: function(XMLHttpRequest, errorMsg, errorThrown) {
        alert(errorMsg);
    }  
});